There's a New TV Spot Trailer Now
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My dear friend, I don't want to hurt your feelings or dampen your enthusiasm, but after the Nemesis disaster you would have to threaten me with a gun to go to the movies to watch anything TNG-related ever again... and I'm a hugh Star Trek fan since when it was first shown on German TV in 1972!
i miss hugh. that guy and geordi made a dynamite team... dudes with funky eyes.
i think the biggest story is always EARTH IS GONNA BE DESTROYED!!1!
it was done in TMP, implied in TWOK, done in IV, done in FC... i forget what the scimitar was all about... was that about earth blowing upping too?
that's what they're doing in this new movie anyways
anyways, "the world is not enough." we need captain kirk.
Well then, in the immortal words of Roseanne Roseannadanna; Never mind.But in case anyone's still interested, I've been wondering, (
) what kind of story it could be and the only thing I can think of that Might be HUGH enough is, hold on to your butts; one that completely ends the TNG Era of canon! (GASP!)
But in case anyone's still interested, I've been wondering, (
yes! seriously. they could do a movie, and at the end, they could turn off the special effects and reveal the green screen. then the actors could walk off the set and return to their trailers. get godard to direct it.
But in case anyone's still interested, I've been wondering, (
Now you really got me hooked... Tell me more!
[Although, if you want to believe all those self-respecting fans (YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!), the entire Star Trek universe as we know it has already ended. It disappeared in a puff when Star Trek XI came into existence...]
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But in case anyone's still interested, I've been wondering, (
Now you really got me hooked... Tell me more!
I don't know, I'm not a writer.
I will however say, if Star Trek achieves all of its goals and if such a project were undertaken then the same writing team should, imo, get the job of penning it.
On topic, every time I see the TV spot, when it is finished I find my whole body is tensed up and must force myself to relax.
sorry, but I disagree. what else is there to do with TNG? seriously, what?!
i miss hugh. that guy and geordi made a dynamite team... dudes with funky eyes.
i think the biggest story is always EARTH IS GONNA BE DESTROYED!!1!
it was done in TMP, implied in TWOK, done in IV, done in FC... i forget what the scimitar was all about... was that about earth blowing upping too?that's what they're doing in this new movie anyways
anyways, "the world is not enough." we need captain kirk.
in fact, it's the in thing. EVERY FRICKIN' sci fi vehicle's doing it. Earth, OMG, it's gonna be a gonner!!
arghh.
we seriously need to come up with a better concept than the destruction of PE.
Drawing from my own experiences, the TNG era Trek is much more popular with those who were born in the seventies/eighties than you might think. Of course, they all know about TOS and have probably seen it. But most of them prefer 24th century trek. And the reason that Enterprise failed for them is that it looked to modern to be a prequel to TOS.
Of course, no Trek series ever will reach the iconic status of TOS. But the original cast is and always will be an integral part of that. As well as the ship and the general feeling of the series. As I said before, XI might be a good action movie in space and it could make billions of dollars, but it can never ever replace TOS.
I'd take an original TNG era cast over a TOS recast/reimagenig anytime and I think that the average moviegoer would agree with me.
It would have been a very strong story and a big budget, though. I really don't want to see another Nemesis. I also think that the TNG crew should make only cameo appearences, leaving the main part to younger people. Don't tell me it couldn't work!
Besides, we here on the BBS may be all excited for the new movie, but (at least) here in Germany the general public has ever heard of it. Whenever I mention it, people look at me with strange faces and groan about the idea of a TOS remake. I really never got any positive reaction from anyone. If this movie is going to be successful here, they should start a massive marketing campaign and they should do it now!
Well, things must be going quite different between Germany and America... the theaters have been hearing a lot about people being excited for this movie, and a lot of my non-Trekkie friends and their non-Trekkie fans are real excited for it. Right now, it's building up for a helluva showing in this part of the world.
Kudos both to your enthusiasm and to your loyalty, but I think you are pretty much alone there.
The average moviegoer doesn't even remember (or care) what was on the silver screen four weeks ago. So, counting on his Star Trek knowledge, TNG or otherwise, is less than useless.
They already tried to come up with 'very strong' stories before and all we got was Insurrection and Nemesis. That's also the reason why nobody would give them even a small budget. Furthermore, after a zillion of hours spent in the TNG era, this timeline has fairly much come to an end. Its writers and actors seem to be less-than-enthusiastic and burnt-out. Ergo, and unfortunately, it wouldn't work.
What do you expect from our fellow countrymen (and -women)? Anything beyond Bildzeitung and Deutschland sucht den Superstar severely strains their mental capabilities. Apparently all they can do is nag, nag, nag - so much so that you might just as well think that they have completely forgotten how to live - and you won't get any positive reaction for anything from them. As a result, not even a massive marketing campaign would get their lethargic butts out of their chairs, particularly not for something as trivial (Germans frown upon trivialities, upon everything that does not in any way involve their continuous attempts of coming to terms with their past) as Star Trek. Your 'strange faces' and 'groans' and my 'retching gestures' should tell us volumes, shouldn't they?
P.S.
I have lived in Australia for more than ten years and I only returned home a short while ago (more or less involuntarily), so I know what I'm talking about. Australia and Germany? Talk about culture shock!
It wouldn't work. No-one wants to see a movie with new characters set in the 24th century. I concur, many people might remember Picard, Sisko or Janeway and connect them with Star Trek, I often encountered that in Germany (especially Voyager seems to have a huge fanbase here, probably due to its extensive exposure on TV in the 90s). But you can't deny that almost everyone thinks of Kirk, Spock and the Enterprise when you ask them about Star Trek. Practically everyone knows these characters and attributes them to Star Trek, even in Germany. Who wants to see a Star Trek movie about a bunch of unknowns?
Really, that's not the reaction I am getting from people. Many friends – even extreme non-fans who would normally never go to any sci-fi movie – have come to me and told me about this trailer they saw in the theatre. An equal amount of people has told me that they will see it. Granted, this movie won't be as big as The Dark Knight, but many Germans will go see it. At least that's my impression. And regarding the marketing campaign, I guess the new movie will probably get more extensive media exposure when we get closer to the premiere.
Cheers!
Hey, at least they're providing something of a fanboyish package in the countdown comics that connects with the movie.
