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I doubt it. For one thing, if this was last August, they would have been planning it way before then. I don't think they were even considering ideas at that time, much less had they picked one. Plus, they would have put out books about all the ideas to see which one the most people liked.
Besides, the majority (or at least a significant percentage) of the viewing audience probably doesn't even look at the books, so it wouldn't really be an accurate way to assess people's reaction.
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People whose taste in entertainment is distorted?
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Well, define "entertainment." Hearing about tetryons is less interesting to me than seeing the evolution of a society.
------------------ Frank's Home Page "We were leaving New York this morning and we were checking in at the gate at the airport and the attendant said, 'You must be musicians,' and I said, 'Yes,' and she asked, 'What's the name of your band?,' and I said, 'We're called the Statesmen,' and she said, 'Oh, I've heard of you!'. I think if we'd said, you know, 'We're the Green Egg,' or something, she would have said the same thing." - John Linnell
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The evolution of a society? what? Star WARS?
Excuse me I'll give you SEVEN, AMAZING Trek episodes that deal with the evolution of society:
First Contact - TNG (episode) Real Life - Voy Living Witness - Voy The Mark if Gideon - TOS The Vengeance Factor - TNG The Masterpiece Society - TNG Homeward - TNG
they are but a few.
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The evolution of a specific society, seen through the eyes of those who are affected by it. Not 45 mins of "prime directive" stuff.
------------------ Frank's Home Page "We were leaving New York this morning and we were checking in at the gate at the airport and the attendant said, 'You must be musicians,' and I said, 'Yes,' and she asked, 'What's the name of your band?,' and I said, 'We're called the Statesmen,' and she said, 'Oh, I've heard of you!'. I think if we'd said, you know, 'We're the Green Egg,' or something, she would have said the same thing." - John Linnell
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First, I want to know where the "twenty years between Star Wars films" figure came from. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Return of the Jedi was 1983, and The Phantom Menace was 1999. That, to me, is 16 years. Plus the fact that, apart from that, the films have all (or will all) come out 2-3 years after each other, suggests to me that someone is talking out of their bottom.
Now, everyone else can shut up. Both Star Wars and Trek are good. They are different beasts. They please different people. Natch.
B5 is better though.
Haven't the books been called something Marvel like, something like "Star Trek: year one"? And haven't Michael Jan Friedman's been extremely successful? Previously incuable insomniancs have now been able to get to sleep without any trouble.
Hey, anyone remember when Star Trek books used to have different plots? The books by people other than Peter David I mean?
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