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What gets me is that Trek has had a huge problem with continuity under Berman and Steinberg. The Enterprise series especially, where they only loosely listened to anything that was established about that time period (ie, using lasers, no subspace radio only regular radio, magnetic boots due to no grav plating, Horizon class starships). They basically got stuck telling the same story techniques from Voyager, even had yet another Hologram episode. What moral are they saying about holograms that they havn't said before? If you want a point to Abrams, just take a look at 'established' recent history of the US. A nongovernment terrorist took over a nonweapon item (a plane) and used it to destroy a major US icon (the world trade towers). A dirty minor from Romulous, a world known for non-freedom regimes, uses a mining ship to destroy a major Federation icon (planet Vulcan). This movie reflects what is going on in the general culture of America right now. It is effectively a mirror of how they want to feel. They want to be empowered to take on such perceived evil. Oh, and Abrams is a star trek fan that doesn't know star wars. Orci and Kurtzman are the star wars fans that don't know star trek. This is a merger. The ship still has warp engines, the bridge is still round, and the uniforms are at least the same. I don't like Insurrection. Sure, it had that thing about dislocating people from their homes, but that was played out so weak. Instead of making a very good point about it, they sent everyone on a love escapade and cracked stupid jokes. It was lame. To make it seem scifi, they forced in a thing where these aliens can percieve time in slow motion, and Picards love interest (because he's an action hero in the movies) can actually teach it to him. Lame. Here's an idea, throw some mud on the walls of the village to show that these aliens actually have to work. Make them a planet of a few million, and open it with Data firing phasers, just as before. If you're going to have some plastic surgery, show some blood, otherwise toss the stretched skin idea from the script. Force the Enterprise to take on a few Starfleet ships as well, so that it's a true no questions asked Insurrection. Make some of the aliens really angry that they are being forced to leave the world, but make it confusing because others are perfectly fine with what's happening. Something funky is happening on the planet, to help Picard drive home is preachy speach, these aliens actually live 4th dimensionally-it only seems like there's millions, but it's only a few hundred living the same days over and over again, which is why they are weird.

Well best of luck to you. If only there were some camels around so you could punch em like Conan.