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Steve Newport

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Dec 14, 2008, 9:42:29 AM12/14/08
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EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND and WEST WING ended in top form and should have
gone on.

Dan D. Err

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"Steve Newport" <Newpor...@webtv.net> wrote in message
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> EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND and WEST WING ended in top form and
> should have gone on.

ELR? Really? Though to be fair I found it only mildly amusing at the best
of times and got old long before the show ended.

Anim8rFSK

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Dec 14, 2008, 11:16:27 AM12/14/08
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In article <gi384m$alb$1...@news.datemas.de>,

Newport is, as usual, an idiot. THE WEST WING was a pile of festering
garbage it's last season.

--
Bad Reboot's 'Crap Trek' 2009: "No Shat, No Show"

Dan D. Err

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"Anim8rFSK" <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote in message
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I didn't mind the last season of TWW. I was referring to ELR

> --
> Bad Reboot's 'Crap Trek' 2009: "No Shat, No Show"

Mildly curious. What is the import behind your 'No Shat, No Show' sig?

Anim8rFSK

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In article <gi3dbf$js7$1...@news.datemas.de>,

"Dan D. Err" <dan...@petnet.com> wrote:

> "Anim8rFSK" <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:ANIM8Rfsk-9B634...@news.west.cox.net...
> > In article <gi384m$alb$1...@news.datemas.de>,
> > "Dan D. Err" <dan...@petnet.com> wrote:
> >
> >> "Steve Newport" <Newpor...@webtv.net> wrote in message
> >> news:20938-494...@storefull-3153.bay.webtv.net...
> >> > EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND and WEST WING ended in top form and
> >> > should have gone on.
> >>
> >> ELR? Really? Though to be fair I found it only mildly amusing at the
> >> best
> >> of times and got old long before the show ended.
> >
> > Newport is, as usual, an idiot. THE WEST WING was a pile of festering
> > garbage it's last season.
>
> I didn't mind the last season of TWW. I was referring to ELR

Yeeks. Really? Santos, being played as a low grade moron, didn't
bother you? It was like some bizarro world with Alan Alda playing the
smart Republican and losing. I had NO idea what they were going for.


>
> > --
> > Bad Reboot's 'Crap Trek' 2009: "No Shat, No Show"
>
> Mildly curious. What is the import behind your 'No Shat, No Show' sig?

They dissed The Shat and he's not in the new movie, which by all
accounts (that aren't studio flacks) is looking to be pretty dire.

No Shat, No Show.

Steve Newport

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From: dan...@petnet.com (Dan D. Err)
<<<ANIM...@cox.net wote: THE WEST WING was a pile of festering garbage
it's last season.>>>
----------------------------------------
I didn't mind the last season of TWW.
----------------------------------------
Alda (I think he won an Emmy that year) helped make it one of the show's
best seasons. Anim8r is a pompous, right-wing asshole. Georgia Engel and
Fred Willard were great (and Emmy nominated) in the later EVERYBODY
LOVES RAYMOND episodes. Doris Roberts deserved her four Emmys.

Mac Breck

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Dec 14, 2008, 3:14:03 PM12/14/08
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Anim8rFSK wrote:

> They

The producers of the new movie?

> dissed The Shat

... *by* not including him in the new movie?

> and he's not in the new movie, which by all
> accounts (that aren't studio flacks) is looking to be pretty dire.
>
> No Shat, No Show.

The Shat is not the magic ingredient that will make a Star Trek movie
great; just look at Star Trek V, which I *still* say is the *worst* Trek
movie ever made. ST-V is enjoyable only as MST3K fodder, and it's
really too bad for me to even enjoy it that way. :-P

--
Mac Breck (KoshN)
-------------------------------
"Babylon 5: Crusade" (1999)
Galen: "There is always hope, only because it's the one thing that no
one has figured out how to kill yet."

Actually, Galen was wrong. TNT killed 99% of all hope for Crusade in
1999. Then, Warner Brothers and The Sci-Fi Channel came along and
killed the remaining 1% sometime in 2001.


Anim8rFSK

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Dec 14, 2008, 4:09:55 PM12/14/08
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In article <LNqdndA2up-I9NjU...@supernews.com>,
"Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Anim8rFSK wrote:
>
> > They
>
> The producers of the new movie?

Abrams specifically


>
> > dissed The Shat
>
> ... *by* not including him in the new movie?

By not doing their homework, writing him out, and then not having the
balls to return his calls and let him hear about it from Nimoy. It's
more how they did, than what they did.


>
> > and he's not in the new movie, which by all
> > accounts (that aren't studio flacks) is looking to be pretty dire.
> >
> > No Shat, No Show.
>
> The Shat is not the magic ingredient that will make a Star Trek movie

he is when the entire goal of the movie is 'change the timeline to save
Kirk'

> great; just look at Star Trek V, which I *still* say is the *worst* Trek
> movie ever made. ST-V is enjoyable only as MST3K fodder, and it's
> really too bad for me to even enjoy it that way. :-P

Trek V is awful, and it's still better than Generations, Insurrection,
and WAY better than Nemesis, and probably better than First Contact,
which I tried to watch recently and was WAY worse than I remembered.

Mac Breck

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Dec 14, 2008, 5:14:33 PM12/14/08
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Anim8rFSK wrote:
> In article <LNqdndA2up-I9NjU...@supernews.com>,
> "Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Anim8rFSK wrote:
>>
>>> They
>>
>> The producers of the new movie?
>
> Abrams specifically
>>
>>> dissed The Shat
>>
>> ... *by* not including him in the new movie?
>
> By not doing their homework, writing him out, and then not having the
> balls to return his calls and let him hear about it from Nimoy. It's
> more how they did, than what they did.
>>
>>> and he's not in the new movie, which by all
>>> accounts (that aren't studio flacks) is looking to be pretty dire.
>>>
>>> No Shat, No Show.
>>
>> The Shat is not the magic ingredient that will make a Star Trek movie
>
> he is when the entire goal of the movie is 'change the timeline to
> save Kirk'

You're saying that the entire story goal of the new Trek movie is to
'change the timeline to save Kirk' ?????? If Shatner's not in the new
Trek movie, then storywise, why even *have* a movie? Shatner's Kirk was
killed in Generations. How are they going to prevent Shatner's Kirk
(that age), in a movie about them all as young, pre-TOS officers, and
not show Shaner's Kirk, recycled footage??? (Yes, I know the whole,
real world goal of a movie is to make money. I'm talking about story
goals.)

>> great; just look at Star Trek V, which I *still* say is the *worst*
>> Trek movie ever made. ST-V is enjoyable only as MST3K fodder, and
>> it's really too bad for me to even enjoy it that way. :-P
>
> Trek V is awful, and it's still better than Generations, Insurrection,
> and WAY better than Nemesis, and probably better than First Contact,
> which I tried to watch recently and was WAY worse than I remembered.

Trek V makes me *cringe* like few other movies ever have. An example of
one of the others would be Babylon 5 - The Legend of the Rangers - To
Live and Die in Starlight.

trotsky

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Dec 14, 2008, 5:43:51 PM12/14/08
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Steve Newport wrote:
> EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND and WEST WING ended in top form and should have
> gone on.


I'd rather be waterboarded that watch ELR. I don't know why that show
wasn't called "Everybody Thinks Raymond's an Asshole", anyway.

