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Originally Posted by tsgreer
I was in my early 20's when Star Trek: TNG first came on and it remains my all time fav sci-fi. Season one and two sorta sucked, but from season three on, I loved it. That and the X-files are my favs of all time.
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I think season three was when they finally ran out of archived scripts that had been purchased for the original Star Trek series and never filmed, and were revised and produced as TNG scripts.
I liked the early X-Files when if was a couple of FBI agents investigating cases that couldn't be explained save by paranormal means. When they introduced the UFO story line, I lost patience and interest very quickly.
I have an old friend who is a UFO bug, and is firmly convinced There Are Things The Government Isn't Telling Us about the topic. After listening to him go on about it, I said "You know, if there really
were UFOs that had visited us in the past, and the government knew about it and had contact with them, and I was the government official responsible for deciding how to handle it, I might well decide to cover it up, and the reason would be people like
you!"
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And I like the new Battlestar Galactica for the very reason that they didn't make it anything like the 70's version. I was laughing when I first heard that they were remaking it, but I had to eat crow, because I love this version. I only recently got the DVD and started watching. I thought the 70's was horrible and I was a little kid, so it's not like I had great taste or anything. But then again, I was a HUGE Star Wars fan and it seemed like the old BG was just a cheap imitation.
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I recall the original BG, and had similar reactions to a remake. My SO watches it, and people I know whose taste I trust think it's well done, but I've nevevr quite summoned the energy to try it.
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I mean, now they have just remade The Knight Rider. Why are they remaking all of these really bad 70's and 80's shows?! They did great with the new BG, but I don't think I'll be checking out the new Knight Rider. The first one was bad enough and the whole idea is lame IMHO. Um, a supercar helps a guy fight bad guys? What?!?
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They are remaking them because they were popular before, and hope lightning will strike twice, drawing the folks who were fans the first time and getting new ones as well.
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Dennis