So, with 27 responses so far there's unanimous disagreement with the OP.
Impressive.
Impressive maybe in the sense that it showcases the strength of the Cult of JJ and how fashionable it is to hate everything that came before his "interpretation" of Trek.
That's an impressive load of crap.
Under no circumstances does liking Abrams' Star Trek mean hating what came before.
So, with 27 responses so far there's unanimous disagreement with the OP.
Impressive.
Impressive maybe in the sense that it showcases the strength of the Cult of JJ and how fashionable it is to hate everything that came before his "interpretation" of Trek.
My concern was always that they would lose all the momentum they picked up from the mainstream audiences who won't come back for the new one because they've moved on to other things.
While I certainly agree with everybody who said that three years isn't much of a wait, I wonder what's wrong with the Manny Cotto/Reeves-Stevens suggestion? I thought these were the writers the fans liked?
I nominate Many Coto and the Reeves-Stevenses. They know Trek. They love Trek, And they would give Trek the primacy and respect it deserves as a property.
That's some month, it lasted three whole years. Yes, you can say "it took time to get it just right" all you want, but why are you spending three years promising a script will be done by the end of the month? They should have kept their mouths shut and worked on the script.
And then I'm not even going to get into how they handle the tie-in material.
Perhaps because they were busy writing scripts? It is highly possible some of the four novels encroached on the ground they were preparing for the movie. They might have had to order partial rewrites without telling the novelists exactly why rewrites were required, then checking the manuscripts again - when they should have been working on their movie script. The IDW comics were told exactly how to proceed - mostly remaking old TOS episodes that Orci & Kurtzman knew were either totally safe ground, or, were placed somewhere they could pull an appropriate easter egg for the new movie. The four novels were not developed that way. As an afterthought, Pocket pulled them "for now".Pulling the novels at the last minute
Because they know we will complain if the tie-in writings make even one mistake in their extrapolations from the last film.demanding direct supervision over the comics and YA novels
Because... they were busy writing the movie sequel script and planting possible easter eggs into the IDW comics?(to the point that a few YA novels have even been delayed due to having to wait for Bad Robot's approval of the latest draft)
Bad Robot! Bad, Bad Robot!Bad Robot may have successfully brought Trek back into the limelight, made it cool, and all that. But I still think they're mishandling it.
Don't worry, judging by the trend in recent movie making we will get a 2 parter next after Into Darkness that will be shown almost back to back with no more than 6 months in between...
...one can hope.![]()
While I certainly agree with everybody who said that three years isn't much of a wait, I wonder what's wrong with the Manny Cotto/Reeves-Stevens suggestion? I thought these were the writers the fans liked?
Perhaps because they were busy writing scripts? It is highly possible some of the four novels encroached on the ground they were preparing for the movie. They might have had to order partial rewrites without telling the novelists exactly why rewrites were required, then checking the manuscripts again - when they should have been working on their movie script. The IDW comics were told exactly how to proceed - mostly remaking old TOS episodes that Orci & Kurtzman knew were either totally safe ground, or, were placed somewhere they could pull an appropriate easter egg for the new movie. The four novels were not developed that way. As an afterthought, Pocket pulled them "for now".
Because they know we will complain if the tie-in writings make even one mistake in their extrapolations from the last film.
Because... they were busy writing the movie sequel script and planting possible easter eggs into the IDW comics?(to the point that a few YA novels have even been delayed due to having to wait for Bad Robot's approval of the latest draft)
Honestly, the whole situation with the tie-ins makes them look like obsessive control freaks, and I really don't think such a mentality is healthy for professional movie producers.
Honestly, the whole situation with the tie-ins makes them look like obsessive control freaks, and I really don't think such a mentality is healthy for professional movie producers.
I'm honestly okay with them pulling in the reins of the "EU". Flooding the market with never-ending low quality tie ins and rushing scripts to production seems like a bit of a return to the 90s/00s Trek to me...
Honestly, the whole situation with the tie-ins makes them look like obsessive control freaks, and I really don't think such a mentality is healthy for professional movie producers.
I'm honestly okay with them pulling in the reins of the "EU". Flooding the market with never-ending low quality tie ins and rushing scripts to production seems like a bit of a return to the 90s/00s Trek to me...
That's beside the point. If they really had a problem with the Abramsverse novels, they should have acted a lot sooner than after the novels had been written and had cover images and back cover blurbs publicly released.
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