Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-9605025-20150328164912/@comment-9605025-20150404195015

Godofcyanide wrote:

Meh, if it's just the racial issue with Khan, I could give two fucks less. We live in a world where they remake Annie with black actors and Ghostbusters with women in the lead roles. If they (Hollywood) don't give two fucks about changing it, me giving a million fucks ain't gonna stop it from happening.

One thing to keep in mind is that these movies are being made for a different generation and in a different time. It was good for the old ST movies to be super-cerebral; the series started in the 1970s, and people gave a shit about that back then. I think the cultural change from cerebral movies to flashy movies is what really put the brakes on the TNG movies. Now, movie releases aren't big unless they're summer releases, and summer releases are almost obligated to be action-packed affairs. It's the state of the world we live in, and I don't have the time or energy to care about fighting those trends. I'd rather just sit back and find something to enjoy in the show.

Unfortunately, your are correct. There is not much we can do about it. Hollywood does what it wants. Personally, I find it boring when all the movies are the same 1+ hour of running, explosions, and fire fights. But what do I know? Apparently that is the in thing and people just cannot get enough of it.

I am curious, how would you define the difference between generations? At what point do you think preferences changed?