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   From: jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid   
      
   BTR1701 sent the following on 06/26/2017 at 08:17 PM:   
   > In article ,   
   >   "Jim G."  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Ubiquitous sent the following on 06/26/2017 at 02:28 PM:   
   >>> jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid wrote:   
   >>>> anim8rfsk sent the following on 06/26/2017 at 12:22 PM:   
   >>>>> "Jim G."  wrote:   
   >>>>>> anim8rfsk sent the following on 06/24/2017 at 04:44 PM:   
   >>>>>>>      "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!"   
   >>>   
   >>> I thought it was merely their attempt to mark their own territory.   
   >>   
   >> They will accept that analogy as long as you acknowledge that their   
   >> method of urinating is both different and extremely clever and artistic   
   >> and creative.   
   >   
   > Plus socially-relevant and diverse.   
      
   And these days, the "socially relevant" bit seems to translate to "as   
   dysfunctional as you can make it so that the characters are as unlikable   
   as possible."   
      
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   Jim G. | A fan of the good and the bad, but not the mediocre   
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