So. Will Viacom/CBS sell the Star Trek franchises?

[fireproof78]

I'd like to hear more about this.

I would like to hear about this too. I get that these sites post a lot of wishful thinking, but it comes across as all the promises of Axanar as the "true Trek" that fans are supposedly asking for.

Though, in a twisted way, I kind of hope CBS does sell so that people will then have a new devil to target.

 

[Lord Garth]

I want 5-7 seasons of DSC and 3-5 seasons of PIC. After that, I don't care who CBS sells Star Trek to or if they sell it all. Of course, they won't sell it. So this is all academic.

 

[fireproof78]

I want 5-7 seasons of DSC and 3-5 seasons of PIC. After that, I don't care who CBS sells Star Trek to or if they sell it all. Of course, they won't sell it. So this is all academic.

Indeed. But, I do wonder what the academic rationale is behind wishing CBS would sell? Does another company appeal in its pursuit of money?

*full intellectual mode activated*

 

[Cyrus]

I am not sure why some people have developed this intense dislike of Kurtzman. Wishing Star Trek to be sold is based on that.

Of course CBS/Viacom won’t sell Star Trek, they are not idiots.

And I think Kurtzman has done a good job so far, I hope he stays in charge. I prefer him to Berman and much prefer him to whoever Disney will put in charge if they ever get Star Trek, which they won’t.

 

[fireproof78]

I am not sure why some people have developed this intense dislike of Kurtzman.

That is the question.

 

[The Old Mixer]

To Kurtz, or not to Kurtz...

 

[somebuddyX]

I am not sure why some people have developed this intense dislike of Kurtzman.
And I think Kurtzman has done a good job so far, I hope he stays in charge. I prefer him to Berman and much prefer him to whoever Disney will put in charge if they ever get Star Trek, which they won’t.

People don't like some iteration of whichever pop culture franchise they're watching and so they're going to blame that dislike on the person/s in charge. This kind of thing is nothing new. People were talking shit on JJ, Berman, Hurley, Bennett and Meyer at the time they were at the helm. Some people are just really vocal about it.

 

[Danja]

I am not sure why some people have developed this intense dislike of Kurtzman. Wishing Star Trek to be sold is based on that.

Kurtzman isn't Berman & Braga ... that's their primary beef.

They want to go back to the B&B days of the 80's and 90's when episodes were self-contained weekly morality plays where nothing bad ever happened to the characters that couldn't be corrected with a reset button.

There's also the matter of women and POC being in charge (they don't like that either).

 

[Mudd]

I am not sure why some people have developed this intense dislike of Kurtzman. Wishing Star Trek to be sold is based on that.

Kurtzman's not all that and a bag of chips - his strength seems to be finding the promotional hooks for properties and putting together marketable packages, not any particularly strong story sense or memorable writing.

That said, he's doing a real successful job with Trek on TV. No reason to expect that CBS would want to take Trek away from him. And the best that the fanbois who want him gone can propose - it's never Berman and Braga, BTW, names that fans invoke as if they were equal partners of some kind throughout the 1980s and 1990s* - always seem to be Manny Coto or NIcholas Meyer. Hard pass, there.

*You remember, that's when the world outside fandom actually for a little while gave a fuck about Star Trek.

 

[fireproof78]

For those who are anti-Kurtzman what is the solution?

 

[Dukhat]

For those who are anti-Kurtzman what is the solution?

I'm sure that they believe that only they could do a better job than Kurtzman.

 

[Nerys Myk]

For those who are anti-Kurtzman what is the solution?

Stop watching.

 

[fireproof78]

Stop watching.

Be reasonable.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Be reasonable.

Sorry, I meant to type "post rants on the internet and spread disinformation".

 

[Fraize]

Deals can be broken ... Happens all the time. Viacom/CBS needs money to remain solvent, and to keep the merger intact. From what I understand, people are NOT buying the merchandise.

The CBS Consumer Products group rolled up into CBS's marketing department. It was never designed to be a money-making venture, but a way to engage with fans. That may change with the Viacom merger, so you may see a bigger push into merchandise.

 

[fireproof78]

The CBS Consumer Products group rolled up into CBS's marketing department. It was never designed to be a money-making venture, but a way to engage with fans. That may change with the Viacom merger, so you may see a bigger push into merchandise.

Maybe. But, even then, Trek merchandise is not the biggest commodity.

The best proof is simply the fact that CBS continues to make more Star Trek. Kurtzman being fired is a pipe dream, at best.

 

[Qonundrum]

Like or dislike or anywhere in the middle, he has brought in strengths and enough people are sticking around. It's that simple.

 

[Qonundrum]

Maybe. But, even then, Trek merchandise is not the biggest commodity.

The best proof is simply the fact that CBS continues to make more Star Trek. Kurtzman being fired is a pipe dream, at best.

Yup. How can the notion of "We hate this franchise so much that we're going to make oodles more shows and even advertise the big brandy logo during big football games!" even begin to make sense. Seasons can be retooled or not, or anything else.

And with luck, the new SNW* will have its premiere shown as a pre-subscription tease, to see the new format. Anson Mount could carry the show for many regardless. Prequels just aren't my thing but, dang, he's good - from what I had seen anyway.

* since "Strange New Lands" is a bit naff of a name

 

[SubspaceDad]

I don't see why CBS would sell Star Trek. Isn't it one of their most valuable franchises? Plus, who would they sell to? Disney? *shudder*

 

[fireproof78]

I don't see why CBS would sell Star Trek. Isn't it one of their most valuable franchises? Plus, who would they sell to? Disney? *shudder*

That is my biggest question. What do they expect to happen? CBS isn't going to just give Star Trek away. And, right now, Disney is probably the only studio with the capital to purchase it.

So, what would become of Trek then?