What if 'Turnabout Intruder' was the last ST ever?

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Re: What if 'Turnabout Intruder' was the last ST ever?

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steamrunner wrote:IMO, you've pretty much answered your own question. No movies, no novels...mediocre at best...

it would have been just another flash in the pan if that had been it......
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Re: What if 'Turnabout Intruder' was the last ST ever?

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steamrunner wrote:IMO, you've pretty much answered your own question. No movies, no novels...mediocre at best...

it would have been just another flash in the pan if that had been it......
It would probably sit defunct for 30 or more years until some SciFi (i'm sorry, Syfy) exec, looking for cash decided "hey... lets modernise this and see what happens!"
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Re: What if 'Turnabout Intruder' was the last ST ever?

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Would episodes like 'City on the Edge of Forever', 'Let that be your last Battlefield', 'Balance of Terror' and other classics still have that resonance today?
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I've no doubt they would - The Living Legend is still a damn good story, so there's no reason why the great episodes of TOS wouldn't be considered the same way.
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Captain Seafort wrote:I've no doubt they would - The Living Legend is still a damn good story, so there's no reason why the great episodes of TOS wouldn't be considered the same way.
What is 'The Living Legend'? :?
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Only two things are infinite - the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the universe: Albert Einstein.
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Captain Seafort wrote:The Living Legend
Thank you, Seafort. :) Ah, classic BSG! The version I actually liked.
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The new one's pretty good, but I agree - it doesn't have the music or the sense of fun of the old one. And how can you argue against anything with Kor and Steed? :)
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Captain Seafort wrote:The new one's pretty good, but I agree - it doesn't have the music or the sense of fun of the old one. And how can you argue against anything with Kor and Steed? :)
The new one probably is good, but not for me. Too dystopian and hopeless. I watched the series premiere, but it didn't grab me. *Shrug*
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