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   From: jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid   
      
   Dimensional Traveler sent the following on 06/30/2017 at 07:28 PM:   
   > On 6/30/2017 5:23 PM, Jim G. wrote:   
   >> 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. :)   
   >>   
   > You'd think that would keep me from being disappointed very often, yet   
   > still I am.   
      
   That's the sort of thing that should make you really disappointed with   
   yourself.   
      
   --   
   Jim G. | A fan of the good and the bad, but not the mediocre   
   “It smells like bad beer and worse choices. I'll make it work.” – Rosita   
   Bustillos, WYNONNA EARP   
      
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