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XPost: rec.arts.tv, rec.arts.startrek.current, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise
From: dtravel@sonic.net
On 11/3/2025 3:58 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> Daniel wrote:
>> Your Name writes:
>>
>>> On 2025-11-02 15:18:53 +0000, anim8rfsk said:
>>>> Your Name wrote:
>>>>> On 2025-11-02 06:35:48 +0000, anim8rfsk said:
>>>>>> The True Melissa wrote:
>>>>>>> In article <878qgp8nqi.fsf@rpi3>, me@sc1f1dan.com says...
>>>>>>>> The mirror universe thread should've stayed where it started - in
>>>>>>>> TOS. It was SO lame how they folded it into a routine place to go like
>>>>>>>> getting milk at the corner store.
>>>>>>> Trek always does this: It hints at SF, then turns
>>>>>>> everything mundane. Even the Borg turned out to be Just
>>>>>>> Like Us in the end.
>>>>>>> Melissa
>>>>>> I absolutely hate origins that turn alien characters into just
>>>>>> normal
>>>>>> humans who got transformed from the silver surfer to the Daleks to the
>>>>>> intolerant Galactose himself.
>>>>> There's always the opposite approach, where humans are brought to
>>>>> Earth
>>>>> and other planets by aliens (Stargate would be one example). :-)
>>>> Stargate history has never made much sense. Apparently the first
>>>> iteration
>>>> of humans came to earth from Pegasus and then were completely wiped out
and
>>>> then re-emerged on earth independently, which seems unlikely, and then the
>>>> goauld came here in unas form and started culling slaves and spreading
them
>>>> across the galaxy?
>>>
>>> Part of the reason is that there are actually two separate versions of
>>> Stargate franchise - the movie version and the TV version. Even now
>>> there are two lots of plans for more in both versions, as well as a
>>> third reboot plan. Hopefully they all get binned. :-\
>>>
>>> There are similar issues with other franchises, such as Battlestar
>>> Galactica, Knight Rider, etc. thanks to the lazy idiots doing
>>> "reboots".
>>
>> It seems we are simpatico about the lack of creativity in modern
>> media.
>>
>> Today's mantra is, reboot something that worked in past, change the
>> genders and races of the heroes because no one will notice, then
>> complain about the lack of audience when it fails. Forgetting the notion
>> that the audience being targeted don't wish to be the subject of
>> pandering. Don't forget to kill off the heroes of the past and inject a
>> purple haired woman to replace him.
>>
>> While I did enjoy the Galactica reboot, I was only slightly irked that
>> they changed Starbuck's sex. I would have loved the reboot if they made it
>> less predictable. The secret was revealed on the pilot, iirc. Haven't
>> seen the show in two decades, so I could be wrong.
>>
>
> I don’t think the secret about star dough was revealed until the finale
>
I remember there being hints during the final season but yes, we didn't
"know" until the finale.
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