Commenting on this Wired article where J.J. Abrams claims that he is “reinventing” Trek with the new movie, Wil Wheaton offers his thoughts.
Speaking as a lifelong geek, my knee-jerk reaction when I hear someone talking about “reinventing” something like Trek is that it will be a tower of suck, built out of an endless supply of Jar-Jars and midichlorians.
However! Ron Moore reinvented BSG, and it’s the greatest thing ever, so reinventing things isn’t automatically horrible. In fact, if the article had been titled “JJ Abrams promises thrilling effects for Star Trek movie” I’d be celebrating right now. Language is important, as they say.
Wheaton’s official stance is wait-and-see, but part of the article he quotes makes it sound like Abrams is tone-deaf where the Trek mythos is concerned. I envision a mass of fanboys on opening night, leaping to their feet and shouting, “Wait a minute!”