Agreed.
A Typhon Pact film
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Agreed.
Yes, that was my point.
Best seller are sometime converted into sucessful movies, there's a built in audience, pre-existing word of mouth advertising.
However, were the Typhon Pact books particularly good sellers, or were they typical of resent Trek novels and sold in the tens of thousands?
The problem (from a certain way of looking at it) with the recent Trek novels is that they completely veared away from the prime universe established in the series and the movies years ago, and developed their own separate alternate universe that the majority of Trek fans aren't familiar with.
If you wanted to go with a adaptation of a Trek novel, one of the older (pre-"relaunch") novels might be a better choice.
I think "My Enemy, My Ally" would make a superior movie. It's well thought out, the central story has a clear narrative, the side stories could be trimmed away without hurting it, not too many new characters.
Bullshit.
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That is quite true, though they are always changed from page to screen and are usually never as good as the book.
While I haven't actually read a Star Trek novel in over 10 years, I have a passing familiarity with the plots that have unfolded in TrekLit. But that's ONLY because I visit this message board.
That said, I believe that any return to post-24th Century Trek would require a reboot of the universe. Not in a "let's ignore everything that came before" kind of way, but more like that transition from TOS to TNG. It all still happened, but so much time has passed that it's largely irrelevant.
So sure, maybe a Typhon Pact movie (or something along those lines) could work. You just have to write a script that doesn't require too much backstory. Hell, you could do it like the "Lord of the Rings" films where Galadriel narrates the history of the Sauron and The Ring at the very beginning. You get all the basic information that you need and can dive right into the story.
That said, I believe that any return to post-24th Century Trek would require a reboot of the universe. Not in a "let's ignore everything that came before" kind of way, but more like that transition from TOS to TNG. It all still happened, but so much time has passed that it's largely irrelevant.
So sure, maybe a Typhon Pact movie (or something along those lines) could work. You just have to write a script that doesn't require too much backstory. Hell, you could do it like the "Lord of the Rings" films where Galadriel narrates the history of the Sauron and The Ring at the very beginning. You get all the basic information that you need and can dive right into the story.
Various studies indicated 57% of adults in the U.S. fall under the umbrella of "intermediate" and "proficient" readers, and another 29% read at a "basic" level. That leaves only 14% who can’t read. No matter how you slice those numbers, it's not "most Americans" who are functionally illiterate, but it sure as hell is Too Damned Many. (Source, referencing U.S. Department of Education, National Institute of Literacy, 2015.)
