I still can't buy anything online (too stupid and too much of a coward), but IIRC "Destiny" is sitting on the ever-growing pile of Books That I Really Have To Read NOW. I got it from lhun_dweller for one of my previous birthdays, together with some books of the DS9 relaunch series, which had to come first, of course. *g*
I agree with you about not accepting "Enterprise" as part of Star Trek - it isn't. You might disagree with me about not accepting the movies, either (starting with the Classic movie Star Trek V), which I find generally horrendous. The Star Trek movie I would actually like still has to come. I liked the visuals of the very first one, but the plot was crap.
There is still some info around the Net about the "Second Coming", but I've lost my links during the last computer crash. *sighs*
They don't make good sci-fi anymore. Everything is about government conspirations and brutal battles, and those are both things that I find boring. They never have the courage to make something different.
I liked the premise of the old Earth 2 series, with the alien planet and the bizarre alien beings there, but they killed it for me with the idiot love plot between the female lead and the ex-convict played by Patrick Bauchau, of all people, who could have been her grandfather. Plus, both kids were annoying brats.
But there were really good ideas, like the Syndrome itself, the sleeper ships, and those biotop thingies where they rammed a device into the earth, and the plants or animals deep-frozen within went through their natural evolvement within hours.
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Date: 2013-10-15 07:28 pm (UTC)I agree with you about not accepting "Enterprise" as part of Star Trek - it isn't. You might disagree with me about not accepting the movies, either (starting with the Classic movie Star Trek V), which I find generally horrendous. The Star Trek movie I would actually like still has to come. I liked the visuals of the very first one, but the plot was crap.
There is still some info around the Net about the "Second Coming", but I've lost my links during the last computer crash. *sighs*
They don't make good sci-fi anymore. Everything is about government conspirations and brutal battles, and those are both things that I find boring. They never have the courage to make something different.
I liked the premise of the old Earth 2 series, with the alien planet and the bizarre alien beings there, but they killed it for me with the idiot love plot between the female lead and the ex-convict played by Patrick Bauchau, of all people, who could have been her grandfather. Plus, both kids were annoying brats.
But there were really good ideas, like the Syndrome itself, the sleeper ships, and those biotop thingies where they rammed a device into the earth, and the plants or animals deep-frozen within went through their natural evolvement within hours.