From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: anim8rfsk@cox.net   
   Subject: Re: Star Trek Continues - new episode   
      
   In article ,   
    Rhino  wrote:   
      
   > On 2014-06-16 12:45 AM, anim8rFSK wrote:   
   > > Star Trek Continues, um, continues!   
   > > BarBara Luna look alike!   
   > > Andrea Dromm look alike!   
   > > Bare belly Chapel!   
   > > Disposable Chekov!   
   > > Restored Galileo Seven!   
   > > Saurian Brandy (throw more brandy!)   
   > > Fred-Bob sez "check it out"   
   > > http://youtu.be/dJf2ovQtI6w   
   > >   
   >    
   > I was very pleasantly surprised to find another episode so soon after    
   > the last one. It was still a few months and I'd be delirious with joy if    
   > they were coming out a lot more frequently but I'll take what they can    
   > give. I'd expected it to be several more months before we saw another    
   > episode.   
   >    
   > I really liked the script this time and thought it was a worthy    
   > successor to Mirror, Mirror. Unfortunately, Jerome Bixby, who wrote that    
   > episode, is gone but I'd like to think his spirit has seen it and is    
   > pleased somehow....   
   >    
   > One major nit: they made a major error in having Chekhov go back to the    
   > agony booth then put him in the group that was trying to capture Spock    
   > and Scotty. That was completely illogical. They should have sent a    
   > different character OR explained that Chekhov was going to get the    
   > chance of earning evil Kirk's trust again by helping arrest the mutineers.   
      
   But the totally redeemed that by Kirk saying to put Chekov in front as    
   cannon fodder.  :D   
   >    
   > It was an interesting turnaround to show the ship's councillor as the    
   > floozie this time around and have Lt. Moreau be (apparently) monogamous.   
      
   As long as you've got the rank.   
   >    
   > I loved the way the scene on the shuttle deck ended with Spock throwing    
   > good Kirk's words back in evil Kirk's face :-)   
      
   Yep   
   >    
   > I give the writers full credit for trying something very ambitious and    
   > difficult: trying to show how a tyranny might fall apart rather quickly    
   > once the first visible crack appears. Very few writers would have dared    
   > do anything quite that big and almost none in a mere 42 minutes. Very    
   > well done, all things considered!   
      
   +1   
      
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