XPost: alt.tv.star-trek.tos, rec.arts.movies.current-films, rec.arts.sf.tv   
   From: not@chance.dude   
      
   Bill Anderson wrote:   
   >>>> Anim8rFSK wrote:   
   >>>>>>>> Mac Breck wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>   "Your Name"   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> "David E. Powell" wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> Here's an idea for "Nemesis" that they could have done.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> Here's an idea for the next Star Trek movie:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>      Spock (Nimoy) wakes up on Vulcan and calls Sulu,   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> Scotty, etc.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>      to tell them about the incredibly horrible dream he had   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> last   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>      night that was extremely realistic that even he almost   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>      believed he had really travelled back in time, until he   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> saw   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>      what silly ideas his sub-conscious brain was feeding him.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> :-)   
   >>>>>>>>>>> He could come out of the shower a la Bobby Ewing?   
   >>>>>>>>>> NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!   
   >>>>>>>>> He could wake up from some weird dream, like Dr. Robert "Bob"   
   >>>>>>>>> Hartley?   
   >>>>>>>> Best. Series finale. Ever.  But it can't be repeated.   
   >>>>>>> Or have him looking at a model of the Enterprise in a snow globe ;)   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>> You have great taste in entertainment, but ripping off "Citizen   
   >>>>>> Kane" is a bit much, doncha think? LOL   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Natalie   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Oh dear.  That 'whoosh' you hear is St. Eligius going by overhead.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I'm still whooshing - WTF are you talking about?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> In Citizen Kane "Rosebud" was a sled, and he had a globe with a sled   
   >>>> in it.  Where did I go wrong?   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> You didn't watch the best drama series ever on TV: St. Elsewhere.  In   
   >>> the final sequence we see the St. Eligius hospital is actually a   
   >>> miniature building inside a snow globe sitting on top of a TV and we   
   >>> learn the whole series has been imagined by an autistic child who   
   >>> later was cured and became Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman's son or   
   >>> something like that.   
   >>>   
   >>>  From IMDB's bio of Chad Allen:  As a boy, he played the autistic   
   >>> character Tommy Westfall on the TV series "St. Elsewhere" (1982). At   
   >>> first a minor character, Tommy took on great significance in the   
   >>> final episode when the entire series was revealed to have taken place   
   >>> inside his head. This has given rise to a fan theory known as the   
   >>> "Tommy Westphall Universe Hypothesis," which states that numerous   
   >>> shows that are connected to St. Elsewhere through character   
   >>> crossovers or dialog references have also taken place in Tommy's   
   >>> mind. For instance, the show had a crossover with "Cheers" (1982),   
   >>> and several characters from "St. Elsewhere" were featured in   
   >>> "Homicide: Life on the Street" (1993). From those links, the program   
   >>> can be linked to at least 280 other non-animated shows, ranging from   
   >>> "I Love Lucy" (1951) to "CSI: NY" (2004) (as of 2007).   
   >>>   
   >>> --   
   >>> Bill Anderson   
   >>>   
   >>> I am the Mighty Favog   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Ah - thanks!   
   >>   
   >> Natalie   
   >   
   > Here he is with the snow globe:   
   >   
   > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TommyWestphall-TheLastOne-1988.jpg   
   >   
   > --   
   > Bill Anderson   
   >   
   > I am the Mighty Favog   
      
   So basically *SE* ripped off "Citizen Kane".   
      
   :-D   
      
   Natalie   
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