XPost: alt.tv.star-trek, alt.startrek, rec.arts.sf.tv   
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   From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   On 6/27/2017 12:51 PM, Doc O'Leary wrote:   
   > For your reference, records indicate that   
   > 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.   
   >   
   The problem is they DID start a new timeline.  And in the process said   
   "this is the only Trek now, we have destroyed the timeline of the prior   
   serieses and movies."   
      
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