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JJ ABRAMS RUINED STAR TREK FOREVER

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Rob Cypher

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May 18, 2013, 5:08:05 PM5/18/13
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This second "reboot" of his is bullshit. He's totally screwed with
all the characters' backstories, has them acting all uncharacrstically
(aka tons of inapproriate emoting from supposedly logical Vulcans,
among other things) and has turned it into something that
resembles "The Bourne Legacy" along with the worst aspects of
"Starship Troopers".

Don't laugh, Star Wars fans. He's coming to screw with your canon
next.

If there's ever another ST movie, I hope they undo all the timeline
changes or just ignore them/treat them as an alternate universe.
Fuck that shit.

RichA

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May 18, 2013, 5:16:37 PM5/18/13
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He knows how to cater to the morons.

Keith D. Lee

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May 18, 2013, 5:21:28 PM5/18/13
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Rob:
Keep cool, will you? It was just a movie. A fun movie at that. :-)



thinbluemime

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May 18, 2013, 1:40:04 PM5/18/13
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From Bad Robot Productions and one-half of the minds behind the ABC hit
series LOST...
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3309/4624352665_ac4aa974e6_z.jpg

...Comes the allegorical tale of terror, trepidation and tribbles, 'Star
Trek Into Darkness.'
https://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.tv/browse_thread/thread/b93fbf6bad545d4a/a8098d860606b4b1?hl=en&#a8098d860606b4b1

Your Name

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May 18, 2013, 5:49:17 PM5/18/13
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In article <juqfp8h2mia9h7f1d...@4ax.com>, Rob Cypher
<bal...@aol.com> wrote:

> This second "reboot" of his is bullshit. He's totally screwed with
> all the characters' backstories, has them acting all uncharacrstically
> (aka tons of inapproriate emoting from supposedly logical Vulcans,
> among other things) and has turned it into something that
> resembles "The Bourne Legacy" along with the worst aspects of
> "Starship Troopers".

He did all that in his first so-called "Star Trek" movie too. Berman and
Braga killed real "Star Trek" and put it in a coffin, JJ Abrams nailed the
coffin shut and buried it 600ft under. :-(




> Don't laugh, Star Wars fans. He's coming to screw with your canon
> next.

Yep. It extremely likely he'll be destroying real "Star Wars" with his
inane idiocy as well.




> If there's ever another ST movie, I hope they undo all the timeline
> changes or just ignore them/treat them as an alternate universe.
> Fuck that shit.

Real "Star Trek" is now dead. Any future movies or TV shows will either be
more in JJ Abrams' idiotic version or yet another equally stupid
"reboot". :-(

Your Name

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May 18, 2013, 5:50:14 PM5/18/13
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In article
<ccf27102-54d8-429e...@r3g2000yqe.googlegroups.com>, RichA
<rande...@gmail.com> wrote:
JJ Abrams would do since he is a moron. :-(

Bast

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May 18, 2013, 5:51:06 PM5/18/13
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Keith D. Lee wrote:
> Rob:
> Keep cool, will you? It was just a movie. A fun movie at that. :-)



If by that, you mean,........ its a joke,......I agree.

But while the 2009 one was bad,....this one was even more of a waste of two
hours.
I can't wait until the Star Wars fans join up with the Star Trek fans,...and
treat Jar Jar Binks/Abrams to the tar and feathering he deserves.


GeneK

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May 18, 2013, 6:08:30 PM5/18/13
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I actually could have lived with all the changes. What ruined both
films for me was the number of times I saw something coming, thought to
myself, "they aren't going to THAT, are they?" and then they did.

There's nothing that kills a movie for me as much as being able to see
the next plot turn coming 10-20 minutes before it happens.

GeneK

Your Name

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May 18, 2013, 6:13:59 PM5/18/13
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In article <op.wxajc...@experience.zoomtown.com>, thinbluemime
<thinbl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 18 May 2013 22:08:05 +0100, Rob Cypher <bal...@aol.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > This second "reboot" of his is bullshit. He's totally screwed with
> > all the characters' backstories, has them acting all uncharacrstically
> > (aka tons of inapproriate emoting from supposedly logical Vulcans,
> > among other things) and has turned it into something that
> > resembles "The Bourne Legacy" along with the worst aspects of
> > "Starship Troopers".
> >
> > Don't laugh, Star Wars fans. He's coming to screw with your canon
> > next.
> >
> > If there's ever another ST movie, I hope they undo all the timeline
> > changes or just ignore them/treat them as an alternate universe.
> > Fuck that shit.
>
> From Bad Robot Productions and one-half of the minds behind the ABC hit
> series LOST...
> http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3309/4624352665_ac4aa974e6_z.jpg

Lost was an over-hyped, confused load of garbage that made no sense and
played the people who stupidly bothered to stick with it to the bitter end
as nothing but fools ... which pretty much sums up all of JJ Abrams'
work. :-\

Your Name

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May 18, 2013, 6:17:07 PM5/18/13
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In article <op.wxajc...@experience.zoomtown.com>, thinbluemime
<thinbl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 18 May 2013 22:08:05 +0100, Rob Cypher <bal...@aol.com> wrote:
> >
> > This second "reboot" of his is bullshit. He's totally screwed with
> > all the characters' backstories, has them acting all uncharacrstically
> > (aka tons of inapproriate emoting from supposedly logical Vulcans,
> > among other things) and has turned it into something that
> > resembles "The Bourne Legacy" along with the worst aspects of
> > "Starship Troopers".
> >
> > Don't laugh, Star Wars fans. He's coming to screw with your canon
> > next.
> >
> > If there's ever another ST movie, I hope they undo all the timeline
> > changes or just ignore them/treat them as an alternate universe.
> > Fuck that shit.
>
> From Bad Robot Productions and one-half of the minds behind the ABC hit
> series LOST...
> http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3309/4624352665_ac4aa974e6_z.jpg

Well, you got it partly right ... although you're being extremely
over-generous saying JJ Abrams has half a mind. Personally I say he
doesn't even manage to have a single braincell.

