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   From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   Joe Pfeiffer wrote:   
   > Dimensional Traveler  writes:   
   >   
   >> jojo wrote:   
   >>> On Sep 9, 5:20 pm, "Smokie Darling (Annie)"    
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>> On Sep 9, 8:13 am, nebu...@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) writes:   
   >>>>>> Is this making sense?   
   >>>>>         No, but if you would actually watch the new movie you would find   
   >>>>> your objections answered.  It's a bit of a radical approach, but some   
   have   
   >>>>> found success with it.   
   >>>> Or heck, read some of the threads that discuss it, in depth.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>    
   >>> Or simplier: who gives a shit about these stupid details ?   
   >> The movie's producers obviously didn't.   
   >   
   > No, Berman and Braga didn't care.  Abrams (and Orci and Kurtzman) cared,   
   > understood, and deliberately took off in a new direction that worked   
   > really, really well.   
   >   
   > You can argue with me about whether the new direction worked, but you   
   > can't argue that they knew their Trek and were very careful to make   
   > clear that this is a new continuity, not a bizarre retcon based on never   
   > having seen an episode.   
      
   Yes I can.  :D   
      
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