The Star Trek Thread

[The Joker]

Thanks for the detailed, and informative reply, Silver. You assuredly have a vast knowledge of Trek lore, and your interpretation sounds about right to me. Honestly, I don't know much about Star Trek whatsoever, and had to have a co-worker explain to me just who Gary Mitchell was when I told him about the 765874. However, he had no interpretation of what was going on, and the only other interpretation I read, had something to do with the notion that Mitchell wasn't killed in the original series, and decided to pluck Kirk from "Generations" to reunite with a dying Prime Spock that was stranded in the Abrams Trek universe. I think there was something about Prime Spock having passed away in the latest Trek film (Beyond?), but I'm just going off memory here. Your interpretation of the events in 765874 are overall more satisfying than this interpretation I read initially, but it's an interesting subject.

Star Trek is one of those franchises I never really devoted a whole lot of time into, and it's not because I was absolutely disinterested in Trek, but mainly because by the time I was somewhat more keen, there was a sense of being overwhelmed by just how much Trek there was by the 1990's. Star Wars, for a time, was easy. Three films, and you're pretty much done. Shadows of the Empire was a nice companion piece, and maybe you might run up on the Holiday Special at a convention or something, but that was really about it prior to the release of the prequels. I found that waaay more easier to digest, vs seeking out (prior to the DVD releases) the Star Trek original series, cartoon, the multiple films, TNG, and other spin offs.

Perhaps for newbies to Trek, it's more attainable to just regulate what you're more interested in, and skip the rest, rather than try and absorb everything (cause that would be quite the undertaking ...), but I don't have the faintest clue if that's truly a good idea or not when it comes to jumping into the Star Trek universe. I remember something about Quentin Tarantino giving a amusing quote about how he just "saw" Trek as being a 1960's television show and that's literally it (I assume he doesn't hold any of the Trek films/spin offs in high regard?), but this was around the time when a QT-directed Star Trek film was being floated around for a bit several years back (which probably would have been interesting).