Doesn't matter, those shows simply aren't what you're trying to make them out to be. This movie is literally a reboot, the spin-offs are not.
You just dont get it. Yes the current movie is a reboot. The other show were attempts to recreate the "magic" of TOS and TNG. So they are in a "sense" partial reboots. TNG was a reboot of the TOS concept. Having it take place in the "future" is not that different that placing a new version of Star Trek in an "alternate universe.
I understand GR wanted to distance TNG from TOS because of changes he wanted to make in the philosophy of the show. This changes nothing, however.
Change the show's philosophy? Sound like a reboot to me.
And success or lack of success isn't necessarily an indication as to quality.
Nope, but it does indicate it worked.
Or they just looked at a science fiction franchise that was successfully rebooted and said, "that's a great idea; we should do that!"
Till that they said they did its just speculation.
And now you're the one taking things to literally. The shows which I thought were overall pretty good had some stinkers, too, and even shows I didn't much care for, like ENT, still had some good episodes in them. Where are you even trying to go with this? This has nothing to do with continuing with what's been established and just making some good decisions and writing good episodes and movies.
Thing is they probably thought they were making good movies. I hope no one goes into a project wanting to make a bad movie or TV show. (Max Bialystock excepted). I'm sure many involved thought they were doing good work. And thing is a good product will not always produce the type of returns need for success. When you have a product that produces diminishing returns as DS9, VOY, ENT and the TNG movies did, you take a long hard look at that product and make some decisions. They did and decided a TOS reboot was the way to go.
Which turned out to not be a bad thing, and is a great example of how the franchise could have been expanded to appeal to a broader audience if it hadn't been shown Saturday nights at midnight.
Where I lived it was on primetime during the week. Such it the life a a syndicated show. It was also the begining of the decline of Trek in the ratings. (Hey
Dennis where is that chart?
) So the TNG audience, which represented the apex of TV-Treks ratings, didn't follow the franchise to DS9. Again diminishing returns.
TNG was something special, Trek may never succeed at that level on TV again. And hopefully it will never bomb at the theatre as the TNG movies did either.
I've heard them, but aside from some stupidity related to comedy relief and a couple continuity issues he made what are the two best movies in my opinion by going the Horatio Hornblower route.
But the Star Wars route is "bad"?
I watched TOS when growing up and TWOK was not TOS, but it is a favorite of mine.
I've seen this one plenty of times before, too. Again,
you are being too literal here. When one mentions this, they do not literally mean their DVDs are being destroyed, they mean any chance of future additions to the franchise are effectively destroyed, and that this movie and the rest of the franchise are incompatible. And while I can certainly watch my DVDs anytime I want, there will come a time that will get pointless because the only thing watching them over and over again will accomplish is that I'll have memorized them all.
I know that, it's the meme I can't resist. It serves as a nice counterpoint to the hyperbole and hysteria.
Incompatibilty is practically a frachise given. That some of it is compatable at all is nothing short of a miracle.
Look at this way, someday the TNG/DS9/VOY continuity may comeback. As I said before, Hollywood likes to recycle.
You must be using a definition of "'accurate" I don't know, because opinion and accurate are not synonyms.
What it's done to the franchise and the fandom.
It revived the franchise and shown that fandom is as divisive as ever, same as it been for over thirty years.
o can do. Sorry, but you're trying to make something it's not when you try to say the movies and other shows are reboots.
Partial reboots in a certain sense. Think about it. Look at each show and compare it to TOS. Think some more.
