{"id":131,"date":"2009-05-14T00:24:18","date_gmt":"2009-05-14T07:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidstipes.net\/?p=131"},"modified":"2009-05-14T12:24:57","modified_gmt":"2009-05-14T19:24:57","slug":"will-the-new-cost-us-the-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidstipes.net\/?p=131","title":{"rendered":"Will the new cost us the old?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Copyright 2009 Paramount CBS Studios Inc.<\/p><\/div>\n

Star Trek has had a special place in my heart over the years. It was often the most intelligent science fiction show on television at a time when Batman and Lost in Space were considered high quality entertainment.<\/p>\n

While I was appalled at the “Spock’s Brain” episode, I nevertheless tried to get onto the show during its last season. I still remember my 1968 interview with Edward Milkis, the associate producer on the third season of the show.\u00a0 I was very young and “green” but Mr. Milkis was patient and gave me some encouragement and sent me on my way.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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It took twenty five years and a lot of hard knocks to get good enough to work on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Voyager, Deep Space Nine and Enterprise<\/span>.\u00a0 I spent over seven years on the shows and contributed to the lexicon and mythos of the Star Trek universe. Now, suddenly my Star Trek universe has been rendered irrelevant!<\/p>\n

That was how I felt when I left the new Star Trek (2009) feature from director J.J. Abrams. I was perplexed by my reactions. I certainly liked the film but in a sentence or two the time line has been changed and there is now a new reality, an “alternate timeline.”\u00a0 The Star Trek universe many of us grew up with and that I had worked so long on was ….. in a word …irrelevant.<\/p>\n

While I realize it is a movie and not “reality,” there are certainly real world reactions to this new Star Trek timeline shift.\u00a0 I have friends who will not watch the original series or any of the 80s and 90s spin offs because they are cheesy or old fashioned, etc, etc.\u00a0 Yet these same people are interested in the feature film and the new Trek universe. So, for them, the past really has been shifted. It is even less likely that this new generation of Trek followers will ever go back to see the older shows now.<\/p>\n

I have had to deal with a lot of change in my career; technological change and I guess that is to be expected. I can even counteract it by learning new software and techniques. But there are some things I can’t change. I never expected my reaction to this film; the realization that the significance of Star Trek, the contributions of so many people, and yes, even my contributions are now\u00a0 a little less important to our society and film history.<\/p>\n

Some people will never discover the messages within the wonderful Trek stories over the last 40 years because the “old timeline Star Trek” may pale in comparison to the youthful new crew and the flashy visual effects and the new alternate future.<\/p>\n

I find that kind of sad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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