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   XPost: rec.arts.tv, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise, rec.arts.startrek.misc   
   From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   On 11/3/2025 10:59 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:   
   > Dimensional Traveler  wrote:   
   >> On 11/3/2025 3:58 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:   
   >>> Daniel  wrote:   
   >>>> Your Name  writes:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> On 2025-11-02 15:18:53 +0000, anim8rfsk said:   
   >>>>>> Your Name  wrote:   
   >>>>>>> On 2025-11-02 06:35:48 +0000, anim8rfsk said:   
   >>>>>>>> The True Melissa  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>> In article <878qgp8nqi.fsf@rpi3>, me@sc1f1dan.com says...   
   >>>>>>>>>> The mirror universe thread should've stayed where it started - in   
   >>>>>>>>>> TOS. It was SO lame how they folded it into a routine place to go   
   like   
   >>>>>>>>>> getting milk at the corner store.   
   >>>>>>>>> Trek always does this: It hints at SF, then turns   
   >>>>>>>>> everything mundane. Even the Borg turned out to be Just   
   >>>>>>>>> Like Us in the end.   
   >>>>>>>>> Melissa   
   >>>>>>>> I absolutely hate origins that turn alien characters into just   
   >>>>>>>> normal   
   >>>>>>>> humans who got transformed from the silver surfer to the Daleks to the   
   >>>>>>>> intolerant Galactose himself.   
   >>>>>>> There's always the opposite approach, where humans are brought to   
   >>>>>>> Earth   
   >>>>>>> and other planets by aliens (Stargate would be one example).   :-)   
   >>>>>> Stargate history has never made much sense.  Apparently the first   
   >>>>>> iteration   
   >>>>>> of humans came to earth from Pegasus and then were completely wiped out   
   and   
   >>>>>> then re-emerged on earth independently, which seems unlikely, and then   
   the   
   >>>>>> goauld came here in unas form and started culling slaves and spreading   
   them   
   >>>>>> across the galaxy?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Part of the reason is that there are actually two separate versions of   
   >>>>> Stargate franchise - the movie version and the TV version. Even now   
   >>>>> there are two lots of plans for more in both versions, as well as a   
   >>>>> third reboot plan. Hopefully they all get binned.  :-\   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> There are similar issues with other franchises, such as Battlestar   
   >>>>> Galactica, Knight Rider, etc. thanks to the lazy idiots doing   
   >>>>> "reboots".   
   >>>>   
   >>>> It seems we are simpatico about the lack of creativity in modern   
   >>>> media.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Today's mantra is, reboot something that worked in past, change the   
   >>>> genders and races of the heroes because no one will notice, then   
   >>>> complain about the lack of audience when it fails. Forgetting the notion   
   >>>> that the audience being targeted don't wish to be the subject of   
   >>>> pandering. Don't forget to kill off the heroes of the past and inject a   
   >>>> purple haired woman to replace him.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> While I did enjoy the Galactica reboot, I was only slightly irked that   
   >>>> they changed Starbuck's sex. I would have loved the reboot if they made it   
   >>>> less predictable. The secret was revealed on the pilot, iirc. Haven't   
   >>>> seen the show in two decades, so I could be wrong.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> I don’t think the secret about star dough was revealed until the finale   
   >>>   
   >> I remember there being hints during the final season but yes, we didn't   
   >> "know" until the finale.   
   >>   
   >   
   > I still don’t know how the hell they couldn’t find the USB ports in their   
   > wrists during an autopsy   
   >   
   Or the LED lights in their spines.  ;)   
      
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   dirty old man.   
      
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