Dougie Roberts

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Dec 14, 2008, 5:53:33 PM12/14/08
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Mac Breck wrote:

> Anim8rFSK wrote:
>
>> and he's not in the new movie, which by all
>> accounts (that aren't studio flacks) is looking to be pretty dire.
>>
>> No Shat, No Show.
>
> The Shat is not the magic ingredient that will make a Star Trek movie
> great; just look at Star Trek V, which I *still* say is the *worst* Trek
> movie ever made.

As a counterpoint to Anim's "No Shat, No Show",
Star Trek V is "Oh Shat, what Shit!"

Brian Thorn

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Dec 14, 2008, 6:17:40 PM12/14/08
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On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 10:13:58 -0700, Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net>
wrote:

>They dissed The Shat and he's not in the new movie, which by all
>accounts (that aren't studio flacks) is looking to be pretty dire.

Mr. Nimoy has been highly enthusiastic and sings the praises of this
movie, and this is the same Mr. Nimoy who (properly) refused to
participate in "Generations".

That makes your dire warning somewhat suspect, I'm afraid.

Brian

Brian Thorn

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Dec 14, 2008, 6:23:34 PM12/14/08
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On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 11:47:32 -0500, "Dan D. Err" <dan...@petnet.com>
wrote:

>> Bad Reboot's 'Crap Trek' 2009: "No Shat, No Show"


>
>Mildly curious. What is the import behind your 'No Shat, No Show' sig?

Anim is a Shatner Worshipper. He made up his mind over a year ago that
"Star Trek" was going to suck since Mr. Shatner is not in it
(really... look him up on Google News), and no amount of news and
reports to the contrary are ever going to change that.

The sad thing is that Star Trek is all about tolerance and
open-mindedness, but Anim's is hermetically sealed on the matter.

Brian

Mason Barge

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"Anim8rFSK" <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote in message
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yeah, but the Borg are (is?) cool and Alice Krige rocked. The only one of
the series I'd have any interest whatsoever in watching again.

Mason Barge

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"trotsky" <gms...@email.com> wrote in message
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> Steve Newport wrote:
>> EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND and WEST WING ended in top form and should have
>> gone on.
>
>
> I'd rather be waterboarded that watch ELR.

I'd rather watch you being waterboarded than ELR.

aemeijers

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Dec 14, 2008, 6:50:11 PM12/14/08
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Steve Newport wrote:
> EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND and WEST WING ended in top form and should have
> gone on.
>

Nope. Best to leave while they were still turning out good product.
Always leave 'em wanting more.

--
aem sends...

Mason Barge

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"Brian Thorn" <btho...@suddenlink.net> wrote in message
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The sad thing is attaching the Star Trek name to such incredible cyclonic
crap-sucking garbage. If history is any lesson, chances of STTM sucking
approach 100% whether Shatner is in it or not.

Steve Newport

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Dec 14, 2008, 6:01:22 PM12/14/08
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From: btho...@suddenlink.net (Brian Thorn) Anim is a Shatner

Worshipper. He made up his mind over a year ago that "Star Trek" was
going to suck since Mr. Shatner is not in it (really... look him up on
Google News), and no amount of news and reports to the contrary are ever
going to change that.
The sad thing is that Star Trek
----------------------------------
was never very good.

Anim8rFSK

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Dec 14, 2008, 7:17:36 PM12/14/08
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In article <ZvadnYRnAMbMGNjU...@supernews.com>,
"Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Anim8rFSK wrote:
> > In article <LNqdndA2up-I9NjU...@supernews.com>,
> > "Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Anim8rFSK wrote:
> >>
> >>> They
> >>
> >> The producers of the new movie?
> >
> > Abrams specifically
> >>
> >>> dissed The Shat
> >>
> >> ... *by* not including him in the new movie?
> >
> > By not doing their homework, writing him out, and then not having the
> > balls to return his calls and let him hear about it from Nimoy. It's
> > more how they did, than what they did.
> >>
> >>> and he's not in the new movie, which by all
> >>> accounts (that aren't studio flacks) is looking to be pretty dire.
> >>>
> >>> No Shat, No Show.
> >>
> >> The Shat is not the magic ingredient that will make a Star Trek movie
> >
> > he is when the entire goal of the movie is 'change the timeline to
> > save Kirk'
>
> You're saying that the entire story goal of the new Trek movie is to
> 'change the timeline to save Kirk' ??????

Yes

If Shatner's not in the new
> Trek movie, then storywise, why even *have* a movie?

Yes

Shatner's Kirk was
> killed in Generations.

And there's a bunch of easy ways around that, especially given that not
having Kirk dead is the GOAL here.

How are they going to prevent Shatner's Kirk
> (that age), in a movie about them all as young, pre-TOS officers, and
> not show Shaner's Kirk, recycled footage??? (Yes, I know the whole,
> real world goal of a movie is to make money. I'm talking about story
> goals.)

You're kidding, right? Evil Romulans from the evil future evilly come
back to kill young Kirk. Old Spock comes back to stop them. Wackiness
ensues. Young Kirk's history (completely incompatible with everything
we know) is shown. Nimoy plays old Spock; all new actors play the young
crew, unless you want to count Majel who is still the computer.

Basically they're doing THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK without casting Nimoy. Or
watching WRATH OF KHAN first for reference.


>
>
>
> >> great; just look at Star Trek V, which I *still* say is the *worst*
> >> Trek movie ever made. ST-V is enjoyable only as MST3K fodder, and
> >> it's really too bad for me to even enjoy it that way. :-P
> >
> > Trek V is awful, and it's still better than Generations, Insurrection,
> > and WAY better than Nemesis, and probably better than First Contact,
> > which I tried to watch recently and was WAY worse than I remembered.
>
> Trek V makes me *cringe* like few other movies ever have. An example of

Me too, but I'd say the others I cited are still worse.

> one of the others would be Babylon 5 - The Legend of the Rangers - To
> Live and Die in Starlight.

Never watched it.

Anim8rFSK

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Dec 14, 2008, 7:18:21 PM12/14/08
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In article <mr4bk41aecmqk5vtj...@4ax.com>,
Brian Thorn <btho...@suddenlink.net> wrote:

Yawn. An actor paid to be in a movie saying it's good on the publicity
tour! What a shock!

Anim8rFSK

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In article <AcCdnUMVRKJJB9jU...@giganews.com>,
"Mason Barge" <mason...@comcast.net> wrote:

That's what I thought, which is why I tried to watch it again. Wasn't
good. :(

Brian Thorn

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On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:01:22 -0500, Newpor...@webtv.net (Steve
Newport) wrote:


>The sad thing is that Star Trek
>----------------------------------
>was never very good.

I have no problem with someone saying they don't like Star Trek or any
other particular show*. But that's different than Anim saying the new
movie sucks, sight unseen, because his favorite actor isn't it it.

Brian


*with me, its the various CSI's.

Brian Thorn

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On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:52:21 -0500, "Mason Barge"
<mason...@comcast.net> wrote:

>The sad thing is attaching the Star Trek name to such incredible cyclonic
>crap-sucking garbage.

I prefer to judge movies only *after* I've seen them.

>If history is any lesson, chances of STTM sucking
>approach 100% whether Shatner is in it or not.

I'd say the chances are are about 70% that it will be poor, given the
history. I think "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan", "Star Trek IV: The
Voyage Home", and "Star Trek: First Contact" are good movies. The
other seven are fair at best ("Star Trek III: The Search For Spock"
and "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country") and awful at worst
("Star Trek V: The Final Frontier", "Star Trek: Nemesis".)

