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XPost: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From: cigarmanwine@gmail.com
On May 21, 3:09 am, "Bast" wrote:
> Wiseguy wrote:
> > Sandman wrote in
> >news:mr-408D77.09190420052013@News.Individual.NET:
>
> >> In article
> >> ,
> >> YourN...@YourISP.com (Your Name) wrote:
>
> >>>>>> Even if he made it a musical of naked shaved wookies, it would
> >>>>>> still be better than the prequels.
>
> >>>>> Lucas owned it and did what HE wanted. Sounds fair.
>
> >>>> Of course. Never said anything about it being unfair. Ruined it
> >>>> was, even so. :)
>
> >>> George Lucas was allowed to do whatever he wanted ... he actually
> >>> created the franchise.
>
> >> Eh, yes I know? Why are you writing this? Have I claimed he either did
> >> not create it or that he could not do whatever he wanted?
>
> >>> Over-egoed "reboot" fools like JJ Abrams haven't got enough talent to
> >>> actually make their own franchise, so they have to go around
> >>> butchering other people's hard work instead. :-(
>
> >> Again - JJ Abrams could not butcher Star Wars even if he wanted.
> >> George Lucas already did that. It's like shooting a dead horse
> >> expected it to be more dead.
>
> >> If anything, JJ can either keep the horse dead (by continuing the
> >> train wreck that was the prequels) or he can do something better. He
> >> can not do something worse. It is not possible.
>
> >> If the 2009 Star Trek was renamed as Star Wars and released now, it
> >> would be a hundred times better than the prequels.
>
> >> (yeah, ok, a bit of hyperbole, but I've really come to despise the
> >> prequels).
>
> > Prequels don't ruin a franchise, whether you like them or not. They
> > only tell what's gone before. Sequels, on the other hand, can ruin a
> > franchise by turning the story in stupid directions.
>
> > Enterprise was a prequel, ST 2009 was a sequel.
>
> So you think a YOUNG kirk,....supposedly before the TOS timeframe, is not a
> "prequel" ?
>
> The fact is, that as an alternate universe,..... it's just a
> bastardization/exploitation for profit.
> And a bit late for the writers to save it by claiming it was all a dream
> sequence.
There is nothing to save. The movie was a hit. There is no shame. No
embarassment. The people at Paramount are NOT walking around in fear
of bumping into obsessed taunting fan-boys. They have NOT ruined a
franchise. On the contrary, a third film is in the works. That is NOT
RUINATION. That is SUCCESS.
And you are in the basement.
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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