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It's hard to believe the bland nature of the plots for the movies so far. It's become a bad comic book nightmare that I can't believe is being allowed to continue. There is nothing remotely Star Trek about them. GR is spinning in space. I thought Star Wars was bad, but it doesn't hold a candle to current Trek. JJ doesn't have any original credentials in my mind. He's only cluttered up the airwaves with failed tv pilots and rip offs. The contamination is irrevocable.

Well, aren't you just Mr. Sunshine!

:lol:

I thought 09 was pretty good, and I love Beyond (my favorite of the 3).

Into Darkness was too long and kinda dumb at points. All JMHO of course.

Star Trek put out a fair amount of crap when Gene was still around.
 
It's hard to believe the bland nature of the plots for the movies so far. It's become a bad comic book nightmare that I can't believe is being allowed to continue. There is nothing remotely Star Trek about them. GR is spinning in space. I thought Star Wars was bad, but it doesn't hold a candle to current Trek. JJ doesn't have any original credentials in my mind. He's only cluttered up the airwaves with failed tv pilots and rip offs. The contamination is irrevocable.

Felicity. Alias. Lost.
 
Can we spend a little time to talk about how SG-1 must clearly be set in a different timeline from the film Stargate based on the number of inconsistencies present?

Then there's the fact that TPTB subsequently tweaked the pilot of SG-1 to make it more consistent with the rest of the series. So I guess that's three timelines. :p

Inconsistencies happen, whether for better or worse.

What tends to get me is when a movie or what-not attempts to re-create an earlier sequence, but flaws creep in that make it not quite an exact re-creation. I just get these little twinges of disappointment at such times.
 
It's hard to believe the bland nature of the plots for the movies so far. It's become a bad comic book nightmare that I can't believe is being allowed to continue. There is nothing remotely Star Trek about them. GR is spinning in space. I thought Star Wars was bad, but it doesn't hold a candle to current Trek. JJ doesn't have any original credentials in my mind. He's only cluttered up the airwaves with failed tv pilots and rip offs. The contamination is irrevocable.
Yes, we know. Abrams is a filthy hedonist laying shirtless on a kline while Orci and Lindelof drop grapes in his mouth. It's a travesty that the creative vision of Star Trek is left to the responsibility of such a man. Why Gene? Why have you forsaken us to this fraud? What has fandom done to deserve this punishment and hardship?
Can we spend a little time to talk about how SG-1 must clearly be set in a different timeline from the film Stargate based on the number of inconsistencies present?
That actually has been discussed in Stargate fandom.
 
Can we spend a little time to talk about how SG-1 must clearly be set in a different timeline from the film Stargate based on the number of inconsistencies present?
SG-1's continuity issues remind me of The Real Ghostbusters cartoon versus the Ghostbusters movie. But the latter went so far as to have the GB movie be an in-universe movie about the first mission of the animated team, explaining any inconsistencies (like Dana seemingly not existing, or the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man having been captured rather than destroyed)
 
It's hard to believe the bland nature of the plots for the movies so far. It's become a bad comic book nightmare that I can't believe is being allowed to continue. There is nothing remotely Star Trek about them. GR is spinning in space. I thought Star Wars was bad, but it doesn't hold a candle to current Trek. JJ doesn't have any original credentials in my mind. He's only cluttered up the airwaves with failed tv pilots and rip offs. The contamination is irrevocable.

You must have seen different movies than I did.
 
GR is spinning in space.

Some of Gene Roddenberry's ashes were taken aboard Space Shuttle Columbia during mission STS-52, however they were returned, and apart from certain maneuvers during launch and orbital insertion, there was no spin stabilization used on the STS fleet.

However more of Mr Roddenberry's ashes were sent into orbit aboard Celestis' burial satellite Earthview 01, the first "cemetary satellite." This was launched in 1997 using a OSC Pegasus launch vehicle with the following parameters:

Apogee: 578.7 km (361.7 miles)
Perigee: 551.0 km (344.4 miles)
Orbital Period: 96.0 minutes
15 revolutions per day
Inclination: 151 degrees
Reentry occurred May 20, 2002

So while it is correct to say from a certain point of view that GR was spinning in space, this was a very gentle rotation and it ended when the satellite reentered earth's atmosphere and was incinerated.

I hope this helps.
 
If we involve time travel then I'm not giving Mr. Abrams good odds against 1960's Roddenberry. GR's what? A foot taller?

Current GR vs. current JJ then JJ has the advantage of a pulse.
 
Oh, yea. Star Trek is all about the money. I forgot.
Well, yeah, it is. If it didn't make money, it wouldn't have lasted for fifty years. And let's be honest, there's a quote describing Zephram Cochrane that's about dollar signs and good looking naked women on a tropical island that can be applied very accurately to Roddenberry.
 
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