Brian

Steve Newport

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From: aeme...@att.net (aemeijers)
EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND and WEST WING: Always leave 'em wanting more.
----------------------------------
They did!

Steve Newport

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From: btho...@suddenlink.net (Brian Thorn) I have no problem with
someone saying they don't like Star Trek or any other particular show--
with me, it's the various CSI's.
-------------------------------------
I don't like those either.

Mac Breck

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"Yes" is not a proper answer to that question.


> Shatner's Kirk was
>> killed in Generations.
>
> And there's a bunch of easy ways around that, especially given that
> not having Kirk dead is the GOAL here.
>
> How are they going to prevent Shatner's Kirk
>> (that age), in a movie about them all as young, pre-TOS officers, and
>> not show Shaner's Kirk, recycled footage??? (Yes, I know the whole,
>> real world goal of a movie is to make money. I'm talking about story
>> goals.)
>
> You're kidding, right?

No.

> Evil Romulans from the evil future evilly come
> back to kill young Kirk. Old Spock comes back to stop them.
> Wackiness ensues.

Oh, ....I hadn't considered storylines that are THAT crappy.


> Young Kirk's history (completely incompatible with
> everything we know) is shown. Nimoy plays old Spock; all new actors
> play the young crew, unless you want to count Majel who is still the
> computer.
>
> Basically they're doing THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK without casting Nimoy.
> Or watching WRATH OF KHAN first for reference.

If that's the case, then Trek movies have officially jumped the biggest,
damned Time Travel Great White Shark in history. Trek has done time
travel TO DEATH. In fact, the whole Trek universe has been spun around
so many times with time travel reset buttons that it's incurably DIZZY.
Death means nothing, because you can always undo it. (Hell, this makes
Heroes' Hiro not saving his dad, and and The Time Machine (2002)'s
Alexander not saving Emma, *refreshing* .) I'm not paying for a ticket
to see the new Trek movie. I ~may~ Netflix it, but that's about it.
God, why don't they just let the Trek franchise mercifully end?! I'll
get the TOS DVDs, and pretend it ended in 1969.

>>>> great; just look at Star Trek V, which I *still* say is the *worst*
>>>> Trek movie ever made. ST-V is enjoyable only as MST3K fodder, and
>>>> it's really too bad for me to even enjoy it that way. :-P
>>>
>>> Trek V is awful, and it's still better than Generations,
>>> Insurrection, and WAY better than Nemesis, and probably better than
>>> First Contact, which I tried to watch recently and was WAY worse
>>> than I remembered.
>>
>> Trek V makes me *cringe* like few other movies ever have. An
>> example of
>
> Me too, but I'd say the others I cited are still worse.

The others don't send a shiver up my spine.


>> one of the others would be Babylon 5 - The Legend of the Rangers - To
>> Live and Die in Starlight.
>
> Never watched it.

Trust me, save yourself. Out of 88 minutes, about 5 are good~tolerable,
...much like ST-V. OTOH, you might get a kick out of MST3K-ing it,
*especially* the mine destroying sequence, and the part where they hide
in the tail of a comet.

Mac Breck

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Dec 15, 2008, 11:45:13 AM12/15/08
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She was better in "Sleepwalkers" (1992), and that movie had Mädchen
Amick as well. :D.

Mac Breck

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Dec 15, 2008, 11:47:59 AM12/15/08
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ROFL !!!

Mac Breck

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Mac Breck wrote:
> She was better in "Sleepwalkers" (1992), and that movie had Mddchen
> Amick as well. :D.

I cut & pasted that to Notepad to strip the HTML, and get the umlauts
right, and it looked right when I sent it, but it shows up changed to a
"d" !

I f-ing give up.

Default User

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Dec 15, 2008, 2:51:47 PM12/15/08
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Mac Breck wrote:

> Mac Breck wrote:
> > She was better in "Sleepwalkers" (1992), and that movie had Mddchen
> > Amick as well. :D.
>
> I cut & pasted that to Notepad to strip the HTML, and get the umlauts
> right, and it looked right when I sent it, but it shows up changed to
> a "d" !

That's because your character set is "US ASCII" and that has no
umlauts. You will need to see if your newsreader has the ability to
switch char sets, and how to do it.

Brian

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

Anim8rFSK

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Dec 15, 2008, 4:35:52 PM12/15/08
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In article <58SdnUaGWPSPGtvU...@supernews.com>,
"Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:

"I agree with what you just said"


>
>
>
>
> > Shatner's Kirk was
> >> killed in Generations.
> >
> > And there's a bunch of easy ways around that, especially given that
> > not having Kirk dead is the GOAL here.
> >
> > How are they going to prevent Shatner's Kirk
> >> (that age), in a movie about them all as young, pre-TOS officers, and
> >> not show Shaner's Kirk, recycled footage??? (Yes, I know the whole,
> >> real world goal of a movie is to make money. I'm talking about story
> >> goals.)
> >
> > You're kidding, right?
>
> No.
>
> > Evil Romulans from the evil future evilly come
> > back to kill young Kirk. Old Spock comes back to stop them.
> > Wackiness ensues.
>
> Oh, ....I hadn't considered storylines that are THAT crappy.

Sorry. I thought you knew. My bad.


>
>
> > Young Kirk's history (completely incompatible with
> > everything we know) is shown. Nimoy plays old Spock; all new actors
> > play the young crew, unless you want to count Majel who is still the
> > computer.
> >
> > Basically they're doing THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK without casting Nimoy.
> > Or watching WRATH OF KHAN first for reference.
>
> If that's the case, then Trek movies have officially jumped the biggest,
> damned Time Travel Great White Shark in history. Trek has done time
> travel TO DEATH. In fact, the whole Trek universe has been spun around
> so many times with time travel reset buttons that it's incurably DIZZY.
> Death means nothing, because you can always undo it. (Hell, this makes
> Heroes' Hiro not saving his dad, and and The Time Machine (2002)'s
> Alexander not saving Emma, *refreshing* .) I'm not paying for a ticket
> to see the new Trek movie. I ~may~ Netflix it, but that's about it.
> God, why don't they just let the Trek franchise mercifully end?! I'll
> get the TOS DVDs, and pretend it ended in 1969.

Yes

Now you understand my contention that if they had The Shat in it,
there'd be SOME purpose. At least they'd be undoing Generations, and
having The Nimo and The Shat pass the baton to the new cast.

Or for God's sake, DON'T have The Nimo in it, and quit saying it's
faithful to the original when they've got Kirk serving with Pike, a man
we know he only met once, and advertise it as FORGET EVERYTHING YOU EVER
KNEW ABOUT JAMES TIBERIUS KIRK! That would work too.

A jumping around in time Abrams/Lost style TOS 'history of Kirk' could
have been a hoot (in fact, LOST gives me hope that RINGWORLD could
actually be filmed). But a time travel try to save Kirk and then don't
because you didn't do your homework and didn't know he was killed in
Generations and not take the opportunity to FIX Generations when you
have it film?

Hell, you don't even have to HAVE the 'undo Generations' sequence.
You've changed the timeline totally. All you need is old Shat and Old
Nimo together again at the end.

And now you undertand my sig.


>
>
>
> >>>> great; just look at Star Trek V, which I *still* say is the *worst*
> >>>> Trek movie ever made. ST-V is enjoyable only as MST3K fodder, and
> >>>> it's really too bad for me to even enjoy it that way. :-P
> >>>
> >>> Trek V is awful, and it's still better than Generations,
> >>> Insurrection, and WAY better than Nemesis, and probably better than
> >>> First Contact, which I tried to watch recently and was WAY worse
> >>> than I remembered.
> >>
> >> Trek V makes me *cringe* like few other movies ever have. An
> >> example of
> >
> > Me too, but I'd say the others I cited are still worse.
>
> The others don't send a shiver up my spine.

