CBS will renew.
Kalinda Vazquez Set By Paramount To Script Original ‘Star Trek’ Movie
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CBS will renew.
They certainly don't seem to act like there's a problem with the quality of these shows.
They don't act like they're not making money.
To be honest I didn't even think about that. I forgot what section I was in and was thinking it was a new standalone film, like a kind of "movie of the week" for Paramount+. That's why I thought just reuse some sets or give them a new paint job, in the style of what TWOK did with the Enterprise/Reliant kind of thing.
They're making money so they'll keep making them.
Berman Trek all over again. On steroids.
Well until we get to Enterprise level of bad, we don't need to worry.
Clearly there's also enough viewers for it to be worth it.
That's what the market will bear.
I think we already passed that juncture at the STD-2 finale. It may be STP is more solid; I'm not sure it matters given it suffers the same storytelling problems as STD overall. It's their money; I think they only know how profitable it's been. My money was bet on STP replacing STD as the new flagship series... go figure.
It's unfortunate. I shouldn't encourage it; I'll likely be switching to a "catch-up during LDS season only" mode of subscription. I've previously refused to reactivate during Short Treks.
The hardest part for individuals who do not like the current output is to risk no Star Trek being produced. On the one hand, it might demonstrate to the studio that not all Star Trek will make money. On the other hand, it might mean no Star Trek.
Up to the individual to determine how to accept the current output.
I'm actually fine with no more ST. I'm probably still missing some 40 eps of VOY at this point. ENT I at least picked up on Blu when it came out, and I still haven't seen some 20-plus eps of it (mostly 3rd season; I always get sidetracked).
To me the conundrum is between wanting ST to improve (if they insist on making it) and being willing to accept when I've already decided it's not about to.
My biggest hope at this point is that the film franchise stays separate from the TV. To me that would make sense anyway from a marketing standpoint (This is where I actually think DC got it right).
I'm fine with no more Trek as well even though I like the current output. But, I do hope that it continues on as well for audiences not myself.
Maybe, maybe not. It's hard to guess at the numbers now, but back when CBSAA first started, my back-of-the-envelope math (my formula was basically "Almost everyone who signed up for CBSAA did it to watch Star Trek") suggested DSC had about as many viewers as ENT had when it was cancelled, and DSC was considered a rousing success because of the different context of paid streaming. It's also likely there was an upward-trajectory and demographics that influenced CBS immediately deciding they needed 52 weeks of Star Trek a year, but it's entirely possible the current generation of Trek is more-or-less at the same level of fans-only viewership that ENT had in the end. I'd be way more surprised (okay, utterly shocked) by the inverse, that PIC or DSC was doing, like, TNG in 1991 numbers.
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Makes quite a convenient scapegoat, doesn't it?
If you're going to participate in a discussion about a particular topic, you are by all means welcome to do so.
But skulking through, weeks after that discussion has gone quiet, and cherry-picking two words from a month-old post in order to... well, I'm not quite sure how I ought to interpret it, but some of your history in this forum does offer suggestions which are not exactly flattering to you.
Again, if you wish to participate in a current and active discussion, you are welcome to do so. But whenever you're tempted to rummage around in old posts, trying to stir something up which was neither especially on-topic (to begin with) nor especially in need of any stirring? Maybe... just... don't give in to that particular temptation, 'K?
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