I, too, was bilked out of my hard-earned dough for the 3D/IMAX presentation and couldn't disagree more about his creating a "successful" film adaptation of Star Trek. No Trekkie I, but to my untrained eye, the movies have almost nothing in common with the spirit and ideas of the show beyond the names and basic concepts (Enterrpise, transporters, phasers). I found the sequel to be mostly a dumb shoot-em-up, with no real connection to the original. (This is to say nothing of the massive plot holes that riddle the thing.)
--Dave Sikula On Sunday, May 19, 2013 3:21:07 PM UTC-7, PGage wrote: > > On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Dave Sikula <[email protected]<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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
