Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 06:49:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: Drew Bittner <drewbitt at yahoo.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Orson Scott Card takes a flamethrower to Trek
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

--- Neil Ottenstein <nottenst at yahoo.com> wrote:
> The article does make some good points, but Orson
> Scott Card appears to be looking at the original
> Star
> Trek through current eyes and who TV is today.  He
> does not appear to be considering what programming
> was
> like back then and even when the original Star Trek
> was heavily in syndication.
>
> Neil

It's a good point. The medium has moved on. Star Trek
wasn't designed to be anything more than
entertainment-- the 'gravitas' of the show is
something the fans piled onto it years afterward.
Yeah, the episodes often had something to say-- but it
didn't mean they aspired to be Shakespeare. Sheesh.
Get a life, Orson.
Drew

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