Future of Paramount+ among merger talks

[oktay]

I don't mind him writing and/or producing.

Showrunner? No.

He's SO infatuated with 80's/90's Trek that he risks resurrecting all that was negative about it (the erasure of the LGBTQ+ community, reducing women to being helpmates for the guys, etc.).

Don't you like 80s and 90s trek?

 

[Mudd]

I wouldn't expect SNW's fifth season until 2027.

Having witnessed how the right-wing government has taken over local media in Türkiye, I hope the same thing doesn't happen to the American media. Because what Erdoğan did 20 years ago, Trump is doing in America right now.

Yeah, no.

 

[Quinton]

Early 2026 for Starfleet Academy's first season, mid-late 2026 for Strange New Worlds' fourth, early-mid 2027 for Starfleet Academy's second, and mid-late 2027 for Strange New Worlds' fifth. Those are my guesses based on production info, but we'll see. We do know that season one of SFA is officially aiming for early '26, though.

 

[Campe]

I'm going to guess that they're going to somehow play SNW's 4th season in with the 60th anniversary coming up. Season 3 is going to end on 9/11 this year. If its ready, I imagine they'll keep a similar timeline for Season 4. Sadly September 8, 2026 is a Tuesday, not a Thursday.

 

[oktay]

Yeah, no.

What I meant was, if you look at what Erdoğan has done in the past, you'll see that Trump governs the US with the same ideology. Some of the things Americans are currently experiencing have been happening in Türkiye for 25 years.

 

[137th Gebirg]

And neither Türkiye nor the United States have imploded into the flaming hellscape like so many pearl-clutching doomers have predicted would happen (in other words: something they so desperately wanted to happen and never did).

>> Yawn <<

Didn't I recall one of the mods recently say something about not turning this thread into a grab-asstical political dumpster fire? Asking for a friend...

Moving on...

 

[Detached Nacelle]

Sadly September 8, 2026 is a Tuesday, not a Thursday.

 

[Mudd]

They're struggling financially and yet they shell out $1.5 billion to Trey Parker and Matt Stone for exclusive rights to have South Park run on Paramount+.

New South Park probably drives subscriptions.

 

[Uxi]

I expect P+ and CBS to be eventually scuttled, like most TV networks will be. The younger viewers do not watch. They are addicted to TikTok short clips.

Broadcast TV and Cable are increasingly anachronistic and will eventually be near entirely replaced, though niches will probably remain. Many individual TV networks won't survive and I do expect to see more consolidation of the different streaming services, if not mergers and buyouts of the different parent companies, but definitely won't be ALL short clips.

This is a larger technical evolution. AI will increasingly be a thing, as well, especially for franchises with generated characters and not have to do the multi-feature contracts and deal with their personal lives and political controversies. They can be aged or de-aged for prequels, etc. This will be expensive and limited to the larger properties at first but will eventually filter down to smaller scale productions.

There will always be a place for actors in theatre, etc.

 

[F. King Daniel]

I think Season 3 is just as bad with the mystery box, the red door and the mysterious face that Vadic works for. The reveals are not that good.

The reveal for most of us was a screenshot of the subtitles saying "Borg Queen's voice"

 

[Quinton]

The reveal for most of us was a screenshot of the subtitles saying "Borg Queen's voice"

God. I forgot about that, LOL.

 

[Danja]

AI will increasingly be a thing, as well, especially for franchises with generated characters and not have to do the multi-feature contracts and deal with their personal lives and political controversies. They can be aged or de-aged for prequels, etc. This will be expensive and limited to the larger properties at first but will eventually filter down to smaller scale productions.

People want to see real human beings onscreen.

An AI cannot emote. An AI cannot bring the full weight of who they are as a person to the character onscreen. It will never be anything more than a simulation.

There will always be an aspect of an AI-generated performance that is hollow and sterile.

We can de-age people onscreen right now (Picard S2 de-aged John DeLancie).

 

[137th Gebirg]

The reveal for most of us was a screenshot of the subtitles saying "Borg Queen's voice"

 

[Noname Given]

Not the couple hundred staff or other production costs.

That would depend on the Contract they have with his Production company. (IE They may have a clause where they are also on the hook for staff and crew salaries if the Contract is terminated early for a reason not covered in the contract.