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   Obveeus to All   
   Re: Star Trek: Discovery star replies to   
   26 Jun 17 22:23:17   
   
   XPost: alt.tv.star-trek, alt.startrek, rec.arts.sf.tv   
   XPost: rec.arts.tv   
   From: Obveeus@aol.com   
      
   On 6/26/2017 8:24 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:   
   > In article , Obveeus    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 6/26/2017 7:47 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:   
   >>> On 6/26/2017 4:29 PM, Obveeus wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> On 6/26/2017 7:01 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:   
   >>>>> In article ,   
   >>>>>    Dimensional Traveler  wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> On 6/26/2017 3:04 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:   
   >>>>>>> In article ,   
   >>>>>>>     Dimensional Traveler  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> On 6/26/2017 2:03 PM, Doc O'Leary wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>> For your reference, records indicate that   
   >>>>>>>>> Wouter Valentijn  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> Another Reboot. That much is certain.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> Just the opposite.  They announced that Discovery is supposed to be   
   >>>>>>>>> set in the classic 槼�Prime槼• 
   ½1�2� timeline.  That槼綼 why   
   >>>>>>>>> doing what   
   >>>>>>>>> they槼綖e   
   >>>>>>>>> doing is problematic well beyond any cries of racism or other   
   >>>>>>>>> intolerance.  It was problematic when they did the same thing with   
   >>>>>>>>> Enterprise.  It槼綼 just dumb to depict things 10 or   
   100 years   
   >>>>>>>>> prior to   
   >>>>>>>>> Kirk as being more advanced than what even Picard had just   
   >>>>>>>>> because our   
   >>>>>>>>> tech has taken off in the present.  It certainly *should* have   
   >>>>>>>>> been a   
   >>>>>>>>> reboot.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> Either that or, like I槼緆 sure Iæ§   
   ÂÂç¶®e said before, someone   
   >>>>>>>>> needs to sit   
   >>>>>>>>> down with all the property in the franchise and work out a fully   
   >>>>>>>>> coherent continuity.  One that they can stick to for all *future*   
   >>>>>>>>> production as well, of course.  All this piecemeal shit has become a   
   >>>>>>>>> real anchor around the neck of the Trek universe.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> The "creative" types would hate that.  They want to be able to put   
   >>>>>>>> their   
   >>>>>>>> own stamp on it without being "hampered" by being consistent with   
   >>>>>>>> what   
   >>>>>>>> others have done.  Why do you think Abrams burned the whole thing   
   >>>>>>>> to the   
   >>>>>>>> ground and started over from scratch?  Why do you think every other   
   >>>>>>>> Superman or Spiderman movie is a reboot, origin story?  Because the   
   >>>>>>>> "creatives" want it to be _their_ vision that controls.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> That's partly it.  You've also got the part where the "creatives"   
   >>>>>>> won't   
   >>>>>>> (some say can't) read the source material, and nowadays won't watch   
   >>>>>>> source material.  Brannon Braga was apparently proud of having never   
   >>>>>>> seen an episode of real Trek, which is how he ended up writing Zephram   
   >>>>>>> Cochrane as a black woman.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>> I think the "won't read/view source material" is part of their   
   >>>>>> egotistic   
   >>>>>> "I can do it better! if you just don't bother me with the truth"   
   >>>>>> problem.  So the two are sides of the same metaphorical coin.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Plus there's the whole "I'll sue you if you ever read or watch   
   >>>>>> something   
   >>>>>> of mine and then ever in your life make something I can claim was   
   >>>>>> unconsciously influenced by my work!" thing.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Well, yeah, but refusing to watch an ep of Trek when you're making   
   >>>>> eps of Trek ...   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Alternatively, Simon Pegg is a huge TREK fan and he put all kinds of   
   >>>> stuff into the film to make TREK fans happy and they still complained.   
   >>>   
   >>> He didn't get rid of the Abrams stink....   
   >>   
   >> The third entry in the series was much better than the second.  The only   
   >> real stink in it was a bunch of stupid motorcycle stuff.  Of course, I'm   
   >> dreading the fourth film somewhat because I'm not looking forward to   
   >> Chekov getting run over by the ship and written off.   
   >   
   > You're honestly the first person I've heard rate BEYOND any better than   
   > 'worst of series, crime against humanity'   
   >   
   > Even the people that actually watched it felt that way.   
      
   Nope.  The second film (where Khan was featured) was the worst of the   
   new trilogy.  The third film, BEYOND, brought a good dose of humor that   
   STAR TREK desperately needed to see again.  Plus, they added Sofia   
   Boutella...who I hope makes it back for film #4.   
      
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