From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: will.dockery@gmail.com
Subject: Re: The Kiss


"Wiseguy"  wrote in message 
news:XnsA315243CD3364epwiseyahoocom@69.16.179.23...
> Will Dockery wrote in
> news:634058f9-3650-4c28-b0bd-538969006630@googlegroups.com:
>
>> Wiseguy wrote:
>>>
>>> Doesn't matter.  It looked so phony onscreen the actors may as well
>>> as not have kissed.
>>
>> Sure it matters, and it matters that Star Trek did it.
>>
>> Botched or not, it was still the first kiss of this type in television
>> history... let that sink in for a moment.
>
> I don't need anything to sink in.  I already know all about it unlike
> you.
>
> Look at it.  There is no kiss.  The characters kissed but the actors
> didn't.
>
> And even if they did, they overacted so badly it looks ridiculous.
> And this supposed kiss is hidden from view of the audience.
>
> The fact that it was in one of the most stupid episodes doesn't help.
>
> Star Trek failed. Deal with it.
>
> Unless you're a nerd.  Then it's the greatest thing on television.
>
> Grow up.

Points taken... and it was Third Season also, after all.

The fact remains it was the first kiss of this nature in television history 
and it can be argued that only a nerd would know enough about it to try and 
downplay it.

As for who or what I am, there may be some nerd still in my soul... heh.

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