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   J. Clarke to All   
   Re: Star Trek (2009)   
   27 Sep 13 08:27:00   
   
   From: jclarkeusenet@cox.net   
      
   In article <9e1cec8f-8518-4578-9244-6b979dbb5ada@googlegroups.com>,   
   qwrtz123@gmail.com says...   
   >   
   >   I watched the reboot of Trek again tonight because I just got the second   
   film from Netflix.   
   >   
   >   The first time I saw it I was pretty kind to it, mostly because Spock was   
   in it and simply that it was Trek.  But watching it again the film is just   
   aweful.  The string of nearly comic coincedences just make me want to laugh.    
   Then there's the    
   Romulan ship design, and the Enterprises engine room, and Spock's ship, and....   
      
   Yep.  Abrams is said to have "made Star Trek cool" when in fact what he   
   did was making mocking it "cool" which is no accomplishment because   
   mocking it was always "cool" in Abrams crowd.   
      
   > Some how I doubt I'm going to like this new film.   
      
   I'm not wasting two hours of my life to find out.   
      
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