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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Sol System: [QB] Man, what's wrong with the Talosian voices? I seem to remember that last time I was on the "remakes are no big deal" side, but really, I have to agree with Mim. What is the point, exactly? (Well, the point is explicitly to attract audiences who do not enjoy 1960s era special effects. But in a wider sense?) It isn't like they can make Star Trek more "realistic," which is a completely hollow term when it comes to this sort of thing anyway. Timo gets at something important, I think. The whole show is awash in American Cold War culture, hence its mix of post-war optimism with the occasional "and then the advanced civilization blew itself up" message. Surely, today, the most unbelievable aspect of the show is that humanity has come together around a core set of Western liberal democratic values. Like, America in space? They don't even believe in America across the Atlantic anymore. And of course, by the time we update the show to reflect the current introverted zeitgeist, things will have changed and we'll have to do it again. (And yet, Battlestar Galactica is 100% the best show. But it is not the old show with extra pain and suffering edited in, I guess.) I don't know. I suppose I still stand by my claim that this isn't a big deal, and if it looks neat, then great. But I also think that Star Trek, like any work of art, is the product of specific cultural forces, and it would take more than updated effects to make it current. Also, maybe that there is a wrongheaded notion shared by some that science fiction only has value so far as it represents an "accurate" depiction of the future, or rather falls in line with the current guesses about same. Blah blah blah. My only real point is that I love some of those matte paintings. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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