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   From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   On 6/27/2017 1:03 PM, Doc O'Leary wrote:   
   > For your reference, records indicate that   
   > Dimensional Traveler  wrote:   
   >   
   >> J J Abrams basically stood over the dying body of 'Star Trek' telling   
   >> fans "Hey, look at me, I'm so popular that I can do whatever I want to   
   >> your beloved show!" while he gave fans the finger with one hand and   
   >> masturbated with the other.   
   >   
   > I’m not so sure that was the message to the fans, or just to Paramount   
   > (or whoever it is that owns Trek these days).   
      
   He didn't dare aim any of that at Paramount, they were the ones paying   
   him and would have canned his ass so fast the Earth would have rotated   
   backwards.   
      
   (Oops, wrong movie. ;) )   
      
   >  It *was* a dying   
   > franchise, by my measure due in large part to them cranking out crap   
   > after TNG went off the air.  They *did* need a change of pace, and   
   > unfortunately they did it by chasing after the “action movie” audience.   
   > My hope is always that a new TV series would be able to have the depth   
   > needed to really re-establish the franchise with the types of fans   
   > older Trek attracted, but Discovery seems to be along the same lines as   
   > the other newer Trek series, being terrible and thinking they can get   
   > away with it just because it’s *said* to be set in the Trek universe.   
   >   
      
      
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