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   From: liam@valentijn.nu   
      
   Op 27-6-2017 om 23:46 schreef Dimensional Traveler:   
   > 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."   
   >   
      
   That was basically what JJ wanted. He was not amused that the CBS half   
   of the franchise refused to give up their goodies in favor of 'only   
   Kelvin timeline stuff'.   
      
   And as far as I'm concerned Discovery is yet /another/ timeline.   
      
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