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|    Dimensional Traveler to David Johnston    |
|    Re: [NEWS] Greatest American Hero reboot    |
|    01 Sep 14 11:16:48    |
      XPost: rec.arts.sf.tv       From: dtravel@sonic.net              On 8/31/2014 11:20 PM, David Johnston wrote:       > On 9/1/2014 12:12 AM, Your Name wrote:       >       >>       >>>> including any even remote hope of a getting properly fitting       >>>> addition.       >>>       >>> That also doesn't make sense. First of all, you can indeed get       >>> installments of questionable style followed by a better one -- the       >>> silliness factor in Superman III and Superman IV was gone again in       >>> Superman Returns, and lots of people think Man of Steel was as good as       >>> Superman II. And second, if there ever is a "properly fitting addition"       >>> you'll come here and start whining that it "destroyed the franchise" and       >>> "why couldn't they make something *original* for once?"       >>       >> "Good", there's your pointlessly idiotic opinion.       >>       >> Whether it's "good" or not isn't relevant to the point. The reboot       >> version would still be just as "good" if it used a different name and       >> so didn't pee all over the original.       >       > Except for the part where it doesn't get to air.       >       In which case the odds are even higher that it wasn't very good to start       with.              --       "The Snark must flow!" - Shaddam Emperor Animfsk the 8th              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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