From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: gene@genek_hates_spammers.com   
   Subject: Re: Star Trek: Am I the Only One?   
      
   "Steven L."  wrote in message   
   > The OP started out by saying that the movie was too derivative of years and    
   > years of past Trek plots,   
   >   
   > but now you're saying that the movie wasn't real Star Trek.   
   >   
   > That's a contradiction.   
      
   Not necessarily.  If you take an old plot for anything and reuse it but toss   
   out    
   whatever else besides the action that gave the original its character and then    
   jack up the noise and FX, it's quite possible to end up with something that is    
   highly derivative of the original but is not "faithful" to the spirit of the    
   original.  Pick any one of the many remakes of classic films that litter the    
   average video store and it's sure to have fans of its original making the same    
   gripe, justified or not.   
      
   GeneK   
      
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