Re: Paramount Agrees To Two More Trek Movies

On Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:14:05 -0700, Warchild <bob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote, in
part:
>In article <030220081041268432%anybody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Anybody <anybody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>> If it is a silly "reboot" (as some things point to), then nope, real
>> "Trek" fans will hate it because it will pee all over the already
>> established history and create a split franchise.
>> 
>> The "don't really care about 'Star Trek', just as long as it's got
>> space ships" fans might well love it though.
>> 
>> Then there are the "slap the words 'Star Trek' onto any old garbage and
>> I'll watch it" fans who will literally watch any old garbage with "Star
>> Trek" in the title - "Star Trek: Smarter than a fifth grader" anyone??
>> 
>> Then of course there's most of the general public, who will also go and
>> see any old rubbish in the cinema just because it happens to be what
>> they do on Friday nights and those who will always go and see the
>> latest "new toy" on the block ... none of these people care what's
>> actually playing, but unfortunately they artificially inflate the box
>> office figures causing more dribbling garbage sequels to be made.
>
>Which would Paramount rather have, happy fans or happy everybody else?
>
>Frankly, I'm a Star Trek fan, but I wouldn't want to be in the same 
>theater with you watching Star Trek.

I didn't think that there was anything about his post that indicated,
say, bigotry against non-elite Star Trek fans. There are lousy movies
being made, and there are people who will go and watch them - how is it
wicked to state such a fact?

John Savard
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