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Sure! Mabye Kevin Sorbo will be available...
Besides, we Flarites would loooove to see an enemy starship represented as a spinning ball of light streaking by the viewscreen again. That'd go over real well. Imagine the descriptions in the Starship threads. "This week we get to see a whole new spinning ball of light: green! It must be a Romulan ship..."
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As much as I hate to agree with Jason, er, I do sorta agree with him:
quote:Originally posted by Siegfried: A buff starship captain throwing flimsy props are inflexible customs is what endeared many fans to it in the first place. I say we return to those roots to rebuild the fan base and make it endearing again.
Actually, a series that wrote interesting and thought provoking episodes that challanged several viewpoints of the day while still containing a hearty dose of action and adventure is what attracted many fans to it in the first place.
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Actually, a balding European captain who worked his way out of every situation with inspiring speeches while his android officer did something amusing is what attracted many people to the franchise in the first place.
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Do I have to include a smiley in my posts for y'all to understand when I'm making a funny? 'Cause having to add them would reduce my posting efficiency to 84.7%.
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quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: ...I also know taht poor sales equals less or no Trek or Trek on a greatly reduced budget. Another film with sales as poor as Nemesis and we'll be reduced to a Gorn throwing a styrofoam rock at Picard.
I'd pay to see that!
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Well, I did think it was a joke. But it's also not far off an actual point that someone would make. Not quite in those terms, but more like:
"Well, a low budget series with cheesy special effects managed to endear fans to it. Perhaps it wouldn't be so bad to return to that."
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Picard would proceed to go on and on about something or other and the Gorn would commit suicide-by-styrofoam-rock. It would suck and make no money.
And while there's a certain charm to suggestions about going back to bad effects, you can't be serious. Part of the bitch-fests about ST5 is that the effects sucked as much as TOS effects. (Having acquired the DVD for some unknown reason and thus pulled my usual frame-by-frame activity on it, I can vouch for this.)
I think a lot of the fault of Nemesis was the marketing. Watching the Star Trek V commercials, you'll note that they don't really show you anything of import. Nemesis ads, meanwhile, made the film superfluous . . . you pretty much got the whole tale, and even the better effects moments.
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The Gorn would stuff that mictophone sized communicator into Picard's gob just to get a little quiet.
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quote:Originally posted by PsyLiam: "Well, a low budget series with cheesy special effects managed to endear fans to it. Perhaps it wouldn't be so bad to return to that."
Now now, don't be so dismissive. It worked for Babylon 5, so just think of the wonders it could do for Trek. B)
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Burton on Trek.....hmmm....mabye with a nice Wynona Ryder yeoman....
mmmmmm....Wynona.
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Hey, I have to check a Walmart in Germany... ;-)
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