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Re: Star Wars <=> Star Trek
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Sat, 15 May 1999 00:52:32 GMT
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Those are bizarre. And it just occured to me that both LaForge and C3PO have
electronic imaging systems. Creepy.
-- Terry K --
On Fri, 14 May 1999 22:18:23 GMT, John Neal <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote:
> Chewie=Worf...both hairy *with* attitudes! "Phaser"="Blaster"... *both* end in
> "er"!! This is too eerie; I'm gonna quit now.
>
> -John
>
>
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> Tom McDonald wrote:
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> > 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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