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   From: jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid   
      
   anim8rfsk sent the following on 06/26/2017 at 12:22 PM:   
   > In article ,   
   >   "Jim G."  wrote:   
   >   
   >> anim8rfsk sent the following on 06/24/2017 at 04:44 PM:   
   >>> In article ,   
   >>>    "Jim G."  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Heh. No, Abrams did his damage in the discipline and dumbing-down   
   >>>> departments. This latest fustercluck seems committed to doing its damage   
   >>>> in the "diversity" and "passion" departments. Honestly, I wonder if J.J.   
   >>>> is paying these idiots to provide a new target for the anger and   
   >>>> hostility of Trek purists. All I know is that each time someone new   
   >>>> comes along to "improve" Trek for a more "inclusive" audience, the worse   
   >>>> the show gets.   
   >>>   
   >>> But don't you think this whole thing is staging, so that they can cry   
   >>> 'racist' to *any* complaint about Star Trek STD?   
   >>   
   >> Are the people behind this thing competent or clever enough to pull off   
   >> something like that? Because they're clearly not competent or clever   
   >> enough to pull off a good Trek prequel. (I just saw a photo of a   
   >> transporter room, and these people are consistent, if nothing else.)   
   >   
   > I saw that that was out there and didn't even bother to look at it.  How   
   > badly does *that* bode?   
   >   
   > Bear in mind that this is set in exactly the same year as THE CAGE, so   
   > we *know* what stuff should look like.   
      
   The entire mindset of people who do this sort of "reimagining" seems to   
   be something along the lines of: "We know that ours will be better   
   because we're making it all different!"   
      
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   Jim G. | A fan of the good and the bad, but not the mediocre   
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