David Johnston

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May 18, 2013, 7:46:43 PM5/18/13
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On 5/18/2013 3:08 PM, Rob Cypher wrote:
> This second "reboot" of his is bullshit.

It's not a second reboot. It's just a sequel to the first one.


He's totally screwed with
> all the characters' backstories, has them acting all uncharacrstically
> (aka tons of inapproriate emoting from supposedly logical Vulcans,
> among other things)and has turned it into something that
> resembles "The Bourne Legacy" along with the worst aspects of
> "Starship Troopers".
>
> Don't laugh, Star Wars fans. He's coming to screw with your canon
> next.
>
> If there's ever another ST movie,

Which there will be, given the great success of the first two.

I hope they undo all the timeline
> changes or just ignore them/treat them as an alternate universe.

It already is an alternate universe.

Karolina Dean...Big Money weave a mighty

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May 18, 2013, 8:14:03 PM5/18/13
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On May 18, 2:21 pm, "Keith D. Lee" <keithdlee2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Rob:
>  Keep cool, will you? It was just a movie. A fun movie at that.  :-)

Does he finally explain what's in Maghan's box??

Wouter Valentijn

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May 19, 2013, 2:41:49 AM5/19/13
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David Johnston wrote:
> On 5/18/2013 3:08 PM, Rob Cypher wrote:
>> This second "reboot" of his is bullshit.
>
> It's not a second reboot. It's just a sequel to the first one.
<snip>
> I hope they undo all the timeline
>> changes or just ignore them/treat them as an alternate universe.

Star Trek XIII: The Search for Spock's Planet. (and/or Mother)

>
> It already is an alternate universe.

Yep.


--
Wouter Valentijn http://www.j3v.net

Kirk: "My God, Bones... what have I done?"
McCoy: "What you had to do. What you always do: turn death into a fighting
chance to live."

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.

liam=mail


MITO MINISTER

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May 19, 2013, 7:04:35 AM5/19/13
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Fuck you!

MITO MINISTER

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May 19, 2013, 7:04:49 AM5/19/13
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You are a moron!

MITO MINISTER

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May 19, 2013, 7:07:48 AM5/19/13
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The massive merger of "fans" that you dream of are widdle boys who
will do nothing but blog and post.

RichA

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May 19, 2013, 9:14:24 AM5/19/13
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Is that you, J.J.?

Merrick Baldelli

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May 19, 2013, 9:42:05 AM5/19/13
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On Sat, 18 May 2013 18:40:04 +0100, thinbluemime
<thinbl...@gmail.com> wrote:

>...Comes the allegorical tale of terror, trepidation and tribbles, 'Star
>Trek Into Darkness.'
>https://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.tv/browse_thread/thread/b93fbf6bad545d4a/a8098d860606b4b1?hl=en&#a8098d860606b4b1

Need a tissue dear? You seem to be ego masturbating in front
of the lot of us.

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_( (_ , '_ * . Merrick Baldelli
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/ / 'SGU' - Anim8rFSK

Merrick Baldelli

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May 19, 2013, 9:42:05 AM5/19/13
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On Sat, 18 May 2013 17:08:05 -0400, Rob Cypher <bal...@aol.com>
wrote:

>This second "reboot" of his is bullshit. He's totally screwed with
>all the characters' backstories, has them acting all uncharacrstically
>(aka tons of inapproriate emoting from supposedly logical Vulcans,
>among other things) and has turned it into something that
>resembles "The Bourne Legacy" along with the worst aspects of
>"Starship Troopers".

What do you expect? Berman and Braga (AKA Beavis & Butthead)
had been screwing the pooch on this for the better part of 11 years.
It's not at all surprising that Abrams would come along and grab the
wrong end of the stick for entirely the wrong reasons when he decided
to produce/direct these films.

>Don't laugh, Star Wars fans. He's coming to screw with your canon
>next.

I personally can't wait... Second to the Cult of Firefly, if
there's ever going to be a mob out to lynching Abrams, Star Wars fans
are definitely up there. Particularly when you consider they're the
ones that caused the fights at the last convention they attended.

>If there's ever another ST movie, I hope they undo all the timeline
>changes or just ignore them/treat them as an alternate universe.
>Fuck that shit.

Sorry, won't happen. Why? Because Trek Fans are a
dysfunctional bunch. Most of the ones that I've encountered will take
any and all shit shoveled to them on a plate and eat it. Which is
what producers aim for because the producers know these sort of fans
are the first to throw money at that plate of offal, eat it, and then
blog it producing torrents of hot lady spunk from watching it and
coo'ing about it all.

anim8rFSK

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May 19, 2013, 10:38:54 AM5/19/13
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In article <4llhp81jp2ri3g5eu...@4ax.com>,
Merrick Baldelli <mbal...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Sorry, won't happen. Why? Because Trek Fans are a
> dysfunctional bunch. Most of the ones that I've encountered will take
> any and all shit shoveled to them on a plate and eat it.

They're also amazingly defensive of material they aren't remotely
familiar with. The one extolling the virtues of Voyager and Enterprise
clearly didn't actually watch it, or, at the very least, didn't pay
attention.

--
"Every time a Kardashian gets a TV show, an angel dies."

Transition Zone

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May 19, 2013, 2:59:24 PM5/19/13
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On May 18, 5:08 pm, Rob Cypher <bals...@aol.com> wrote:
> This second "reboot" of his is bullshit. He's totally screwed with
>all the characters' backstories, has them acting all uncharacrstically
> (aka tons of inapproriate emoting from supposedly logical Vulcans,
> among other things) and has turned it into something that
> resembles "The Bourne Legacy" along with the worst aspects of
> "Starship Troopers".
>
>Don't laugh, Star Wars fans. He's coming to screw with your canon
> next.

