XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science
From: dtravel@sonic.net
On 1/25/2014 9:53 PM, Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) wrote:
> 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.
>
I watch Doctor Who and frankly find its writing orders of magnitude
better than Crap Trek.
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The 'Enterprise' crew in the 2009 Star Trek are adrenaline addicted,
hyper-active teenagers with ADD whose Ritalin got replaced with
methamphetamine, displaying a level of discipline that a Somali pirate
wouldn't tolerate.
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