The media and movie fans starting to lose interest in Star Trek (2013)

[1bulma1]

The media/movie fans are stating to lose interest in Star Trek (2013)

A lot of people including the core trek fans are getting very frustrated with the secrecy of the next film and I have a feeling that the media and people who were not trek fans but enjoyed the 09 film are starting to lose interest in the 2013 film

It’s like Super 8 all over again. JJ was so obsessed with keeping the details of that movie tight lip that it affected its box office returns.

Despite super 8 being a very good film a lot of people didn’t see it because they didn’t know enough about it.

Am not saying Trek is like that, Trek is obviously very popular, however the 2009 film was the first trek film in years to earn big money at the box office and to appeal to non trek fans.

I just hope the next film repeats the success of the first film (both critically and financially) ...However am not sure if this obsessive secrecy will help the new film in the long run.

Star Trek 2013 is coming out in 11 months....we should know the title of the film and who the villain is by now.

 

[Satyrquaze]

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Source?

If you're only speaking for yourself you probably shouldn't cite "The media and movie fans" or "core trek fans".

Also, I don't agree with your assertion that we need to know the title 11 months out. I don't know that we need to know it six months out.

 

[BillJ]

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Also, I don't agree with your assertion that we need to know the title 11 months out. I don't know that we need to know it six months out.

Six months out? I'm pretty sure they'll have to start laying their cards on the table as advertising for the film gears up.

 

[JWPlatt]

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My first thought, like Satyrquaze, was "Source?"

Boo hoo. JJ won't tell us his secrets. Sounds like a spoiled childish rant before Christmas. Okay, well, here's one secret - there will be lots of amateurish lens flare.

What a waste spoilage is. We'll get to see the movie eventually. If you're dying and unlikely to live long enough to make it to the release, get in touch wit JJ directly and ask for a preview. Probably best that you bring a doctor's note from a respected hospital.

 

[Deckerd]

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Record needle stuck

 

[Satyrquaze]

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Six months out? I'm pretty sure they'll have to start laying their cards on the table as advertising for the film gears up.

Probably, but will we really need to know it that far out? I mean, J.J. and Co. are going to get my money regardless. Foreknowledge of the movie's title changes nothing.

EDIT: 1bulma1 has a habit of declaring that when s/he has an opinion on a subject, 1bulma1 will state that everyone feels that way on that same subject. A while back it was all parents everywhere know the gender of their baby months before the birth, now it's fans everywhere are losing interest over the secrecy of the Star Trek film.

I'm a fan and I'm not losing interest.

 

[Greg Cox]

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Why would "the media" want to cover the movie now? It's a year away. It's not for lack of interest; it's just that there's no particular reason to cover the story now. There are plenty of big movies and entertainment stories between now and May.

And I doubt that the average moviegoer is obsessing over this. They'll start thinking about the next STAR TREK movie when the TV commercials start airing next spring.

 

[Mach5]

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Despite super 8 being a very good film

Stopped reading right there...

 

[1bulma1]

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Source?

If you're only speaking for yourself you probably shouldn't cite "The media and movie fans" or "core trek fans".

Also, I don't agree with your assertion that we need to know the title 11 months out. I don't know that we need to know it six months out.

it’s my opinion... however anytime I go on a trek board like imdb.com/untitled star trek sequel and trekmovie.com. A lot of people who post on that board are getting fed up with all the secrecy.

A perfect example was when trekmovie published an article about khan’s potential role in the new film. We had about 2000+ comments about why JJ and his gang wont just tell us exactly who the villain is.

lastly, yahoo.co.uk which is a mainstream media site ran a story about karl urban’s saying the villain might be gary Mitchell and no one seemed to care anymore.

Believe me this secrecy is hurting the film.

I mean look at Iron Man 3...Marvel isn’t holding back anything from their fans.

I love JJ abrmas as an artist and a visionary but the dude needs to lighten up.

Star Trek couldn’t even be at comic-con because everything is still HUSH HUSH.