I bet most of the 70's and '80s sci-fi blockbusters continued into
cartoons would make a good splash.

thinbluemime

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May 19, 2013, 11:29:23 AM5/19/13
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On Sun, 19 May 2013 14:42:05 +0100, Merrick Baldelli <mbal...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

> On Sat, 18 May 2013 18:40:04 +0100, thinbluemime
> <thinbl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> ...Comes the allegorical tale of terror, trepidation and tribbles, 'Star
>> Trek Into Darkness.'
>> https://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.tv/browse_thread/thread/b93fbf6bad545d4a/a8098d860606b4b1?hl=en&#a8098d860606b4b1
>
> Need a tissue dear? You seem to be ego masturbating in front
> of the lot of us.
>

I thought that was what your signature line was doing

Your Name

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May 19, 2013, 4:58:26 PM5/19/13
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In article <4llhp81jp2ri3g5eu...@4ax.com>, Merrick Baldelli
<mbal...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 18 May 2013 17:08:05 -0400, Rob Cypher <bal...@aol.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > If there's ever another ST movie, I hope they undo all the timeline
> > changes or just ignore them/treat them as an alternate universe.
> > Fuck that shit.
>
> Sorry, won't happen. Why? Because Trek Fans are a dysfunctional bunch.
> Most of the ones that I've encountered will take any and all shit
> shoveled to them on a plate and eat it. Which is what producers aim
> for because the producers know these sort of fans are the first to
> throw money at that plate of offal, eat it, and then blog it producing
> torrents of hot lady spunk from watching it and coo'ing about it all.

Almost correct - you just need to replace "Trek Fan" and "fans" with
"general dumbass public".

Almost nothing is ever made for the actual fans. It's made by
money-grubbers, and the best way to get more money is to make any old
garbage and the morons of the general dumbass public will spend piles of
money to watch it (especially if the marketing department over-hypes it)
... it's simply what the general dumbass public do on a Fridat / Saturday
night because they can't think of anything better to do. It makes little
difference what movie is playing, they watch any old tripe. If it's full
of chases and explosions, even better.

Your Name

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May 19, 2013, 5:02:43 PM5/19/13
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In article <anim8rfsk-8CF2C...@news.easynews.com>, anim8rFSK
<anim...@cox.net> wrote:
> In article <4llhp81jp2ri3g5eu...@4ax.com>,
> Merrick Baldelli <mbal...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Sorry, won't happen. Why? Because Trek Fans are a
> > dysfunctional bunch. Most of the ones that I've encountered will take
> > any and all shit shoveled to them on a plate and eat it.
>
> They're also amazingly defensive of material they aren't remotely
> familiar with. The one extolling the virtues of Voyager and Enterprise
> clearly didn't actually watch it, or, at the very least, didn't pay
> attention.

Enterprise was the first idiotic attempt at a "reboot", and like all
moronic "reboots" it was garbage that didn't fit with what was already
established.

Once you ignore the silly holodeck episodes and the irrtating singing
episodes, there wasn't much wrong with Voyager as a show that (mostly)
fitted with what was established. The same can be said of Deep Space Nine
(you also have to ignore the stupid quasi-religious mumbo-jumbo episodes)
and The Next Generation.

David Johnston

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May 19, 2013, 6:14:39 PM5/19/13
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On 5/18/2013 3:51 PM, Bast wrote:
> Keith D. Lee wrote:
>> Rob:
>> Keep cool, will you? It was just a movie. A fun movie at that. :-)
>
>
>
> If by that, you mean,........ its a joke,......I agree.
>
> But while the 2009 one was bad,....this one was even more of a waste of two
> hours.

So then you hated the first movie and then went and paid money to see
the second movie?

Bast

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May 19, 2013, 8:40:39 PM5/19/13
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Soitenly not.
I didn't pay to see either.
Ever heard of P2P ?
Best way to sample the fare, and force Hollywierd to start making quality,
if they ever want to see many of us at a box office again.

.....And I have heard nothing but admiration of my foresight, from people
who admit they did waste their money.


Your Name

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May 19, 2013, 9:09:50 PM5/19/13
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In article <knbraj$2uo$1...@dont-email.me>, "Bast" <fake...@nomail.invalid>
wrote:
You not watching a movie in a cinema isn't going to do anything at all.
There's more than enough morons in the general public who can't think of
anything better to do on a Friday / Saturday night to keep Hollyweird
happy - those morons will watch pretty much any old drivel simply because
it happens to be on in the cinema. :-(

T987654321

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May 19, 2013, 9:20:24 PM5/19/13
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I thought he had also when I watched the first film. But then Spock made it clear that this is all happening in an alternate universe.

thinbluemime

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May 19, 2013, 5:35:00 PM5/19/13
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On Mon, 20 May 2013 01:40:39 +0100, Bast <fake...@nomail.invalid> wrote:

>
>
> David Johnston wrote:
>> On 5/18/2013 3:51 PM, Bast wrote:
>>> Keith D. Lee wrote:
>>>> Rob:
>>>> Keep cool, will you? It was just a movie. A fun movie at that. :-)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If by that, you mean,........ its a joke,......I agree.
>>>
>>> But while the 2009 one was bad,....this one was even more of a waste
>>> of two hours.
>>
>> So then you hated the first movie and then went and paid money to see
>> the second movie?
>
>
>
>
> Soitenly not.
> I didn't pay to see either.
> Ever heard of P2P ?

So did I, cause I couldn't wait.


> Best way to sample the fare, and force Hollywierd to start making
> quality,
> if they ever want to see many of us at a box office again.
>
> .....And I have heard nothing but admiration of my foresight, from
> people
> who admit they did waste their money.

I enjoyed it immensely and will be adding the DVD to my collection when
TID comes out. If you don't want to P2P or wait for the DVD release, buy a
ticket and see it tonight. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED


---------------

*****SPOILERS*****

I have been following the Bad Robot crew closely since early 2005, and
eagerly await to see how the writers will spin into nearly every film
production, the fateful events of September 2001.

