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   From: jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid   
      
   Obveeus sent the following on 06/26/2017 at 01:16 PM:>   
   > On 6/26/2017 1:22 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:   
   >> In article ,   
   >>    "Jim G."  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> anim8rfsk sent the following on 06/24/2017 at 04:44 PM:   
   >>>> In article ,   
   >>>>     "Jim G."  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> 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 transporter preview image that has been shown is from the older   
   > ship, not the more current ship (Discovery).   
      
   Do you have a cite for that? Because everything that I saw when this   
   came out made it clear that it was unknown if the image was of the older   
   ship or the newer one.   
      
   > If you are going to rag on the show as being incompetent for changing   
   > the look of 'known things', how do you resolve the changes within the   
   > original cast era (such as the Klingon's face/head)?   
      
   That was stupid, too, and it was another good example of people thinking   
   that they're being creative or clever when they make entirely   
   unnecessary changes to what's already been established.   
      
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