Subj : Re: Why Was Kahn So Much Better?
To   : alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise
From : Al Smith
Date : Tue Oct 11 2005 22:19:41

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise

>>Khan and his people were from the 1960s, whereas the Augments were 
> 
>>from the 2000s. I mean the writing of these characters. In the 
> 
>>>1960s there was a belief in loyalty and honor. Today, most 
>>>television writers don't know what the word "honor" means.
> 
> 
> I was there for all the 1960's.  Loyalty and honor wouldn't make a list of
> Top 100 words to describe the decade, or its beliefs .. 

It's relative. There was more honor in the 1960s than today, when 
you'd be hard-pressed to find any. Now all we get from Hollywood 
is torture scenes. Hollywood loves torture. Simple violence isn't 
enough for them, anymore.

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