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   Message 3,148 of 3,801   
   Al Smith to All   
   Re: [NEWS] - Enterprise Rebuffs Shatner   
   21 Sep 04 21:00:00   
   
   XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise   
   From: invalid@address.com   
      
   >> I wouldn't expect him to work for free, but he might consider working for   
   scale, whatever that might be, as a gesture to the franchise that has allowed   
   him to buy his horses and house and wife and whatever else his money has   
   bought him.   
   >   
   >   
   > This would be the franchise that became successful in large   
   > part because of him, and which has netted Paramount, what,   
   > a couple of BILLION dollars?   
   >   
   > And now he should take a pay cut to work for them so they   
   > can make a few million more?   
   >   
   > I don't know about you, but if my boss came and said that   
   > he's been paying me for a long time now and so I should   
   > do a few days for nothing as a gesture of thanks, I'd   
   > tell him to stuff it.   
      
   The good news is, nobody's who's a fan of "Enterprise" really   
   wants Shatner plodding around the sets anyway. He would just take   
   away attention from the regulars, who deserve the screen time more   
   than he does.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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