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How much Trek stuff did you see in public for its 30th anniversary vs. its 50th?
I'll say the 50th anniversary is where most of my "pessimism" comes from.
There was not a single damn thing telling anyone that it was the 50th anniversary of Star Trek. No TV specials, only a few magazine covers, no big store displays.
Hell, when Doctor Who turned 50 the BBC made sure to beat you over the head with that fact, even in America!
Either CBS didn't care or they knew no one would care. :shrug:
 
Hey Missy said:
How much Trek stuff did you see in public for its 30th anniversary vs. its 50th?
I'll say the 50th anniversary is where most of my "pessimism" comes from.
There was not a single damn thing telling anyone that it was the 50th anniversary of Star Trek. No TV specials, only a few magazine covers, no big store displays.
Hell, when Doctor Who turned 50 the BBC made sure to beat you over the head with that fact, even in America!
Either CBS didn't care or they knew no one would care. :shrug:
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When you consider where Trek was in 1996 compared to where it was in 2016, it's quite obvious. There were two tv shows and a film series under the umbrella of Paramount in 1996, coming off only two years after TNG ending its run as the most successful Trek property on television, with FIRST CONTACT hitting theaters. It was a very different landscape for Trek than it is today.

Doctor Who was able to pull off its 50th anniversary because by that point it had already been revived and active for a decade. CBS needed to focus on reviving Trek TV first and rebuild it from then on. What you suggest is like if Doctor Who tried doing a big 40th anniversary when it's program had still been on hiatus for over a decade.
 
Hey Missy said:
How much Trek stuff did you see in public for its 30th anniversary vs. its 50th?
I'll say the 50th anniversary is where most of my "pessimism" comes from.
There was not a single damn thing telling anyone that it was the 50th anniversary of Star Trek. No TV specials, only a few magazine covers, no big store displays.
Hell, when Doctor Who turned 50 the BBC made sure to beat you over the head with that fact, even in America!
Either CBS didn't care or they knew no one would care. :shrug:
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There were multiple souvenir magazines about the 50th anniversary. I know: I bought them all. And it made the front page of USA TODAY as I recall. And didn't NPR or PBS do a story about the anniversary?

And dare I mention a certain 50th anniversary novel trilogy? :)
 
Captain of the USS Averof said:
What the heck are you guys talking about? It’s exactly the opposite! The Alt Right absolutely HATE The Orville! There was huge outcry from them after "About a Girl", "If the Stars Should Appear" and "Krill" episodes. They literally called them “libtard propaganda”!
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Never saw them complain about the Orville, just discovery and that gay couple. They also praise the Klingons.
 
Star Trek has always been on the pop culture B-List. And it's a safe bet it always will be. The Kelvin films were good enough for it to break into the mainstream. And it never happened. And that's probably as close as it's ever going to get.
 
alex08060 said:
Never saw them complain about the Orville, just discovery and that gay couple. They also praise the Klingons.
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Well I have seen and read them complain about The Orville a lot! They complained about Bortus’ sex-change child, they complained about saving the alien children, they complained about the religious leaders, they complained about the Facebook democracy, etc. With all their usual “Hollyweird” “libtard” rhetoric and “I’m quitting this show” drama announcements.
 
Vger23 said:
The Klingons can be related pockets of American society that are isolationists. American society is pretty big and diverse last time I checked.

It doesn't say they are Trump supporters. It doesn't say that at all. Anywhere.
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I don't personally care about the political leanings of Trek. I think most people care more about continuity canon, and the shape of the Klingon head ridges.
 
Hey Missy said:
Sadly the JJ movies weren't nearly enough to "revive" the franchise in a way where it's in the public's eye like in the 1990s - especially since Star Wars returned. There was just no hope (no pun intended).
I'm thrilled the movies gave us a new show, but Star Trek is still "underground".
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Oh please. Given the success of the films and that it lead ultimately to a streaming series (that's already been renewed for a second season) - sorry but you're viewing 1990ies Star trek through rose colored glasses. Yes, TNG was a big success - but all the following spinoffs post TNG not so much. And TNG films waned badly after 1996 with ST:FC.
 
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