I'm not paying. CBS owes me.
Well, technically, STAR TREK owes me, too, but I'm expecting the check as soon as the latest manuscript is approved . . .
Will You Pay for Star Trek?
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Well, technically, STAR TREK owes me, too, but I'm expecting the check as soon as the latest manuscript is approved . . .
I'm not sure how it will be shown in the UK but if it's a streaming service that needs paying for then I'll probably take two things into account:
1) What I know about the show (cast, premise, other assorted rumours).
2) What else will I get if I subscribe to the service (other shows, films etc).
1) What I know about the show (cast, premise, other assorted rumours).
2) What else will I get if I subscribe to the service (other shows, films etc).
Since a lot of the 'no' votes are likely lies this isn't looking too bad.
No love for "Chronicles of Riddick (2004)?
There is a lot of detail to unpack in there, but I think it depends on what you were looking for. The SF (speculative fiction, encompassing science fiction and fantasy) took a turn for the more diverse, expanding upon numerous ideas and properties, some successful and some less successful.
I think the resurgence of Doctor Who, as well as the emphasis on Marvel and comic book heroes (Smallville, Daredevil, Arrow, among others) has shifted the SF market to a more "our world but different" exploration in fiction.
Or, I could just be making that up.
Well, we only have 4 variables to dissect at this time, so we need to squeeze some blood out of those 4 stones until we get another morsel to flip out over...
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Don't look at it as paying six dollars per month to watch Star Trek. Look at it as paying six dollars a month to be able to read my reviews.
That is always the best part!
Also, for good measure, I'll repeat Trekkies' favorite ol' chestnut:
Definitely, if you had asked me a month ago that the cost of getting Star Trek back onto TV is $5.99 I would have said shut up and take my money. I just don't understand people saying I'll pay Netflix but not CBS out of principal, this way it directly goes to the people making the show.
Anyone who says no, is kidding themselves. Ultimatly, you will pay. Even if you illegally download it, you're paying for your internet connection and the computer you're using to download.
So yeah, everyone is paying for everything in some way or another. The illusion is thinking you're not.
So yeah, everyone is paying for everything in some way or another. The illusion is thinking you're not.
Sure, but that isn't the question asked in the poll to begin with. It reads:
Will You Pay for CBS All Access to Watch Star Trek?
And that is a perfectly debatable question, IMHO.
Movie, rather than regular TV show.
I'm a huge anime fan, but there hasn't been anything space opera wise I've been impressed by in ages - hell, there hasn't been that many good anime, period.
I probably should have phrased it "Would you..."
Movie, rather than regular TV show.
I'm a huge anime fan, but there hasn't been anything space opera wise I've been impressed by in ages - hell, there hasn't been that many good anime, period.
I get that, but ignoring films ignores the larger paradigm of Hollywood at that time. TV may have suffered but film was starting to make some different transitions in terms of SF. You had the Matrix with its sequels, as well the surge of comic book films, which often fill the niche market of SF fans.
TV marketing has changed a lot, so the brief analysis of what shows came on when fails to capture the dynamics of what was going on. Also, the Clone Wars came out towards the end, and that lasted several years.
Well, i like that there are shows where the Aliens come to Earth, not us going into space to find them...
Don't like what people are saying, therefore just assume they're lying. Seems legit.
I already have a streaming service that I like with a huge backlog of stuff to watch. I'm not going to sign up for another streaming service just to watch 1 show, even if it is Star Trek. Star Trek is not the be all and end all of my fandom. In fact, especially because it's Star Trek, I'm fairly certain that it will eventually be released in other ways that will be significantly more convenient and maybe even cheaper. My position is probably moot, I guess - I haven't checked, but I assume the CBS thing is US-only, therefore the show will be released some other way here (hopefully Netflix, since that would be most convenient). But if I'm wrong about that, then I still won't be paying for all access.
Of course anyone who watches the show will pay something (unless they only watch it in other people's houses which they got to by bumming a ride). The point is whether or not they will pay for CBS All Access. Some people, apparently, will not.
