The celebration of the 50th is not good enough

[urbandefault]

How many times can the same old stuff be hashed and rehashed on network TV? They want ratings, and the audience for a Trek special can't bring the numbers.

This year we've had a new movie, a new series in the works, a new officially licensed attraction in the former NVP2 film sets, and maybe best of all, the entertainment that is the lawsuit against Lord Axahat.

 

[The Old Mixer]

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[Tallguy]

Hey, we got the cover of USA Today. That's not bad at all.

 

[urbandefault]

I turned 50 several years ago. As I remember, it wasn't that big a deal.

 

[tomalak301]

Tonight should have been the night. CBS and/or NBC should be airing *something* tonight for the 50th. :/

Oh, well. "The Man Trap" will be showing in *my* living room, anyway. Cheers, everyone. And here's to another 50 years for Star Trek.

NBC is going to kill the ratings tonight with the NFL Season opener. I do agree though, CBS should have ran something.

 

[stardream]

There is stuff happening in D.C. The Smithsonian is having a three day shindig. One night they will be showing For the Love of Spock...my Facebook feed was filled with all sorts celebs wishing Star Trek a happy 50th.

 

[eyeresist]

I turned 50 several years ago. As I remember, it wasn't that big a deal.

Obviously your ratings aren't what they once were.

 

[WB2]

Considering there hasn't been anything real Star Trek since Nemesis I consider the "celebration" quite good. I'm certainly hearing about it in media outlets.

 

[donners22]

Considering there hasn't been anything real Star Trek since Nemesis

Yeah, Picard hooning around in a dune buggy while Worf blasts random aliens is real Trek, but a film centred around unity and cooperation, with an underlying theme of the difficulty of transitioning from war to peace (much like TUC, and with modern parallels) isn't.

All those Enterprise episodes about adventure, human development and moral quandaries which I've just seen on a rewatch mustn't fall within the Trek mould either.

How confusing.

 

[wayoung]

So, this is going to be one of those threads. I guess it wouldn't really be a celebration of the 50th without one. It's pretty integral to the franchise.

Pff. Hipsters. Real Trek fans have been crapping on NuTrek since 1987.

Then again TAS isn't canon. It's obscure enough that liking it is ok, but you can't accept it as part of the franchise.

The third season of TOS has Space Hippies and Spocks Brain. It's not real Trek either.

Of course, the hardcore Trek fan says that Star Trek died in 1966. The Cage is the only true expression of Gene's vision. Everything after is compromised by network execs, D.C. Fontana's, and Gene Coons.

How's that? Did I cover everything?

 

[eyeresist]

Yes. In short, don't tell Trek fans what they can and can't like, because it convinces no-one and makes you look like an intolerant ass.

 

[urbandefault]

Here ya go. Celebrate this.

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[eyeresist]

I dispute several of those points, but I also lol'd loudly several times.

 

[2takesfrakes]

Now that the celebration has come and ... and gone ... are you fans satisfied with the Media's tip of the hat to STAR TREK's 50th Anniversary?

 

[jamestyler]

Now that the celebration has come and ... and gone ... are you fans satisfied with the Media's tip of the hat to STAR TREK's 50th Anniversary?

I was surprised. I honestly didn't expect it to go by without anything more than a passing mention, especially here in the UK, but had several major outlets marking the occasion and making media enquiries. My calm relaxing day of celebration turned into a night on a chat show talking about Star Trek instead of watching it

And it being plugged in parliament was also a bonus

 

[David Strickhouser]

Last night, NBC Nightly News took about a minute and a half to acknowledge the 50th anniversary.
Of course they did this with a "flopped" picture of the STV:FF cast toasting each other (from 1988).
But they did show a few seconds of the opening of "The Man Trap"; the non-remastered version at that.
Of course, they didn't acknowledge that they also cancelled the series.
It would be nice if, after fifty years, a representative of NBC management would formally apologize for the cancellation; but with the caveat that if they hadn't the franchise wouldn't be what it is today.

 

[Tallguy]

I don't know about you all, but I had a GREAT 50th. io9.com has been doing Star Trek articles all week. I'm having a blast.

 

[RandyS]

Here ya go. Celebrate this.

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That was funny. And also spot on.

 

[Grendelsbayne]

I don't watch regular tv anymore, so I have no idea what kind of celebration I might have missed. But I did find it very wear that the 'official' fiftieth anniversary trailer released the other day completely ignored half the franchise. I suppose it had something to do with it being released by Paramount instead of cbs, since the other 3 series never made it to the big screen. Yet it did list all the series dvds at the end... (And really, if that was actually a problem, then CBS should've released the trailer instead)

 

[retroenzo]

Of course, the hardcore Trek fan says that Star Trek died in 1966. The Cage is the only true expression of Gene's vision. Everything after is compromised by network execs, D.C. Fontana's, and Gene Coons.

How's that? Did I cover everything?

Pfft Star Trek stopped being Star Trek when that Jeffrey Hunter took over. And who does this Roddenberry bloke think he is anyway?