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   From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   On 7/4/2017 12:26 PM, Jim G. wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
   I'm cynical enough to accept my failings as a god.   
      
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