Spoilers Strange New Worlds General Discussion Thread

This thread is going clean off the charts!


Too soon?

 

Because of copyright...
If Paramount decided to upload all of TNG or DS9 on their own channel it would be fine.
NBC has an official Columbo youtube channel for instance where they upload scenes from the show...

 

Not the ones that cost over $8 million per episode to produce, they don't.

No corporation will continue to take THAT massive a bath on something that doesn't generate a reasonable level of revenue. They don't do sunk cost fallacy, either. None of these are viable business models. And since we don't know any REAL numbers of how any Trek shows are doing on P+ (despite some specious Canadian charts that may indicate the contrary - but really don't) please call this exactly what it is, which is personal conjecture of opinion under the pretense of fact.

 

Exactly.

Fans are not entitled to private business details.

More like personal wish for a show to fail under the pretense of fact.

 

Code:

                (r2 − r1)          (r2 − r1)
m1r1 = α____________   and m2r = α__________
                  |r1 − r2|3           |r1 − r2|3  

if we employ Dr A.H. Thripshaw's formula for the deterministic value of entertainment proto-cromulence, we can see here that
α = Gm1m2 measures the strength in numitrons between the claimed value of viewership and the number of times per hour they get up to go to the bathroom, do something else, or switch to Mannix. This is an older formula, and since then all programs are logically assumed to be Mannix, whereas a theta intrusion into the mix would mean a reboot or reruns of Then Game Bronson or Manimal, which television scientists have worked repeatedly to prevent from occuring.

The α value may be substituted for Canukitroids north of the 49th parallel in the western hemisphere, where magnetic duractance and the transmitting power of the CN tower hold sway, however it should not be attempted in timezones east of Atlantic Standard Time as the volumetric constant would lead to sinusoidal deplenation and proof-negative that persons living Medicine Hat did not like, as was previously thought, reruns of Night Heat.

Or as they say in Yellow Knife, "Tᐦᐃᐢ ᐃᐢ ᖧ ᒧᐢᐟ Cᐊᓇdᐃᐊᐣ ᖨᐣg ᐁvᐁᕒ ᐤᕒᐃᐟᑌᐣ᙮ " But we have all been there, I daresay.

However a closer look at the equation reveals a problem. While Canadian broadcast values and the results of obsessive non-objective datamining may provide a value for r2, and thus a stable, elastic system with known parameters into the second progression, and this of course follows standard Newtonian, relativistic and Golden Globe nominee scientist Lee Marvin predicted results according to the respective theoretical work taken by the US Bureau of Standards during the Light Entertainment Conflict of 1947-1969. There were many mistakes made in this attempt along the way, some of them catastrophic resulting in the removal of the Dumont network in this and most other timelines, and the introduction of the Beverly Hillbillies as a comedy show and not the docu-drama that would have caused much needed societal change that cultminated in Max Baer's successful presidency 1976-1992 and the subsequent elimination of nuclear weapons and poverty.

While the formula can handle one show with relative ease, the addition of tie-ins and spin-offs creates a chaotic orbital pattern known alternately as the Three Body Problem or the Archie Bunker Universe where the predisposition of the viewership is inverse to the mental-intestinal discharge of ardent fans. This situation was barely avoided by Star Trek in the 90s by the staggering of series, but the current situation at Paramount Plus has left the current situation for chart-prognosticators and dowsing rod enthusiasts without hope or clue.

 

That's exactly the definition of entitlement. It still doesn't really matter if the show is renewed.

That's not only speculation, that's conspiracy theory talk. And it still doesn't matter.

You're right. They don't. Disney+ has 152.1 million subscribers. Paramount+ shares 62 million subscribers with Showtime. Paramount+ is not obligated to provide you the exact details. Comparing the viewership of The Mandalorian with that of Strange New Worlds really doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things.

And the doc was actually pretty fascinating. Not enough to make me subscribe to whatever channel it was but still interesting.

Stewart and Burton did not command the salaries of say a Jerry Seinfeld or a Tim Allen at that time. They were on a syndicated program, that was yes, popular, but I'd say at most Stewart was a B+ celebrity as TNG ended into the movies and the X-Men films. According to some sources (with no attribution I can see so I can't truly verify it), the 27 million number was for the pilot episode. Other sources suggest that All Good Things peaked over 30 million. But typically, and this is the important part, it peaked otherwise in the 5th season with 11.5 million viewers. Good numbers for sure then. I don't deny that. But its a different time.

Okay. You keep waiting on that.

 

^^^
Yeah, no. Patrick Stewart was virtually UNKNOWN in the U.S. in 1987 by general audiences. Genre audiences knew him from his cameo role of Gurney Halleck in 1984's DUNE film adaptation; and maybe a subset of U.S. PBS viewers knew him from "I Claudius"; but the latter was what he was most known for at the time, even un the U.K. 'Picard' was the role that upped his stature from B list to minor A list; although is was his role a Professor X in the FOX X-Men films that really made him a 'known' actor.

As for Levar Burton, again, in 1987, he was also B-list as Roots was a decade ago on TV at that point and his acting career was still somewhat low key. That's not a put down by the way as the man is really intelligent and made the most of what fame he got - and he should be absolutely applauded for what he did with his Reading Rainbow series.

But yeah, in the end TNG launched with mostly B list main talent (and at the time, Levar Burton was seen by some as 'stunt casting' BECAUSE some Entertainment News outlets would in fact play up his Roots connection.)

TNG also had the advantage of being the first live action revival of Star Trek on weekly TV in 18 years. And there were many Star Trek fans really desperate at the time for it to succeed because they knew if it failed, Star Trek was dead, and wouldn't see future revivals. Many watched it IN SPITE of the TERRIBLE writing of its first season, not because of it.

Funny, most entertainment outlet critics and fans praise the writing of SNW's first season. And given that SNW is the 8th live action Star Trek series (I'm not counting TAS, LD, or Prodigy here); that fact that both fans and the general audiences have responded so well (shown by the fact that Paramount+'s subscriber base is increasing while many others including NETFLIX are LOSING subscribers and slashing their new production slates.)

 

Ugh. Never mind.

 

4. paramount+ is CBS All Access, so they've released 4.

 

No, he was not. You're wrong again.

 

Here, you forgot these. ¶ ¶ ¶ ¶

 

Designing the sets
https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/star-t...the-whales-on-more-enterprise-design-secrets/

 

Thank you for sharing. Good read, and I like the nautical influences, including the sextant in Pike's quarters. It's a nice touch.

Transporter room still looks too busy.

 

Gosh, Pikes little model of the Enterprise has some serious nacelle droop. Is there no hope for model kits even in the 23rd century?

 

Good enough ratings to stay on the air aren't necessarily good enough ratings to stay on the air for shows that are staying on the air because in the age of streaming the shows that have good enough ratings to stay on the air as evidenced by their being on the air and renewed to return to air...actually don't?

...Huh?

 

The rebirth of Eaglemoss after World War III and First Contact had it's - shall we say - hiccups.

 

It's the next version of the ship

 

Amazing. I said the exact same thing just the other day.

 

Spin is what you do in every post you make. You are "Char 'The Tornado' Kais".