Did somebody appoint you a moderator and didn't tell me?
Sci-fi creatives with clout?
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Did somebody appoint you a moderator and didn't tell me?
Anyone whose been a showrunner of a successful or semi-successful show can probably get his or her foot in the door at CBS. Other than that, who cares how "creative" they are? They can hire creative people, people who know sci fi, or even both. The important part is that someone has to be able to convince CBS that they should bother. We need a deal-maker, not a "sci-fi creative."
Maybe he's MODMAN's alter ego? Haven't seen him around lately...
Maybe he's MODMAN's alter ego? Haven't seen him around lately...
Would you tie him to a chair or take my approach and become a window washer at CBS. I might have to tie somebody down just to get that job. I wonder if the elevator man pitches to him every time he gets into the elevator. It's all subjective anyway. Television is a delusion. It's just a glowing blue light that swirls around and around, sometimes better, sometimes worse but always hypnotic. What's the difference if it's good or not. What's good anway? Good is what they say it is because what they say is good. Do you think they even stop to think about what is good anymore or just what will make money?
Considering that you've never proposed a single idea for Star Trek or any television series that makes any sense at all, nor demonstrated any understanding whatever of the entertainment industry, I'd suggest that you're right with regard to arguing.
Nope.
Well that tosses most of your ideas out the window.
Of course Gene had a lot of "ideals" over the decades. 1964 Gene wasn't the same guy as 1987 Gene.
Hows that working out for you?
It that's your criteria then Bennett, Berman and Abrams should be your gods.
You guys are beating each other up for no reason. There are (and I doubt that there ever was) a science fiction person with clout...because science fiction has never been taken seriously. Look how much difficulty Lucas came up against when he wanted to make "Red Tails"? You think that his previous movies (and I'm talking Star Wars, of course) would've made any studio green light anything he wanted. But they didn't.
But what if, a majority of the funding for the series was put up by someone other than CBS...with CBS making a minimal investment and still maintaining rights to the franchise?
But what if, a majority of the funding for the series was put up by someone other than CBS...with CBS making a minimal investment and still maintaining rights to the franchise?
If Steven Spielberg or JJ Abrams walked into CBS's offices and declared their interest in making a Star Trek series, CBS would not call security to have them escorted from the premises.
The odds are reasonable that their show would end up getting made, if only because CBS would want to lock in a relationship with them. CBS might do it even if they have no particular faith in the proposed series. It's all about relationships.
The problem there had nothing to do with science fiction. Hollywood has no faith in dramas starring a black cast (as opposed to just one black guy, like Will Smith) will do well in foreign markets, which is essential to economic calculations for movies nowadays - most of the money for an American movie is made outside America.
The odds are reasonable that their show would end up getting made, if only because CBS would want to lock in a relationship with them. CBS might do it even if they have no particular faith in the proposed series. It's all about relationships.
What would motivate someone to invest in a property they don't have the rights to? What if the series is a monster hit, with all sorts of possible spinoffs and merchandising sales? Now the investors look like idiots - CBS will profit from the hit they created.
The problem there had nothing to do with science fiction. Hollywood has no faith in dramas starring a black cast (as opposed to just one black guy, like Will Smith) will do well in foreign markets, which is essential to economic calculations for movies nowadays - most of the money for an American movie is made outside America.
If GR was killed in a car crash say in 1964, would JJ Abrams be doing a space opera movie? Would Speilberg? Would Lucas have done Star Wars? Would it have been the same? What Trek needs is a back door pilot with another premise and that can only come from a prequel with another captain other than Kirk. JJ fit a round peg into a square hole. Of course it still fits better than a square peg in a round hole.
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We already had that. It was called Enterprise. It got cancelled.
And no amount of JJ-bashing from you will change the fact that he took Star Trek and made it successful again. His method of using Kirk and Spock again was proven to be the right choice. If one were to make a future new Trek TV series, that would obviously be the way to go. Do we need Pine and Quinto to reprise their roles? Not at all. Did Sutherland and Gould reprise their roles for the M*A*S*H series? No. We got even better actors for that.