You watch Nemesis lately?


>
>
> >> one of the others would be Babylon 5 - The Legend of the Rangers - To
> >> Live and Die in Starlight.
> >
> > Never watched it.
>
> Trust me, save yourself. Out of 88 minutes, about 5 are good~tolerable,
> ...much like ST-V. OTOH, you might get a kick out of MST3K-ing it,
> *especially* the mine destroying sequence, and the part where they hide
> in the tail of a comet.

Yeesh.

Dan D. Err

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> In article <gi3dbf$js7$1...@news.datemas.de>,

> "Dan D. Err" <dan...@petnet.com> wrote:
>
>> "Anim8rFSK" <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote in message
>> news:ANIM8Rfsk-9B634...@news.west.cox.net...

>> > --
>> > Bad Reboot's 'Crap Trek' 2009: "No Shat, No Show"
>>

>> Mildly curious. What is the import behind your 'No Shat, No Show' sig?
>

> They dissed The Shat and he's not in the new movie, which by all


> accounts (that aren't studio flacks) is looking to be pretty dire.

And this is that important to you?


Steve Newport

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Anim8rFSK

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In article <gi753n$2qb$1...@news.datemas.de>,

"Dan D. Err" <dan...@petnet.com> wrote:

> "Anim8rFSK" <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:ANIM8Rfsk-01785...@news.west.cox.net...
> > In article <gi3dbf$js7$1...@news.datemas.de>,
> > "Dan D. Err" <dan...@petnet.com> wrote:
> >
> >> "Anim8rFSK" <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote in message
> >> news:ANIM8Rfsk-9B634...@news.west.cox.net...
>
> >> > --
> >> > Bad Reboot's 'Crap Trek' 2009: "No Shat, No Show"
> >>
> >> Mildly curious. What is the import behind your 'No Shat, No Show' sig?
> >
> > They dissed The Shat and he's not in the new movie, which by all
> > accounts (that aren't studio flacks) is looking to be pretty dire.
>
> And this is that important to you?

Sure. Why not? It's just a sig, in a TV group.

Mac Breck

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Default User wrote:
> Mac Breck wrote:
>
>> Mac Breck wrote:
>>> She was better in "Sleepwalkers" (1992), and that movie had Mddchen
>>> Amick as well. :D.
>>
>> I cut & pasted that to Notepad to strip the HTML, and get the umlauts
>> right, and it looked right when I sent it, but it shows up changed to
>> a "d" !
>
> That's because your character set is "US ASCII" and that has no
> umlauts. You will need to see if your newsreader has the ability to
> switch char sets, and how to do it.
>
>
>
> Brian

I had OE6:

1. Tools-Options-Font Settings set to Western European,
2. Tools-Options-Read-Fonts-Encoding set to US ASCII,
3. Tools-Options-Read-International Settings set to Western European
(ISO) and
4. Tools-Options-Send-International Settings set to Western European
(ISO).

Now, 1 is as it was, and 2 thru 4 are set to Western European (ISO).

ä

Mädchen Amick

Mac Breck

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That worked, so I'm sticking with it. Was going to try Western European
(Windows), but no need for that now.

Mac Breck

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<shrug> I don't pay much attention to Trek anymore.


>>> Young Kirk's history (completely incompatible with
>>> everything we know) is shown. Nimoy plays old Spock; all new actors
>>> play the young crew, unless you want to count Majel who is still the
>>> computer.
>>>
>>> Basically they're doing THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK without casting Nimoy.
>>> Or watching WRATH OF KHAN first for reference.
>>
>> If that's the case, then Trek movies have officially jumped the
>> biggest, damned Time Travel Great White Shark in history. Trek has
>> done time travel TO DEATH. In fact, the whole Trek universe has been
>> spun around so many times with time travel reset buttons that it's
>> incurably DIZZY. Death means nothing, because you can always undo
>> it. (Hell, this makes Heroes' Hiro not saving his dad, and and The
>> Time Machine (2002)'s Alexander not saving Emma, *refreshing* .) I'm
>> not paying for a ticket to see the new Trek movie. I ~may~ Netflix
>> it, but that's about it. God, why don't they just let the Trek
>> franchise mercifully end?! I'll get the TOS DVDs, and pretend it
>> ended in 1969.
>
> Yes
>
> Now you understand my contention that if they had The Shat in it,
> there'd be SOME purpose. At least they'd be undoing Generations, and
> having The Nimo and The Shat pass the baton to the new cast.

Even then it's yet another time travel reset button story. Trek has
done, far, FAR too many of those. It's to the point where actions have
no consequences and you're never sure if anybody is really in peril, or
dead (except for redshirts, of course). That destroys 99% of the drama.

>>>>>> great; just look at Star Trek V, which I *still* say is the
>>>>>> *worst* Trek movie ever made. ST-V is enjoyable only as MST3K
>>>>>> fodder, and it's really too bad for me to even enjoy it that
>>>>>> way. :-P
>>>>>
>>>>> Trek V is awful, and it's still better than Generations,
>>>>> Insurrection, and WAY better than Nemesis, and probably better
>>>>> than First Contact, which I tried to watch recently and was WAY
>>>>> worse than I remembered.
>>>>
>>>> Trek V makes me *cringe* like few other movies ever have. An
>>>> example of
>>>
>>> Me too, but I'd say the others I cited are still worse.
>>
>> The others don't send a shiver up my spine.
>
> You watch Nemesis lately?

No, but I enjoy Nemesis for the CGI space battles, not the Picard and
whatshisname posturing.


>>>> one of the others would be Babylon 5 - The Legend of the Rangers -
>>>> To Live and Die in Starlight.
>>>
>>>
>>> Never watched it.
>>
>> Trust me, save yourself. Out of 88 minutes, about 5 are
>> good~tolerable, ...much like ST-V. OTOH, you might get a kick out
>> of MST3K-ing it, *especially* the mine destroying sequence, and the
>> part where they hide in the tail of a comet.
>
> Yeesh.

To some people, the mine destroying sequence, with the Mini Mouse
weapons officer (Sarah Cantrell played by Myriam Sirois), throwing a
conniption fit in a holo-weapons sphere, punching and kicking at space
to fire, was comical. I just found it *PAINFUL* . Oops, I forgot the
dojo sequence where Mini Mouse is held back (cowardly lion style, "Lemme
at him. Lemme at him.") from attacking Minbari Captain Tannier (who
became a real bonehead since the last time we saw him in "Learning
Curve."). Like ST-V, this would be much better cut down to a 5 minute
short.

Let's just say, if this bunch are Rangers (a.k.a. the Anla' Shok)
http://www.infinicorp.com/VEX/organizations/anla-shok.htm
, then Marcus Cole
http://amazon.imdb.com/character/ch0012583/ (a REAL Ranger)...
... would be doing a few thousand RPM in his cryo-tube.

Dulann (Alex Zahara), Na'Feel (unfortunate name, too close to a good
character in Crusade. Played by Jennie Rebecca Hogan.) and Firell
(Enid-Raye Adams) were the only worthwhile characters in the movie. The
captain (David Martel played by Dylan Neal) had one really good scene
because Dulann made it a really good scene. Weapons Officer Sarah
Cantrell played by Myriam Sirois, was just *awful* , as was a lot of the
writing, the plot, the new enemy, JMS' understanding of physics, the
Rangers' new policy of not retreating for ANY reason, etc.

