MM>> "...the limits of their working world."  That is probably the biggest
 MM>> issue about Star Trek that fans don't understand.
 BN> Or don't want to, sad to say. :(  The constraints of real life may
 BN> not have much impact on some in the fan world, but they dang sure do
 BN> when it comes to production -- there's no magic wand, simple as
 BN> that....
A lot of fans do *not* comprehend Star Trek as a major for-profit
venture by a large corporation.  With an investment needed in excess of
a million dollars per episode, Star Trek is *not* a good-will project of
Paramount to support a hobby that has been adopted by lots of people.
:-)
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