XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise   
   From: block@telusplanet.net   
      
   On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 01:07:32 GMT, "John Dough"   
    wrote:   
      
   >   
   >"Numan"  wrote in message   
   >news:vhMCb.2616$1T2.964@newssvr23.news.prodigy.com...   
   >>   
   >> "John Dough"  wrote in message   
   >>   
   >> > > Oh get a grip.  They aren't going to wipe out the Xindi.  They aren't   
   >> > > even going to fight a war with them.  Hysteria much?   
   >> >   
   >> > That's not the point.  I think it was pretty tacky of TPTB to turn   
   >> > Enterprise, mid-stream, into some kind of quasi-9/11 drama.   
   >>   
   >> I think you are giving them way to much credit. I think they are   
   >> doing this as a stunt to try and do a QUICK turn around in   
   >> ratings. The FX are great but I just don't care too much about   
   >> the characters so (to me) it remains a "just barely watchable"   
   >> TV show.   
   >   
   >That's exactly what I meant.  They're using 9/11 as a ratings ploy.  Tacky.   
   >   
   >   
      
   Yeah.  I mean you never saw the original Star Trek doing stories about   
   the Cold War, counter-culture and racial tension.  No, they kept   
   everything away from what was going on, right?   
      
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