You like "Nemesis" as much as I like "Babylon 5: The Legend of the
Rangers: To Live and Die in Starlight" (2002).
http://amazon.imdb.com/title/tt0280453/

Steve Newport

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From: ANIM...@cox.net (Anim8rFSK)
THE WEST WING was a pile of festering garbage it's last season. It was
like some bizarro world with Alan Alda playing the smart Republican and
losing.
----------------------------------------
So it was really the politics that bothered you?

Anim8rFSK

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In article <9_ednb80jpxxp9rU...@supernews.com>,
"Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Even then it's yet another time travel reset button story. Trek has
> done, far, FAR too many of those. It's to the point where actions have
> no consequences and you're never sure if anybody is really in peril, or
> dead (except for redshirts, of course). That destroys 99% of the drama.

And the Romulans, again, kills another 50% of it. So they're starting
out way in the hole. :)

I've mentioned this before; a friend of mine says Generations works
better (yeah, I know, it doesn't work at all) because they swapped out
Spock and McCoy for Scotty and what's his name (without changing their
dialog at all) because Spock and McCoy wouldn't have just thrown up
their hands and said 'oopsie' when Kirk 'died' -- they'd have done
something to SAVE him.

Of course, this Spock is apparently gonna save Kirk from 'some' death
but not 'all' death. Even though he should damn well know about Picard
getting Kirk killed.

Default User

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Mac Breck wrote:

> That worked, so I'm sticking with it.

No, it didn't. You posted with US ASCII. Probably your reader is now
translating.

Mac Breck

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Anim8rFSK wrote:
> In article <9_ednb80jpxxp9rU...@supernews.com>,
> "Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Even then it's yet another time travel reset button story. Trek has
>> done, far, FAR too many of those. It's to the point where actions
>> have no consequences and you're never sure if anybody is really in
>> peril, or dead (except for redshirts, of course). That destroys 99%
>> of the drama.
>
> And the Romulans, again, kills another 50% of it. So they're starting
> out way in the hole. :)

-49%, wow! Hey, that female Romulan captain/commander/whatever in
Nemesis was sort of cute, well, for a Romulan. ;-)


> I've mentioned this before; a friend of mine says Generations works
> better (yeah, I know, it doesn't work at all) because they swapped out
> Spock and McCoy for Scotty and what's his name (without changing their
> dialog at all) because Spock and McCoy wouldn't have just thrown up
> their hands and said 'oopsie' when Kirk 'died' -- they'd have done
> something to SAVE him.
>
> Of course, this Spock is apparently gonna save Kirk from 'some' death
> but not 'all' death. Even though he should damn well know about
> Picard getting Kirk killed.

Maybe Nimoy's Spock has Altzheimer's?


Oh, sure, don't talk about that B5 Legend of the Rangers pilot/TV movie
fiasco. You should watch it (Take one for good ol' Team RAST.) and give
us your review. Hee, hee, hee, heee.

Mac Breck

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Default User wrote:
> Mac Breck wrote:
>
>> That worked, so I'm sticking with it.
>
> No, it didn't. You posted with US ASCII. Probably your reader is now
> translating.

I changed the only possible Outlook Express 6 setting that has US ASCII
as a possible selection, to Western European (ISO). There are no other
US ASCII settings that I can find (as if four freakin' settings weren't
enough.).

Steve Newport

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In article <LeSdnZFwFN9uQNrU...@supernews.com>,
"Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Default User wrote:
> > Mac Breck wrote:
> >
> >> That worked, so I'm sticking with it.
> >
> > No, it didn't. You posted with US ASCII. Probably your reader is now
> > translating.
>
> I changed the only possible Outlook Express 6 setting that has US ASCII
> as a possible selection, to Western European (ISO). There are no other
> US ASCII settings that I can find (as if four freakin' settings weren't
> enough.).

It showed up fine here.

Anim8rFSK

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In article <cqqdnVzlGr_4R9rU...@supernews.com>,
"Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Anim8rFSK wrote:
> > In article <9_ednb80jpxxp9rU...@supernews.com>,
> > "Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Even then it's yet another time travel reset button story. Trek has
> >> done, far, FAR too many of those. It's to the point where actions
> >> have no consequences and you're never sure if anybody is really in
> >> peril, or dead (except for redshirts, of course). That destroys 99%
> >> of the drama.
> >
> > And the Romulans, again, kills another 50% of it. So they're starting
> > out way in the hole. :)
>
> -49%, wow! Hey, that female Romulan captain/commander/whatever in
> Nemesis was sort of cute, well, for a Romulan. ;-)

That would be Dina Meyer. Rowr!


>
>
> > I've mentioned this before; a friend of mine says Generations works
> > better (yeah, I know, it doesn't work at all) because they swapped out
> > Spock and McCoy for Scotty and what's his name (without changing their
> > dialog at all) because Spock and McCoy wouldn't have just thrown up
> > their hands and said 'oopsie' when Kirk 'died' -- they'd have done
> > something to SAVE him.
> >
> > Of course, this Spock is apparently gonna save Kirk from 'some' death
> > but not 'all' death. Even though he should damn well know about
> > Picard getting Kirk killed.
>
> Maybe Nimoy's Spock has Altzheimer's?

Vulcan Alzheimers (Bendii syndrome) does run in his family.


>
>
> Oh, sure, don't talk about that B5 Legend of the Rangers pilot/TV movie
> fiasco. You should watch it (Take one for good ol' Team RAST.) and give
> us your review. Hee, hee, hee, heee.

Having never seen of it, and only seen maybe 15% of all of B5,
scattered, I didn't really feel I had a comeback worthy of you. I was
content to listen and learn.

Mac Breck

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Anim8rFSK wrote:
> In article <cqqdnVzlGr_4R9rU...@supernews.com>,
> "Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
<snip>

>> Oh, sure, don't talk about that B5 Legend of the Rangers pilot/TV
>> movie fiasco. You should watch it (Take one for good ol' Team
>> RAST.) and give us your review. Hee, hee, hee, heee.
>
> Having never seen of it, and only seen maybe 15% of all of B5,
> scattered, I didn't really feel I had a comeback worthy of you. I was
> content to listen and learn.

Oooh, your mission is now to watch all of B5, and get back to us. ;-)

Here's a good order for you.

The Gathering (pilot) [2257]

Season One ("Signs and Portents") [2258]

Midnight on the Firing Line

Soul Hunter

Born to the Purple

Infection

The Parliament of Dreams

Mind War

The War Prayer

And The Sky Full Of Stars

Deathwalker

Believers

Survivors

By Any Means Necessary

Signs and Portents

Grail

Eyes

A Voice in the Wilderness - Part 1

A Voice in the Wilderness - Part 2

Babylon Squared

The Quality of Mercy

TKO (why not right after Signs and Portents ?)

