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   From: jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid   
      
   Dimensional Traveler sent the following on 06/30/2017 at 02:49 PM:   
   > On 6/30/2017 12:36 PM, Jim G. wrote:   
   >> Jim G. sent the following on 06/30/2017 at 02:33 PM:   
   >>> Jerry Brown sent the following on 06/30/2017 at 12:18 PM:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> The novelisation claimed that Scotty was trying to get Preston to   
   >>>> sickbay but the elevator screwed up due to damage during Khan's   
   >>>> attack.   
   >>>   
   >>> That would have been a nice thing to see, too. It just seems unfortunate   
   >>> that, like the transporter business, a minute or two of time spent on   
   >>> the pretty light shows couldn't have been used for this sort of   
   >>> explanation instead.   
   >>   
   >> And yes, I'm sorta blurring my complaints about the first two movies,   
   >> but that's because there's a common theme to it: visuals are nice, but   
   >> not at the expense of head-scratching stuff that goes unexplained.   
   >>   
   > I think the studios view it as "if you can pay enough attention to the   
   > story to find head-scratching stuff to complain about, the visuals   
   > weren't doing their job."   
      
   I'm starting to think that you might have a cynical perspective on this   
   sort of thing. :)   
      
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   Jim G. | A fan of the good and the bad, but not the mediocre   
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