Anyway, Spock could have saved Romulus or Vulcan with time travel if he (translation: the writers) had wanted.
That's so freaking disappointing and infuriating to read, especially how his quote ends. Obviously Hollywood is a business first, but choosing to ditch one of the core elements of a franchise for a wider audience in Asia and Europe is dumb. People who are not into space fiction are going to skip the movie anyways, yet the producers and marketing people are trying to reach out to them while ditching its core fanbase who have supported it for decades.
That's so freaking disappointing and infuriating to read, especially how his quote ends. Obviously Hollywood is a business first, but choosing to ditch one of the core elements of a franchise for a wider audience in Asia and Europe is dumb. People who are not into space fiction are going to skip the movie anyways, yet the producers and marketing people are trying to reach out to them while ditching its core fanbase who have supported it for decades.
Maybe Paramount should make one Transformers movie every single year and get most of their money that way. Thus keeping the audience happy who are supposedly (according to the studios) not into space fiction get their jollies with destruction on Earth. And let the Trek be back in Star Trek movies.
Nah, it just means they REALLY like being able to stab and slash whenever possible! Having close combat blades on your gun is a real time saver in a pitched battle, because you don't have to draw a knife before you cut someone! :devilDoes that mean the Klingons practice gun kata now? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U02E2sjwlLM
That's exactly what all this is leading towards and is already happening with some movies; they making changes to the final content beyond just promotions in order to cater to a wider audience and demographic. Hopefully in the case of Star Trek those suggested changes are limited to marketing alone.I don't have an issue with what they are doing. At the end of the day STAR TREK is an industry onto itself and should be managed like a business in terms of marketing. As long as the actual content and artistic vision of the creators is not altered or infringed on, how they get butt's in seats is fair game, IMO. If people feel they were mislead they can express their displeasure through their wallets.
Well, is it commerce or art? I think that distinction has become very opaque. Movies are as much products as creative visions.
Because, as I said, Star Trek is an industry and the current content creators, JJ's crew, are the current stewards/CEO of that business. As such they do have a responsibility to the investors to create return. That doesn't preclude them from giving a **** or providing their own unique artistic vision and interpretation, but there is a practical consideration as well.
Yeah, but at least some film makers are more open about the 'creative vision' aspect of film making rather than falling strictly on the 'business model' end of things in order to sell a film. Why make Star Trek if you don't want to make Star Trek? How hard is it to come up with your own intellectual property that fits with what you enjoy doing in Star Trek so you won't be burdened by having it be Star Trek? It's not like the studios wouldn't have your name to bank on like they've been doing all along in promoting Star Trek.
As Bruce Campbell said in regards to remaking Evil Dead, "You have to give a sh**."
Star Trek is entertainment, and the final arbiter of the success if that entertainment is box office and popular response, all of which are quantified using $ as opposed to artistic intellectual douchebaggery.
First, that statement needs work. I can barely understand what you're trying to say.
Second, Star Trek is more than just entertainment to some people. It's a passion. There are fans who've started fan clubs, fans who've started conventions, fans who've written their own stories that were adapted into real episodes, fans who fork up their own money to make their own fan films which they give away for free. Some of these fan episodes are so good they've managed to bring in key figures from Star Trek spanning the original actors and writers. All working to create an entertaining story that doesn't measure it's success by the $. And unlike you, I don't call them douchebags.
Space....The Final Frontier....
These are the voyages of JJ's Starship Enterprise.
Her ongoing mission, to stand ready to defend the earth,
To wait for bad guys to show up and start trouble.
Boldly staying in orbit, not going where no one has gone before!