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   XPost: rec.arts.startrek.current, alt.humor, demon.local   
   From: tsbrueni@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us   
      
   David Johnston wrote:   
      
   > On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 11:09:37 +1300, Anybody   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   > >In article , The Merry   
   > >Piper  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 07:53:46 GMT, "RuPEDski"    
   > >> wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >> >No. James Bond, Batman etc. existed BEFORE an actor "created" them.   
   > >>   
   > >> Yes.  For many persons, these characters did not exist until they were   
   > >> portrayed on the big or small screen.  This point is therefore without   
   > >> merit.   
   > >   
   > >With James Bond you can at least pretend that each new actor is in fact   
   > >a different agent and "007" is always given the alias "James Bond" in a   
   > >similar way to the Men in Black having their names changed when they   
   > >become an agent.   
   >   
   > And with Star Trek you can pretend the Klingons always had bumps.   
      
   A 4th season Enterprise episode explained that the Klingons lost their bumps   
   due to a plague started by a botched Klingon effort to create genetically   
   enhanced Klingons.   
      
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