Should the studios recut Season 3 of PIC into a feature Film?
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TNG movies never made money when they were intentional movies, why would a ten-hour TV season edited into a movie make money? Like it or not, TNG thrives on the small screen, not in theatres.
Obviously, no, it already exists. However, there is 1.5 films' worth of content in those ten episodes, max so I can see the impulse.
I think you could cut PIC Season 3 into a fifth and sixth TNG Movie, one with Vadic and the other with the Borg Queen, but...
... this is ultimately where I land on the subject.
Plus look at how The Matrix Resurrections did. Another late sequel to a late-'90s/early-'00s film franchise. Yeah, let's just leave TNG on TV.
get a bigger tv and some nice speakers?
I don't find much appeal in 30 minutes of previews, people texting with bright screens, and $6 popcorn to see something I've already seen in a format where much of the detail is left out. admittedly season 3 was pretty bloated in places, but not enough to edit it down to a limited release
I mean, of course I do. I'd have gone to see the finale in the theater if the closest screening wasn't five hours away from me.
If they had it as a weekend event or something, of course I'd go. But if they were releasing this as if it was Star Trek XIV, I'd say temper your expectations about how it does. But yes, I'd go see it, and pick up the ridiculously over-priced snacks at the concession stand to go with it.
I see episodes 1-4 as movie one with the ending being they rescued crusher and her son as that was the main plot. Episodes 5-8 could be movie 2 with the whole vadic/changeling arc and movie 3 is obviously 9-10.
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I would rather they just roll out the last 2 episodes to more IMAX screens, instead of the stupid limited run they did. No sense in cutting 10 hours of material to 2 hours, when all 10 hours is currently available to stream IMO.
I doubt if there will ever be another Trek cinematic experience. ParamountPlus is as good as it's going to get. Just look at the production hell of the next Kelvinverse film. Covid changed a lot of things in the entertainment industry -- notably that we could watch movie quality shows from the comfort of our own living rooms (though this evolution was already happening, Covid just put the nail in the coffin for the theatre industry).
Besides, if I wanted to watch a Trek movie in the theatre, why would I want it to be the thing I just watched?
I know that I'm going to get shot down here, but I seriously don't think that there's enough content in this show for it to get cut and not look even more ridiculous. There's so many contrivances already that it would look even worse being shaven down to a single film or a two parter. Firstly, you'd have to lose quite alot of the funnier or more charming character moments since you'd have to have some semblance of an overall plot. You'd have to sacrifice the fluffy, lovey dovey stuff. In a movie you're so limited by time... have to get on with it. Beats. It's like a drummer in a band. There's very few beats in this show, very little plot. The plot would look even crazier if scenes were reduced or cut entirely.
That… negates what’s already been done.
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