Subj : Re: [NEWS] Orci to Direct Star Trek 13 To : All From : Wiseguy Date : Sun May 18 2014 10:06:24 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos From Address: epwise@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [NEWS] Orci to Direct Star Trek 13 Your Name wrote in news:180520141045215617%YourName@YourISP.com: > In article <5377DE3C.23571.startrek@capcity2.synchro.net>, Jeff > Gregory wrote: >> > >> > It's irrelevant what Orci does since Abrams has already destroyed >> > the franchise with his two garbagised version movies peeing all >> > over real "Star Trek". :-( >> >> Tell us how you *really* feel :-) >> >> I can understand these sentiments to an extent. "Real" Trek to me is, >> and always will be TOS, but I was able to enjoy the new Star Trek >> films by accepting them based on their own merit. They are fun space >> romps but I would like to see more problem solving and diplomacy and >> less space battles. Hopefully Orci will bring that to the table. Not >> too surprising that he got the directing gig. > > They may be "fun space romps", they may even be "good" films in their > own right, but those are just personal opinions on the quality, which > is irrelevant. > > The actual fact is that they're marketed as "Star Trek" and are not > really part of that franchise at all, despite the silly "parallel > universe" nonsense excuse to try and make what is simply an obvious > reboot stupidly "fit" with what came before. > > They tried the same silliness with the mess called "Enterprise" and in > the end had to resort to just making the whole thing a "dream" in the > holodeck. :-\ > One more time (or as many times as necessary): It was not a dream. Of course, only your opinion matters and everyone else is an idiot. > If they want to make a new "space romp" franchise, then make a NEW > "space romp" franchise. Don't go butchering an old franchise and > moronically pretending you haven't by stupidly reusing the same name > for a very different product. > > Next time you open you jar of Strawberry Jam, don't be surprised to > find that what's inside is really Ketchcup ... hey, they both red and > liquidy, and even taste good when used in the right way ... but they > are not the same product, despite the label still saying "Strawberry > Jam". :-\ > --- Synchronet 3.15a-Linux NewsLink 1.92-mlp * Origin: TeraNews.com (1:2320/105.97) --- SBBSecho 2.12-Linux * Origin: telnet & http://cco.ath.cx - Dial-Up: 502-875-8938 (1:2320/105.1) .