tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post2878325768903491037..comments2024-03-28T22:40:10.893-04:00Comments on Cockeyed Caravan: Storyteller's Rulebook #120: Reboots Must Re-Establish the MetaphorMatt Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07319984238456281734noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-44423934489125197382012-01-29T15:42:14.689-05:002012-01-29T15:42:14.689-05:00O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-10927668418782190062012-01-29T15:40:38.329-05:002012-01-29T15:40:38.329-05:00Star Trek was a fucking mess:
"Pike is the c...Star Trek was a fucking mess:<br /><br />"Pike is the captain."<br />"No, it's Kirk!"<br />"Wait, it's Spock!"<br />"Wait, it's Kirk again!"<br />"To hell with that! Where's William Shatner?"<br /><br />:-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-72435507008672747332012-01-27T15:07:11.801-05:002012-01-27T15:07:11.801-05:00Nope, I wasn't a fan of the reboot. I loved th...Nope, I wasn't a fan of the reboot. I loved the cast but I was horrified to see Star Trek reduced to a mere revenge story:<br /><br />"He killed my dad!"<br />"He killed <i>my</i> mom!"<br />"Let's team up and kill <i>him</i>!"<br />"Yay! We killed him!"<br />The end.<br /><br />As I grumbled walking out the theater, all that was missing was the ideas and the ideals.Matt Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07319984238456281734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-70856059739891076212012-01-27T13:21:19.903-05:002012-01-27T13:21:19.903-05:00Would you consider the new Star Trek a good reboot...Would you consider the new Star Trek a good reboot? As a trekkie, I feel like it suceeded at creating a new metaphor, but I'm not sure what...<br /><br />The second Star Trek Next Gen was (I think?)a metaphor for co-workers as family. But the movie seemed to more of a teen adventure squad? <br /><br />Thanks for the great post.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12531231992482858085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-11521486933793163672012-01-27T00:32:29.769-05:002012-01-27T00:32:29.769-05:00Ha! He has my back.Ha! He has my back.Matt Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07319984238456281734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-32697495753888521772012-01-26T23:22:40.607-05:002012-01-26T23:22:40.607-05:00Reading Stephen King today and I chance upon this ...Reading Stephen King today and I chance upon this quote: "I have no quarrel with literary fiction, which usually concerns itself with extraordinary people in ordinary situations, but both as a reader and as a writer, I'm much more interested in ordinary people in extraordinary situations."j.s.noreply@blogger.com