[Shotimes] OT for the Star Trek geeks

[Ron Porter]

Being the career systems analyst/logical guy who aced the Logic courses in
college, and doesn't like illogical stuff like sci-fi (and novels, for that
matter), these responses to my ST comments just confirm what I have felt
about ST "fans" all along.

Ron Porter

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Donald Mallinson
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 5:05 PM
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] OT for the Star Trek geeks


Ron,

Your portrayal of ST fans is insulting and irrational.

You will put up with Matrix fans or "Ring" fans, but Star 
Trek fans are to be insulted and worse?

Just like your hatred of Valentine 1, you seem to get on a 
bandwagon about certain things.  Frankly it just doesn't 
make sense and you need to take a chill pill.

Let's see, Star Trek mostly does NOT use sex, drugs, hate of 
authority, hate of parents, and DOES promote mostly decent 
living and treating your fellow human in the way you would 
hope people would treat you back.

Yep, Star Trek fans are WAY over the top!  :)

Lots of things have fan clubs, there is one for virtually 
EVERY series, or thing of any import.  That you hate, with a 
vengence, Star Trek is just plain sad.

The insulting insunuation you used is WAY below what I 
thought was your own moral or ethics code.  (no damn smiley 
face there!)

The topic is clearly marked OT and if you hate it that much, 
then don't open the message!

I and many others like the ST shows.  There is some damn 
good writing and acting.  It is a TV Show!  If it bothers 
you that much, then just don't participate in any discussion 
about it.  OR else you should rant and rave about EVERY OT 
discussion and finish insulting the rest of the on-line 
community with your comparisons and remarks.

Don  Mallinson

Ron Porter wrote:

> In dealing with movies, TV, etc, there are people who love the Matrix
> series, that Rings thing, etc, and that's fine....they are entitled to
like
> what they like. The ST thing has just gone above and beyond from the view
of
> those of us who, if we were being subjected to torture, would select
> episodes of "Saved By The Bell" over ANY ST show or movie!!
> 
> When Shatner (sp?) himself thinks that it's out-of-hand.....and not just
on
> SNL, but he's also done other talk shows......and this is even when he
still
> rakes in dough from these rubes, it is a very bizarre activity.
> 
> Ron Porter
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Adam Parrott
> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 2:05 PM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] OT for the Star Trek geeks
> 
> 
> Apparently someone was never a kid...  ;)
> 
> Of course, if you're not into sci-fi to being with, you're probably not
> gonna be able to appreciate it anyways.
> 
> Ron has a good point, but so does David.  Entertainment aside, there were
a
> /lot/ of good ideals and great scientific "inventions", if you will, that
> came from the Star Trek franchise.  If not for the creative thinking of
> Gene, Okuda, Sternbach and the rest of the team, we wouldn't have many of
> the advancements and gadgets that we do today, plain and simple.  The same
> comparison applies to the military technology of yore which has now been
> adapted and applied for us at the consumer level.  If not for some of
those
> military projects, we wouldn't have a lot of the things we do today.
> 
> Whatever turns your crank, I guess.  I'm a Trekkie for life, can't help
it.
> I love all the ST series and have made TNG my personal favorite.  Some of
> my only gripes are how they've written the movies.  What's with making the
> (possibly) last TNG movie in the series a film about chasing Picard's evil
> clone around the quadrant and then killing Data, only to have him live on
> in his "underdeveloped" brother B-4?  Puh-leeze!  If they had made a movie
> with Q as the bad guy, it would've been 100x better.  Of course, they
> should've made a series with George Takei about Sulu commanding the
> Excelsior, but that's a rant for another day...
> 
> (Disclaimer:  The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent
those
> of the SHOtimes list, persons reading or of Ron Porter).  :)
> 
> Adam P.
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