 

[1bulma1]

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Despite super 8 being a very good film

Stopped reading right there...

I liked Super 8 and I said it was a good film based on its critical reception. RT gave it an 80%.

 

[ChristopherPike]

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I think you're getting mixed up with an ongoing stagnation the other 99.9% of Star Trek is going through.

 

[Mach5]

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I liked Super 8 and I said it was a good film based on its critical reception. RT gave it an 80%.

Oh god.

 

[Greg Cox]

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it’s my opinion... however anytime I go on a trek board like imdb.com/untitled star trek sequel and trekmovie.com. A lot of people who post on that board are getting fed up with all the secrecy..

Yeah, but trek message boards hardly represent "the media and movie fans" in general. That's a very specialized environment where people are bound to be paying more attention to the movie at this point.

I doubt whether my next door neighbors (or anybody else on the block) are obsessing over the title of one of next summer's big movies yet . . .

 

[Jackson_Roykirk]

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Despite super 8 being a very good film

Stopped reading right there...

I don't agree with 1bulma1's assertion that we fans deserve to know more about a film that is still 11 months away...
...but I do agree that Super 8 was a good film. It had its faults, but overall was entertaining and worthwhile. It was well made and generally told a good story.

 

[Sysyphyx]

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l for one am pretty impressed at the secrecy surrounding this movie, especially after certain recent films "cough" Prometheus "cough" were totally spoiled by the ad campaigns months in advance.

You want spoilers? Heres a few for ya:

1. Gary Mitchell may or may not be in this movie.
2. Leonard Nimoy may or may not be in this movie.
3. Kahn Noonien Singh may or may not be in this movie.

Come to think of it, this is the sort of marketing l like. Total secrecy. No early trailers that show 90% of the movie. No action figures to shove up our asses yet. Nothing but nerd speculation. Kudos, J.J., kudos.

By the way, this film will be part of the Abramsverse, so it doesn't REALLY matter anyway.

 

[Jackson_Roykirk]

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...Come to think of it, this is the sort of marketing l like. Total secrecy. No early trailers that show 90% of the movie. No action figures to shove up our asses yet. Nothing but nerd speculation. Kudos, J.J., kudos....

Correct.

The wild speculation by fans that surrounds multiple plot rumors gives a film a much better advanced buzz than if the plot/villain was known, and all of the internet chatter was concentrated on the detailed picking apart that confirmed plot/villain.

 

[DonIago]

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I'm quite happy for the secrecy myself.

Much like with The Hobbit, I fully intend to see the film when it comes out unless it's somehow considered a total disaster. As that's the case, I would much rather enjoy seeing the film without knowing what I'm walking into. A trailer or two might be acceptable, though I'd be just as happy not even being exposed to those beforehand.

While the trailer for The Hobbit was incredible, I find it kind of sad knowing that I won't get to experience those scenes for the first time in the context of the film.

 

[Greg Cox]

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Let's be honest, all of us impatient trekbbs regulars are going to see the movie regardless. And if we like it, we'll see it multiple times--and no one will remember or care that we didn't know who the villain was way back in July 2012.

Meanwhile, the movie isn't even on our neighbors' radars yet, nor is there any particular reason why it should be. The time to hype the movie to them is next Spring when they can actually buy tickets.

 

[Avon]

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why bother going to see a film where you know everything in advance?

seems like a hellishly retarded thing to do

 

[Sindatur]

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No offense to anyone who might post on IMDB, but, I've read several comments there over the years, and all I've ever seen there is the worst kind of whiny childishness, so, I give no credence to what IMDB posters have to say there as being representative of of any more than a fraction of a percentage point.

As Greg says, not only does the general public not obsess on Star Trek this far out, I seriously doubt most of them are even aware there is a movie coming out next May. most people don't think about movies until the trailers start showing. And, yea, if you start marketing and spilling details this early on, to the general public, by the time the movie does come out, it'll be old hat and the excitement will have already petered itself. The General Public has a very short attention span, there is no way to keep hype hopping for more than 3 months.