518 Subj : Re: Was It Rally That Bad? To : alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise From : rgorman Date : Tue Sep 27 2005 10:14:58 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise 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. . 0