*Abbreviated* Highlights:

Alias - Al-Queada was mentioned
LOST - September airliner crash
Cloverfield - Terror in Manhattan
Fringe - Twin Universe with Twin Towers

Star Trek Into Darkness - The USS Vengeance transports 72 frozen
*virgins*, that are bombs
(come on!, this is fuggin hilarious as an allegory)
http://wikiislam.net/wiki/72_Virgins#Terrorism












Ed Stasiak

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May 19, 2013, 10:29:46 PM5/19/13
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> YourN...@YourISP.com (Your Name)
>
> Once you ignore the silly holodeck episodes and the irrtating
> singing episodes, there wasn't much wrong with Voyager as
> a show that (mostly) fitted with what was established. The
> same can be said of Deep Space Nine (you also have to
> ignore the stupid quasi-religious mumbo-jumbo episodes)
> and The Next Generation.

Agreed, thou I'd include ENT along with TNG, DS9 and VOY,
as all maintained the same format, style and level of quality
throughout all four series.

Each series may have had different ships, crews, locations, etc.
but one can look at them as one very large series of 624 hour
long tv episodes and 10 theatrical movies.

That's a lot of sci-fi and most of it was pretty good.

Ed Stasiak

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May 19, 2013, 10:36:04 PM5/19/13
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> YourN...@YourISP.com (Your Name)
>
> it's simply what the general dumbass public do on a Fridat / Saturday
> night because they can't think of anything better to do. It makes little
> difference what movie is playing, they watch any old tripe. If it's full
> of chases and explosions, even better.

You're falling for the Hollywood lie that they're; "just making what
the market wants!" and somehow it's our fault that what they make
is shit.

Nobody asked my opinion and I suspect nobody asked anybody's
opinion outside of the corporate boardroom, how the new Trek
should done.

Hollywood doesn't cater to the Public's taste, as much as it forces
the Public to consume whatever it makes or go with nothing at all.

thinbluemime

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May 19, 2013, 6:53:31 PM5/19/13
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Abrams and crew did with the latest Trek what Abram's idol, Rod Serling,
did with The Twilight Zone. He told a sci-fi tale that reflects
contemporary issues, and did it with metaphor and allegory.

Of course Gene Roddenberry did the same with the original Trek series.

Abram's weaving of Trek with the contemporary is unbelievably brilliant,
imo.

Brian Thorn

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May 19, 2013, 10:38:08 PM5/19/13
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On Sun, 19 May 2013 07:38:54 -0700, anim8rFSK <anim...@cox.net>
wrote:

>In article <4llhp81jp2ri3g5eu...@4ax.com>,
> Merrick Baldelli <mbal...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Sorry, won't happen. Why? Because Trek Fans are a
>> dysfunctional bunch. Most of the ones that I've encountered will take
>> any and all shit shoveled to them on a plate and eat it.
>
>They're also amazingly defensive of material they aren't remotely
>familiar with. The one extolling the virtues of Voyager and Enterprise
>clearly didn't actually watch it, or, at the very least, didn't pay
>attention.

Voyager was sometimes a very good show, the Janeway/Seven/Doctor
interaction was actually pretty well done. When they strayed from that
however, it went off the rails.

Enterprise was a train-wreck.

But bad Star Trek was still better than most other science fiction.
Would you really rather have had more "Space: Above and Beyond" and
"Seaquest DSV"? Voyager was a masterpiece compared to them.

Brian

Brian Thorn

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May 19, 2013, 10:39:29 PM5/19/13
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On Sat, 18 May 2013 17:08:05 -0400, Rob Cypher <bal...@aol.com>
wrote:

>This second "reboot" of his is bullshit.

It went off the deep end in the last half-hour paying homage to a
previous Trek movie, but overall it was very entertaining.

Brian

Your Name

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May 20, 2013, 12:10:56 AM5/20/13
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In article
<d8183406-4014-4f61...@e13g2000yqp.googlegroups.com>, Ed
I didn't say they actually wanted those movies. It makes very little
difference what the actual movie is which happens to be playing, the
general dumbass public simply "must" go to the movies every Friday /
Saturday night because they can't think of anything else to do - basically
movie, McDonalds, and booze themsevles stupid = Friday / Saturday night.
:-\

Your Name

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May 20, 2013, 12:15:56 AM5/20/13
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In article
<e2818b6e-595f-4b88...@v14g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, Ed
Unfortunately Enterprise peed all over some established facts, although it
tried to fake it's way through (for example, Archer not actually seeing
the Ferengi) ... partly because Beavis & Butthead didn't actually know nor
care anything about Star Trek, and partly because it was an attempt at an
idiotic "reboot" (also why "Star Trek" was left out of the title).

Deep Space Nine used a different direction by "stranding" the stoylines on
a stationery space station, but it did still fit. Voyager tried to get
things back onto the same storyline as the first two series (TOS and TNG)
by having a ship travelling through space visiting different places.

