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   From: jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid   
      
   Dimensional Traveler sent the following on 06/26/2017 at 02:22 PM:   
   > On 6/26/2017 12:10 PM, Jim G. wrote:   
   >> 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!"   
   >>   
   > DING DING DING DING DING.  By George, I think he's finally got it!   
   >   
   > ;)   
      
   I've never been confused on this particular issue. If the people behind   
   these "reimaginings" were truly gifted, then they would come up with   
   something new and original instead of opting to bastardize someone   
   else's previous work. But they don't want to admit to themselves, let   
   alone anyone else, that they're incompetent, so they try to hide their   
   lack of talent behind a lot of stupid changes that, at best, accomplish   
   nothing and, at worst, make them look even more stupid than they already   
   do. I read that this particular batch of idiots even sent someone to   
   Sweden or some such place to research fabric materials for the uniforms.   
   You can't make this stuff up.   
      
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   Jim G. | A fan of the good and the bad, but not the mediocre   
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   you.” – Clive Babineaux, iZOMBIE   
      
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