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Star Trek 2.0 premieres April 10

by Adam Finley, posted Apr 6th 2006 9:33AM

star trek 2.0G4 will begin airing reruns of the original Star Trek on April 10, but this time with a twist. Rather than simply showing the episodes, G4 is hoping to make it a more interactive experience by providing an online chat, as well as facts and trivia to be shown onscreen during each episode. Essentially, it sounds like TRL for Trekkies, which could either be kind of cool or kind of annoying. If you're excited about seeing these old episodes but aren't thrilled about seeing what SpockHugger345 in Sheboygan thinks about it, don't worry. Uncut versions without all the interactive woo-wa will be shown during Saturday marathons, starting on April 8. I'm not sure everything old needs to be re-invented for a young audience, or in this case made more obnoxious. What do you guys think?

Previously: http://www.aoltv.com/2005/12/19/g4-gains-star-trek/

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TJ

I have vague recollections of TNN, now Spike, doing something similar with TNG.

April 06 2006 at 12:50 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Lampbane

I bet it'll suck. I hate TRL and all its stupid
"interactive" ilk.

April 06 2006 at 11:04 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Michael

As a long time Trek fan and one who worships everything about the original series (well, OK everything but that one episode "Spock's Brain") I have to wonder one thing--how edited will the G4 episodes be? As we all know, the eps were edited for syndication over the years, then released unedited on VHS and then bought by SciFi and restored. SciFi showed the uncut eps 1 and 1/2 times through and then went to editing them severely...worse than the original edits.

So how badly edited with the G4 episodes be?

April 06 2006 at 9:39 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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