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   "Smokie Darling (Annie)"  wrote in message   
   news:08e41785-e42f-4238-865c-31efceb6d2af@u16g2000pru.googlegroups.com...   
   > On Dec 9, 9:33 am, trag  wrote:   
   > > On Dec 9, 9:56 am, "Smokie Darling (Annie)"    
   > > wrote:   
   > >   
   > > > I agree with Ted here. The whole Soran plot was just a device   
   > > > (mcguffin, if I may), the real plot was reintroducing all the   
   > > > characters that most ST viewers "know", and the new interactions based   
   > > > on a certain event that occurred.   
   > >   
   > > That's not the Kirk that I "know".   
   >   
   > Which is why I put it in quotes.  They have the same names, but   
   > because of a certain event, they have changed (some a little, some a   
   > lot).   
      
   "Certain events"   
   Translation: Nobody in Hollyweird knows (nor cares) how to make real Star   
   Trek any more. In fact few people in Hollyweird know how to make anything at   
   all, so they butcher old shows / movies instead.   
      
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