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Old 10-08-2007, 10:32 PM
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Plotdevicium, that's a new one. I'm so used to Macguffinite.

You're right, that's a miniseries. Not too bad of a premise by itself, but you'd never be able to get 178 episodes out of it.

It's that "nearest ship" thing that irks me. The premise as you set it up doesn't really compell action NOW, no matter what the ship, no matter what the commander. You'd have to come up with a new twist. I'd prefer something like in ST:V, "you're the best commander for the job, we need YOU out there NOW." Perhaps Jacobsen has some weird quirk that makes her (?) most qualified.
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