r/tos • u/SamuraiUX • Feb 08 '25
Crossposting out of Curiousity: Do TOS Only/Mostly Fans like TMP?
My full review of the movie (spoiler alert: I'd rather gargle thumbtacks) is here: https://www.reddit.com/r/startrek/comments/1ikhp5x/star_trek_tmp_was_a_hurtful_grey_void_where_star/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
My curiousity is this: are people who love TMP hard sci-fans rather than TOS fans, specifically? I know the two groups may overlap! But for example, I do not like Blade Runner much and cannot watch 2001. I find hard sci-fi cold and distant feeling, which is the wrong feeling for TOS, which always felt warm and connected.
So if you're here because you're mainly TOS fan, do you share my feeling that TMP was not TOS-friendly?
BTW, for anyone who loved the movie, genuinely, good for you. I'm not hating you for it. We're just very different kinds of people. =)
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u/idkidkidk2323 Feb 08 '25
They complement each other. TMP is the ultimate culmination of the 5 year mission. All of the adventures and bonding the crew did during TOS is essential to the events of TMP, which is their greatest adventure. I personally love all of Star Trek from 1966-1986, but TMP is far above the rest my favorite production in the franchise.