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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Lee: [QB] The potential objections to this are [i]n[/i]thfold. . . The Guardian of Forever is one of the biggest Yeah-buts in Trek. A sentient-but-not-too-bright-to-the-point-of-gullibility time machine-portal-thingy that doesn't seem to care (or at least be able to stop) who goes through it to do who-knows-what to the timeline? Not much of a Guardian if you ask me. At this point, the GoF could be the solution to so many problems that've been encountered in Trek that to use it now almost seems like lazy plotting. Furthermore, of all the interesting scenarios that use of the GoF COULD have introduced to Trek, the straight "we have to go back in time to stop the baddies from changing the past and thus the present" plot really IS lazy plotting. This will be the fourth Trek film to involve some sort of time travel. Another thing: it could undermine the Kirk-Spock relationship, which is based on an unparalleled level of mutual trust and understanding. How's that going to play out when this movie will show that right at the start of their friendship, young Spock was conducting a secret mission most likely without young Kirk knowing about it? It also undermines one of the greatest scenes in Trek: Spock's self-sacrifice at the end of TWoK. Now he's going to know that he survives to a much older age than he obviously was at that time. And any reset of the timeline at the end of this film won't wash, and neither will having his memory wiped (even if by his older self) - this is Sposkc we're talking about! But, despite all that, I think I could stand to watch this movie. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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