Comments on: Star Trek (Or, Let’s Do the Time Warp Again) http://blog.liquidcross.com/2009/05/21/star-trek-or-lets-do-the-time-warp-again/ anger management via the written word Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: liquidcross http://blog.liquidcross.com/2009/05/21/star-trek-or-lets-do-the-time-warp-again/comment-page-1/#comment-2104 liquidcross Fri, 22 May 2009 15:40:41 +0000 http://blog.liquidcross.com/2009/05/21/star-trek-or-lets-do-the-time-warp-again/#comment-2104 The link above was the closest I could get; I can't find the original blurb where the clear-cut definition was posted. I tried searching, but to no avail. (StarTrek.com is kind of a mess.) The problem with the editorial I <em>did</em> find is that it implies that fans have a say in what is canon and what is not. They don't; they don't own Star Trek, <em>Paramount</em> does. Paramount has never officially stated that non-TV/movie properties are canon (unlike Lucasfilm). Therefore, the comics and books don't count. I've read a lot of them, and almost all of them (especially in the 1980s and early 1990s) completely contradict one another, as well as the shows and movies. I think the books alone have given five different origins of the Borg! The link above was the closest I could get; I can’t find the original blurb where the clear-cut definition was posted. I tried searching, but to no avail. (StarTrek.com is kind of a mess.) The problem with the editorial I did find is that it implies that fans have a say in what is canon and what is not. They don’t; they don’t own Star Trek, Paramount does. Paramount has never officially stated that non-TV/movie properties are canon (unlike Lucasfilm). Therefore, the comics and books don’t count. I’ve read a lot of them, and almost all of them (especially in the 1980s and early 1990s) completely contradict one another, as well as the shows and movies. I think the books alone have given five different origins of the Borg!

]]> By: kaneda33 http://blog.liquidcross.com/2009/05/21/star-trek-or-lets-do-the-time-warp-again/comment-page-1/#comment-2103 kaneda33 Fri, 22 May 2009 15:11:25 +0000 http://blog.liquidcross.com/2009/05/21/star-trek-or-lets-do-the-time-warp-again/#comment-2103 Sounds like canon is pretty subjective from the article you linked: "But canon is not something set in stone; even events in some of the movies have been called into question as to whether they should be considered canon! Ultimately, the fans, the writers and the producers may all differ on what is considered canon and the very idea of what is canon has become more fluid, especially as there isn't a single voice or arbiter to decide." Did Paramount actually define it as you said? Sounds like canon is pretty subjective from the article you linked:
“But canon is not something set in stone; even events in some of the movies have been called into question as to whether they should be considered canon! Ultimately, the fans, the writers and the producers may all differ on what is considered canon and the very idea of what is canon has become more fluid, especially as there isn’t a single voice or arbiter to decide.”

Did Paramount actually define it as you said?

]]> By: ash http://blog.liquidcross.com/2009/05/21/star-trek-or-lets-do-the-time-warp-again/comment-page-1/#comment-2095 ash Thu, 21 May 2009 14:09:26 +0000 http://blog.liquidcross.com/2009/05/21/star-trek-or-lets-do-the-time-warp-again/#comment-2095 you really are a nerd. :) I've never been a fan but I liked the movie enough that it has promoted more interest in the franchise. I actually taped and watched First Contact, and would like to somehow see the original series. The only one I've ever seen was The Trouble with Tribbles! you really are a nerd. :)

I’ve never been a fan but I liked the movie enough that it has promoted more interest in the franchise. I actually taped and watched First Contact, and would like to somehow see the original series. The only one I’ve ever seen was The Trouble with Tribbles!

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