^You didn't "correct" anything "false." We're talking about a single throwaway line in a movie, and any interpretation beyond what was stated in the movie is purely speculative. It's downright obnoxious to claim that your speculation is the only "true" one. There is no "true" answer to which Archer it was, because canon doesn't specify and everything beyond canon is purely conjectural, even if it's spoken by the writers themselves.
And it's stupid to waste so much time on such an inconsequential bit of trivia. Let it drop already.
Nobody said it was Jonathan Archer. Could've been his grandchild.
This comment, this one right here that I'm quoting is the false one. Someone in fact DID say it was jonathan archer. no, not in the film itself but someone important did say it, the writers. I've dropped the "it's cannon" idea because both you and Sci convinced me otherwise. I'm also not saying that it has to be true in the context of the film, interpert it however you want. Hell, I'm not even saying it's my own personal speculation, I'm just going with what Orci and Kurtzman said. What I am saying is that SOMEONE SAID IT AND YOUR STATEMENT SAYING NO ONE DID IS FALSE.
It would be like you hinting at one thing in a book, meaning for it to be X, making public statements to that effect, someone saying "no no no, it clearly doesn't mean X, it means Y and no one ever said it means X", and then me saying "Christopher, the writer of the book said it meant X not Y". I'd be inclined to believe what you intended it to mean, however I do see what you're saying (as I already said) and it could mean something else.
You call me obnoxious. That is an opinion, and at times I would be inclined to believe it. Do you want to know what I think is obnoxious? You can't admit when you're wrong. We've hit on some pretty heated debates before and there comes a point in each of them, much like where we are right about now, where I quote your words and you suddenly stop responding to what I have to say. I don't know if you're going to do it here, but you've done it at least twice before in other threads. I am trying very hard to like you, I like your books, but when you say things like "It's stupid to waste time on such an inconsequential bit of trivia." it makes it very hard for me to respect you. I've said it to you before, this is the very reason we're here. There is no waste of time. If you don't like what we're talking about, if you don't like the subject matter or you think it's silly or stupid of us to talk about it... leave. Don't call us names. That is not only obnoxious, but it's rude. Just because you've written some good books before doesn't give you the right to be disrespectful, in fact I would say it makes you more accountable for what you say to your fans.
I'm not going to continue the argument at the archer point, because I've quoted for you what you said and my reply to it once again. I would however like to hear your reply, Christopher. I'd like to hear your reply, be it a short "you're right" to a long "you're absolutely wrong" or somewhere in between. I don't hold out much hope that you'll agree with me, or that what I've said will mean much of anything to you, but I'd still like to hear what you have to say.
