Posted on 05/08/2009 1:26:01 PM PDT by LS
And she wasn't generally portrayed as being a weakling like Picard ("To baldly go..."). You knew Janeway was in charge.
and I say that as a hardcore Trek fan since the mid-70s
(BARF)
Oh please spare me the “chest thumping” statment. I don’t care if you have a t-shirt that says “I grock Spock”.
Here we go again....
Yessssss, yessssss....don’t ask questions. We shall remake Trek to anything we wish...all for the sake of a buck. Screw the old timeline, screw the characters, change them to what the new writers want so the little kiddies will buy tickets. If Spokie and Uhura wanna get it on, hey boyos, show it!!! To you old folks, if you thought ST5 sucked, you’ll love this.
We’ll call it “Trek lite”. It’s kind of like Star Trek but something...similiar...something...parallel (you know, the way some Americans think of Canadians)
RESISTANCE IS FUTILE
Do not resist, history is malleable.
Yep, we'll pretend that the folks at Paramount are just scum. Of course, if we have to ignore the fact that most of the fans derided the 2nd to last Trek series and the last one died in ignominity (with a theme song from the movie Patch Adams...Patch Freakin' Adams!) to accomplish that, well then I guess ignoring real history is not nearly as bad as ignoring the "history" of a media franchise.
I'm not going to debate this further because you're acting like a child. Grow up and stop treating Trek like somebody rewrote the Bible to let Hitler into heaven or something. As Shatner once said, "It's a televison show!"
My goodness...such condescending. The air is thick Mr. Silversurfer.
How DARE I buck against the mainstream??? Heaven forbid.
Here’s a pat on the head Silver dude. Got to your mommy and tell him how you browbeat the big bad old-school Trekkie.
LOL :)
Tahnks for the extra gratuitous insults. They prove hat you’re right, don’t they?
Tahnks for the extra gratuitous insults. They prove that you’re right, don’t they?
No...it proves that I can yank your crank laddie.
Didn’t you say you weren’t going to respond anymore ;)
As I said, my only real criticism of the characters was that they didn’t explain Bones’ background enough, or why he’s so angry. They could give him a great story line, like, he lost his family or something to Supabillios Pill-Beetles and is angry.
Proving you’re a putz doesn’t prove anything about me. Keep dreaming.
Agreed. Plus, I thought Nero was kind of generic, and too reminiscent of Shinzon from the last TNG movie. But heck, it was close to perfect as is.
I’m so hurt silverbullet. You said you weren’t going to respond anymore but yet you keep responding. I must really have you in a titch there old boy.
All of this over Trek...tsk tsk tsk.
Regards from Geek Heaven,
PS: The quadrotriticale was bound for “Sherman’s Planet”.
I would have gotten the maiden name, too...but it is clear I must bow to your much greater geek prowess.
Perhaps the explanation can be found in this clip from Carol Burnett:
StarTrek TOS - The Carol Burnett Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnvzAyZIqRc
Enjoy your spiritual journey:
(Excerpt from the Futurama episode, “Where No Fan Has Gone Before)
Zapp: The court is intrigued. Perhaps we could hear more about these forbidden words [”Star Trek”] from someone with a sexily seductive voice.
[Nichelle Nichols tries to speak but is interrupted.]
Takei: With pleasure. You see, the show was banned after the Star Trek wars.
Zapp: You mean after the vast migration of Star Wars fans?
Nichols: No, that was the Star Wars trek.
[Some mechanical hands come out of her jar, pick up a video tape and put it in the VCR.]
By the 23rd century, Star Trek fandom had evolved from a loose association of nerds with skin problems into a full-blown religion.
[On the screen, a service is held at the Church of Trek.]
Priest: [on TV] And Scotty beamed them to the Klingon ship where they would be no Tribble at all.
Congregation: [chanting; on TV] All power to the engines.
Nichols: As country after country fell under its influence, world leaders became threatened by the movements power.
[In Berlin a sign is unveiled saying “Welcome To Nazi Planet Episode Land. Formerly Germany”.]
And so the Trekkies were executed in the manner most befitting virgins.
[On the rim of a volcano two men in military/law enforcement type uniforms throw Trekkies into the flames.]
Man: [on TV] He’s dead, Jim! [They throw another in.] He’s dead, Jim! [Another.] He’s dead, Jim!
Nichols: Finally, the sacred texts were banned.
[The episodes are put inside a torpedo casing.]
Takei: The last copies of the 79 episodes and six movies were dumped on the forbidden world, Omega 3, along with that blooper reel where the door doesn’t close all the way.
[As he speaks, a ship that looks like an Eagle from Space: 1999 fires the torpedo. It hits the planet like Spock’s coffin in Star Trek: The Wrath Of Khan. The video ends.]
Nimoy: Thus, Star Trek was forever scoured from human memory.
Bender: Another classic science-fiction show cancelled before its time.
[Zapp tuts.]
Zapp: I’ve never heard of such a brutal and shocking injustice that I cared so little about. Next witness.
You seem to be in a dither dear boy. Tell us what’s really on your mind. Would you care for some more rope?
That was a classic!
No, please. Don’t let me get between you and your faith. I’m good.
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