Legacies

Chrysalis

Season Two ("The Coming Of Shadows") [2259]

Points of Departure

Revelations

The Geometry of Shadows

A Distant Star

The Long Dark

A Spider in the Web

A Race Through Dark Places

Soul Mates

The Coming of Shadows

GROPOS

All Alone in the Night

Acts of Sacrifice

Hunter, Prey

There All the Honor Lies

And Now For a Word

Knives

In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum

Confessions and Lamentations

Divided Loyalties

The Long, Twilight Struggle

Comes the Inquisitor

The Fall of Night

Season Three ("Point of No Return") [2260]

Matters of Honor

Convictions

A Day in the Strife

Passing Through Gethsemane

Voices of Authority

(this was originally meant to air before "Passing Through Gethsemane,"
but since the events of this episode tie into the beginning of "Dust to
Dust," and aren't mentioned at all in "Gethsemane," the initial airing
order is actually an improvement)

Dust to Dust

Exogenesis

Messages from Earth

Point of No Return

Severed Dreams

Ceremonies of Light and Dark

A Late Delivery From Avalon

Sic Transit Vir

Ship of Tears

Interludes and Examinations

Walkabout

War Without End, Part One

War Without End, Part Two

Grey 17 Is Missing

And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place

Shadow Dancing

Z'ha'dum

Season Four ("No Surrender, No Retreat") [2261]

The Hour of the Wolf

Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?

The Summoning

Falling Toward Apotheosis

The Long Night

Into the Fire

Epiphanies

The Illusion of Truth

Thirdspace (TV Movie) [obviously in 2261]

Atonement

Racing Mars

Lines of Communication

Conflicts of Interest

Rumors, Bargains and Lies

Moments of Transition

No Surrender, No Retreat

The Exercise of Vital Powers

The Face of the Enemy

Intersections in Real Time

Between the Darkness and the Light

Endgame

Rising Star

The Deconstruction of Falling Stars

Season Five - ("Wheel of Fire") [2262]

No Compromises

The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari

The Paragon of Animals

A View from the Gallery

Learning Curve

Strange Relations

Secrets of the Soul

In the Kingdom of the Blind

A Tragedy of Telepaths

Phoenix Rising

The Ragged Edge

Day of the Dead

The Corps is Mother, The Corps is Father

Meditations on the Abyss

Darkness Ascending

And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder

Movements of Fire and Shadow

The Fall of Centauri Prime

Wheel of Fire

Objects in Motion

Objects at Rest

River of Souls (TV Movie) [2263]

The Legend of the Rangers [pilot movie and series late 2265 to late
2269; "just under 3 years after the events of 'Objects at Rest.'" This
means it will be set in late 2265] :-P

A Call to Arms (TV Movie) [January 2267]

Crusade [January 2267 - December 2271 was planned]

This ordering, which JMS specified, ignores the uniform change in favor
of maintaining continuity of storyline, except that I moved War Zone to
position 1.


War Zone (chronologically takes place immediately after A Call to Arms.)

Racing the Night

The Needs of Earth

The Memory of War

The Long Road

Visitors from Down the Street

The Well of Forever

Each Night I Dream of Home

Patterns of the Soul

The Path of Sorrows

Ruling from the Tomb

The Rules of the Game

Appearances and Other Deceits

Babylon 5 - The Lost Tales - Voices in the Dark (Direct-to-DVD, #1 of 1)
[2271]

Over Here

Over There (contains a flashforward to 2301.)

In the Beginning (TV Movie) [2278] (The present tense of Londo as
narrator is that of Londo releasing Sheridan and Delenn, and Londo &
G'Kar choking each other at the end, and this has to happen between
Crusade and "Sleeping in Light."

"In the Beginning" was told by Londo in ~2278.)

Sleeping in Light [2281].

Mac Breck

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> It showed up fine here.

Thanks!

Default User

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Mac Breck wrote:

> Anim8rFSK wrote:
> > It showed up fine here.
>
> Thanks!

Following are the full set of headers (long) from your message. You
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If you set it, there would be a header like:

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In article <WfudnbdP2_Dan9XU...@supernews.com>,
"Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Anim8rFSK wrote:
> > In article <cqqdnVzlGr_4R9rU...@supernews.com>,
> > "Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> <snip>
> >> Oh, sure, don't talk about that B5 Legend of the Rangers pilot/TV
> >> movie fiasco. You should watch it (Take one for good ol' Team
> >> RAST.) and give us your review. Hee, hee, hee, heee.
> >
> > Having never seen of it, and only seen maybe 15% of all of B5,
> > scattered, I didn't really feel I had a comeback worthy of you. I was
> > content to listen and learn.
>
> Oooh, your mission is now to watch all of B5, and get back to us. ;-)

Can I just watch the episodes that JMS wasn't involved in?

Steve Newport

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CHUCK.

Brian Thorn

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On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:31:16 -0500, Newpor...@webtv.net (Steve
Newport) wrote:

>THE WEST WING was a pile of festering garbage it's last season. It was
>like some bizarro world with Alan Alda playing the smart Republican and
>losing.
>----------------------------------------
>So it was really the politics that bothered you?

For me, it was that Alan Alda had hugely more screen presence than
Jimmy Smits, who I swear phoned in his performances as Santos. Alda
and Richardson also had on-screen chemistry, and the network really
should have given the show one more year with an all-new cast centered
on Alda (afterall, the show is called "The West Wing" not "The Bartlet
Administration"), but nope.

Brian

Mac Breck

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:-P

Steve Newport

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From: btho...@suddenlink.net (Brian Thorn) <<<THE WEST WING last
season.>>>
----------------------------------------

Alan Alda had hugely more screen presence than Jimmy Smits
-----------------------------------------
Not surprising. OTOH would Vinick-- unmarried and rejecting religion--
ever be a Republican nominee.

mut...@yahoo.com

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On Dec 14, 4:09 pm, Anim8rFSK <ANIM8R...@cox.net> wrote:
>
> Trek V is awful, and it's still better than Generations, Insurrection,
> and WAY better than Nemesis, and probably better than First Contact,
> which I tried to watch recently and was WAY worse than I remembered.

Yes. The cast of TNG had an expiration date: too 90's.

Anim8rFSK

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Dec 17, 2008, 10:34:08 AM12/17/08
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In article
<8cc80c54-9798-4077...@n41g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>,
mut...@yahoo.com wrote:

They expired slightly before Encounter at Farpoint.

Michael Bowker

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Dec 20, 2008, 1:06:17 PM12/20/08
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Well that would seem to solve the problem of who to leave behind.

Michael Bowker

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Dec 20, 2008, 1:07:12 PM12/20/08
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:D I laugh, I chortle.

Anim8rFSK

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Dec 20, 2008, 2:18:10 PM12/20/08
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In article <1sydndyRUfXPqdDU...@posted.rawbandwidth>,
Michael Bowker <mi...@blueneptune.com> wrote:

:D

Rob Jensen

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(Insert names of 10 random reality shows here.)

-- Rob

Mac Breck

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Dec 29, 2008, 10:51:15 AM12/29/08
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Rob Jensen wrote:
> (Insert names of 10 random reality shows here.)

Good choices!

Ubiquitous

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Jan 31, 2009, 10:48:29 PM1/31/09
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Newpor...@webtv.net wrote:

>EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND and WEST WING ended in top form and should have
>gone on.

Troll O Meter

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Ubiquitous

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Jan 31, 2009, 11:10:46 PM1/31/09
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"Anim8rFSK" <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote:

> Newport is, as usual, an idiot.

Well, yeah, that's a given.


>THE WEST WING was a pile of festering garbage it's last season.

And the previous seven, as well.


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Steve, you scored a "0" on Mike Ubi's "Troll O Meter"--this has to mean
that Ubi would score a 10 and max it out because he's such a filthy troll.

Steve Newport

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From: web...@polaris.net (Ubiquitous)
<<<Amin8R: THE WEST WING was a pile of festering garbage it's last
season.>>>
---------------------------------------

And the previous seven, as well.
------------------------------------
SN: Says the guy who only watches cooking shows and REAL HOUSEWIVES.
There needs to be a lowbrow-ometer.

