From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: ryon@dslnorthwest.net   
   Subject: Re: So I Wasn't Surprised--   
      
      
      
   AMUN wrote:   
   > Wickeddoll wrote:   
   > > Ron wrote:   
   > >> I said I was going to see the movie and finally I did. I bought the   
   > >> DVD and watched it a couple of times; once with family members who are   
   > >> usually fond of Star Trek. I had expected to be disappointed and I   
   > >> have to say that yeah, I was. From the over-stuffed nacelles, the   
   > >> funky phaser pistols, to the bland plot-- the new Star Trek movie   
   > >> reminded me of those 60s sci-fi films out of Italy and Japan.   
   > >>   
   > >> Okay, so Roddenberry said he had hoped that somebody would do a   
   > >> prequel, but I think in this case the poor man is spinning in his   
   > >> grave. I wanted it to be good-- hey, I wanted Enterprise to be good,   
   > >> too-- but oy! This was just mediocre pap. So 90 plus per cent liked   
   > >> this huh? Hmmm, I guess that only goes to prove that majority rule is   
   > >> often horribly wrong. As the song says, when you listen to fools the   
   > >> mob rules.  Pity.   ;-)   
   > >>   
   > >> Ron   
   > >   
   > > So you've declared your opinion right, and 90% of others wrong.   
   > >   
   > > Think pretty highly of yourself, huh?   
   > >   
   > > Natalie   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > I'm just wondering where the figure of 90% liked it came from.   
   > Other than 3 people on here,  everyone I talked to that saw it, said it   
   > stunk.   
      
      
   Actually, I was being conservative just out of spite.  The real   
   figure according to Wikipedia (and which somebody else here threw in   
   my face some while back) was actually 95 per cent. However-- we aren't   
   dealing with the real world, they were talking about one of the two   
   groups that critique movies, Rotten Tomatoes. Apparently most of the   
   yahoos there loved the film-- God only knows why. If nothing else, I   
   would have thought those silly spinning spaceships would have been   
   enough to turn everyone off in the first fifteen minutes. But, hey;   
   what the hell do I know?  :-)   
      
   Ron   
      
      
      
      
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