From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: epwise{at}yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [NEWS] Orci to Direct Star Trek 13

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> In article , Jeff
> Gregory  wrote:
>> >
>> >  It's irrelevant what Orci does since Abrams has already destroyed
>> >  the franchise with his two garbagised version movies peeing all
>> >  over real "Star Trek".  :-(
>> 
>> Tell us how you *really* feel :-)
>> 
>> I can understand these sentiments to an extent. "Real"
Trek to me is,
>> and always will be TOS, but I was able to enjoy the new Star Trek
>> films by accepting them based on their own merit. They are fun space
>> romps but I would like to see more problem solving and diplomacy and
>> less space battles. Hopefully Orci will bring that to the table. Not
>> too surprising that he got the directing gig.
> 
> They may be "fun space romps", they may even be
"good" films in their
> own right, but those are just personal opinions on the quality, which
> is irrelevant.
> 
> The actual fact is that they're marketed as "Star Trek" and are not
> really part of that franchise at all, despite the silly "parallel
> universe" nonsense excuse to try and make what is simply an obvious
> reboot stupidly "fit" with what came before.
> 
> They tried the same silliness with the mess called "Enterprise" and in
> the end had to resort to just making the whole thing a "dream" in the
> holodeck.   :-\
> 

One more time (or as many times as necessary):

It was not a dream.  

Of course, only your opinion matters and everyone else is an idiot.


> If they want to make a new "space romp" franchise, then make a NEW
> "space romp" franchise. Don't go butchering an old franchise and
> moronically pretending you haven't by stupidly reusing the same name
> for a very different product.
> 
> Next time you open you jar of Strawberry Jam, don't be surprised to
> find that what's inside is really Ketchcup ... hey, they both red and
> liquidy, and even taste good when used in the right way ... but they
> are not the same product, despite the label still saying "Strawberry
> Jam".  :-\
> 

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