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   From: weberm@polaris.net   
      
   In article , dtravel@sonic.net wrote:   
   >On 6/28/2017 11:15 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:   
   >> droleary@2017usenet1.subsume.com 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).  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.   
   >>   
   >> That reminds me of the puchline of a joke that includes "slapping `'Trek`   
   >> on it's title".   
   >>   
   >That would seem to imply that Abrams _isn't_ the punchline to that joke.   
      
   Oh, this predates Abrams by a decade or two.   
      
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