From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net   
   Subject: Re: Star Trek: Am I the Only One?   
      
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    "Your Name"  wrote:   
      
   > "Smokie Darling (Annie)"  wrote in message   
   > news:08e41785-e42f-4238-865c-31efceb6d2af@u16g2000pru.googlegroups.com...   
   > > On Dec 9, 9:33 am, trag  wrote:   
   > > > On Dec 9, 9:56 am, "Smokie Darling (Annie)"    
   > > > wrote:   
   > > >   
   > > > > 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.   
      
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