Subj : Re: Was It Rally That Bad? To : alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise From : Lord Si Cwan Date : Thu Sep 29 2005 05:21:06 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise "Ron Hubbard" wrote in message news:11jnb96phfcvl9f@corp.supernews.com... > > "David Johnston" wrote in message > news:4338b4a6.55847274@news.telusplanet.net... >> On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:40:27 -0700, "Ron Hubbard" >> wrote: >> >> > >> >"Gerald Meazell" wrote in message >> >news:3HJZe.105$sL3.5@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com... >> >> Ron Hubbard wrote: >> >> >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > Just how old are you? >> >> >> >> Old enough to have watched TOS's first run. >> > >> >As the song says, how bizarre. I try to watch these >> >shows without bias and TOS had a lot more hits >> >than misses. There was a workable combination >> >of humor and seriousness, and a great sense of >> >camaraderie especially between Kirk, Spock, and >> >McCoy but also with the other members of the >> >bridge crew. >> > >> >Now special effects aside, I thought TOS was a >> >damn good series. In my opinion, nothing came >> >close to it's writing. But Voyager had come closest >> >to TOS in terms of concept and spirit: Janeway and >> >crew were on their own for the most part without >> >any aid or contact from Starfleet. Much of the >> >time that was the situation with Kirk & crew. >> >> Not true. Kirk was constantly getting new assignments from >> Starfleet and dealing with dimwitted ambassadors and insane Starfleet >> captains. > > Not a whole lot. Most of the shows didn't have Starfleet > in them. Journey To Babel was one of the exceptions; > and only one insane captain, that was Garth. > > Ron > > What about Ronald Tracy, R.M. Merik and Matt Decker? .