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   From: jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid   
      
   anim8rfsk sent the following on 06/27/2017 at 03:31 PM:   
   > In article ,   
   >   "Jim G."  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Obveeus sent the following on 06/27/2017 at 06:58 AM:   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> On 6/26/2017 11:26 PM, Jim G. wrote:   
   >>>> Obveeus sent the following on 06/26/2017 at 09:52 PM:>   
   >>>>> On 6/26/2017 10:43 PM, Jim G. wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> I'm still not getting the girlfriend/THE FLY reference...   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> The woman who got melded in the transporter was the love of Kirk's life.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Seriously? I never knew that, and I've seen the movie many times.   
   >>>   
   >>> For whatever reason, the plot point never made it into the film.   
   >>   
   >> Weird. If I had to guess, I'd guess that there was a problem with the   
   >> admiral actor or the admiral actress or both. I mean, if it was a time   
   >> issue, it's not as if they couldn't have shaved a bit of the pretty CGI   
   >> overkill (and pace-killing) stuff that bogged down the whole movie.   
   >   
   > CGI?  In TMP??  "Sorry, neither"   
      
   Fair enough. I knew that they used models (often recycled), but I also   
   thought that there was some early computer work connected to some of the   
   V-ger effects and nebula stuff.   
      
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