XPost: rec.arts.tv, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise, rec.arts.startrek.misc   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2025-11-05 07:05:38 +0000, Daniel said:   
      
   > anim8rfsk  writes:   
   >   
   >> Dimensional Traveler  wrote:   
   >>> 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.  ;)   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> In a blaze of stupidity, which goes to show what a wretched program it was,   
   >> they actually addressed that when the producers told the audience that the   
   >> spines don’t actually glow and the other characters wouldn’t see it, but   
   >> they just did it so the audience would know which Cylons were having   
   >> orgasms.   
   >>   
   >> Of course, since everybody was a cylon, why did it possibly matter?   
   >>   
   >> Except for star dough. I guess she wasn’t as cylon was she. But nobody   
   >> wanted her to have an orgasm anyway.   
   >   
   > Can you explain 'star dough?' Second time I have seen that reference in   
   > this thread..   
      
   They mean "Stardoe", as opposed to Starbuck ... unless they think the   
   actress is soft, pudgey, and easily manipulated.  ;-)   
      
      
      
   > Oh, is there a good Battlestar Galactica newsgroup?   
      
   alt.battlestar-galactica   
   although there's rarely anything in it.   
      
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