Audie Murphy's Ghost

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Feb 2, 2009, 9:06:10 AM2/2/09
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In article <23156-498...@storefull-3171.bay.webtv.net>, Steve
Newport <Newpor...@webtv.net> wrote:


Really. West Wing had its problems, but only a moron with an agenda
would dismiss the whole series as "festering garbage."

Ian J. Ball

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Feb 2, 2009, 9:34:40 AM2/2/09
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On Feb 2, 6:06 am, Audie Murphy's Ghost <takebackamer...@2008.com>
wrote:
> In article <23156-49867B14-...@storefull-3171.bay.webtv.net>, Steve

>
> Newport <NewportsRe...@webtv.net> wrote:
> > From: web...@polaris.net (Ubiquitous)
> > <<<Amin8R: THE WEST WING was a pile of festering garbage it's last
> > season.>>>
> > ---------------------------------------
> > And the previous seven, as well.
> > ------------------------------------
> > SN: Says the guy who only watches cooking shows and REAL HOUSEWIVES.
> > There needs to be a lowbrow-ometer.
>
> Really.  West Wing had its problems, but only a moron with an agenda
> would dismiss the whole series as "festering garbage."

Call me a moron, then, because I think Ubi doesn't go far enough...

Steve Newport

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Feb 2, 2009, 11:46:54 AM2/2/09
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From: takebac...@2008.com (Audie Murphy's Ghost)
Amin8R: THE WEST WING was a pile of festering garbage it's last season.
---------------------------------------
Ubi: And the previous seven, as well.
------------------------------------
SN: Says the guy who only watches cooking shows and REAL HOUSEWIVES.
There needs to be a lowbrow-ometer.
------------------------------------

Really. West Wing had its problems, but only a moron with an agenda
would dismiss the whole series as "festering garbage."
-------------------------------------
SN: Fred's a moron. Ubi's a moron.

Steve Newport

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Feb 2, 2009, 11:48:36 AM2/2/09
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From: ib...@san.rr.com (Ian J. Ball)
Call me a moron, because I think Ubi doesn't go far enough...
-----------------------------------
Then you're definitely a moron, all right.

Anim8rFSK

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Feb 2, 2009, 9:08:57 PM2/2/09
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In article
<971bc5f2-5254-400d...@o40g2000prn.googlegroups.com>,

Can't we just all agree that Steve Newport is festering garbage?

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Mac Breck

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Feb 3, 2009, 7:31:15 AM2/3/09
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Sure. LOL

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life, Ezekiel. Have faith. Your work's appreciated.


Steve Newport

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Feb 3, 2009, 8:54:10 AM2/3/09
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Along with Anim8r and Mac Breck. As Stephen Sondheim wrote: "They all
deserve to die."

Anim8rFSK

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Feb 3, 2009, 3:54:20 PM2/3/09
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In article <LJ6dnXp8JK7YpBXU...@supernews.com>,
"Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Anim8rFSK wrote:
> > In article
> > <971bc5f2-5254-400d...@o40g2000prn.googlegroups.com>,
> > "Ian J. Ball" <ib...@san.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Feb 2, 6:06 am, Audie Murphy's Ghost <takebackamer...@2008.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>> In article <23156-49867B14-...@storefull-3171.bay.webtv.net>, Steve
> >>>
> >>> Newport <NewportsRe...@webtv.net> wrote:
> >>>> From: web...@polaris.net (Ubiquitous)
> >>>> <<<Amin8R: THE WEST WING was a pile of festering garbage it's last
> >>>> season.>>>
> >>>> ---------------------------------------
> >>>> And the previous seven, as well.
> >>>> ------------------------------------
> >>>> SN: Says the guy who only watches cooking shows and REAL
> >>>> HOUSEWIVES. There needs to be a lowbrow-ometer.
> >>>
> >>> Really. West Wing had its problems, but only a moron with an agenda
> >>> would dismiss the whole series as "festering garbage."
> >>
> >> Call me a moron, then, because I think Ubi doesn't go far enough...
> >
> > Can't we just all agree that Steve Newport is festering garbage?
>
> Sure. LOL

:)

Steve Newport

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Feb 4, 2009, 2:52:01 AM2/4/09
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Breck. As Stephen Sondheim wrote: "They all deserve to die." And they
know who they are.

Ubiquitous

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Mar 31, 2009, 11:54:37 PM3/31/09
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Newpor...@webtv.net wrote:

web...@polaris.net wrote:
>"Anim8rFSK" <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote:

>> Newport is, as usual, an idiot.
>
>Well, yeah, that's a given.
>

>>THE WEST WING was a pile of festering garbage it's last season.
>

>And the previous seven, as well.
>
>
>--

>SN: Says the guy who only watches cooking shows and REAL HOUSEWIVES.
>There needs to be a lowbrow-ometer.


Ad hominem noted. Get back to us when you have a real argument to make.

P.S.
Your attempts at "Dowderizing" quoted material isn't only fooling
anyone; in fact, it makes you look more like some desperately losing
a debate.

Ubiquitous

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Mar 31, 2009, 11:57:31 PM3/31/09
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takebac...@2008.com wrote:

>Really. West Wing had its problems, but only a moron with an agenda
>would dismiss the whole series as "festering garbage."

Ad hominem noted. Get back to us when you have a real argument to make.

--

Ubiquitous

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Mar 31, 2009, 11:58:21 PM3/31/09
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Ubiquitous

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Apr 1, 2009, 12:19:49 AM4/1/09
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macthe...@yahoo.com wrote:

>Anim8rFSK wrote:
>> "Ian J. Ball" <ib...@san.rr.com> wrote:
>>> On Feb 2, 6:06 am, Audie Murphy's Ghost <takebackamer...@2008.com>
>>> wrote:

>>>> Really. West Wing had its problems, but only a moron with an agenda
>>>> would dismiss the whole series as "festering garbage."
>>>
>>> Call me a moron, then, because I think Ubi doesn't go far enough...
>>
>> Can't we just all agree that Steve Newport is festering garbage?
>
>Sure. LOL

Like it needs to be said; it's quite obvious to all.

Steve Newport

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Apr 1, 2009, 3:28:45 AM4/1/09
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Steve Newport wrote: web...@polaris.net (Ubiquitous) only watches

cooking shows and REAL HOUSEWIVES. There needs to be a lowbrow-ometer.
-------------------------------------
SN: Yeah, that was a good one!

Steve Newport

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Apr 1, 2009, 3:34:20 AM4/1/09
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Anim8rFSK wrote: Call me a moron, then
-------------------------------------
We've already done that, Fred, but Ubi seems determined to dig up
further opportunities.



Daily puppy link
http://www.dailypuppy.com/


Steve Newport

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Apr 1, 2009, 3:31:14 AM4/1/09
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takebac...@2008.com wrote:
only a moron with an agenda would dismiss the whole series (THE WEST
WING) as "festering garbage."
--------------------------------
Ubi and anim8r are both right-wing morons.

trotsky

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Apr 1, 2009, 9:12:58 AM4/1/09
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Steve Newport wrote:
> takebac...@2008.com wrote:
> only a moron with an agenda would dismiss the whole series (THE WEST
> WING) as "festering garbage."
> --------------------------------
> Ubi and anim8r are both right-wing morons.


"Right-wing moron" is redundant. Just trying to help.

