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Subject: Re: [NEWS] Orci to Direct Star Trek 13

In article , Jeff Gregory
 wrote:
>   Re: Re: [NEWS] Orci to Direct Star Trek 13
>   By: Your Name to All on Sun May 18 2014 10:45:21
> 
>  YN> They tried the same silliness with the mess called
"Enterprise" and in
>  YN> the end had to resort to just making the whole thing a
"dream" in the
>  YN> holodeck.   :-\
> 
> I liked "Enterprise" despite its shortcomings :-) It got me
back into Trek
> after a long absence, and it was the first Trek series that my wife was able
> to
> enjoy with me. That ending was terrible, though.
> 
>  YN> Next time you open you jar of Strawberry Jam, don't be surprised to
>  YN> find that what's inside is really Ketchcup ... hey, they both red and
>  YN> liquidy, and even taste good when used in the right way ... but they
>  YN> are not the same product, despite the label still saying
"Strawberry
>  YN> Jam".  :-\
> 
> It's not ketchup - there are still the same ingredients like stawberries,
> sugar, water, etc., just not our preferred brand. That doesn't mean that I
> can't spread it on my toast and enjoy it.

The only ingredients that were the same were the spaceships and names
of things like aliens species. If they had changed the names it could
have been any space show .. it certainly wasn't "Star Trek", in fact
the show's only saving grace was they at least left that out of the
title.
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