Why is this happening now?
Blame Paramount Global’s stock price decline and David Ellison. Paramount Global became effectively in play earlier this month when reports surfaced that Ellison’s Skydance Media was trying to gain control of Paramount by scooping up some or all of the preferred shares in the company owned by National Amusements Inc. (NAI). That’s the holding company controlled by Shari Redstone, daughter of the late media mogul Sumner Redstone who built up NAI and Viacom and also acquired Paramount and CBS. Warner Bros. Discovery was forced to act sooner than it would have liked by the heat behind the Skydance discussions.
Might another suitor come forward for Paramount Global?
Shari Redstone certainly hopes so. By many accounts, the Paramount Global chair hopes to sell the company as a unit and not broken up in pieces. The more companies that are vying for attention, the more she can drive a deal on her terms. Over the next few weeks, she’s about to find out what the market in 2024 will bear for the media conglomerate that her father started assembling in the 1980s.
I also saw a different article that states that WBD is also interested in NBCUniversal, and the Paramount news is to force NBC to also come to the table. They're a similar fit as Paramount, but not saddled with $15B of debt, so probably a better target for WBD.Paramount is on the market. Shari Redstone wants many potential buyers kicking the tires to drive up the price. WBD is just one of them.
If Warners does buy it…start buying up the physical media for all the Trek movies and shows. Make sure you have a copy.
Live action Legion of Superheroes/TOS Trek crossover adaptation CONFIRMED!1!1!1!1!1!!!
(Wait, what? That’s not how this is going to play out? That just sucks, man. Grife!)
Worst case scenario, if it all comes tumbling down, I'm glad that I at least was able to get most of what I wanted out of this Star Trek era.
Well, there’s always the comic book where I got the idea.You momentarily got my hopes up.
Fuck.
Hope not.
Really worried about Trek if this happens.
"Cooking with Neelix"
"Dabo Girl Island"
Tyroc in full 70s Grell designed regalia or I boycott.Limit them to Mon-El, Brainy 5, Timber Wolf, Colossal Boy, Shrinking Violet, Chameleon Boy, Wildfire and perhaps Phantom Girl and that's all I really could ask for.
Tyroc in full 70s Grell designed regalia or I boycott.![]()
Or maybe they’ll give him just as many meaningful moments they gave Mayweather.If they place him on the show while following DC's original treatment, he'll get three episodes focused on him before sending him to into exile with Richie Cunningham's older brother.
While I've never had any problems with the P+ app, in my experience the Discovery+ one isn't all that great, so I'm thinking a merger won't help matters there.I am all for anything that fixes what now is known as the sh*tty Paramount app.
Two words: Cosmic BoyTyroc in full 70s Grell designed regalia or I boycott.![]()
Fandom as a whole, I'd agree. Fans individually, I'd say we all got at least a small piece of the pie, except for people who were determined not to like anything.In some senses we have been overserved. After 2001 ended, and two mega-popular film franchises just debuted, TREK eventually benefited for a while.
Thank God that didn't happen. I'm not a fan of the Kelvin Fims, though I do appreciate them doing what they needed to do to get the Star Trek ball rolling again. Every year would've been ridiculous. Every four years was and would've continued to be equally ridiculous.a few panel moderators actually demanded a new NuTrek film every year.
Hell fucking no. Disney has a lot of issues but they produce a lot of great, creative content.That said, better Warners than Disney!
Star Wars, Marvel and Pixar have not exactly knocked it out of the park recently.Hell fucking no. Disney has a lot of issues but they produce a lot of great, creative content.
Agree to disagree. Yes, they've each stumbled in various ways, but they all have produced great shows and/or films at the same time.Star Wars, Marvel and Pixar have not exactly knocked it out of the park recently.
Two words: Cosmic Boy
I dunno…Disney would finally give us Star Trek vs Star Wars.
Yes, because (at least as far as Generation X) I suspect what most of them would've wanted is a crossover between the OT Star Wars cast and TNG. Made in 1990.Which would be the worst thing ever and both fanbases would hate.
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