Tank

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  1. I'm against abolishing trick or treating. It is one of the highlights of my childhood and if I ever have children of my own I would hope they could enjoy it like I did. I'm not sure exactly what happened to cause people to start thinking of it as "un-safe". It's my opinion that trick or treating is no more dangerous now then it was when I was a kid. It's just that it's less interesting now since fewer people give out candy. Every year now they show news stories about all of the ways that people can poison your childrens candy and about how dangerous it is, but I don't think I've ever actually heard of anyone actually finding the poison candy or being attacked by a random old couple giving out freshly made popcorn balls.

     

    It's possible that I've been watching too many Roger Moore movies lately but I think Americans have become over paranoid about everything. At this rate in 25 years only 1 out of 10 people will be brave enough to ever leave their homes during the day time. Fear can be a dangerous weapon in the war of ultimate control. Anyone remember the TNG episode Devil's Due?


  2. I don't know if it will bring about a new generation of fans but it might at least remind a lot of the old fans just how awesome TOS is! I'm just happy that they are finally putting out the box sets. It's about time.


  3. I have to go with Star Wars (origianal). I don't think the new ones should even be on the poll. Not because I don't like them (because I do) but because how can you vote on a trilogy that you've only seen the first two parts of!


  4. Their all good but I have to go with DS9. It's a little on the slow side but still a great theme and it fit the show nicely. TOS was a bit too classic sci-fi, TNG was a little fast, VOY was a little too slow, and ENT just isn't my cup of tea (especially not the new version in season 3).


  5. American tv does suck... no offense to anyone... but almost everything is a dumb reality show.  I think I liked the sitcom 90's the best.  All I really have is Star Trek, what's left of Friends and maybe 24 (I just started watching the show).  Heck even the Simpsons is garbage now.  Once again no offense intended, but I know somebody will disagree with that comment!

    I agree with everything except "the simpsons is garbage now"

     

    I think Simpsons is the only show to ever run as long as it has without really loosing anything.


  6. I've been reading the Ray Bradbury novel "Fahrenheit 451" recently and for some reason this topic reminds me of it. The idea that anything that could be considered offensive to any minority group has to be censored. At this rate I would say that we're only a few steps behind burning books on the basis that they might make "some" people unhappy.

     

    What will it be people? Happiness? or Knowledge.


  7. I do agree that the lyrics fit the series well but I still think that of all the shows Enterprise should have had the opening speach. I mean they truely are going where no man (one) has gone before!

     

    ...Also I've never really liked Rod Stewert in the first place. ;)


  8. Did anyone bother to go see Alien when it was re-released last month?

     

    Yes, we thought the redo was not all that great quility wise, (the story was still good but we did not see an noticable change with added scenes) the picture was somewhat blurry and very jumpy, they should have re-mastered the print imo.

     

    About Bladerunner, it's ok, hope to see the DC someday.

    You might want to check with your local theater because when I saw it the picture was pretty sharp. Also I know the added scene didn't ad that much to the movie but I did like it. More than anything it was just cool to see it in theaters (since I wasn't born yet when it came out the first time!)


  9. Blade Runner rules! :lol:

     

    I've only seen the directors cut so I really don't know how different it is from the original but for the most part the long slow shots don't bother me. In a lot of ways I miss the old more slow paced sci-fi movies. It seems like a lot of the more recent sci-fi's have lost a lot of plot and intesity to fast moving CGI effects. Did anyone bother to go see Alien when it was re-released last month? Now that's what I'm talking about...

     

    For those who are interested the movie 'Minority Report' was also based on a book by P.K.(Please stop me from cursing) (who wrote Bladerunner)