Also, FWIW, I believe Bad Robot is signed up for at least one more "Trek" film, unless Paramount decides there's a conflict of interest with "Star Wars" and somehow ends their partnership on "Trek"...
On Sunday, May 19, 2013 7:14:40 PM UTC-4, David Bruggeman wrote: > > Is JJ getting the keys to the full kingdom, or is he only handling the > next Episodes (though I guess only 7 is a confirmed deal)? By point of > comparison, is he Joss Whedon, or whomever at Marvel is coordinating all > their 'Phases' (Avengers ended Phase 1, Iron Man 3 starts Phase 2) > > Let's also remember that JJ can have a wide degree of involvement in his > projects. He's much more hands on in his directed films than in produced > films or recent television work. > > Sent from my iPad > > On May 19, 2013, at 6:21 PM, PGage <pga...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: > > On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Tom Wolper <two...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Dave Sikula <dsi...@yahoo.com<javascript:> >> > wrote: >> >>> So one guy's plan to bilk suckers out of millions was thwarted by a >>> corporation's desire to bilk suckers out of millions? Color me uninterested. >>> >> >> Or to put it another way, in case we needed a reminder, TV is just a >> business. >> > > I don't care too much about the multiplatform mediaverse, but I am one of > the millions of suckers who is happily bilked out out of $10 to see Star > Trek films (well, I think it as $13 to see this in 3D). I think it is > clear that Abrams has created the two most successful film adaptations of a > television show ever, and I am bummed that an inability to agree on a > marketing and mechanizing strategy is going to deprive us of additional JJ > Star Trek versions. It is also irritating that Star Wars is going to get > the full JJ treatment instead. I enjoy Star Wars, and even liked the new > ones (well, the last of the new ones) well enough. But I am of a generation > and a community that sees far (far) more potential for interesting and > meaningful story-telling in the Star Trek universe than the Star Wars > universe, though I suppose if Star Wars 7 and beyond are freed from > Lucus-control it merely provides an open canvas for JJ to do whatever he > wants, which may prove worthwhile. > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to tvor...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > tvornottv-...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
