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Images of TOS Defiant from "In a Mirror, Darkly"
Rat Boy:
--- Quote from: Scipio_66 on January 26, 2005, 09:11:26 am ---He said TOS-era, not ENT-era. ;)
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Scip, like it or not, if ENT is cancelled, all of Trek is cancelled.
J. Carney:
--- Quote from: Rat Boy on January 26, 2005, 10:43:03 am ---
--- Quote from: Scipio_66 on January 26, 2005, 09:11:26 am ---He said TOS-era, not ENT-era. ;)
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Scip, like it or not, if ENT is cancelled, all of Trek is cancelled.
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LOL...
You expect Paramont to put their biggest cash cow out to pasture that easily?
I supremely doubt it.
THey will regroup and think for a few years, and there will be another Trek series right on schedule, in about 5 years.
Rat Boy:
--- Quote from: J. Carney on January 26, 2005, 12:52:16 pm ---You expect Paramont to put their biggest cash cow out to pasture that easily?
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But it isn't their biggest cash cow anymore, particularly on television and in the movie theaters, the two things that drive everything else in the franchise. Plans for an eleventh Trek feature has been put on hiatus. Rick Berman and Brannon Braga, the two creators of ENT who stepped back from the franchise this year to pursue other projects, are coming back to write the season finale, suggesting it could also be a series finale. Les Moonves, co-president of Viacom, has suggested that the franchise needs a break. This literally is it; Trek for the next ten or twenty years could hinge on whether or not the studio axes ENT in May. Once that happens, it'll be like the dark ages of the 70s all over again, but even worse, because not only will the studio not be interested in re-starting the franchise, but a lot of fans won't, either.
J. Carney:
--- Quote from: Rat Boy on January 26, 2005, 12:58:02 pm ---
--- Quote from: J. Carney on January 26, 2005, 12:52:16 pm ---You expect Paramont to put their biggest cash cow out to pasture that easily?
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But it isn't their biggest cash cow anymore, particularly on television and in the movie theaters, the two things that drive everything else in the franchise. ...Once that happens, it'll be like the dark ages of the 70s all over again, but even worse, because not only will the studio not be interested in re-starting the franchise, but a lot of fans won't, either.
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First off... Paramont has NOTHING that they can KNOW will bring in money like a Trek movie. Have any of the Trek movies FAILED to make money?
EVER?
Nope... they are a sure thing. Paramont knows that a decent Trek movie- not even a good one- will finance 2 more blockbusters if they need the money.
Also, in the 70's it wasn't really a world-wide army that was demanding a return for Trek... it was a dedicated corps of fans that never quit. Not only will that dedicated corps never disappear, it has grown to include every country in the Western world, and some Eastern countries. Plus, most fans have a beef with B&B, not Trek. Loose them, ad the fans will start going 'Hmmmm' and looking at the fact that something different could be in the works.
Trek will NEVER be something that Paramont will take lightly, and they will never give up on it. They might indeed rest it a while, but I know it will be back before too long.
TranceEmotion:
nemesis, any more need be said about failed movies............ i think they just barely covered costs.....
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