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I offer no apologies. Robert Heinlein was fond of Star Trek. And this site is about science fiction in general, and RAH in general. So here’s a HD version of the latest trailer for the upcoming J.J. Abrams directed Star Trek prequel. Woo Hoo!

And the New York Times has a pretty good article about the trailer and four scenes that Abrams is showing to select audiences.

What I learned from the clip and descriptions of the scenes is that in some respects, Abrams isn’t exactly following cannon in the strict sense of the word. We’ll see how much this makes it hard for me to enjoy it. I am such a fanboy.

For those who don’t know, this blog started as a static Web site dedicated to refuting those who claimed Robert Heinlein was a fascist.

It’s easy to do, considering that “fascist!” is almost always a kneee-jerk reaction when liberals encounter anything more conservative than thay are. The idea that someone could write a book lookinn into a world in which military service is necessary to be considered a voting citizen fits that description.

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Is Hollywood capable to doing an accurate representation of a Heinlein novel?

Leave Robert Heinlein Alone. Please stop making crappy as Starship Troopers Movies. Please quit bleeding the legacy of a perfectly good novel. Please, Just Leave Robert Heinlein Alone!

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I dunno. Hollywood really mucked up “The Puppet Masters,” a novel I think would work really well as a mini-series. But that’s nothing considered the campy, poorly acted farce that was “Starship Troopers.”

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Yeah, it’s bad. But still more believable than Verhoxen’s movie.

Just for kicks, I typed “heinlein” into the search bar at YouTube.com and this was what I found:

The graphics are really cool. Too bad they don’t have hip television commercials for science fiction novels.

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