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   From: droleary@2017usenet1.subsume.com   
      
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   Obveeus  wrote:   
      
   > Using a phaser that looks closer to STAR TREK (The Original Series)   
   > The complaints about the Klingon looks or the look of the transporters   
   > or the look of the phasers is right on par with the complaints about   
   > SUPERMAN's outfit being the wrong shade of blue or WONDER WOMAN's outfit   
   > not being flaggy enough.   
      
   I would disagree a bit with that, and even then only from a continuity   
   perspective.  It *would* be fair comment if a *single* representation   
   of S or WW had their costume change without explanation.  And it would   
   be *very* wrong to suddenly replace the person themselves with a   
   blonde (or give them head ridges :-).  Unless it’s a reboot, you do   
   *not* get to exercise your “creativity” in those sorts of aspects of   
   the universe.   
      
   > Were you guys sitting around the water cooler back in the 80s griping   
   > about how much the new BUCK ROGERS TV series sucked because the ships no   
   > longer swung back and forth on pieces of fishing line like they were   
   > supposed too?  ...and they failed to have cigarette smoke wafting   
   > randomly out of the back like was coda?   
      
   Well we’re sure as hell not going to complain about Wilma Deering’s   
   outfits!  :-)  But seriously, you have to make a distinction between   
   what is a surface difference and what is being changed in an   
   established story line for the wrong reasons.  If they didn’t want to   
   do “Prime” Trek, they should have created yet another timeline, or not   
   made it a Trek property at all.  Simple as that.   
      
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