From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: not@chance.dude
Subject: Re: Star Trek: Am I the Only One?

Mac Breck wrote:
> Wickeddoll wrote:
>>> Anim8rFSK wrote:
>>>>  "Your Name"  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "Smokie Darling (Annie)" wrote in message
>>   trag  "Smokie Darling (Annie)"
>>>>>>>> I agree with Ted here. The whole Soran plot was just a device
>>>>>>>> (mcguffin, if I may), the real plot was reintroducing all the
>>>>>>>> characters that most ST viewers "know", and the new interactions
>>>>>>>> based on a certain event that occurred.
>>>>>>> That's not the Kirk that I "know".
>>>>>> Which is why I put it in quotes.  They have the same names, but
>>>>>> because of a certain event, they have changed (some a little,
>>>>>> some a lot).
>>>>> "Certain events"
>>>>> Translation: Nobody in Hollyweird knows (nor cares) how to make
>>>>> real Star Trek any more. In fact few people in Hollyweird know how
>>>>> to make anything at all, so they butcher old shows / movies
>>>>> instead.
>>>> That's exactly the point; they had writers too lazy and
>>>> intellectually dishonest to do their homework.
>>> ...and they made a TON of money doing that, so what has the audience
>>> taught them?
>>>
>> Jealous?
> 
> ???What???  No, you completely missed the boat.  In fact, the boat is
> halfway across the Atlantic and you're still on the shore.
> 
> It was a straight question.  The answer is that it's taught them (the
> writers and everybody else involved in the production of "Star Trek"
> (2009)) that what they did, is what the audience wants.
> 
> Sheesh, quit looking for emotions that aren't there.
> 

OK, Merrick was right - you didn't get that I was joking.

My bad.

:-D

Natalie

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