Wow. I really don't know what to say to that... Actually there are a lot of things that come to mind, but I have no idea how to put them without coming across as insulting, so I'm not going to bother, except to state that if you (and your fellow Abrams-fans) really believe that, then there is truly ...

I didn't say that he didn't get it--in fact I specifically requested he elaborate on his statement. Please do not put words into my mouth. I did not say he was an idiot for thinking a bad movie was good. I said, through the use of a quote, that even bad movies can be financially successful and insin...

J.J. Abrams and crew may as well just film themselves shitting all over Gene Roddenberry's grave for two hours. Same message. Considering that the best of Star Trek tends to be the least Roddenberryish (TWoK, TUC, DS9), the fact that Abrams' approach isn't very Roddenberryish is a positive boon. We...

Deleted scenes don't mean anything; they aren't a part of the story. Secondary literature (some silly comic) doesn't mean anything either. The movie's story should be capable of standing on its own without requiring the viewer spend additional time and money on pointless ancillary cruft. This movie ...

I dont mind waiting if they do it well, I"d rather wait for gold then get crap now. Then you're going to be waiting for all eternity, no matter when the next one is released. J.J. Abrams and crew may as well just film themselves shitting all over Gene Roddenberry's grave for two hours. Same me...

It is disappointing that the opponents of imperialism have lost another campaign against the United States government and other agents of imperialism. It is unfortunate that the hegemonic discourse has succeeded so thoroughly in painting Gaddafi as some kind of demented tyrant who cared not for his ...

Well first of all NASA's budget has nothing to do with local school funding so even if you cut NASA's budget that'd do jackshit for your teacher friend. Secondly NASA's budget isn't even 1% of the Federal budget. There are plenty of other bloated pigs fit for slaughter that will yield a lot more ca...

...if it is possible at all. Whether or not we're too short-sighted to pay for it is a different issue altogether. Yeah, but let's set our priorities first. It's kind of difficult to justify spending a few hundred billion dollars (be realistic; it would cost at least that much) to send someone on a...

I would sign up in a hearbeat to go on a suicide mission to be the first to set foot on another planet. Death is a small price to pay.

When did Sloan say this, and what exactly did he say?

Well, for the purposes of this discussion, let's ignore the new movie. Let's stick to pre-STXI canon.

What do the Romulans do somewhere down the line when they (or their government) realizes that they were tricked into the war by Sisko? It's a pretty big deal to learn that the only reason why your country lost hundreds of thousands (or even millions) of its people and expended huge resources on a to...

thelordharry wrote:As far as 'In the pale moonlight' is concerned, how do you know it was SF authorised? For all we know, the orders could have been fake.

Sisko said in his log it was. Halfway through the episode he said that he presented his plan to Starfleet Command and they gave it their blessing.

I empathize with the Maquis and their cause, if not their methods. They were treated by the Federation as little more than pawns in an intergalactic political chess game, and ended up being handed over to an oppressive government as part of a bargaining chip. Of course, I never really sympathized wi...

From Broken Bow right through to These Are The Voyages, Enterprise rekindled my interest in Trek. I'll be honest, after Voyager, I really had lost interest in the franchise completely (as a side note Janeway is the first female captain in Star Trek history, and she gets lost on her first mission. Co...