Your Name

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May 20, 2013, 12:20:00 AM5/20/13
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In article <dr2jp8p4c9acso7ql...@4ax.com>, Brian Thorn
"SeaQuest DSV" started out okay, but like many shows they quickly ran out
of sensible ideas, and then it "jumped the shark" and the submarine was
suddenly no longer uderwater (some nonsense about travelling through space
or some such lunacy). :-\

"Space: Above and Beyond" was semi-okay. It was really another version of
"Starship Troopers", but took itself a lot more seriously.

anim8rFSK

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May 20, 2013, 12:39:46 AM5/20/13
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In article
<YourName-200...@203-118-187-182.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,
Your...@YourISP.com (Your Name) wrote:

> In article <dr2jp8p4c9acso7ql...@4ax.com>, Brian Thorn
> <btho...@suddenlink.net> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 19 May 2013 07:38:54 -0700, anim8rFSK <anim...@cox.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >In article <4llhp81jp2ri3g5eu...@4ax.com>,
> > > Merrick Baldelli <mbal...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Sorry, won't happen. Why? Because Trek Fans are a
> > >> dysfunctional bunch. Most of the ones that I've encountered will take
> > >> any and all shit shoveled to them on a plate and eat it.
> > >
> > >They're also amazingly defensive of material they aren't remotely
> > >familiar with. The one extolling the virtues of Voyager and Enterprise
> > >clearly didn't actually watch it, or, at the very least, didn't pay
> > >attention.
> >
> > Voyager was sometimes a very good show, the Janeway/Seven/Doctor
> > interaction was actually pretty well done. When they strayed from that
> > however, it went off the rails.
> >
> > Enterprise was a train-wreck.
> >
> > But bad Star Trek was still better than most other science fiction.
> > Would you really rather have had more "Space: Above and Beyond" and
> > "Seaquest DSV"? Voyager was a masterpiece compared to them.
>
> "SeaQuest DSV" started out okay,

No it didn't

but like many shows they quickly ran out
> of sensible ideas,

In the pilot

and then it "jumped the shark" and the submarine was
> suddenly no longer uderwater (some nonsense about travelling through space
> or some such lunacy). :-\

I tried to watch SDSV on Netflix recently. It's rotten from the
terribly directed pilot episode, and gets worse.
>
> "Space: Above and Beyond" was semi-okay. It was really another version of
> "Starship Troopers", but took itself a lot more seriously.

MITO MINISTER

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You're in fantasy land. Why would a busy director bother with this, a
worthless newsgroup?

Wiseguy

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May 20, 2013, 1:47:09 AM5/20/13
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thinbluemime <thinbl...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:op.wxcow...@experience.zoomtown.com:
What's so hilarious about producers so devoid of imagination and
creativity that they have to constantly make references of the same
event? Glad I didn't watch any of that crap.

David Johnston

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On 5/19/2013 10:15 PM, Your Name wrote:
> In article
> <e2818b6e-595f-4b88...@v14g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, Ed
> Stasiak <esta...@att.net> wrote:
>>> YourN...@YourISP.com (Your Name)
>>>
>>> Once you ignore the silly holodeck episodes and the irrtating
>>> singing episodes, there wasn't much wrong with Voyager as
>>> a show that (mostly) fitted with what was established. The
>>> same can be said of Deep Space Nine (you also have to
>>> ignore the stupid quasi-religious mumbo-jumbo episodes)
>>> and The Next Generation.
>>
>> Agreed, thou I'd include ENT along with TNG, DS9 and VOY,
>> as all maintained the same format, style and level of quality
>> throughout all four series.
>>
>> Each series may have had different ships, crews, locations, etc.
>> but one can look at them as one very large series of 624 hour
>> long tv episodes and 10 theatrical movies.
>>
>> That's a lot of sci-fi and most of it was pretty good.
>
> Unfortunately Enterprise peed all over some established facts,

You mean the same way Deep Space Nine established that genetically
engineering human beings was illegal even though they'd been doing it on
TNG? Or the way that the movies and TNG retroactively changed the
Klingons? Or the way that Deep Space Nine changed how the Trill
symbionts worked? Or the way that initially on TNG they had never
encountered the Ferengi before and knew nothing about them, but later on
Picard had fought them years earlier with his previous command? Or the
way the Borg's nature changed again and again? Or the way suddenly
Romulans were readily distinguishable from Vulcans instead of looking
just like them?
.
>

Your Name

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May 20, 2013, 2:11:22 AM5/20/13
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In article <d74a00cc-0bbc-414f...@googlegroups.com>,
T987654321 <qwrt...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I thought he had also when I watched the first film. But then Spock made
> it clear that this is all happening in an alternate universe.

That's simply the lazy ass excuse for doing whatever HE wanrs rather than
fitting in with the proper franchise. JJ Abrams' ego is so over-bloated
that he'd never want to fit in with someone else's idea, so he obviously
had to change it, and the "Star Wars" franchise is next on his list to
destroy with his own patheticness. :-(

BTR1701

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May 20, 2013, 2:21:12 AM5/20/13
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In article <knbraj$2uo$1...@dont-email.me>,
"Bast" <fake...@nomail.invalid> wrote:

> ...And I have heard nothing but admiration of my foresight,
> from people who admit they did waste their money.

Let me rectify that. I don't admire your foresight. It was a fun movie,
not a waste at all.

Even if you don't agree with me, you now can't legitimately claim to
have heard nothing but admiration for your 'foresight'.

BTR1701

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May 20, 2013, 2:22:09 AM5/20/13
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In article <op.wxcow...@experience.zoomtown.com>,
thinbluemime <thinbl...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Star Trek Into Darkness - The USS Vengeance transports 72 frozen
> *virgins*

How do you know they were virgins?

thinbluemime

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72 super humans frozen in suspended animation for 3 centuries comes close
to making one a virgin

The 72 have been made into human bombs, so the act and reward of martyrdom
have been combined in this metaphor.

-------------

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17 May

@boborci If potus only takes away one thing from the movie, what would you
want it to be?”

********Peace*******


https://twitter.com/boborci/status/335540814002393088

Ed Stasiak

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> YourN...@YourISP.com (Your Name)
> > Ed Stasiak
> >
> > Hollywood doesn't cater to the Public's taste, as much as it forces
> > the Public to consume whatever it makes or go with nothing at all.
>
> I didn't say they actually wanted those movies. It makes very little
> difference what the actual movie is which happens to be playing,
> the general dumbass public simply "must" go to the movies every
> Friday / Saturday night

But desiring a bit of entertainment on the weekend doesn't make
the Public dumbasses, nor is the Public responsible for the shitty
quality of entertainment coming out of Hollywood.

