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Re: Star Wars <=> Star Trek
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Fri, 14 May 1999 22:18:23 GMT
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johnneal@uswest*NoSpam*.net
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Chewie=Worf...both hairy *with* attitudes! "Phaser"="Blaster"... *both* end in
"er"!! This is too eerie; I'm gonna quit now.
-John
Tom McDonald wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> > I'm not posting this in lugnet.starwars in order to reduce the amount of
> > flamage I'll receive. :-,
>
> Almost seems more like a troll.
>
> > The title "The Phantom Menace" has always bugged me -- the wording seems
> > pretty silly / trite.
>
> I think the wording is supposed to seem like it's named in the genre of the old
> Saturday afternoon serial movie, even if it does sounds like an episode of
> Scooby-Doo. And, those words might be accurate. Much science fiction and
> fantasy has rather tritely named stories anyway.
>
> > Hmmm... Lesse...
> >
> > Star Trek episode one was "Star Trek: The Motion Picture". Acronym,
> > "ST:TMP".
> >
> > Star Wars episode one is "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace". Acronym,
> > "SW:TPM".
> >
> > This is way too close to be coincidental. I thought Lucas was supposed to
> > burn out *after* these new movies are in the can.
>
> Why, you're right! They both have acronyms. This just *can't* be coincidental.
>
> BTW, I thought the word THE was not supposed to count in acronyms unless a word
> was spelled in the process.
>
> -Tom McD.
> when replying, note there is already an acronym in spamcake.
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| (...) Almost seems more like a troll. (...) I think the wording is supposed to seem like it's named in the genre of the old Saturday afternoon serial movie, even if it does sounds like an episode of Scooby-Doo. And, those words might be accurate. (...) (26 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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