This would give a new generation a reason to have the respect for the prime cast that is far due them all, as well as a reason to go back and view their original work. We now live in a time when 20-somethings don’t even know who the Hollywood greats are, and I think that’s a travesty. I’m 35, and I know who Nichelle Nichols (obviously from ST), Lucille Ball (obviously, nothing to do with this, excepting for the era they both worked during), and let’s see… George Burns, Carol Brunett, Dick VanDyke, Bob Hope, Martha Ray, the list goes on… See what I’m saying? Too many young people today just -don’t know- their own TV history, at all. A sadness. This would give them a small nudge to realize that there’s far more to TV than last night’s lineup of modern actors, characters, and genres.

It would also give us die-hard, life long Trekkies the final “good bye” we need, regarding our beloved prime crew. We love them. We don’t want to let them go. They raised us. And they did a superb job. I feel like if something like this were written into one of the next Star Trek movies, it would give us a way to really let go and move forward with the new crew, now that we know who they are as actors and as the characters they play. It would also make us feel a lot more comfortable with the idea of it if there were ever a TV series made with the new crew. We could cry our final tears over them, and smile our final smiles because of them, as we did with Star Trek the Experience when it ended.

Also, the idea isn’t too far fetched. Janeway did it in the final Voyager episode, and that brought her crew home, for good, obviously, creating a new timeline there which, in that case, saved all their lives. I think this concept is one that we, as an audience, would be able to warm up to. So long as it wasn’t over-done, nor under-done, etc. Besides, it would be just plain cool to see all the surviving original Star Trek characters on screen again. Because they’d be from another time-line, as their future selves within that timeline, everything could be updated: uniforms, hair, makeup, even personal maxims, habits, etc. Reasons could be given for why certain characters are no longer with them (like being away on other missions, or having died deaths that couldn’t be prevented after all, etc). It could be done.

And the 3-D idea…. Just awesome. I’m all for that. I wish the first one could be re-released in 3-D, in some manner that would work for home theater systems, even PCs. Of all the Star Trek films, that one would be the best one for this, because of the outstanding videography that was done in that particular film. Of course, I have no idea if such a thing is possible, but where there’s a will, there’s usually a way.

All this talk about respect for old fans is BS. The universe has been remade and the old fans dumped on by the new ones as well as the producers of the new movie series.

This should never have taken place in a new time line. The new actors should have been permitted to join the existing universe. It is only the laziness of Abrams that they did not. A skilled writer can make a good story out of anything. Rebooting the series show the new producers are creatively bankrupt. The new movie shows this as this is another revenge story where the bad guy gets it in the end- yet another remake of the wrath of khan.

Besides, if this were the same universe, Spock could have returned to the future and Kirk would have been waiting for him- one consequence of an altered time line.

It seems everyone is behind this reboot. I guess all that people want are special effects and revenge stories and action over and over and over and over again. Seems more like a rerun than any of the old TV shows. At least they had variety.

As for Kirk, Closettrekker is right. There is no way to mitigate his ignominious death without marginalizing his character further, in what could only amount to an insignificant cameo which would only have meaning to some fans. The same goes for Spock. He would have to have even less screen time in a film which needs to otherwise devote its entirety to showing us what Star Trek can really do now … not dwell on what we’ve had for 40 years.

We did get closure with Shatner’s Kirk…disappointing as it may have been.

This last movie destroyed Vulcan as a major part of the plot. It would be extremely interesting to see the storyline begun in the first movie continue….and at least a portion, even a small portion, of the movie devoted in some way to showing where the reconstituted Vulcan people settle.

So, I for one would like Nimoy to be involved again …. how about in way that would somehow allow us to also get closure with Shatner’s Kirk?

I believe you have just summed up the entire nature of the Star Trek fan base!

LOL!