I am now going to watch Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of The Clones!
Posted on 05/13/2005 7:30:17 AM PDT by Valin
Didn't no one teech yu to spill? That shoulde be Collage Gradiate.
I feel cheated. It was supposed to air at 7, but cuz of the Mav's game in Dallas, it aired at 6, and we missed the first half.
ooops...fergot my spelling rules...that's Ivee Leeeguh.
Fascism IS socialism with a little nationalism thrown for favor.
Paul, I know that. Did you miss the "lighten up" comment in my post? I'm just having a little lighthearted fun in a Trek thread; you, on the other hand, seem determined to conduct a seminar. Perhaps you can find someone to discuss this with you at length, but I'm just not interested, at least today. I wish you well!
You're wholly right. Star Wars is indeed opera. Even so, a weekly deus ex machina doesn't demote Trek versus the equally guilty Star Wars nor broadly among filmic media that is anyway substandard. Indeed much of Trek is operatic, though that was surely not its intention.
At you local Borders you will find that as of today every single American, all men, women children, and their split personalities that live within them, and their domestic pets have committed their stories to print. They have put their shrill voices to libretti penned by the uninitiated. And while more literacy is better that less, and "art may joke, or mock, or while away the time, [these lesser arts] have no place but in the shadow of great art."
As a pragmatic truth, I can't lay claim to more than passing knowledge of any of the lesser arts.
I still stand by the value judgement I made above, that Star Trek was (and now will always be) better than Star Wars.
Sorry about your keyboard.
"They use... credit cards."
nope sorry he babbled about how there is no monetary system - due to Roddenbury's Utopian ideals. They then proceeded to ignore this like it never happened and began instituting something called Latinum as currency.
so sorry though there were credits - no credit cards per se ;) just Latinum
This was a funny article. :-)
I actually watched the final episode of "Enterprise" tonight (without watching ANY other episode). It was ok. The Vulcan babe was pretty good eye candy. Oh well, Star Trek is pretty mined out. Time to let it die.
If the Hollywood moguls really wanted to do a good space opera, they would get in touch with Poul Anderson's widow and make a deal to make a few movies about Flandry or Van Rijn. It would be a good combination of Star Wars and James Bond set in a harder sci-fi background. It would even make a good long-running TV series as the Flandry/Van Rijn saga covers several centuries.
I am now going to watch Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of The Clones!
Remember, the prequels are great if you are in favour of the Dark Side and Palpatine.
Regards, Ivan
I'd have to say that Kirk, Spock and McCoy are my favorite incarnation of Star Trek, but I definitely agree that Garek was without question the most fascinating character in all of Trek.
DS9 was kind of boring in the beginning, but as the Dominion War came along, it turned into the best spinoff of all. Unlike TNG, nothing was ever cut and dried in one hour or the occasional two part cliff-hanger, and the characters weren't perfect utopians.
Though, saying that, the Prime Objective does not suit neoconservatism!
It got me interested in space and science.
Apollo got me interested, Star Trek kept the fire lit.
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