The movie studios and tv networks have all become just divisions
of one or another metanational corporation and this has resulted
in them being subjected to the same industrial efficiency processes
that, for example, a tennis shoe factory would be put under; produce
a product that appeals to the widest range of consumers at the
lowest cost possible, to generate maximum profits.

That Star Trek flick has to appeal not only to fans in Peoria but
also to movie goers in Peshawar, Petropavlovsk, Pago Pago, etc.
and that means everything must be is dumbed down to a global
standard.

Movies have become consumer products no different then Big Macs,
whatever elements of art that are retained is happenstance.

Your Name

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May 20, 2013, 5:16:11 PM5/20/13
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In article
<3c4fac20-124d-4112...@v14g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, Ed
Stasiak <esta...@att.net> wrote:

> > YourN...@YourISP.com (Your Name)
> > > Ed Stasiak
> > >
> > > Hollywood doesn't cater to the Public's taste, as much as it forces
> > > the Public to consume whatever it makes or go with nothing at all.
> >
> > I didn't say they actually wanted those movies. It makes very little
> > difference what the actual movie is which happens to be playing,
> > the general dumbass public simply "must" go to the movies every
> > Friday / Saturday night
>
> But desiring a bit of entertainment on the weekend doesn't make
> the Public dumbasses, nor is the Public responsible for the shitty
> quality of entertainment coming out of Hollywood.

"A bit of entertainment" doesn't mean going to see any old drivel of a
movie simply because you're too stupid to think of anything else to do. It
certainly doesn't mean going to see a movie called "Star Trek" when you
don't like "Star Trek". The majority of the general are simply dumbasses,
and that's who Hollyweird aim movies at. :-\




> The movie studios and tv networks have all become just divisions
> of one or another metanational corporation and this has resulted
> in them being subjected to the same industrial efficiency processes
> that, for example, a tennis shoe factory would be put under; produce
> a product that appeals to the widest range of consumers at the
> lowest cost possible, to generate maximum profits.

What a load of bollocks. They simply make a movie they believe will make
lots of money. Sometimes it doesn't, more and more often if it's an
over-hyped "blockbuster" it will, thanks to the bumbass brigade
artifically boosting box office numbers and the moron in studio management
blindly belieing those numbers mean people actually like the movie.



> That Star Trek flick has to appeal not only to fans in...

No movie is ever made for the fans, and certainly not an idiotic "reboot"
movie. They're called fans because they like how it is. Making idiotic,
ill-fitting changes so that it's a very different product is NOT the way
to "appeal" to fans.

BTR1701

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May 20, 2013, 10:12:21 PM5/20/13
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In article <op.wxdo0...@experience.zoomtown.com>,
thinbluemime <thinbl...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 20 May 2013 07:22:09 +0100, BTR1701 <atr...@mac.com> wrote:
>
> > In article <op.wxcow...@experience.zoomtown.com>,
> > thinbluemime <thinbl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Star Trek Into Darkness - The USS Vengeance transports 72 frozen
> >> *virgins*
> >
> > How do you know they were virgins?
>
> 72 super humans frozen in suspended animation for 3 centuries comes close
> to making one a virgin

Not if they'd had sex at some point before being frozen, as those grown
adults would likely have done.

Merrick Baldelli

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On Sun, 19 May 2013 07:38:54 -0700, anim8rFSK <anim...@cox.net>
wrote:

>> Sorry, won't happen. Why? Because Trek Fans are a
>> dysfunctional bunch. Most of the ones that I've encountered will take
>> any and all shit shoveled to them on a plate and eat it.
>
>They're also amazingly defensive of material they aren't remotely
>familiar with. The one extolling the virtues of Voyager and Enterprise
>clearly didn't actually watch it, or, at the very least, didn't pay
>attention.

Oh they did... I was with them through both newsgroups and
were fucking flooding the threads with their hot lady spunk, either on
the fact that Janeway was a competent Captain or the T&A of 7 of 69 on
Voyager... Or how "fresh" Enterprise was.

In the years that I had participated in those groups, it
rapidly became obvious that the mantra of these cows was "Bad Trek is
infinitely better than NO Trek". An attitude that continues to
permeate the fanbase to this day.

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-=-=-/ )=*=-='=-.-'-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
_( (_ , '_ * . Merrick Baldelli
(((\ \> /_1 `
(\\\\ \_/ /
-=-\ /-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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/ / 'SGU' - Anim8rFSK

David Johnston

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On 5/21/2013 6:03 AM, Merrick Baldelli wrote:
> On Sun, 19 May 2013 07:38:54 -0700, anim8rFSK <anim...@cox.net>
> wrote:
>
>>> Sorry, won't happen. Why? Because Trek Fans are a
>>> dysfunctional bunch. Most of the ones that I've encountered will take
>>> any and all shit shoveled to them on a plate and eat it.
>>
>> They're also amazingly defensive of material they aren't remotely
>> familiar with. The one extolling the virtues of Voyager and Enterprise
>> clearly didn't actually watch it, or, at the very least, didn't pay
>> attention.
>
> Oh they did... I was with them through both newsgroups and
> were fucking flooding the threads with their hot lady spunk, either on
> the fact that Janeway was a competent Captain or the T&A of 7 of 69 on
> Voyager... Or how "fresh" Enterprise was.
>
> In the years that I had participated in those groups, it
> rapidly became obvious that the mantra of these cows was "Bad Trek is
> infinitely better than NO Trek".

Hey if Trek fans didn't think that bad trek was better than no trek, TNG
would never have survived into a second season.

Adam H. Kerman

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May 21, 2013, 1:46:28 PM5/21/13
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Good point.

Dano

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May 21, 2013, 5:43:34 PM5/21/13
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"David Johnston" wrote in message news:kngb77$ch$1...@dont-email.me...
==========================================

Whatever. You have quite a high opinion of yourself that you would appear
to feel your opinion holds more validity than mine and the millions of other
TNG fans who liked it. Hell...the show ran for SEVEN years.
Personally...I've always held that rendition in higher regard than the
original series. Tastes DO vary, Doesn't make me "right" or you "wrong"
for that matter. Just means we don't share identical tastes.

