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I work with a guy whose last name is Hunter. For some reason he recently started a facetious campaign calling for his own demise. Specifically, he's been signing emails with a "Death to Hunter" byline, and he's encouraged us to do the same. We've (...) (20 years ago, 2-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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So I was surfing around LUGNET and I found the Set Rank database. The lowest rated set is Nick Deluxe, but the first comment in the Notes section almost made me spit hot coffee out my nose. (URL) :D -Evil Wayne (20 years ago, 2-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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(...) (URL) Scotty!> Dave! (20 years ago, 1-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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(...) Sorry, I didn't type "failed attempt" in as I meant to. The point is that I don't agree with your assessment that they were trying to be deeply philosophical, but rather not simply frivolous. (...) 1. "Public Knowledge": The only people who (...) (20 years ago, 27-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) No, I regard it as a failed attempt at a deep philosophical message. (...) I think that in this case it has more to do with how long and clumsy the title is. I've only watched a couple eps myself (not having access to Comedy Central, or (...) (20 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) The OT was constructed in the Epic tradition, with archetypal characters playing archetypal roles in an archetypal battle of Good vs. Evil. There's more to be found in the way the mythological pattern plays itself out than in any supposed deep (...) (20 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Dave Schuler wrote: <snip> (...) Since we're talking Trek, let's talk about some of our favourite eps from TOS-- Corbomite Maneuver - was first season, which helps, and knowing that the kid is Richie Cunningham's older (...) (20 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I think it is a matter of perception. You regard it as a deep philsophical message, and perhaps that is a fair depiction of it, but I regarded it simply as a step back from trivializing it. The movie was uneven all the way through, so this was (...) (20 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) One minor point that bothered me was how Ensign Slater just let himself into Capt. Sulu's quarters to wake Sulu, and how Kirk later just let himself into Spock's quarters. It all suggests a level of familiarity not customarily found on (...) (20 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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(...) I can't remember what the first two were in relation to, so pardon me if I think they were not memorable. The last was a self-parodying line that got laughs but cheapened the whole. Played to the Trekkies rather than it's own internal value. (...) (20 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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