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   From: gossg@gossg.org   
      
   "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)"  wrote:   
   >On 1/24/14 5:39 PM, Greg Goss wrote:   
      
   >> Using Scotty as a comedy sidekick was just wrong.  The ice creature   
   >> was something that belonged in a Star Wars flick, not Star Trek.   
   >   
   >	Indeed. Star Trek would never have bizarre creatures on it like   
   >one-celled organisms the size of a planet that eat life energy, or   
   >illusion-casting salt vampires, or energy beings that live off hate, or ...   
      
   Those weren't tossed out for single-scene shock value.  The   
   presentation was Star Wars like, not the concept.   
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