XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   On 1/24/2014 6:02 PM, Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) wrote:   
   > On 1/24/14 8:33 PM, Greg Goss wrote:   
   >> "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.   
   >   
   >      They couldn't afford single-scene monsters in 1967.   
   >   
   So we should blame inflation for Abrams' inability to follow a coherent   
   story?  :P   
      
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