Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site dartvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!dartvax!merchant From: merchant@dartvax.UUCP (Peter Merchant) Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: Orphaned Response - Jim Kirk(nf) Message-ID: <1904@dartvax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 22-Jun-84 09:59:35 EDT Article-I.D.: dartvax.1904 Posted: Fri Jun 22 09:59:35 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 23-Jun-84 07:18:35 EDT References: <364@astrovax.UUCP> <5800018@uokvax.UUCP> Organization: Dartmouth College Lines: 38 { Transwarp? Bleah } I must agree. Trans-warp is pretty tacky, I think. In David Gerrold's book on Star Trek in a quick section on "The Future of Star Trek" Gene Roddenberry says that NBC was interested in bringing back an "updated" Star Trek for a little while and wanted to redesign the ship. Roddenberry pointed out that this was rather silly. How would you redesign a ship that uses matter-antimatter, etcetera, etcetera. Basically, the only reason NBC wanted to redesign the ship is to put in something new. Period. Same thing here with the warp drive. There's no real reason to redesign it, that I can see. If the say it uses too much power, they are being rather silly. Too slow? Well, since we never got any real idea as to how fast it is, anyway, who cares? It seems to be just as fast as necessary. The Excelsior's bridge did remind me of the television series much more than the current bridge does. It also seemed a bit bigger and more roomy. I think, though, they wll come up with another design for Enterprise II. The Excelsior seems, as you said, to be a bit of a bathtub, but it looked good for it's purpose in STIII: To fall apart. Again, however, I maintain that Jim Kirk better get his ass kicked but good! Someone sent me note (I discard my mail so I don't keep track of who sent what) that everything turned out okay, so they'll let Jim off because he did manage to save the day. I agree that they probably will. After all, STIV: Jim Goes To Prison would be a pretty dull movie. But they better have a trial and all. No, I don't want to see Jim stuck in prison for the next six movies either. I do want to see, though, that 23rd century justice still exists. -- "Guilty! Guilty! Guilty!" Peter Merchant -- Marvelous Mark