From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: not@chance.dude   
   Subject: Re: Star Trek: Am I the Only One?   
      
   Mac Breck wrote:   
   > Wickeddoll wrote:   
   >>> Anim8rFSK wrote:   
   >>>>  "Your Name"  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> "Smokie Darling (Annie)" wrote in message   
   >>   trag  "Smokie Darling (Annie)"   
   >>>>>>>> I agree with Ted here. The whole Soran plot was just a device   
   >>>>>>>> (mcguffin, if I may), the real plot was reintroducing all the   
   >>>>>>>> characters that most ST viewers "know", and the new interactions   
   >>>>>>>> based on a certain event that occurred.   
   >>>>>>> That's not the Kirk that I "know".   
   >>>>>> Which is why I put it in quotes.  They have the same names, but   
   >>>>>> because of a certain event, they have changed (some a little,   
   >>>>>> some a lot).   
   >>>>> "Certain events"   
   >>>>> Translation: Nobody in Hollyweird knows (nor cares) how to make   
   >>>>> real Star Trek any more. In fact few people in Hollyweird know how   
   >>>>> to make anything at all, so they butcher old shows / movies   
   >>>>> instead.   
   >>>> That's exactly the point; they had writers too lazy and   
   >>>> intellectually dishonest to do their homework.   
   >>> ...and they made a TON of money doing that, so what has the audience   
   >>> taught them?   
   >>>   
   >> Jealous?   
   >    
   > ???What???  No, you completely missed the boat.  In fact, the boat is   
   > halfway across the Atlantic and you're still on the shore.   
   >    
   > It was a straight question.  The answer is that it's taught them (the   
   > writers and everybody else involved in the production of "Star Trek"   
   > (2009)) that what they did, is what the audience wants.   
   >    
   > Sheesh, quit looking for emotions that aren't there.   
   >    
      
   OK, Merrick was right - you didn't get that I was joking.   
      
   My bad.   
      
   :-D   
      
   Natalie   
      
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