From: RUFUS               
To: SCOTT STEEL         
Subject: STAR TREK      
Date & Time: 10/11/90 22:54:58
Message Number  9533

1) I'm sure that using the self-destruct is SOP if your ship is about
to, or has been, captured by enemies.  I'll admit that Captain Picard
would probably use self-destruct is a stray dog was found on-board.
2) Captain Kirk does not = Captain Picard and Riker.  Picard isn't as
rash as Kirk, and Riker isn't as daring as Kirk.
Kirk: "Okay, everyone who is important beam down to this very dangerous
planet."
Riker: "Hmm...we'll only beam down half of the bridge crew."
3) Spock is no where close to Data.  Data want to be human, which makes
his character very interesting.  [Insert S ---^]  Troi has four things
going for her that Spock never had.
1) She's female.
2) She has a decent haircut.
3) Her costume is /much/ better than Spock's.
4) She's got two very nice...eyes.  :)
5) Scotty=Geordi.  Well, it's a damned big (and complicated ship).  You
can't just say "Gee, we had an engineer in the last series, let's not
use him again."  Scotty had better lines, and usually pulled off more 
amazing things.  "Captain, I've wired the matter-anti-matter through my
bagpipes, we can use warp now."
6) Chekov=Wesley.  I'm not fond of Wes, but at least he doesn't save the
ship as often as last season, and having someone younger on the show can
be interesting.
7) Crusher has /nothing/ on Bones, except maybe being better looking.
Bones had neat lines like "Spock, your a doof" and "Damn it Jim, I'm a
doctor not a UNIX hacker."
8) Uhura=Worf.  I think not.  Uhura sang every now and then, and she was
strictly communications, where Worf fires the big weapons and tells guys
that weigh 100 pounds to go beat up the bad guy.
 
Having the old crew back on would be a bad idea.  "Ha, I've got you now
Klingon scum...ouch, my back, my back...ouch."
Scotty: "Captain, she can't take much more."
Jim: "Is the ship breaking up!?"
Scotty: "No Captain, it's yer hairpiece, it's losin' it's hair."
 
Sigh, that's all I've got to say.
   ...this from the person who just a few messages back said "We 
shouldn't compare them."