From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: liam@valentijn.nu
Subject: Re: Kirk and Spock in the news, again (link)

Daniel schreef op 14-6-2014 13:59:
> On 14/06/14 17:29, Wouter Valentijn wrote:
>> Your Name schreef op 14-6-2014 00:05:
>>> In article <539af9f9$0$2964$e4fe514c@news2.news.xs4all.nl>, Wouter
>>> Valentijn  wrote:
>>>> Your Name schreef op 13-6-2014 08:12:
>>>>> In article , ToolPackinMama
>>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.cnet.com/news/americans-think-star-trek-is-the
future-not-star-w
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ars-study-says/
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, DUH!
>>>>> Star Wars is set "a long time ago in a galaxy far far away".
>>>>> Star Trek is set in Earth's near-ish future.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ROFL
>>>>
>>>> I'd take Star Trek over Star Wars any day.
>>>>
>>>> Not that I'm totally anti Star Wars. I liked Star Wars (IV) and TESB
>>>> very much. ROTJ was a lesser movie and the prequels... Never mind them.
>>>
>>> The only real issue with Star Wars is that there was such a long time
>>> between the trilogies, meaning they look quite different due to
>>> technology improvements, differeing style, over-the-top fight scenes,
>>> etc. Many of the later additions to the Original Trilogy look out of
>>> place with the older film quality / style. If all six (and soon a
>>> ridiculously tacked-on third Trilogy) had been made continuously like
>>> "Harry Potter", for example, then those differences would have been
>>> much less noticeable.
>>>
>>
>> "Improvements"... Not a word I'd use. :-)
>> Nah, I think the stories themselves took a nose dive. They became more
>> 'kiddiefied'.
>> I'd keep 'Star Wars' and "The Empire Stikes Back', but the rest....
>>
> Seems to me, George Lucas, originally, made the discussion to produce
> Star Wars (i.e. chapter 4 in his original nine part storyline), whoever
> was able to convince him, much, much later, that parts one through three
> were worthwhile .... THAT PERSON SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT THE BACK AND
> SHOT!!
>
> If they went anywhere, after 4, 5 and 6, it should have been 7 then!!
>

THRAWN!




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