Brain...bursting.....takes forever to say nothing.....[read this part in 'Nomad voice']ERROR...Faulty....ERROR! [imagine me exploding]
Ok, so, now every time travel event causes an alternate universe? (Thanks alot, Voyager!) While it's good to see that a lifetime of comic reading has prepared me to work in Quantum mechanics, I reeeeally dont like where this is going.
Although it does give them an 'out' if they change their mind about things. (meanwhile, back in Trek-verse Prime....) But as a marvel guy, I can tell you where this will go next: CROSSOVERS! Some how, some way, they will start haveing 'cross pollenation' from one alt-verse to the other.
But, this really just seems like a way to have their cake and eat it too: you can make a scifi action film that will appeal to the masses, call it Trek, and if the Trek fans baulk at it, you just say "oh, the characters YOU love are still there, just in an alternate reality."
Bad medicine, me no like!
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