Steve Newport

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Apr 1, 2009, 1:30:30 PM4/1/09
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From: gms...@email.com (trotsky)
"Right-wing moron" is redundant.
---------------------------------------
But some are more moronic than others.

trotsky

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Apr 1, 2009, 8:14:45 PM4/1/09
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Steve Newport wrote:
> From: gms...@email.com (trotsky)
> "Right-wing moron" is redundant.
> ---------------------------------------
> But some are more moronic than others.


Yeah, okay. Hagel and Specter aren't bad. Exceptions to the rule.

Fred1...@gmail.com

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Apr 1, 2009, 8:54:25 PM4/1/09
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On Apr 1, 5:14 pm, trotsky <gmsi...@email.com> wrote:
> Steve Newport wrote:
> > From: gmsi...@email.com (trotsky)

> > "Right-wing moron" is redundant.
> > ---------------------------------------
> > But some are more moronic than others.
>
> Yeah, okay.  Hagel and Specter aren't bad.  Exceptions to the rule.

I'm glad you and your boyfriend have made up :)

Steve Newport

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Apr 2, 2009, 7:47:14 AM4/2/09
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From: gms...@email.com (trotsky)
"Right-wing moron" is redundant. Exceptions to the rule.....
----------------------------------
Are few.

Ubiquitous

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May 30, 2009, 1:46:16 PM5/30/09
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Newpor...@webtv.net wrote:

Replying to yourself now? Steve reaches new levels of lame.

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Ubiquitous

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May 30, 2009, 1:48:01 PM5/30/09
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Newpor...@webtv.net wrote:
>takebac...@2008.com wrote:

>Ubi and anim8r are both right-wing morons.

Ad hominem noted. Get back to us when you have a real argument to make.

--

Anim8rFSK

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May 30, 2009, 5:48:27 PM5/30/09
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In article <TdadnSdE8owU77zX...@giganews.com>,
Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:

> Newpor...@webtv.net wrote:
> >takebac...@2008.com wrote:
>
> >Ubi and anim8r are both right-wing morons.
>
> Ad hominem noted. Get back to us when you have a real argument to make.

How did I get dragged into this? Although being called a moron by a
brain dead lying sack of pig shit like Newport is pretty much a
compliment.

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Mac Breck

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May 30, 2009, 6:12:24 PM5/30/09
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Anim8rFSK wrote:
> In article <TdadnSdE8owU77zX...@giganews.com>,
> Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>
>> Newpor...@webtv.net wrote:
>>> takebac...@2008.com wrote:
>>
>>> Ubi and anim8r are both right-wing morons.
>>
>> Ad hominem noted. Get back to us when you have a real argument to
>> make.
>
> How did I get dragged into this? Although being called a moron by a
> brain dead lying sack of pig shit like Newport

ROFL

> is pretty much a compliment.

True.

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Fiona: Get out.
Eddie: Out of the kitchen?
Fiona: Out of the kitchen, out of the flat, out of London, out of the
world. It's full. Get out. Eddie: I can't get out of the world. I
didn't pull the kind of math grades you need to qualify for the space
program.


ib...@san.rr.com

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May 30, 2009, 6:27:03 PM5/30/09
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On May 30, 2:48 pm, Anim8rFSK <ANIM8R...@cox.net> wrote:
> In article <TdadnSdE8owU77zXnZ2dnUVZ_rqdn...@giganews.com>,
>  Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
> > NewportsRe...@webtv.net wrote:

> > >takebackamer...@2008.com wrote:
>
> > >Ubi and anim8r are both right-wing morons.
>
> > Ad hominem noted. Get back to us when you have a real argument to make.
>
> How did I get dragged into this?  Although being called a moron by a
> brain dead lying sack of pig shit like Newport is pretty much a
> compliment.

I must be doing something wrong - those guys never talk dirty to me
anymore...
:(

Steve Newport

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May 30, 2009, 6:25:31 PM5/30/09
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From: ANIM...@cox.net (Anim8rFSK)
<<<takebac...@2008.com wrote:
Ubi and anim8r are both right-wing morons.>>>
--------------------------------------------

How did I get dragged into this?
--------------------------------------------
SN: You earned it, and you can thank Ubi for dredging it up.

Mac Breck

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May 30, 2009, 6:34:56 PM5/30/09
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Maybe they think that you're one of them? (maybe, G, D & R)

Steve Newport

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May 30, 2009, 6:31:01 PM5/30/09
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From: macthe...@yahoo.com (Mac Breck)

<<<takebac...@2008.com wrote:
Ubi and anim8r are both right-wing morons.

-----------------------------
Anim8r wrote: being called a moron by a brain dead lying sack of pig
shit is pretty much a compliment.>>>
------------------------------
ROTF. True. Mac Breck (KoshN)
-------------------------------
SN: takebackamerica certainly thinks more highly of anim8r than I do of
both of you.

Audie Murphy's Ghost

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May 30, 2009, 6:59:36 PM5/30/09
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For the record, I did not make the comment above. What I actually said
was "Only a moron with an agenda would dismiss the whole series (THE
WEST WING) as 'festering garbage.'" Somebody else then called Ubi and
Anim morons.

BTW, that was almost two months ago.

Steve Newport

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May 30, 2009, 6:58:48 PM5/30/09
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From: web...@polaris.net (Ubiquitous)
<<SN: Ubiquitous only watches cooking shows and REAL HOUSEWIVES. There

needs to be a lowbrow-ometer.>>>
-------------------------------------
new levels of lame.
-------------------------------------
SN: Each time you dig up one of these old threads, yes.

Rob Jensen

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May 30, 2009, 7:04:28 PM5/30/09
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On Sat, 30 May 2009 14:48:27 -0700, Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net>
wrote:

>In article <TdadnSdE8owU77zX...@giganews.com>,
> Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>
>> Newpor...@webtv.net wrote:
>> >takebac...@2008.com wrote:
>>
>> >Ubi and anim8r are both right-wing morons.
>>
>> Ad hominem noted. Get back to us when you have a real argument to make.
>
>How did I get dragged into this? Although being called a moron by a
>brain dead lying sack of pig shit like Newport is pretty much a
>compliment.

And aren't you a libertarian anyway?

-- Rob

Rob Jensen

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May 30, 2009, 7:04:28 PM5/30/09
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What's the point?!

-- Rob

Steve Newport

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May 30, 2009, 7:17:10 PM5/30/09
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From: ib...@san.rr.com
<<<Ubi and anim8r are both right-wing morons.>>>
-------------------------------------------
I must be doing something wrong
-------------------------------------------
Probably hanging out with a bad crowd.

Anim8rFSK

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May 30, 2009, 10:53:18 PM5/30/09
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In article <300520091859364926%takebac...@2008.com>,

What's funny here is Steve Newport, hereinafter referred to as "brain
dead lying sack of pig shit" is the one who said it, and then misquoted
and misattributed himself, twisting it (as near as I can tell) into
"Audie Murphy's Ghost thinks more of ANIM8Rfsk than Steve Newport,
hereinafter referred to as "brain dead lying sack of pig shit" thinks of
Ubi and Mack Breck" -- boy howdy, did he prove himself a "brain dead
lying sack of pig shit" right there or what?

And is having Audie Murphy's Ghost think more of me than a "brain dead
lying sack of pig shit" thinks of Ubi and Mac supposed to in some way
shape or form be an insult???? Sounds more like another compliment to
me.

And who dismissed the whole series TWW as festering garbage? Certainly
not me; I'm on record as saying the final season sucked at Marti Noxon
levels, but up 'til then much, if not most, of it was gold.

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