Apology

Dear Internet,

I should have known that any reference to Star Trek in the same post as Star Wars would result in a recurrence of the hostilities.
While the argument (Trek vs. Wars) is the oldest online argument, the wounds which remain are still bloody. They ache like a phaser blast set to stun and irritate like the sand of Tattooine which gets everywhere.
For some reason, I was still surprised by the reaction in the comments yesterday. I was more surprised last night to discover that I, too, had participated in the harsh words and harsher sentiment.
What I was trying to convey yesterday is that the new Star Trek movie is an homage, not just to Speculative Fiction in general, but to the greatest Speculative Fiction franchise which will ever exist. No offense intended. Far from it, in fact.
The tribute was appreciated. Not to mention long overdue.
I was just trying to say that for the first time in recent memory, someone had made an effort to make Trek watchable. This is good, really!
Trek is finally starting to overcome the bitter history of having a Frenchman Captain of the Enterprise. Of course they'd need to borrow from Star Wars to do so. It was the logical choice, and Spock would be proud.
Side note: Did the Romulans use laser swords, or were laser swords just implied? I can't remember at the moment.
Anyway, like I said, no offense was intended. The effort required to overcome the damage done to the franchise by John De Lancie was monumental and I appreciate it.
To clarify, yesterday's post was an official Pr3++yG33kyTh1ng endorsement of Star Trek. Take a loved one.
If they are ten, like the loved one I brought, they will bring up the references to Star Wars about the time Kirk rides a motorcycle up to the spaceport and it looks like a wretched hive of scum and villainy. And construction robots.
It is a brilliant re-imagining.
Pointy ears! Who doesn't love pointy ears?

Live long and whatever,

G