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11-02-2015, 03:53 PM | #2 |
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This is just a terrible move to provide the show to their app only, which will cost $5.99 per month.
They'd be better off licensing it to Netflix or Amazon. |
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11-02-2015, 03:57 PM | #3 |
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Yeah, as a Trekker I was excited about the announcement until I read that part and was like, "Oh. This is dumb. Guess I won't be watching it past the pilot until available elsewhere."
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11-02-2015, 03:58 PM | #4 |
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The involvement of Kurtzman doesn't inspire confidence. Hopefully he hires a good showrunner and isn't involved that much.
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11-02-2015, 04:12 PM | #5 |
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It's amazing how Big Bang Theory has made old mediocre TV, comics, etc. into a new popular genre.
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11-02-2015, 04:21 PM | #6 |
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It sounds like CBS is going in the direction of the new movies because they're still under the delusion that one of the largest and most loyal fanbases in all media isn't a good way to make money. Instead they're thinking that the Orci team is capable of replicating the success of a House of Cards without the brilliance in scriptwriting or product.
I was hopeful that they'd listen to Michael Dorn and give the Captain Worf Show a try, but not while they're working with this shit right here. And I imagine to make it more palatable and open to new viewers, they're going to set it in the alternate universe, too. They're not going to work within the politics or the story-telling of the previous Star Trek series. I have low expectations for this. This smells bad. It will probably suck dick. |
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11-02-2015, 04:22 PM | #7 |
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11-02-2015, 04:23 PM | #8 | |
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Amazon, Hulu and Netflix have all been trying to attain the rights to programs from the 60-90's so that they can provide more Original series and entertainment. The networks have been trying as well. Coach was brought back this last summer with the entire original cast but after 8 episodes, it was scratched because it wasn't working. Fuller House is going to Netflix, X-Files back to Fox, Twin Peaks at Showtime, The Muppet Show at ABC, Xena: Warrior Princess at NBC and many more to come. |
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11-04-2015, 12:24 PM | #9 |
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I knew it! ****ing Les Moonves had ulterior motives for re-launching Star Trek and because of that, like SNR, I have extremely low expectations.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/liv...ent-cbs-836710 We're looking to do original content on All Access and build up that platform. Netflix is our friend a competitor. They compete with [CBS Corp.'s] Showtime. All Access will put out original content and knowing the loyalty of Star Trek fans, this will boost it… There's about a billion channels out there and because of Star Trek, people will know what All Access is about." All the series have done well in terms of streaming. Added in to that, Star Trek is a huge international franchise. Our international distribution guy is going crazy; he can't wait to get out to the marketplace and sell that. Right away, we're more than halfway home on the cost of the show from international alone. The risk is small in seeing the track record. We think it'll be great and bring in a lot more subscribers. We're really excited about it. [Star Trek 2017 is a] world-class effort that will make all Star Trek fans proud. |
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11-04-2015, 12:29 PM | #10 |
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The on-All Access is dumb. I was marginally interested before. Won't even watch the pilot now, don't want to get sucked in.
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11-04-2015, 01:05 PM | #11 | |
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I'll be shocked if pilot is even watchable. |
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11-04-2015, 01:12 PM | #12 | |
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To be clear, you're talking Into Darkness, not II, right? |
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11-04-2015, 01:24 PM | #13 |
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It may as well have been II. Paramount could have asked any random Star Trek fan to write a fanfic script based on Kahn in the new parallel universe. That's basically what happened in this movie. No new characters or villains. Lines upon lines of dialogue STRAIGHT UP lifted out of Wrath of Kahn. The same plot points. Not to mention the tendency for this team to make cute references to the old show, as if they think, "Just saying 'Gorn' or 'Tribble' will satisfy the hardcore nerds."
It wasn't as bad as Final Frontier or Insurrection, but it's by far the most uncreative pile of dogshit ever to be found in a Star Trek movie. Will I watch the new series? I'll check it out. But honestly, I'm more excited for something like Star Trek: Axanar than I am this series. |
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11-04-2015, 01:27 PM | #14 | |
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11-04-2015, 01:37 PM | #15 |
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Right. I can't even remember how it was enumerated.
I refused to see it in the theater because of Lindelof's involvment but did purchase the DVD last holiday season for $3.99. It took me like three nights to get through that piece of crap. $3.99 was $3.98 too much. |
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