From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: epwise{at}yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Star Trek Into Darkness

YourName{at}YourISP.com (Your Name) wrote in
news:YourName-2708130856400001{at}203-118-187-84.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz: 

> In article ,
"Daniel47{at}teranews.com"
>  wrote:
>> Your Name wrote:
>> > In article ,
>> > "Daniel47{at}teranews.com"
 wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> >> (And I'd tend to think the original Star Treks' and Star Wars' are
>> >> better than their later incarnations!)
>> >
>> > That's an opinion, and opinions are pointless to argue against.
>> > Everyone has one and they're all different.
>> 
>> Sorry, my "opinions are pointless to argue against", but your
>> opinions *have to be agreed with*!!
>> 
>> Does the term "egotistical" apply here??
> 
> "Good" or "bad" is simply an opinion.
> 
> The new versions being "different" is a fact. The definition of a
> "reboot" means they make changes, which makes it different, which is a
> FACT, not an opinion.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> > I'm talking about the FACT that "reboots" are, by
definition and
>> > execution, different products to the original,
>> 
>> So ST:NG, ST:DS9, ST:VOY are all parts of a re-boot, i.e. *Not* part
>> of ST:TOS, so, to be true to yourself, you must hate them as well!!
> 
> They are not a "reboot". They're a continuation and they (mstyl) fit
> with what was established before.
> 
> Abrams' garbage and the "Entperirse" rubbish (Beavis & Butthead's
> attempt to "reboot" the franchise) don't fit. They make all sorts of
> ridiculous changes to what has already been established.
> 
>

Enterprise was not a reboot, it was a prequel. 
No one cares if you liked it or not.
  
> 
> 
>> > for two different products defies all common sense, intelligence,
>> > and logic from EVERY conceivable angle.
>> 
>> See my para just above!!
>> 
>> > Nobody has ever been able to give a good reason why this happens or
>> > is sensible. None of the supposed reasons ever stack up to a
>> > logical examination. The blind morons usually simply revert to the
>> > pointless opinion-based "I liked it", which
completely and utterly
>> > misses the point and doesn't in any way mean it actually fits with
>> > the established franchise.
>> 
>> And Your Name usually simply reverts to the pointless opinion-based
>> "I don't like it", which completely and utterly misses
the point and 
>> doesn't in any way mean it actually mis-fits with the established
>> franchise. 
> 
> Ah, yet another moron on the Internet who can't actually read and
> blindly believes something is "Star Trek" simply because his worthless
> and pointless opinion is  "I like it" ... another imbecile who
> completely misses the point to to not bother wasting time with.  :-\
> 

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