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« on: March 09, 2015, 01:19:55 AM »
I agree completely. There's a large section of fandom that considers anything other than the original series to be blasphemy. The criticism that was levelled most often in regards to the Depp movie is that it should have been more like the TV show. Precisely how like the TV show usually remains unanswered. Translating a 4 1/2 year TV into a 2 hour movie is not an easy thing to do. The film did a reasonably good job at capturing the essence of the characters.
But this was not a movie that was made just for hard core fans. The DS fan base is not large enough (or focused enough) to support that kind of vehicle. If it were, one of the attempts to get a reunion movie together with the original cast might have actually been produced.
This severe reaction is similar to the uproar over the NBC incarnation, magnified by the use of social media. And, when you come right down to it, it is, after all, just a movie.