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   From: dragonlady60@q.com   
      
   "aemeijers"  wrote in message   
   news:s5-dnfkCFdtVrH_XnZ2dnUVZ_u6dnZ2d@giganews.com...   
   > Dragon Lady wrote:   
   >> "Obveeus"  wrote in message   
   >> news:hbpjjh$kqo$1@news.eternal-september.org...   
   >>> "Dragon Lady"  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> "Obveeus"  wrote:   
   >>>>> Certainly, 'the masses' saw Star Trek TOS as a piece of hoakie garbage   
   >>>>> and rejected it when it first aired, even moreso than Enterprise when   
   >>>>> it first aired.   
   >>>> Careful, your ignorance is showing.   
   >>> Star Trek was a ratings failure, so yes, it was soundly rejected by 'the   
   >>> masses' when it first aired.   
   >>>   
   >> Actually, Star Trek was popular enough to get reinstated for a third   
   >> season because they got so many complaints when it was cancelled.   
   >> However, TPTB were determined to cancel it, so they scheduled it for a   
   >> time when most of the audience could not be up to watch it.   
   >>   
   >> It was also the beginning of acceptance for the "nerd" faction, and for   
   >> science fiction in general.  It was in fact, not a bad show for the times   
   >> and considering the budget they operated under.  Yes, we now know much of   
   >> the "science" wouldn't work, but you have to remember the show was made   
   >> in the late sixties.  We were still excited about having gotten to the   
   >> moon!   
   >>   
   >>   
   > Uh, we hadn't yet gotten TO the moon when ST:TOS came on the air....   
      
   Yeah, well it was over 30 years ago, and I don't call my memory "the sievie"   
   for nothing.  :P   
      
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