On Jul 18, 11:54 pm, "Kweeg" wrote:
>> On Jul 18, 10:08 pm, "80 Knight"
please.com> wrote:>>> "SLWatson"
gmail.com> wrote in message>
>
>>>> On Jul 18, 1:15 pm, "Kweeg" wrote:
>>>>> "Brenda" wrote in message
>
>
>>>>>>>> Kweeg, I gotta somewhat disagree with you on this. Seeing the care
>>>>>>>> TPTB
>>>>>>>> have NOT taken
>>>>>>>> in the past with trek canon, I'm not hopeful. It seems to me the
>>>>>>>> current
>>>>>>>> management wants
>>>>>>>> to write new scifi but give it the trek name so it'll pull in the
>>>>>>>> fans.
>>>>>>>> Yes, season 4 of ENT
>>>>>>>> rocked and perhaps the series might have succeeded had Coto been
>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>> board from the get go,
>>>>>>>> but he wasn't.
>
>>>>>>>> I'm skeptical. I fear this will simply be another enterprise
>>>>>>>> debacle.
>
>>>>>>> .. like Roddenberry believing everything people were saying about
>>>>>>> him
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> screwing up Trek canon with his "New Trek" TNG. Season 1 & 2, now
>>>>>>> those
>>>>>>> are painful to watch.
>>>>>>> Don't confuse canon with FANon. {{;-/>
>>>>>>> Point is Brenda when there is someone who cares and understands
>>>>>>> what
>>>>>>> makes it "Trek" (like Coto / Moore / Bennet) we usually get good
>>>>>>> Trek.
>>>>>>> While not a big of fan as Coto is, I hold out some hope JJ will do
>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>> justice, and I will not condemn it *before* I've even seen it.
>
>>>>>> Kweeg, you should know me better. I'm a fan, not a fangirl. I'm not
>>>>>> confusing canon with fandom.
>>>>>> When something is presented on screen and then the new powers that
>>>>>> be
>>>>>> choose to completely IGNORE
>>>>>> that history they ignore canon..better thought of as continuity.
>>>>>> Voicing
>>>>>> skepticism isn't condemning. It's
>>>>>> being skeptical.
>
>>>>> Of course the worst offender for "canon violations" was TOS.
>
>>>>> --
>
>>>>> Qapla'
>>>>> Kweeg
>>>>> Ten of Canadian Clubs in the Eeeevil Trek Cabal
>>>>> "Half a gallon a'scotch!" Scotty (Spectre of the Gun)
>>>>> 1,079,252,848.8 km/h, not just a good idea, it's the law.
>>>>> "So say we all!"
>
>>>> All canon violations aside (which was more the cause of inconsistent
>>>> writing than blatant 'rebooting'), TOS was still and is still hugely
>>>> popular as it is. It doesn't need remained.
>
>>> But how is re-imaging TOS going to hurt you? You can still watch TOS on
>>> TV,
>>> and in DVD form, you can still buy books, games, poster's, and everything
>>> else. Choose not to watch the new movie if you are so against it, but
>>> let
>>> others give it a chance.
>
>> I don't plan on it. But I have an opinion, and voice it. I'm not
>> holding a gun on anyone and telling them not to go.
>
> Indeed, you are entitled to your opinion no mater how little the information
> it's based on.
> Speaking of pure speculation, care to share some winning lottery numbers
> too?
>
> --
>
> Qapla'
> Kweeg
> Ten of Canadian Clubs in the Eeeevil Trek Cabal
> "Half a gallon a'scotch!" Scotty (Spectre of the Gun)
> 1,079,252,848.8 km/h, not just a good idea, it's the law.
> "So say we all!"
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-Steff
