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From: merchant@dartvax.UUCP (Peter Merchant)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Destruction of the Enterprise
Message-ID: <1705@dartvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 28-May-84 09:29:14 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 28 09:29:14 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 1-Jun-84 01:09:02 EDT
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{ Hmm... }
 
The only problem with having the Enterprise is that once you have the
Enterprise, you need to have the crew.  As "The World of Star Trek"
so well put it, "What do you do with all those people?!"
 
Especially nowadays!  Everyone has received almost two bumps in command.
It's hard to accept that the Federation is using its highly trained people
to sit there and open hailing frequencies.  (I believe Uhura is now a
Commander and she's doing the same thing she did as a Lt.)
 
Send Chekov off someplace else.  I wouldn't mind seeing the adventures of
Captain James T. Kirk, if it is a viable story.  But this dragging along
the Enterprise and all it's excess baggage all the time is becoming a bit
silly.
 
Also, since they are trying to add new faces all the time to "update us"
but not get rid of the old, the numbers of people are beginning to get 
very unwieldy.
 
This is why I didn't shed too many tears for Spock.  It was an excellent
story.  If they manage to bring Spock back, I will be very disappointed.
As David Gerrold put it, dead is dead.  But by killing a character and
bringing them back to life basically means that you are lieing to your
audience somewhere.  "Hey, remember when we said Spock was dead?  Guess
what!  He's not!  Fooled you, didn't I!  Ha ha ha ha!"
 
I'm not going to believe that guy ever again.  Next time someone dies, even
if they are important, I won't worry.  They'll bring him back if he's really
important.
 
I'd like to see a few other people get killed.  Nuke Chekov.  Sulu can go
away...he's a Captain now.  He deserves his own ship.  Uhura might make
a reasonable second in command someplace else.  Scotty loves the Enterprise,
as does Jim.  Okay.  Leave them there.  Now let's meet this "new generation".
 
Either get rid of your excess baggage, Star Trek, or get rid of your ship.
But do one or the other.  The whole thing is bordering on the obnoxious.
--
"And here's my two cents change..."                 -- Peter Merchant