From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
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Subject: Re: Star Trek: Am I the Only One?

In article ,
 Merrick Baldelli  wrote:

> On Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:48:27 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
>  wrote:
> 
> >If you're going to change the characters and background _that_ _much_, 
> >why not just write something new?  It would probably be easier.
> 
> .Not when you're inherently lazy.  It's far easier to write
> something from an established story/plot than it is to come up with
> something "new".

More importantly, it's easier to sell.

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