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   Message 9,242 of 11,202   
   Graham Kennedy to Jaxtraw   
   Re: do you remember remakes of TOS?   
   16 Apr 05 10:14:12   
   
   XPost: alt.startrek, alt.startrek.creative, alt.startrek.tos.trekmuse   
   From: graham@ditl.org   
      
   Jaxtraw wrote:   
   > "Graham Kennedy"  wrote in message   
   > news:2NY7e.52856$mV1.9690@fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk...   
   >   
   >>Steven L. wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>>In Through The Out Door wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>>I have a short clip of "The Doomsday Machine" with great new computer   
   >>>>graphics. I am heartily in support of re-releasing all of the Original   
   >>>>Star Trek with all new graphics, effects...everything. New bodies, new   
   >>>>uniforms.....the whole thing.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>And we could show Nona in full frontal nudity and we could show Kirk   
   >>>actually having sex with Deela and Miramanee.   
   >>>   
   >>>Back in 1966, TOS was billed as "the first adult sci-fi drama."  So   
   >>>let's redo TOS for *adults*.   
   >>   
   >>I ususally wouldn't support a TOS remake, but I must   
   >>say you have a remarkably good idea there.   
   >>   
   >   
   >   
   > I've gone momentarily blank here. Who was Nona?   
      
   http://www.ditl.org/index.htm?daymain=/hedotherperson.php?Nona   
      
   > I actually think it'd be quite fun to see a short series of high production   
   > value remakes of the best of the classic episodes; with "name" directors   
   > doing one each and perhaps different casting of the leads for each one. Just   
   > half a dozen or so, with a "fresh eye" and different perspective cast over   
   > the stories. It could be an interesting experiment. Won't happen though, and   
   > until there's a clean sweep at Paramount they'd only mung it up anyway. I   
   > certainly wouldn't want to see TOS Bermanised. Brrrr. :)   
      
   For me, it goes without saying that B&B must be nowhere near   
   any future Trek installment of any kind.   
      
   --   
   Graham Kennedy   
      
   Creator and Author,   
   Daystrom Institute Technical Library   
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