From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: your.name@isp.com   
   Subject: Re: So I Wasn't Surprised--   
      
      
   "Wickeddoll"  wrote in message   
   news:hgu0pm.56o.1@news.evilcabal.org...   
   > Your Name wrote:   
   > > "Wickeddoll"   
   > >> Ron wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >>> I was just marveling at all the people who obviously have such   
   > >>> incredibly bad taste... Not your father's Star Trek indeed! Oh,   
   > >>> the pain; the pain...   ;-)   
   > >> It really was a popcorn flick - just a fun ride for me.  Not real Trek,   
   > >> in that the original creative team had nothing to do with it, but I   
   > >> thought it was a pretty good facsimile.  Think of all the shows/movies   
   > >> that have tried to duplicate Trek magic - can't be done.  But I'd hate   
   > >> to see the brand die altogether.  I'm willing to roll with it.   
   > >   
   > > The brand is dead!! It caught a terminal illness called   
   BeavisNButtheaditis,   
   > > died when the two idiots thought up "Enterprise" as a non-Trek Trek show   
   and   
   > > had the coffin nailed shut by JJ Abrams. What we're stuck with now is   
   "new   
   > > Trek".  :-(   
   >   
   > Thanks for the recurrent "The sky is falling!" updates on the fate of   
   Trek.   
   >   
   > Wishing it were considered dead by the rest of us just ain't gonna make   
   > it happen, sweetie.  Original Trek?  Hell no.  Decent facsimile?  I   
   > think yes.   
   >   
   > :-D   
      
   The sky isn't falling ... it's already hit the ground and dug itself under   
   by 6ft.  :-(   
      
      
      
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