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Subj : Re: Was It Rally That Bad?
To   : alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise
From : Ron Hubbard
Date : Thu Sep 29 2005 21:55:15

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


"Lord Si Cwan" <sector221g@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> "Ron Hubbard" <notat@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > "David Johnston" <rgorman@block.net> wrote in message
> > news:4338b4a6.55847274@news.telusplanet.net...
> >> On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:40:27 -0700, "Ron Hubbard" <notat@hotmail.com>
> >> wrote:
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> >> >
> >> >"Gerald Meazell" <gmeazell@swbell.net> 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
> >
> >
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> What about Ronald Tracy, R.M. Merik and Matt Decker?

I don't include Dekker as being inasne, rather, the loss of his ship and
crew drove him temporarily mad and he
tried to make amends at the end by sacrificing himself. If he had a bigger
bang for his buck, he would've destroyed the Doomsday machine.

Tracy wasn't insane; he just had th wrong idea stuck in his head, a
delusion. A lot of people have delusions, but they aren't necessarily crazy.

And Merrik wasn't insane either: he had a couple of personality flaws but he
wasn't crazy, and like Dekker, he tried to atone for his actions in trying
to help the Enterprise crew escape. He was killed for his change of
allegiances.

Now, Janice Lester was indeed  insane; certified looney-tunes no doubt about
that. :-)

Ron



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