19th March 2010, 3:06 PM
Typical Goron response. When confronted with logic, they always resort to violence!
My argument was never that in no way has there ever been any manner of violence or grittiness in Star Trek. My statement was a generalization which is wholly accurate: Star Trek, on the whole as a franchise, has always consistently been a more idealistic utopian universe where all the aliens speak English and nobody ever dies (through the 60s anyway... and the last I saw on Enterprise and Voyager, little had changed.) Now, that there have been periods of grittines during DS9, or The Wrath of Khan, or Contact I do not deny. I am speaking in generalities.
*Goron 1st army captures Rumbler capital city and puts it to the flame; Rumble Army surrenders unconditionally after a classic envelopment a la Wagram. Great Rumbler and his government flee their smoldering capital to the country side to continue the war, but are captured whilst disguised as women. Rumbler is forced to abdicate; his adjutant, Sir Rumblestiltskin, signs an unconditional surrender; two-thirds of Rumbler's territory is ceded, and a colossal indemnity is agreed upon. Furthermore, Goron troops are to occupy all strategic Rumbler positions for a period of either 25 years or until the full indemnity ($ 500,000 trillion trillion dollars and π cents) is paid in full, at a 25% annual interest rate.*
That'll teach you.
My argument was never that in no way has there ever been any manner of violence or grittiness in Star Trek. My statement was a generalization which is wholly accurate: Star Trek, on the whole as a franchise, has always consistently been a more idealistic utopian universe where all the aliens speak English and nobody ever dies (through the 60s anyway... and the last I saw on Enterprise and Voyager, little had changed.) Now, that there have been periods of grittines during DS9, or The Wrath of Khan, or Contact I do not deny. I am speaking in generalities.
*Goron 1st army captures Rumbler capital city and puts it to the flame; Rumble Army surrenders unconditionally after a classic envelopment a la Wagram. Great Rumbler and his government flee their smoldering capital to the country side to continue the war, but are captured whilst disguised as women. Rumbler is forced to abdicate; his adjutant, Sir Rumblestiltskin, signs an unconditional surrender; two-thirds of Rumbler's territory is ceded, and a colossal indemnity is agreed upon. Furthermore, Goron troops are to occupy all strategic Rumbler positions for a period of either 25 years or until the full indemnity ($ 500,000 trillion trillion dollars and π cents) is paid in full, at a 25% annual interest rate.*
That'll teach you.
H.R.M. DARVNIVS MAXIMVS EX TENEBRIS EXIT REX DEVSQVE GORONORVMQVE TENDORVM ROMANORVM ET GRÆCORVM OMNIS SEMPER EST