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   Message 18,724 of 20,898   
   Wickeddoll to All   
   Re: So I Wasn't Surprised--   
   23 Dec 09 11:55:21   
   
   From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: not@chance.dude   
   Subject: Re: So I Wasn't Surprised--   
      
   Graeme wrote:   
   > Yeah, 90% liked it.  It's good, if you look at it in the right way.   
   > It's a movie in the "Breezy Summer Movie" genre, and as such, it's a   
   > pretty good breezy summer movie.   
   >    
   > Is it good Star Trek?  Well no, not particularly.  It doesn't have any   
   > of the higher pretensions Trek has.  It's not about knowledge or   
   > exploration or philosophy or any of that stuff.  But if you like   
   > breezy summer movies, this was a good one.  i personally wouldn't have   
   > seen it if it hadn't had Star Trek in the title, though.  I ignore   
   > dozens of movies like this ever year.  But I don't mind watching them   
   > once in a while.   
   >    
   > It had its high points, though.  Nimoy was great, and I liked Karl   
   > Urban's McCoy impersonation.  I'd take it over Enterprise any day.   
   >    
   >    
   >    
      
   I'm not arguing whether it's truly good or bad, I'm just poking Ron in    
   the gut for declaring his opinion "right"   
      
   Subjective stuff can't be declared as right or wrong, anyway.   
      
   Geeze, Ron; come on, man.   
      
   Natalie   
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