I’m giving it another chance
There are very few things of which I am a purist.
I don’t mind Meatloaf’s new stuff and I really liked the Who’s halftime performance at the Super Bowl. I don’t mind night-time baseball games. I love Mork and Mindy AND Happy Days. I’m not a Vegan.
However, there is still one area of my life which I refuse to allow modernization ruin my fun. I have found that as technology evolves and this ”thing” becomes more popular, the changes have come to really dilute its value. And it seems recently that I’m the only one who feels this way.
I am a loyalist to Captain James T Kirk and the original crew of the United Star Ship Enterprise.
I did not grow up watching Star Trek: The Next Generation the way most people of my generation did, so I don’t have this weird nostalgic connection to the otherwise lame and boring spin-off.
Since the new movie came out last year, there has been a rise in debate in my personal life over which was the better series. This has extended to many sub arguments over character comparisans, villain comparisans, ship comparisans, and even over the philosophical firepower of individual episodes.
Alas throughout these discussions I have conceded that my wealth of knowledge on TNG is not remotely comparable to my exposure to TOS. So therefore I have decided to give Captain Jean Luc Picard — the bald, French captain with an English accent who allowed a Klingon to serve on his bridge — another chance.
I added all 7 seasons of TNG to my Netflix and am mentally preparing myself. God help me.
For a list of reasons on why Jim Kirk beats the crap out of Piccard and gang, click here. Some reasons include:
81. Kirk was NEVER infiltrated by the Borg and used against the Federation…
72. When Kirk was Picard’s age, he retired from Admiral and took to climbing rocks…
37. Kirk once made a cannon out of bamboo, sulphur, potassium nitrate, charcoal and then fired diamonds into the hearts of his enemies…
13. Kirk can infiltrate Gangsters, Nazis, and even the Pentagon — easily…
4. Kirk traveled through The Great Barrier, met God, and wasn’t even impressed.
Note that the link is branched off Duke University’s site.
