From: yung@r-node.gts.org (Amos Yung)
Subject: Re: Shatner proposes idea for Star Trek VII
Organization: R-Node Public Access UNIX System (416-249-5366) - 24 hrs
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 19:18:49 GMT

In article <1992Jul22.090912.7456@leela.cs.orst.edu> petersm@jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU (Marguerite Petersen) writes:
>In article <1992Jul21.052639.521@r-node.gts.org> yung@r-node.gts.org (Amos Yung) writes:
>>
>>In article <1992Jul19.084645.3664@leela.cs.orst.edu> petersm@jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU
>>(Marguerite Petersen) writes:
>>>
>>>And here is another's opinion.  I really *liked* ST V!  I did not think it
>>>was boring, bad, or stupid!  Would you have preferred that ST V *answer*
>>>the biggest question of mankind for you?
>
>>If they have the right answer, YES!!! :^)
>
>Ah, I see.  The movie didn't come up with *your* answer, therefore it was
>the wrong one.
>

Hardly. I don't have an answer, never mind the right one.
I was only saying if they the right answer, then of course I would like to
see it (who wouldn't?) But if they don't (just like all of us), they should
try to come up with a conclusion to the search and justify it in the movie.
Definitely not casually brush away the subject as if that wasn't the point
in the first place.


>
>>> That would have been offensive
>>>in my opinion.  What ST V did was make one think and question just what
>>>we follow, (whatever it is) and remind us to not do it blindly.
>>>Not a bad idea, IMHO.
>>>
>> 
>>We will have to agree to disagree here. Personally, I don't know *anybody*,
>>when facing the question of religion, do not "think and question" what
>>they are following. I don't need a movie to point out something so balantly
>>obvious.
>
>Well there are some who do not question *anything*. 

Deadlock again. I don't believe there actually exist a person, now or ever,
that do not question *anything*. 

>  Besides just because
>you considered the point to be blatantly obvious doesn't mean everyone does.
>

I can't PROVE that everybody will see it as blatantly obvious, if thats what
you are asking. But would you like to see a star trek movie pointing out
the importance of brushing after meal? Personally I think the "don't follow
religion (or whatever) blindly" theme just as trivial and self-evident.

Besides, I am still not convince that THAT was the point of the movie. I
think the movie simply has no point.
 

>>
>>All I can say is I feel very differently. I remember I was looking forward
>>to the release of ST V very eagerly during the summer of 89 but didn't get 
>>the chance to see it in theater because I was in Hong Kong at the time. 
>>When I come back from Hong Kong, literally everybody told me how ST V 
>>bombs royally. With that in mind, I went out and rented the video and 
>>thought I was fully prepare for ST V, no matter how bad it was. I was wrong.
>
>I'm sorry you were disappointed but that's life.
>

Me and the majority of movie-goers.



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