Your Name

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May 21, 2013, 5:59:28 PM5/21/13
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In article <rdnmp85rla1qukn82...@4ax.com>, Merrick Baldelli
<mbal...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 19 May 2013 07:38:54 -0700, anim8rFSK <anim...@cox.net>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Sorry, won't happen. Why? Because Trek Fans are a
> >> dysfunctional bunch. Most of the ones that I've encountered will take
> >> any and all shit shoveled to them on a plate and eat it.
> >
> >They're also amazingly defensive of material they aren't remotely
> >familiar with. The one extolling the virtues of Voyager and Enterprise
> >clearly didn't actually watch it, or, at the very least, didn't pay
> >attention.
>
> Oh they did... I was with them through both newsgroups and
> were fucking flooding the threads with their hot lady spunk, either on
> the fact that Janeway was a competent Captain or the T&A of 7 of 69 on
> Voyager... Or how "fresh" Enterprise was.
>
> In the years that I had participated in those groups, it
> rapidly became obvious that the mantra of these cows was "Bad Trek is
> infinitely better than NO Trek". An attitude that continues to
> permeate the fanbase to this day.

Most so-called "fans" are fly-by-night psuedo-fans happy with any old crap
as long as it has "Star Trek" in the title (or in the case of Enterprise,
assumed to be in the title) OR they simply flit from one new toy to the
next no matter what it is. Slap a "Star Trek" label on Barney and many of
these morons will happily watch that believing it actually is "Star
Trek". :-(

BTR1701

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May 21, 2013, 11:21:40 PM5/21/13
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In article
<YourName-220...@203-118-187-122.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,
Your...@YourISP.com (Your Name) wrote:

> In article <rdnmp85rla1qukn82...@4ax.com>, Merrick Baldelli
> <mbal...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, 19 May 2013 07:38:54 -0700, anim8rFSK <anim...@cox.net>
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Sorry, won't happen. Why? Because Trek Fans are a
> > >> dysfunctional bunch. Most of the ones that I've encountered will take
> > >> any and all shit shoveled to them on a plate and eat it.
> > >
> > >They're also amazingly defensive of material they aren't remotely
> > >familiar with. The one extolling the virtues of Voyager and Enterprise
> > >clearly didn't actually watch it, or, at the very least, didn't pay
> > >attention.
> >
> > Oh they did... I was with them through both newsgroups and
> > were fucking flooding the threads with their hot lady spunk, either on
> > the fact that Janeway was a competent Captain or the T&A of 7 of 69 on
> > Voyager... Or how "fresh" Enterprise was.
> >
> > In the years that I had participated in those groups, it
> > rapidly became obvious that the mantra of these cows was "Bad Trek is
> > infinitely better than NO Trek". An attitude that continues to
> > permeate the fanbase to this day.
>
> Most so-called "fans" are fly-by-night psuedo-fans

In other words, they're people who can go enjoy a Star Trek movie once
every few years without hysterically obsessing over every detail and
acting like their entire world is coming to an end because Abrams
changed the number of head ridges on the Klingons or any of a myriad
other insignificant details.

David Johnston

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May 21, 2013, 11:28:38 PM5/21/13
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<shrug> There are millions of people who like NuTrek as well. But bear
in mind that I wasn't talking about TNG in its entirety. I was talking
about just the first season of it. And I believe my opinion, that the
show was struggling at first but managed to find its feet at about the
same time that Riker grew the beard is quite widespread. It's even a
tvtrope.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GrowingTheBeard





Adam H. Kerman

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May 21, 2013, 11:41:11 PM5/21/13
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BTR1701 <atr...@mac.com> wrote:
>Your...@YourISP.com (Your Name) wrote:

>>Most so-called "fans" are fly-by-night psuedo-fans

>In other words, they're people who can go enjoy a Star Trek movie once
>every few years without hysterically obsessing over every detail and
>acting like their entire world is coming to an end because Abrams
>changed the number of head ridges on the Klingons or any of a myriad
>other insignificant details.

I find I can't enjoy Star Trek without the over-the-top moralizing,
PC-er than thou, and unsubtle life lessons For Our Times. Also, the absurdly
short '60's cheesecake uniforms worn by the women. And where's the Shat's
acting?

thinbluemime

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May 21, 2013, 8:09:46 PM5/21/13
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Other than Abrams doesn't give a Shat, you will find all the prerequisites
for your enjoyment included in the latest Trek installment.

As a bonus, Kirk even get a piece of tail.

Adam H. Kerman

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May 22, 2013, 12:06:45 AM5/22/13
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I like the Orphan Black reference!

BTR1701

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May 22, 2013, 12:57:18 AM5/22/13
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In article <op.wxgle...@experience.zoomtown.com>,
Two pieces.

Merrick Baldelli

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May 22, 2013, 5:34:59 PM5/22/13
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On Tue, 21 May 2013 17:43:34 -0400, "Dano" <janea...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>Whatever. You have quite a high opinion of yourself that you would appear
>to feel your opinion holds more validity than mine and the millions of other
>TNG fans who liked it. Hell...the show ran for SEVEN years.
>Personally...I've always held that rendition in higher regard than the
>original series. Tastes DO vary, Doesn't make me "right" or you "wrong"
>for that matter. Just means we don't share identical tastes.

Actually, his opinion is one that reflects some of the
behind-the-scenes stories that were being circulated back then.
Particularly on how sexist and out-of-the-times Roddenberry was while
he had more production control.

Merrick Baldelli

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May 22, 2013, 5:34:59 PM5/22/13
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On Tue, 21 May 2013 11:38:39 -0600, David Johnston <Da...@block.net>
wrote:

>Hey if Trek fans didn't think that bad trek was better than no trek, TNG
>would never have survived into a second season.

