XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com   
      
   On 1/25/14 11:27 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:   
   > On 1/25/2014 12:37 PM, Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) wrote:   
   >> On 1/25/14 12:29 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:   
   >>> 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   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>      I would say you could blame your advancing age for being unable to   
   >> follow a simple straightforward story. :)   
   >>   
   > We'll have to agree to disagree about the movie's time traveling,   
   > paradox generating, story being simple or straight forward.  :)   
   >   
      
   	Perhaps it's watching Doctor Who that makes following convoluted   
   time-travel trivial.   
      
      
      
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