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   Message 19,916 of 20,898   
   Wouter Valentijn to All   
   Re: Kirk and Spock in the news, again (l   
   14 Jun 14 09:29:56   
   
   From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: liam@valentijn.nu   
   Subject: Re: Kirk and Spock in the news, again (link)   
      
   Your Name schreef op 14-6-2014 00:05:   
   > In article <539af9f9$0$2964$e4fe514c@news2.news.xs4all.nl>, Wouter   
   > Valentijn  wrote:   
   >> Your Name schreef op 13-6-2014 08:12:   
   >>> In article , ToolPackinMama   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> http://www.cnet.com/news/americans-think-star-trek-is-the-f   
   ture-not-star-w   
   >>>> ars-study-says/   
   >>>   
   >>> Well, DUH!   
   >>> Star Wars is set "a long time ago in a galaxy far far away".   
   >>> Star Trek is set in Earth's near-ish future.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> ROFL   
   >>   
   >> I'd take Star Trek over Star Wars any day.   
   >>   
   >> Not that I'm totally anti Star Wars. I liked Star Wars (IV) and TESB   
   >> very much. ROTJ was a lesser movie and the prequels... Never mind them.   
   >   
   > The only real issue with Star Wars is that there was such a long time   
   > between the trilogies, meaning they look quite different due to   
   > technology improvements, differeing style, over-the-top fight scenes,   
   > etc. Many of the later additions to the Original Trilogy look out of   
   > place with the older film quality / style. If all six (and soon a   
   > ridiculously tacked-on third Trilogy) had been made continuously like   
   > "Harry Potter", for example, then those differences would have been   
   > much less noticeable.   
   >   
      
   "Improvements"... Not a word I'd use. :-)   
   Nah, I think the stories themselves took a nose dive. They became more    
   'kiddiefied'.   
   I'd keep 'Star Wars' and "The Empire Stikes Back', but the rest....   
      
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