"Menagerie" Screenings Connected to Trek XI

[number6]

It's not a question of smart, it's an issue of purpose. They might promote Trek XI, but that's not the intent of the event. If they don't promote Trek XI, it doesn't mean they aren't "smart." CBS' Television/Paramount Pictures aren't even the same people. With the film a good year away, there will be plenty of opportunities to promote it. It would be smarter to generate interest in the film a little closer to the release date.. We're still just a little far away.

 

[LoneStranger]

I think it's great, even if it's just a coincidence.

I think some of my enjoyment of Star Trek and other universes is based on how the universe feels and what makes it 'alive.' When you know that there are things going on somewhere else in the universe, or that the characters you see on screen have a past (or future) history, it makes the them feel more real.

I made my wife sit through The Best of Both Worlds the night before we watched First Contact on DVD just so she had a background on what was going on in Picard's head. She's going with me to watch The Menagerie, and since the movie next year has Pike in it, I think this will help her enjoy it more. She's really an awesome wife. She's not really into Star Trek or Star Wars that much, but she always supports my hobbies and gives me someone to talk to about them.

She has gotten into the new Battlestar Galactica, which isn't too much of a suprise, given how character driven and edgy it is (was?).

 

[DeafPoet]

I doubt there will be a teaser. Way too early. And besides, why create a teaser for a two day event that will be seen exclusively by people who are already crazy interested (in some shape) in the film you would supposedly be teasing?

Were this running for an extended period like a regular release, I'd say they they might do a teaser. But this is like two screenings in limited release. Not worth Paramount's money.

 

[seigezunt]

DeathPoet said:
I doubt there will be a teaser. Way too early. And besides, why create a teaser for a two day event that will be seen exclusively by people who are already crazy interested (in some shape) in the film you would supposedly be teasing?

Because they would all simultaneously wet their pants, and that just might make the newspapers, giving the film more ink.

 

[Captain59]

Why not air the Enterprise premiere "Broken Bow" instead? I'd much rather see the NX-01 on the movie screen than the NCC-1701.

 

[number6]

^^Are you trying to get yourself killed??

You know you're not supposed to like that show 'round here.

 

[Dale]

It's fine to like it, just stop trying to resurrect it...

 

[Therin of Andor]

Captain59 said:
Why not air the Enterprise premiere "Broken Bow" instead? I'd much rather see the NX-01 on the movie screen than the NCC-1701.

Because CBS is promoting the new CGI SPFX in TOS, plus getting more people excited about Paramount's upcoming adventures on the NCC-1701.