Originally posted by FMF
Actually, Scriabin, he landed a genuine blow with...
Purists suck. If you don't like the remaid or morphed version of your favorite artwork fine, art is opinion. But there is nothing more boring and tedious to hear than some older person saying it was better in "his/her" day. Expand and grow or shut up and go to your rocking chair.
It made m ...[text shortened]... robably needed to answer properly rather than with your trademark, tedious personal abuse.
once again the hide in the bushes critic with your sniping -- it is all personal with you. you've nothing to say regarding star trek, its origins, let alone the evolution of the sci fi genre in US pop culture.
nothing I said should be taken by any intelligent observer with a modicum of knowledge of the subject matter at issue as advocacy for a purist point of view -- I am not a fan of the genre, of the authors, of the films or the books.
I outgrew all of it long ago.
my commentary was realism.
I've a cousin who is the executive, supervising producer of several TV shows for Paramount. He and I have discussed the nuts and bolts of what makes these various pop culture genre tick -- he makes a living out of it. And, as an oscar winning producer, I take his view rather more seriously than yours, particularly as you cannot demonstrate the least knowledge of the subject of star trek (at least nothing you cannot cut and past from the net).
so your motive in weighing in appears mere malice, which is what I've come to expect from you.
for someone who purports to be such an intellect, you really are a small minded person, did you know that?