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   Jaxtraw to All   
   Re: [NEWS] - Shatner Leaks Trek XI Detai   
   15 Jan 07 11:40:51   
   
   XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise   
   XPost: rec.arts.startrek.current   
   From: jax@knickersjaxtrawstudios.com   
      
   80 Knight wrote:   
   > "Anybody"  wrote in message   
   > news:150120071919313333%anybody@anywhere-anytime.com...   
   >> In article , David   
   >> Johnston  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 18:21:53 +1300, Anybody   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>>> When did "Star Trek fan" become synonymous with "Someone who   
   >>>>> wants to never see Star Trek on TV again"?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> About the same time the idiots were put in charge and started   
   >>>> trying to change Star Trek into something that is "Star Trek" in   
   >>>> name only (or in the case of "Enterprise", not even in name).   
   >>>   
   >>> Oh bullshit.  Those self-same idiots were in charge starting with   
   >>> TNG.   
   >>   
   >> No they weren't. Beavis & Butthead took over full control later,   
   >   
   > Wrong.  Gene Rodenberry died in 1991, TNG didn't end until 1993. B&B   
   > ran the show from then on.   
   >   
   >> and neither had a clue how to do "Star Trek", nor did they even want   
   >> to.   
   >   
   > Yes.  Exactly.  That is why TNG was one of the highest rated   
   > shows.....   
   >   
   >> Both simply wanted to add a big name to their own portfolios - yet   
   >> another form of selfish greed.   
   >   
   > Wow. To think people in this world have the never to want to make   
   > money.   
   > I am the first one to admit that Berman and Bragga ruined   
   > "Enterprise". However, they also wrote some damned good episodes of   
   > TNG and Voyager.   
      
   Yet strangely, demanding that millions of dollars be spent producing TV   
   shows and movies to satisfy a few fans isn't selfish and greedy at all,   
   apparently.   
      
      
   Ian   
      
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