Gee, Brent, I don't think I can ever look at you quite the same way again! ;) I was a ST fan from day one, watched the original series when it was in prime-time. I still love those first episodes, (don't tell anyone) have a Kirk uniform in my closet (that no longer fits) and a poster or two along with a few autographs. Attended many ST conventions back in the old days as far away as LA (Equicon '76/Filmcon III was a blast, great place to meet girls, despite Shatner's "get a life" sketch on SNL years ago...not true! How many of you ever dated a girl with pointed ears and a phaser set to stun?) Shatner was good friends with our neighbors when I was growing up and went skiing here not infrequently, I was in Trekkie heaven! Alas, I have not liked ANY of the movies, nor any of the spin-off series even half as much as TOS. They are all vague, faint copies at best, with cut-rate writing and/or shallow characters. The movies were long on boring, stock-type special effects and tired camera techniques without the excellent writing that was the hallmark of TOS. "Bones, would you please hand me that can of ginger-ale?" "Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a busboy!" Brent, have you watched 2001 in the context that it's an art film, and as such, not restricted by standard story-telling techniques? That alone can explain your angst with the editing process I believe. Give it another chance with a different attitude. Then again there is the chance it by design certain people won't like it no matter what. But give it another chance. My opinions only. Brent Watson wrote:

I'm with you, Rich. 2001 was not a good movie. I DID understand the movie, but for me it died in editing.

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