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   From: WouterValentijnwisheshewas@home.nl   
      
   "Elvis Gump"  schreef in bericht   
   news:BDA6B4B1.5B0F5%elvisgumpNO@SPAM.bellsouth.net...   
   > in article 2ucp1iF27f5m1U1@uni-berlin.de, Wouter Valentijn at   
   > WouterValentijnwisheshewas@home.nl wrote on 10/28/2004 12:38 PM:   
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   > >   
   > > "Elvis Gump"  schreef in bericht   
   > > news:BDA5B3F3.5AFD4%elvisgumpNO@SPAM.bellsouth.net...   
   > >> in article 2uaju0F295h9bU1@uni-berlin.de, Wouter Valentijn at   
   > >> WouterValentijnwisheshewas@home.nl wrote on 10/27/2004 04:58 PM:   
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   > >> I say some variation on the kind of stuff the Reeves-Stevens were doing   
   with   
   > >> the books they were ghost writing for Shatner to add his name to were   
   exactly   
   > >> the sort of thing we need for the next Trek. Add Q to the mix who   
   brings back   
   > >> Kirk in someway to help fight Tiberius from the Mirror Universe, bring   
   the   
   > >> Enterprise-B forward in time with Sulu replacing Harriman as it's   
   Captain,   
   > >> Chekov as his XO; Picard & Co. on the E-E; Riker on the Titan (or   
   whatever it   
   > >> was called and not yet seen) and spread the rest of the casts around as   
   > >> available and willing and there'd be a rip-roaring good time.   
   >   
   > > Sounds good to me.   
   > > One big problem I had with the 'Shatner' novels. Okay actually two.   
   > > 1. The connection between V'ger and The Borg. Not canon and I'm glad   
   about   
   > > that. If the Borg had *that* kind of power....   
   > > 2. The connection between Kodos and Sarek. Plain evil in my book.   
   > > From these type of things they should stay away.   
   >   
   > The entire series is chock full of enough ideas that it could take another   
   > 40 years of feature films to plow through half of them. There are plenty   
   of   
   > omissions like the two you make that I'd agree with. I did like the angle   
   of   
   > explaining why there were so many humanoid species in the galaxy which was   
   a   
   > great arc and way to do something other than this years mega villain. Even   
   > bringing Tiberius finally to the screen while we still have Shatner to do   
   > the scenery chewing would be a tricky proposition, but it might be the   
   last   
   > best option to save the franchise.   
   >   
      
   Those last novels I still have to read.   
   The last one I read was the one in which Shatner dealt emotionally with the   
   death of his wife. Preserver I think it was. I think originally it would   
   have been different. From your remarks I understand he (they)  picked up   
   that thread in the later novels.   
      
   > What they need more than the basic formula they settled into in the last   
   two   
   > TNG films which really weren't very different from the super-villain stuff   
   > done badly in ST V & VI.   
      
   Okay. Although VI wasn't that bad imo. Even V had its charm with some good   
   Kirk moments.   
      
      
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