STAR TREK TNG's LeVar Burton Is "Disappointed" With J.J. Abrams' New Timeline

Uh, Georgie, it actually doesn't. Hell, Leonard Nimoy's appearance in the film basically indicated that the new series is an alternate timeline that we will be following, rather than the previous universe, which still exists.

abrams star trek is a good action film but a shitty shitty [frick]ing poor star trek movie. bitch turned star trek into a an action blockbuster and sci fi took the backseat. thank buddha he is leaving.

I remember the comic that came out before the 2009 JJ movie directly referenced the previous universe, it follows most of the TNG crew members. I think there is definitely room for more TNG in the JJ timeline but it would involve yet another instance of time travel, which I think would be to much at this point. It would be nice if we could get another TNG movie, maybe even a prequel to the 2009 movie about the Hobus Star going supernova and Spock's mission to save Romulus.

I hope they show the beginnings of Captain Picard and his crew in younger versions of themselves, once this series(crew) is over and done, they will probably go that direction,with an alternate timeline as well. Whoopi Goldberg will make another cameo between this series and next generation.

This thread is starting to rock!

He said this after one movie..? Didn't the Next Gen people come in after years upon years of the original Trek cast? So... couldnt it be said that after years of this new timeline, NextGen casting could follow??? What a freakin idiot!

someone is a little butthurt

Star Trek originally was more like Galaxy Quest, the show itself was a joke. I enjoyed it but be real it was hardly close to anything serious. The movies however is where I felt it start to take itself seriously and actually have substance.

Abrams is continuing that idea from the movies. It's more grounded, amazing action, the plot was a bit weak but since when has any Star Trek not have a weak plot? I'm hoping the sequel will raise the bar for Star Trek story telling.

I'm disappointed that Jennifer Lawerance hasn't posed nude, yet, too. Oh well.

Well the new J.J Abrams Star Trek is full of young attractive people doing exciting things...so naturally pre-existing Trek fans will hate it.

Well... even though Kirk's father died and he was raised by his uncle (in the last movie) Kirk's life still turned out pretty much the same.. Even if he RIDICULOUSLY went straight from cadet to captain..
IMO the abramsverse isn't canon.. For one thing, those idiot writers of his don't understand Trek time-travel dynamics.. I heard them rationalize their crappy story by saying traveling back in time creates a new timeline and doesn't affect the main one.. That's funny because every single time-travel story in Star Trek gets it's drama out from either restoring a timeline or trying not to disturb it.. So, they're full of shit..
Next Gen rules.!

Just go back to Reading Rainbow, Levar. Jeeze...

What is everyone complaining about? If he had altered the universe and the movie came out crappy, then I could understand. But the movie was great.


I believe that they can make a next gen movie under a new director....Joss Whedon maybe?

@super12 please justify its current relevance as it stands with JarJar's crappy movie...

To the people who keep hating on JJ's Trek, what are you comparing it too? Seriously? After about season 5 of TNG, the franchise as a whole went into the crapper. DS9 had a couple decent seasons, and then they ended the entire Dominion war in the last 5 minutes of one episode. Voyager was mediocre at best it's entire run. Enterprise started to get really good and then ended with one of the worst episodes of Trek in the entire franchise. And each TNG movie was worst than the last with orrible plots, boring villains and massively illogical stories. As a long time Trek fan it was painful to watch.

Watching JJ's Trek brought me back to when I was a kid seeing Wrath of Khan in the theater. People complain about Kirk getting the Enterprise so early (even though he was the youngest Captain in history over in the original show) and the use of the black hole. But how different is that black hole from any number of "stellar anomalies" used in Trek? About the only thing I'll agree with JJ detractors on is the damn lens flares. That IS annoying. But it ain't enough to make me throw the baby out with the bath water.

@beane2099 I agree with everything except the Lens Flares. To me they aren't that bad, and in some situations pretty cool.

They had to do the alternate timeline to give themselves a blank canvas to tell new stories. After almost 50 years of Trek, that really was the only way to go back to TOS characters.

My complaint has always been the way they did it. Having a disgruntled miner as the villain was ridiculous, and having Spock (widely regarded as possibly the smartest most industrious of all characters in Trek) destroy the timeline without even attempting to put it right...terrible.

That said, I enjoyed the movie, and look forward to the next one. But J.J. and the writers are not the geniuses they are lauded as.