The Spectre in development as a Fox TV series

[Myasishchev]

It would've worked if it had been 1)Ted Kord and 2)Booster Gold was in it. See also: the new JLI.

You know, I was going to say I'd buy a hundred DVDs if that were the case, but obviously that's hyperbole; yet it actually strikes me as kind of strange that the mega-rich don't occasionally create just weird crypto-vanity projects for their own amusement.

Like, maybe the average rich person aren't genre fans to speak of because their hobby is converting their fat stacks into fatter ones, but take for example that Hashemite person who's building a multibillion dollar Star Trek theme park. Wouldn't it be more fun for more people, and probably more profitable even if you were prepared to operate at a loss, to buy the TV rights and make a new Star Trek show?

 

[JD]

^ I actually kind of agree with you there. And IMO have a feeling that show or movie with a superfan who's that passionate would probably end up better than what Hollywood gives us. Because they'd actually care about the property enough to make sure that what we get is actually a quality production that accurately represents the said property. (Oh, and in case someone thinks that's a rip on JJ Abram's movie it's not, it's actually in my Top 3 Trek movies alongside Wrath of Kahn and First Contact.)

 

[theenglish]

Didn't Ted Turner buy Babylon 5 because he was a fan?

 

[Myasishchev]

^ I actually kind of agree with you there. And IMO have a feeling that show or movie with a superfan who's that passionate would probably end up better than what Hollywood gives us. Because they'd actually care about the property enough to make sure that what we get is actually a quality production that accurately represents the said property. (Oh, and in case someone thinks that's a rip on JJ Abram's movie it's not, it's actually in my Top 3 Trek movies alongside Wrath of Kahn and First Contact.)

I can see the FOX News headline now: "MUSLIMS BUY STAR TREK"; "IS THE FEDERATION UNDER SHARIA LAW?"

But yeah, I'm just saying if I were a billionaire, I'd do some wacky stuff, and making giant-budget fan films would definitely be one of 'em, and the thing is, film and TV are in fact money making enterprises themselves.