From Chris Snellgrove
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The critical consensus is in: Section 31Star Trek’s latest film is officially the worst in the franchise. We are now at the point where many fans find out what went wrong, but it is not difficult to find out who blamed. In fact, the chief -custody accidentally admitted what happened in a recent interview. Alex Kurtzman recently told Trek Movie that Section 31 It was assumed that Gene Roddenberry’s futuristic utopia could only be created with the help of secret companies that defend them behind the scenes.
Alex Kurtzman doesn’t understand
During the interview, Alex Kurtzman did not make any words about the creative thesis of Section 31. “What we say is that the star fleet and this beautiful vision that Roddenberry had from this optimistic utopia …,” he said, “they need people who work in the shade … they cannot have anyone without the others. ““ To be honest, these words from the primary creative force behind Nutrek explain why this recent film was such a flop and why the franchise has fallen so far from the heights that it once enjoyed.
While Alex Kurtzman discussed the ethos of Section 31He noticed how Trek has always made allegories available for the real world and that the latest film was partially made to make questions like “Who have to be to protect our freedoms?” And: “What must be done to be done to to protect our freedom? ” He seemed excited that the new film would help to investigate where the so -called “gray area” is, but accidentally revealed the depths of its stupidity because these questions in Ronald D. Moore were asked and answered infinitely better Battlestar Galactica.
Battlestar Galactica did it
Everyone except the youngest American Star Trek The fans know that after the terrorist attacks of September 11, we already had this entire debate about security and freedom. At the time there was a lot of hand vibrations about what we were ready to preserve the soul of the nation, and the answer was bleak. We had the government spy on, let the military penetrate the wrong country (twice!) And let us keep an eye on our taxpayer -Dollar financing of torture (oh, excuse me, “improved survey”) by anyone who one who is one President throws into our comfortable offshore prison for an indefinite period without a trial.
Long before Alex Kurtzman decided to torture Star Trek fans with that Section 31 Film, each with half an ounce of intelligence and empathy had already found that the right reaction to a senseless attack was not To attack others senselessly and that the soul of a nation cannot represent far too much if it is only preserved in life by invasion, torture and murder. Such a person was Ronald Moore, whose Battlestar Galactica Reboot had many parallels to America’s hysteria after September 11, when our heroes dealt with the close genocide of their entire breed through the robot cylons.
The show constantly used its own Sci-fi Allegories to examine crispy ideas whether it is worth preserving humanity when those who remain, become as cold and bloodthirsty as their prospective butchers. We saw how our characters fight with both morals and the consequences of actions, such as enemy agents in the name of the general well. And while it was rarely subtle Galactica‘S Showrunner always made it clear that it was this terrible Things that participated in the souls of everyone, the participation and exactly the things that wanted to preserve these characters.
This is the problem with Alex Kurtzman’s Section 31: It works back from the assumption that the Federation is worth preserving all costs. That is why we have a film in which we are supposed to deal with Space Hitler and your Goion squad. In Kurtzman’s head, everything you and the rest of section 31 do is justified because it preserves this idealized utopia. Unfortunately, he does not have the wisdom to achieve Ronald Moore’s more sensible conclusion: that utopia is not really utopia if they are kept alive by an amoral shadow organization that embodies the opposite of everything our heroes should stand for.
There are many other problems with Alex Kurtzman in general and Section 31 in particular, but it is fascinating (to borrow a term Spock) that he accidentally admitted the biggest problem of everyone. Nutrek is not Star Trek because it was about concepts that run complete Against Gene Roddenberry’s dreams. And if the people who run Star Trek cannot keep their soul alive, how can you dare to expect us to keep this rotting franchise alive?
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