And if the powers that be of the production of TNG didn't
intervene and cause Roddenberry to step down with his authority, I
personally think that the reboot might have actually been better than
it actually was. But then again, as a member of the group "Campaign
for Real Time", I really can't say one way or another, now can I?

David Johnston

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On 5/22/2013 3:34 PM, Merrick Baldelli wrote:
> On Tue, 21 May 2013 11:38:39 -0600, David Johnston <Da...@block.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Hey if Trek fans didn't think that bad trek was better than no trek, TNG
>> would never have survived into a second season.
>
> And if the powers that be of the production of TNG didn't
> intervene and cause Roddenberry to step down with his authority, I
> personally think that the reboot might have actually been better than
> it actually was. But then again, as a member of the group "Campaign
> for Real Time", I really can't say one way or another, now can I?
>

I have no idea what any of that means.

MITO MINISTER

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On May 19, 6:08 am, Rob Cypher <bals...@aol.com> wrote:
> This second "reboot" of his is bullshit. He's totally screwed with
> all the characters' backstories, has them acting all uncharacrstically
> (aka tons of inapproriate emoting from supposedly logical Vulcans,
> among other things) and has turned it into something that
> resembles "The Bourne Legacy" along with the worst aspects of
> "Starship Troopers".
>
> Don't laugh, Star Wars fans. He's coming to screw with your canon
> next.
>
> If there's ever another ST movie, I hope they undo all the timeline
> changes or just ignore them/treat them as an alternate universe.
> Fuck that shit.

No. Fuck you!

Merrick Baldelli

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On Wed, 22 May 2013 15:52:12 -0600, David Johnston <Da...@block.net>
wrote:

>On 5/22/2013 3:34 PM, Merrick Baldelli wrote:
>> On Tue, 21 May 2013 11:38:39 -0600, David Johnston <Da...@block.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey if Trek fans didn't think that bad trek was better than no trek, TNG
>>> would never have survived into a second season.
>>
>> And if the powers that be of the production of TNG didn't
>> intervene and cause Roddenberry to step down with his authority, I
>> personally think that the reboot might have actually been better than
>> it actually was. But then again, as a member of the group "Campaign
>> for Real Time", I really can't say one way or another, now can I?
>
>I have no idea what any of that means.

Google.. Get thee to it. And stop acting like a pratt
because you have an axe to grind.

David Johnston

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On 5/23/2013 10:56 AM, Merrick Baldelli wrote:
> On Wed, 22 May 2013 15:52:12 -0600, David Johnston <Da...@block.net>
> wrote:
>
>> On 5/22/2013 3:34 PM, Merrick Baldelli wrote:
>>> On Tue, 21 May 2013 11:38:39 -0600, David Johnston <Da...@block.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey if Trek fans didn't think that bad trek was better than no trek, TNG
>>>> would never have survived into a second season.
>>>
>>> And if the powers that be of the production of TNG didn't
>>> intervene and cause Roddenberry to step down with his authority, I
>>> personally think that the reboot might have actually been better than
>>> it actually was. But then again, as a member of the group "Campaign
>>> for Real Time", I really can't say one way or another, now can I?
>>
>> I have no idea what any of that means.
>
> Google.. Get thee to it. And stop acting like a pratt
> because you have an axe to grind.
>

Actually I was just baffled by "step down with his authority" and
"actually have been better than it actually was".

Your Name

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May 23, 2013, 5:15:40 PM5/23/13
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In article <3bisp8h01g6dqg44d...@4ax.com>, Merrick Baldelli
<mbal...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 22 May 2013 15:52:12 -0600, David Johnston <Da...@block.net>
> wrote:
> >On 5/22/2013 3:34 PM, Merrick Baldelli wrote:
> >> On Tue, 21 May 2013 11:38:39 -0600, David Johnston <Da...@block.net>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hey if Trek fans didn't think that bad trek was better than no trek, TNG
> >>> would never have survived into a second season.
> >>
> >> And if the powers that be of the production of TNG didn't
> >> intervene and cause Roddenberry to step down with his authority, I
> >> personally think that the reboot might have actually been better than
> >> it actually was. But then again, as a member of the group "Campaign
> >> for Real Time", I really can't say one way or another, now can I?
> >
> >I have no idea what any of that means.
>
> Google.. Get thee to it. And stop acting like a pratt
> because you have an axe to grind.

He's not acting ... he is a prat, one best ignored.

anim8rFSK

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May 23, 2013, 7:07:36 PM5/23/13
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In article
<YourName-240...@203-118-187-106.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,
You should see him do a (wait for it) prat fall!

--
"Every time a Kardashian gets a TV show, an angel dies."

William December Starr

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May 24, 2013, 12:16:13 AM5/24/13
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In article <juqfp8h2mia9h7f1d...@4ax.com>,
Rob Cypher <bal...@aol.com> said:

> Don't laugh, Star Wars fans. He's coming to screw with
> your canon next.

You mean he might change it so that Han shot first?

-- wds

Your Name

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May 24, 2013, 2:42:33 AM5/24/13
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In article <knmpid$ngk$1...@panix2.panix.com>, wds...@panix.com (William
Nope, worse. It's JJ Abrams, so he'll change that scene so that Jar Jar
Binks shoots first, probably using a gun that shoots jelly beans and cause
hugemungous amounts of lens flare ... then later Yoda will say that it was
Obi-Wan who shot first. Also Abrams will claim point-blank that there is
no sci-fi involved, only to than have it turn out that the Jelly Bean
bullets were travelling backwards through time from Episode 27. :-(

Your Name

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May 24, 2013, 3:09:15 AM5/24/13
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In article <anim8rfsk-B7D56...@news.easynews.com>, anim8rFSK
I'd love to see it ... as long as it's off a very high cliff. :-)
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