Justine is just the tip of the iceberg. Don't get me started on my Judge Hatchett...
Yeah, the time travel plot device was overused and predictible. I did enjoy the Enterprise T'Pol/Archer short-term memory problem episode. That was an outstanding exception. __________________________________________________________________ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslandrith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multiracial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __________________________________________________________________ > You're the first person I've heard of crushing on Justine Bateman! :) > One reason I got so sick of Enterprise and aspects of Voyager was perhaps > the main plot device B&B overused--time travel! Man, I've literally lost > count of how often they used time travel in all the series to tell a > story, then reverse everything. Some were really good--"Yesterday's > Enterprise" (TNG), "Trials and Tribbleations" (DS9), the "Enterprise" > where Archer lost his memory and had to be told by T'Pol each day how > Earth was destroyed. But in the main time travel was so overused it became > sickening. > > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: James Landrith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> I thoroughly enjoyed DS9 in syndication. I was on active duty when it >> began its >> run and hardly watched TV then. It was nice to see an ST series that >> didn't >> have the obligatory holodeck scene every episode or an undisciplined, >> out of >> control crew lost in space, or a desperate problem routinely solved >> through >> "reversing the polarity." >> >> Couldn't stand the damned v-word show. Liked TNG. Loved DS9. >> >> Great casting. Lots of new characters and familiar faces. Hawk from >> Spenser - >> running a space station? Awesome! Rene Auberjonis as a shape-shifting >> security >> officer? Plus, Terry Farrell reminded me of Justine Bateman - who I used >> crush >> on back in the day. :) >> >> That was some damn fine television. >> ___ >> James A. Landrith, Jr. >> 703-593-2065 cell >> 760-875-8547 fax >> http://www.jameslandrith.com >> >> ..... Original Message ....... >> On Wed, 16 May 2007 19:51:26 +0000 wrote: >> >Yeah, as evidenced by the fact which bothered me from day one of DS9: >> Sisko was >> the *only* star of any Trek series who didn't come in as a captain. What >> was >> that about? I hear you and agree. I know from stuff I've read on the Net >> and >> even conversations in comic shops, DS9 isn't really appreciated. >> > >> >What's really sad, Tracey? DS9 had the best balance of all the things >> that made >> Trek what it was: aliens, futuristic tech, action, drama, fully realized >> characters, and humour. I loved TNG--still do--but it was lacking in >> humorous, >> light-hearted shows. Between Quark, Bashir, and O'Brien, DS9 had a >> goodly >> number of funny shows, especially during the Dominion War, when the >> humour broke >> up the heavy drama. Voyager had lots of aliens, and the Doctor was >> funny, but >> the characters weren't really realized. Janeway and Seven ultimately got >> all the >> best scripts, with B'Lana Torres and the Doctor getting the leftovers. >> DS9 >> managed to develop everyone in that cast over seven years--even people >> like Jake >> and Rom--so that all had grown. Enterprise had the tension of the Xindi >> thing, >> but the Dominion War trumps it easily. >> > >> >And everywhere I turn now, people pat themselves on the back by saying >> the new >> Battlestar Galactica is the best scifi series ever on American TV. I >> love BSG, >> but I have to say that overall DS9 is better due to its more balanced >> flow. >> Great shows both--along with B5--but when it comes to thinking about >> what series >> I could watch over and over again decades in the future without getting >> tired of >> it, DS9 beats BSG. >> > >> > And again, it seems so few of those people realize that Ronald Moore >> worked on >> DS9 before BSG... >> > >> >-------------- Original message -------------- >> >From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" >> >> >Let me just say it. Most of America never wanted and never liked a >> Black >> >captain staring in the Star Trek universe. From day one Deep Space nine >> >has been the step-child of the Franchise. >> > >> >Tracey >> > >> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> Not sure if this particular piece on the next "Trek" film was already >> posted. >> I find it interesting they say it won't be a prequel, but a "reimaging". >> (Lord--the last reimaged movie I saw was Tim Burton's laughable "Planet >> of the >> Apes"! Gotta be better than that!). I also note that just about every >> writer, >> director, and producer I read references The Next Generation as the >> standard >> Trek of the modern era. I get it that TNG had lots of action, a starship >> as >> base, and great characters. It's probably overall the most easily >> accessible >> Trek show to casual fans and non-fans. Still, it bothers me that the >> best >> overall *written* show is almost never discussed: Deep Space Nine. How >> many >> people realize that the much-heralded new Battlestar Galactica series' >> Ronald >> Moore found his footing on DS9 with the stories of the Prophets and the >> Dominon >> War? >> >> the more I see how DS9 is almost always overlooked, the more I >> realize a >> dream of a movie based on the best of the Trek series is a long shot at >> best... >> >> >> >> ***************** >> >> http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1554046/story.jhtml >> >> 'Star Trek' Writers Talk Direction, Technobabble â But Not Matt >> Damon >> >> 'With this one we're going for the broad audience to bring people >> into "Trek" >> for the first time,' Roberto Orci says. >> >> By Josh Horowitz >> >> If Batman and Superman can be reborn, why not Captain Kirk and Mr. >> Spock? On >> Christmas Day 2008, the storied "Star Trek" franchise will begin anew on >> the big >> screen, and its creators are almost as ecstatic as the series' famously >> obsessive fans. >> >> "We just got the green light! We have a release date and everything," >> said >> Alex Kurtzman, co-screenwriter of the eagerly anticipated new "Trek" >> adventure. >> Kurtzman and collaborator Roberto Orci, who are also executive producers >> of the >> project â and veterans of "Transformers" and "Mission: Impossible III" >> â >> spoke exclusively to >> >> >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
