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Fan communities produce the most interesting art. It's an appropriation of low and high media to produce something new and silly and wonderful. Is there an audience for it? Not really, beyond the group that lead to its conception. Mostly: for fans, by fans. But still, consider the implications of doing such a cross-genre production. Why not do an adaptation of Hamlet as written by Tom Stoppard? Oh wait, that already happened and it was incredible.
My rather rambling point is, don't knock the klingons. They're doing something we strive continually strive to do as artists but rarely achieve successfully. How successful the klingon production is is debatable, but it takes a lot of intelligence, creativity, and love to pull off something like that.
Also, if you make fun of klingons there's always the chance that they'll rip out our intestines. I wouldn't risk it.
I really do not know where to start with this one. I find the the idea that of all the holidays to do a Klingon parody of they chose Christmas Carol. It's definitively iconic, and probably easy to convert to almost anything, but of the many holiday traditional plays or other performances, I find myself almost thinking that something like The Nutcracker might have worked better for the a Klingon adaptation.
Part of me wonders if this only got the press it did because of the revival of Star Treck thanks to the new movie. I'm not sure if I like the choice of retelling a Christmas Carol, but that's partially due to my dislike for a Christmas Carol and my questioning of exactly how Klingon culture approaches the concept of ghosts. It's a fun idea, I am just a little bit confused as to why this seems to be such a news worthy topic. Geeks and nerds have been doing weirder stuff for decades.
Oh my gosh--this sounds beyond horrible, but I would almost go see it just to see how crazy it is. I have to admit though, I have no loyalty to Star Trek or any connection whatsoever to that fan base. However, taking Dickens' classic Christmas tale and switching it up like this had to be quite the endeavor, and I'm sure the cast is having a blast. The picture on the article makes this look like a very wacky production, and, of course, I wish them the best of luck.
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Fan communities produce the most interesting art. It's an appropriation of low and high media to produce something new and silly and wonderful. Is there an audience for it? Not really, beyond the group that lead to its conception. Mostly: for fans, by fans. But still, consider the implications of doing such a cross-genre production. Why not do an adaptation of Hamlet as written by Tom Stoppard? Oh wait, that already happened and it was incredible.
My rather rambling point is, don't knock the klingons. They're doing something we strive continually strive to do as artists but rarely achieve successfully. How successful the klingon production is is debatable, but it takes a lot of intelligence, creativity, and love to pull off something like that.
Also, if you make fun of klingons there's always the chance that they'll rip out our intestines. I wouldn't risk it.
I really do not know where to start with this one. I find the the idea that of all the holidays to do a Klingon parody of they chose Christmas Carol. It's definitively iconic, and probably easy to convert to almost anything, but of the many holiday traditional plays or other performances, I find myself almost thinking that something like The Nutcracker might have worked better for the a Klingon adaptation.
Part of me wonders if this only got the press it did because of the revival of Star Treck thanks to the new movie. I'm not sure if I like the choice of retelling a Christmas Carol, but that's partially due to my dislike for a Christmas Carol and my questioning of exactly how Klingon culture approaches the concept of ghosts. It's a fun idea, I am just a little bit confused as to why this seems to be such a news worthy topic. Geeks and nerds have been doing weirder stuff for decades.
Oh my gosh--this sounds beyond horrible, but I would almost go see it just to see how crazy it is. I have to admit though, I have no loyalty to Star Trek or any connection whatsoever to that fan base. However, taking Dickens' classic Christmas tale and switching it up like this had to be quite the endeavor, and I'm sure the cast is having a blast. The picture on the article makes this look like a very wacky production, and, of course, I wish them the best of luck.
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