http://www.sciscoop.com/2002-12-13-191440-79.html Scooping up science news and dropping it on your desk Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:03:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.sciscoop.com/2002-12-13-191440-79.html/comment-page-1#comment-1778 rickyjames Mon, 16 Dec 2002 06:17:39 +0000 http://localhost/~arielschwartz/wordpress/sciscoop/?p=86#comment-1778 I didn't even go into the REAL similarities Nemesis has with Star Wars because I didn't want to spoil what is (I think) supposed to be the movie's biggest "surprises" - but they went two-for-one rip-off with the clone / father-son angle between Picard and Shinzon, and Data's final mission was just too much Obi-Wan "where I'm going you cannot follow" to shut off the bad guy's power system. This couldn't have been more Star-Wars like if they had tried - and there's no doubt in my mind they DID VERY DELIBERATELY try. And for someone who wanted a Star Trek movie, that's a true shame. As in shame on them. I didn’t even go into the REAL similarities Nemesis has with Star Wars because I didn’t want to spoil what is (I think) supposed to be the movie’s biggest “surprises” – but they went two-for-one rip-off with the clone / father-son angle between Picard and Shinzon, and Data’s final mission was just too much Obi-Wan “where I’m going you cannot follow” to shut off the bad guy’s power system. This couldn’t have been more Star-Wars like if they had tried – and there’s no doubt in my mind they DID VERY DELIBERATELY try. And for someone who wanted a Star Trek movie, that’s a true shame. As in shame on them.

]]> http://www.sciscoop.com/2002-12-13-191440-79.html/comment-page-1#comment-538 Drog Sun, 15 Dec 2002 18:34:21 +0000 http://localhost/~arielschwartz/wordpress/sciscoop/?p=86#comment-538 Interestingly, I just read another article <a href="http://www.myinky.com/ecp/movies/article/0,1626,ECP_784_1607952,00.html">here</a>, which also thought that the latest Trek movie was more akin to Star Wars, saying that Lucas..."just got his rear kicked by a "Star Trek" film". I still haven't had time to see Nemesis, but I will soon I'm sure. Interestingly, I just read another article here, which also thought that the latest Trek movie was more akin to Star Wars, saying that Lucas…”just got his rear kicked by a “Star Trek” film”. I still haven’t had time to see Nemesis, but I will soon I’m sure.

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