From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: tanakasan@hushmail.com   
   Subject: Re: So I Wasn't Surprised--   
      
   On Dec 24, 5:40aam, Ron  wrote:   
   > 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. aPity. a ;-)   
   >   
   > > >> 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, aeveryone 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? a:-)   
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   Well, I enjoyed it, so I guess I'm a yahool Hot damn! I've been   
   promoted!   
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