H.- an excellent post, IMHO I completely agree with you.
-Ben P.S. I am pleased to see that they are *beginning* to address character development (individually and collectively). (Plus the actors are growing into their roles.) We forget this is the first season, and it is a "prequel", and we had 3 years of Kirk's crew, 7 years of Picard's, and 7 of Janeway's to compare against. > -----Original Message----- > From: Howard Owens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 8:27 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Vulcans are Nazis > > > 1) The writer obviously does not understand Star Trek. She > does not see the > series in it's historical context, which is not that far off > from a global > war that nearly destroyed the human race, set it back centuries in > development and was only saved by quick advances in > technology. Also, the > series must deal with the large gap in human behavior between > the original > series and TNG, the baudy Kirk vs. the cerebal Picard, for > example. The > humans are closer to 20th Century behavor than 23rd. And > rightfully so. > Also, there is not yet a Federation or a Prime Directive -- > proper decorum > in space travel hasn't even begun to be defined. > > 2) The writer has also not paid close attention to what's > actually happening > in the show. For example, Hoshi is not (or was not) a member > of the military > before becoming a member of the Enterprise crew, so of course > she has no > training in anything military. > > 3) My main complaint with this piece is that it's just > another example of > liberal, ultra-sensitive political correctness. Everything > must be PC. If > you dont' confirm to the PC code, you are some how defective. > It's a bit of > liberal bias that is totally revolting. > > H. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: LANCASTER, STEVEN M. (JSC-OL) (BAR) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 2:36 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Vulcans are Nazis > > > I believe Gene Roddenberry's dream got lost. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Braver, Ben [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 4:27 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Vulcans are Nazis > > > saying that in some neighborhoods (e.g. inner city Oakland) > could get ya in > a *lot* of trouble > <gd&r> > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Michael Corrigan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 1:59 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Vulcans are Nazis > > > > > > > sucks like a black hole > > > > HA!! I've got to remember that one!!!! > > > > Michael Corrigan > > Programmer > > Endora Digital Solutions > > 1900 Highland Avenue, Suite 200 > > Lombard, IL 60148 > > 630-627-5055 ext.-136 > > 630/627-5255 Fax > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Michael Dinowitz > > To: CF-Community > > Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 3:50 PM > > Subject: Re: Vulcans are Nazis > > > > > > "Forgive me father for I am about to sin" > > I have to agree that there are many continuity issues with > > the latest Star Trek and the producer of it, Brendon Bragga > > sucks like a black hole. Other than that I have to ask what > > the writer was smoking?!? > > > > At 04:30 PM 3/18/02, you wrote: > > >Take one bitter woman, let her watch only 2 Enterprise > > episodes, giver her > > >space on a web site to rant about whatever crosses her > > mind, and this is the > > >crap you get: > > > > > >http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20020325&c=1&s=minkowitz > > > > > >Todd > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
