Subj : Re: TNG vs TOS - anybody still think Next Generation sucks? To : rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.startrek.current,alt.tv.star-trek.tos From : ANIM8Rfsk Date : Tue Oct 04 2005 09:09:46 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos in article %hw0f.1925$R4.256961@news20.bellglobal.com, Amun at spamblocker@bell.net wrote on 10/4/05 7:31 AM: > > "ANIM8Rfsk" wrote in message > news:BF6733A2.552D7%ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net... >> in article gwT%e.94$R4.31398@news20.bellglobal.com, Amun at >> spamblocker@bell.net wrote on 10/2/05 9:07 AM: >> >>> >>> wrote in message >>> news:1128173640.621796.270710@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... >>>> >>>> Meng wrote: >>>>> ToolPackinMama wrote: >>>>>> Mike wrote: >>>>>>> I have a lot of fun watching TOS on DVD. >>>>>> Me too! :) >>>>> >>>>> I'd have a lot more fun if they weren't such shit quality. >>>> >>>> . >>>> >>>> The problem is not the show, but the viewer who is judging the show by >>>> the dated 1960s effects. You probably judge women the same way (by the >>>> size of their breasts). >>>> >>>> Once you grow up, you'll realize it's the woman's *personality* that >>>> matters. Likewise for tv shows, it's the *story* that matters..... and >>>> TOS tells excellent stories. >>>> >>>> troy >>>> >>> >>> >>> That's an outright fallacy. >>> Most of us never even noticed the women in TOS were all gorgeous and all >>> wore costumes that left little to the imagination. >>> Or that the line "brain and brain,...what is brain" would have been > equally >>> as memorable no matter who said it. >>> >>> >>> >>> Okay on a more serious note. >>> >>> In the 60's there were no real special effects available, and tv had to >>> rely on actual writing to fill time rather than artificial visual eye > candy. >>> No one was looking for walls that moved during fight scenes, or rocks > that >>> looked like a kindergarten art project. >>> Nor did anyone expect that years later we would still be hearing about > dates >>> of"eugenic (sp) wars" that passed while we are still driving the same > cars >>> we did in the 60's. >>> >>> BTW what ever happened to all those flying cars we were supposed to be >>> driving by now ? >>> >>> Or that in one TOS episode was a reference to a Jupiter II car, > (ignoring >>> the obvious joke to lost in space) and now we drive "Saturns" >> >> Captain, I thought you might find this interesting. >> Spock? >> Fascinating. >> The Jupiter 8. >> Conventional internal combustion engine. >> You were right about the smog. >> But the Jupiter 8? >> Mars toothpaste. >> Neptune bath salts. >> Taken from the names of false gods. >> > > oh oh, was it Jupiter 8. > Could it be after 39 years the mind is going. > > Now you got me wondering and I have to rewatch that episode tonight,.....at > least if I can remember to do it. > > > AMUN > > hee hee Hey, I like "Bread and Circuses" Enjoy! :-) -- You Can't Stop the Signal .