Yeah I get the impression the main reason he wants to make Beyond is just for those cool Away Team outfits. Which is fine by me.
Based on earlier pics, I believe the plan was (at least at one point) to do the neck as a "fake dickey" piece that goes over the shoulders of a regular body.If I had to guess, I'd say the problem with the Cardassians is the necks. They'd need a custom body.
I have learned that just because content is being created, that doesn't mean it is turning a profit. Apparently the CW never turned a profit on anything they generated. Paramount is in financial problems. D+ is a disaster. Unless you are Netflix, streaming was not the gold mine everyone expected. The franchises of some of our youths are floundering, both in story and actual profit. And to your point, yes, there are pockets of internet activity that could make you think one or another IP is thriving or dying respectively. There will always be SnyderBros, pixie dust snorters, Star Wars simps, and Trekkies. But when you look at the big picture, i.e. the numbers as best as we can get them, the situation is bleak.When I was growing up, I thought I must be the only person in the world who likes Star Trek.
That was in 93-97.
If it weren't for the internet, old-school AOL message boards, I'd have never thought anyone liked it
And even then, those boards were filled with older fans bitching and moaning about NuTrek. Every other poster had "Bring Back Kirk" in their signature. DS9 was too dark and anti-Trek. Voyager was just "Star Trek: Lost In Space". After Enterprise was canceled, we all thought Trek was dead.
Yet now, here we are. Trek is actually in the Nielson top tens. Multiple Teek-only conventions across the globe, including the Comic-Con sized one in Vegas. Two different Trek cruises every year that sell out within weeks.
So clearly, someone watches it. And a lot of people still spend a crapload of money on it.
Based on earlier pics, I believe the plan was (at least at one point) to do the neck as a "fake dickey" piece that goes over the shoulders of a regular body.
I have learned that just because content is being created, that doesn't mean it is turning a profit. Apparently the CW never turned a profit on anything they generated. Paramount is in financial problems. D+ is a disaster. Unless you are Netflix, streaming was not the gold mine everyone expected. The franchises of some of our youths are floundering, both in story and actual profit. And to your point, yes, there are pockets of internet activity that could make you think one or another IP is thriving or dying respectively. There will always be SnyderBros, pixie dust snorters, Star Wars simps, and Trekkies. But when you look at the big picture, i.e. the numbers as best as we can get them, the situation is bleak.
I have learned that just because content is being created, that doesn't mean it is turning a profit. Apparently the CW never turned a profit on anything they generated. Paramount is in financial problems. D+ is a disaster. Unless you are Netflix, streaming was not the gold mine everyone expected. The franchises of some of our youths are floundering, both in story and actual profit. And to your point, yes, there are pockets of internet activity that could make you think one or another IP is thriving or dying respectively. There will always be SnyderBros, pixie dust snorters, Star Wars simps, and Trekkies. But when you look at the big picture, i.e. the numbers as best as we can get them, the situation is bleak.
Disney makes 70% of their profits from the parks, 30% of that from the Orlando parks. Look at the numbers and you see Disney is losing hundreds of millions of dollars in theaters and streaming. The parks are subsidizing those financial failures, which explains Disney. Star Trek has not done much for Paramount+ as there is no profit there (to date), and of course there's all the talk of Sundance looking into buying Paramount (not sure how that is going now). The idea of tentpoles and franchises has poisoned theatrical releases, especially after the year of the Flopbuster. This content is being produced, largely for an audience the studios are catering to that does not exist (e.g. not the fan base that got them where they are), seemingly because they haven't figured out why this stuff is not selling. From all evidence you can find out of the Hollywood bubble, it seems those running the "show" are actually not that bright. Other peoples' opinions may vary.As for what's successful and what's not, you really have to look at what's being made. They keep making Trek, SW, Marvel, they must bring in enough for them to keep making them.
Paramount accepted the SKYDANCE offer as of a week ago. Trek was one of the major reasons they wanted Paramount.Disney makes 70% of their profits from the parks, 30% of that from the Orlando parks. Look at the numbers and you see Disney is losing hundreds of millions of dollars in theaters and streaming. The parks are subsidizing those financial failures, which explains Disney. Star Trek has not done much for Paramount+ as there is no profit there (to date), and of course there's all the talk of Sundance looking into buying Paramount (not sure how that is going now). The idea of tentpoles and franchises has poisoned theatrical releases, especially after the year of the Flopbuster. This content is being produced, largely for an audience the studios are catering to that does not exist (e.g. not the fan base that got them where they are), seemingly because they haven't figured out why this stuff is not selling. From all evidence you can find out of the Hollywood bubble, it seems those running the "show" are actually not that bright. Other peoples' opinions may vary.
That being said, I'm still interested in an EXO-6 TWOK Cpt Spock and TOS Spock, but am okay to wait for next year.
The audience they target isn’t the fan base it’s the general audience. Whose tastes have changed. The super hero film is now settling into the Western category of popularity. Something new will come along. Probably something none of us older fans are into.
I truly believe that’s what we are all experiencing. Content today is just made differently then it was when we were younger.Video games, probably.
I've started to realize I'm now the crotchety old Trek fan I was laughing at on AOL message boards three decades ago.
Of course, I also thought "Descent" was the coolest Trek episode I'd ever seen. So, the times, they are a-changing.
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