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In article <65fq38$bl2@nntp02.primenet.com>, otsp@primenet.com wrote:
>From: mike@otsp.com (Mike Willmoth)
>Newsgroups: az.sf
>Subject: Star Trek: The Experience, A Review
>Date: 25 Nov 1997 17:22:00 -0700
>Star Trek: The Experience
>A Sneak Preview from COMDEX
>Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas, Nevada
>by Mike Willmoth
>
>Monday November 17, 1997
>10:00am, Media Center, COMDEX
>
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That's quite a review, Mike.  But skipping all the statistics and specifics,  
were you impressed  or was it just fancy hype.  Did you get the impression 
that they were going to open just another casino hotel with carnival rides 
sprinkled with a little Star Trek  or  was it, as the name implies, a way for 
a fan to experience Star Trek like a museum/presentation.  

This is possibly an unfair question.  It seems like a lot of vendors keep 
looking for a new way to cash in on the Star Trek cash cow.  A real Star Trek 
fan enjoys the adventures in the Star Trek universe, while others only buy 
merchandise and collect autographs because that is the thing to do.  Those are 
the fans who spend big money.  That could be the only target of the Star Trek 
Experience, "Visit the Latest (big money) Star Trek Event".  Or it could be 
set up to entertain the fantasy of joining the adventure of visiting the Star 
Trek universe.  Do they pay attention to detail?  That comment about the 
Klingons plotting to kill/eliminate Picard does not make sense.  It makes me 
suspicious of a random plot device.  Do they make it (Star Trek) work,  or Do 
they make it (the ride) function?  

Bottom line:  How did YOU feel about the whole thing?