XPost: alt.non.racism, alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek   
   XPost: rec.arts.tv, rec.arts.sf.tv   
   From: weberm@polaris.net   
      
   jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid wrote:   
   >anim8rfsk sent the following on 06/26/2017 at 02:31 PM:   
   >>  "Jim G."  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!"   
   >>   
   >> Racist   
   >   
   >I'm trying to "reimagine" the concept of racism. How am I doing so far?   
      
   Other than "blame whitey"?   
      
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