Mr. MacMahoth: So, Dr. Rothenstein you are a movie buff; did you get to see the new Star Trek movie?
Dr. Rothenstein: Yes, I did Billy.
Mr. MacMahoth: What did you think?
Dr. Rothenstein: Well. Billy. The opening sequence was great. The new actors were great. The special effects were awesome. The new Enterprise was dazzling. The story sucked.
Mr. MacMahoth: OMG. Why would you say that?
Dr. Rothenstein: It was not a Star Trek origins story like it claims to be in the trailers. “The Future Begins” my ass. The future just freaking ended.
Mr. MacMahoth: But the movie does tell the about the childhood of Kirk and Spock and how they got to be officers aboard the Enterprise.
Dr. Rothenstein: No it doesn’t. It tells a story of an alternate Kirk and Spock. It wipes clean the forty-year history of Star Trek. Everything I knew about Trek is gone. Reset by a time warp incident before Kirk is even born.
Mr. MacMahoth: Well, that is stupid. Why would that do that? Sounds like they spent $140 million to make a Star Trek origins story that really is not a Star Trek origins story.
Dr. Rothenstein: That is exactly what they did. And they don’t care.
Mr. MacMahoth: Why would they not care?
Dr. Rothenstein: Becuase this movie was not made for Star Trek fans. It was made to excite non-fans.
Mr. MacMahoth: That sounds stupid. Why would they do that? Why alienate Star Trek fans.
Dr. Rothenstein: I guess because the fans were upset by the other dumb Star Trek movies and the Star Trek franchise is tired hearing their fans complain. So they decided hey forget the fans, we will make a movie that is for non-fans.
Mr. MacMahoth: Isn’t that sort of like designing a baseball game that is of no interest to baseball fans?
Dr. Rothenstein: Indeed it is. Also, J.J. Abrams did not want his creativity to be restrained by having to write stories around the original Star Trek story line.
Mr. MacMahoth: (Laughs). Sounds like he has no creativity in the first place if he can’t spin a story that honors the original Star Trek story line.
Dr. Rothenstein: That is what I was thinking.
Mr. MacMahoth: So if J.J. Abrams did a documentary about the American Revolution…
Dr. Rothenstein: He would have a villain go through a time warp in the first few seconds of the documentary and reset the time line so he his creativity would not be restrained by the historical facts of the American Revolution.
Mr. MacMahoth: Didn’t Star Trek II become the most beloved Star Trek movie becuase it kept the purity of the original Star Trek story line?
Dr. Rothenstein: That is true.
Mr. MacMahoth: So if it appears logical to stay true to the original Trek to excite fans and non-fans alike; why change?
Dr. Rothenstein: The original fans are all over the age of forty. I guess the Trek franchise consider them all too old to worry about.
Mr. MacMahoth: I’m only thirty and I saw and loved the original Trek shows. The old shows still play on Classic TV cable channels.
Dr. Rothenstein: Well, hell, you may be too old also.
Mr. MacMahoth: I think I am understanding. The Star Trek franchise is making Star Trek movies that ignore Star Trek sacred text to attract the non-fans. Sort of like making Chick-Flicks for guys. Football games for non-sports enthusiasts. Wrestling for people who hate violence. Cooking steak for vegetarians. Giving cats to dog lovers or giving dogs to cat lovers.
Dr. Rothenstein: You got it.
Mr. MacMahoth: So what are going to do?
Dr. Rothenstein: I am going to keep watching the original Star Trek shows, and Next Generation shows on DVD. Forget the new Trek the way it has forgotten the old Trek.
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