How Long Until Star Trek Dies?
Moderator: NecronLord
- Uraniun235
- Emperor's Hand
- Posts: 13772
- Joined: 2002-09-12 12:47am
- Location: OREGON
- Contact:
How Long Until Star Trek Dies?
How long do you think it will be before Star Trek degenerates to the point where it can't even make a profit anymore?
And, for shits and giggles, what extremes do you see B&B going to in a desperate effort to keep their cash cow alive?
And, for shits and giggles, what extremes do you see B&B going to in a desperate effort to keep their cash cow alive?
Re: How Long Until Star Trek Dies?
Uraniun235 wrote:How long do you think it will be before Star Trek degenerates to the point where it can't even make a profit anymore?
How long? Too long for it to be a gracious exit.
- Brother-Captain Gaius
- Emperor's Hand
- Posts: 6859
- Joined: 2002-10-22 12:00am
- Location: \m/
I voted 1-3 years. I'm sure they'll do lots of blooper stuff, fucked up Fox specials ("When Klingons Attack III!" or "Reality TV: Star Trek"), and other not-so-hilarious outtakes. Hell maybe even a softcore porno.
Agitated asshole | (Ex)40K Nut | Metalhead
The vision never dies; life's a never-ending wheel
1337 posts as of 16:34 GMT-7 June 2nd, 2003
"'He or she' is an agenderphobic microaggression, Sharon. You are a bigot." ― Randy Marsh
The vision never dies; life's a never-ending wheel
1337 posts as of 16:34 GMT-7 June 2nd, 2003
"'He or she' is an agenderphobic microaggression, Sharon. You are a bigot." ― Randy Marsh
- Patrick Degan
- Emperor's Hand
- Posts: 14847
- Joined: 2002-07-15 08:06am
- Location: Orleanian in exile
Re: How Long Until Star Trek Dies?
It is already far past that point. They needed to wrap it up when the screen went dark on "All Good Things". But it's now far, far too late for the Franchise to make anything remotely resembling a graceful exit anymore. It can only either crash and burn or rot before everybody'e eyes.Shinova wrote:How long? Too long for it to be a gracious exit.
- Sea Skimmer
- Yankee Capitalist Air Pirate
- Posts: 37390
- Joined: 2002-07-03 11:49pm
- Location: Passchendaele City, HAB
We have seen the last movie and it has perhaps two weeks of life left at best. Enterprise will be dead by the end of its next season if not before.
"This cult of special forces is as sensible as to form a Royal Corps of Tree Climbers and say that no soldier who does not wear its green hat with a bunch of oak leaves stuck in it should be expected to climb a tree"
— Field Marshal William Slim 1956
— Field Marshal William Slim 1956
- Darth Wong
- Sith Lord
- Posts: 70028
- Joined: 2002-07-03 12:25am
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Contact:
We live in an area where "proven brand recognition" is considered a bankable asset. Star Trek will continue to lurch on, sucking money out of the zombies who have become too attached to it to step back and see what kind of a whore it has become.
"It's not evil for God to do it. Or for someone to do it at God's command."- Jonathan Boyd on baby-killing
"you guys are fascinated with the use of those "rules of logic" to the extent that you don't really want to discussus anything."- GC
"I do not believe Russian Roulette is a stupid act" - Embracer of Darkness
"Viagra commercials appear to save lives" - tharkûn on US health care.
http://www.stardestroyer.net/Mike/RantMode/Blurbs.html
"you guys are fascinated with the use of those "rules of logic" to the extent that you don't really want to discussus anything."- GC
"I do not believe Russian Roulette is a stupid act" - Embracer of Darkness
"Viagra commercials appear to save lives" - tharkûn on US health care.
http://www.stardestroyer.net/Mike/RantMode/Blurbs.html
- Uraniun235
- Emperor's Hand
- Posts: 13772
- Joined: 2002-09-12 12:47am
- Location: OREGON
- Contact:
Re: How Long Until Star Trek Dies?
Crash and burn? How would that differ from the rotting away?Patrick Degan wrote:It is already far past that point. They needed to wrap it up when the screen went dark on "All Good Things". But it's now far, far too late for the Franchise to make anything remotely resembling a graceful exit anymore. It can only either crash and burn or rot before everybody'e eyes.Shinova wrote:How long? Too long for it to be a gracious exit.
- SyntaxVorlon
- Sith Acolyte
- Posts: 5954
- Joined: 2002-12-18 08:45pm
- Location: Places
- Contact:
- The Duchess of Zeon
- Gözde
- Posts: 14566
- Joined: 2002-09-18 01:06am
- Location: Exiled in the Pale of Settlement.
My hope is that Enterprise will kill it thanks to Berman and Braga killing continuity so much. Nemesis is certainly destroying the traditional fan base, and the quality won't build a new one.Darth Wong wrote:We live in an area where "proven brand recognition" is considered a bankable asset. Star Trek will continue to lurch on, sucking money out of the zombies who have become too attached to it to step back and see what kind of a whore it has become.
Of course, it may take a Doctor Who imitation show set in the Star Trek universe or somesuch disaster to finish it off. Regardless, I'm not watching, and so I don't very much care.
The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth. -- Wikipedia's No Original Research policy page.
In 1966 the Soviets find something on the dark side of the Moon. In 2104 they come back. -- Red Banner / White Star, a nBSG continuation story. Updated to Chapter 4.0 -- 14 January 2013.
In 1966 the Soviets find something on the dark side of the Moon. In 2104 they come back. -- Red Banner / White Star, a nBSG continuation story. Updated to Chapter 4.0 -- 14 January 2013.
- Ghost Rider
- Spirit of Vengeance
- Posts: 27779
- Joined: 2002-09-24 01:48pm
- Location: DC...looking up from the gutters to the stars
Sadly given the sheer inanity behind many fans, this poor dead horse will move along zombie like with people still saying it can get better.
MM /CF/WG/BOTM/JL/Original Warsie/ACPATHNTDWATGODW FOREVER!!
Sometimes we can choose the path we follow. Sometimes our choices are made for us. And sometimes we have no choice at all
Saying and doing are chocolate and concrete
Sometimes we can choose the path we follow. Sometimes our choices are made for us. And sometimes we have no choice at all
Saying and doing are chocolate and concrete
If you guys ever saw that documentry "Trekkies" you will know that this franchise will go on and on and on....it will not die but instead will mindlessly devour more brains of the trekkies that will refuse to recognize that this franchise died creatively a LONG time ago.
Wherever you go, there you are.
Ripped Shirt Monkey - BOTMWriter's Guild Cybertron's Finest Justice League
This updated sig brought to you by JME2
Ripped Shirt Monkey - BOTMWriter's Guild Cybertron's Finest Justice League
This updated sig brought to you by JME2
- DPDarkPrimus
- Emperor's Hand
- Posts: 18399
- Joined: 2002-11-22 11:02pm
- Location: Iowa
- Contact:
- Stormbringer
- King of Democracy
- Posts: 22678
- Joined: 2002-07-15 11:22pm
- Majin Gojira
- Sith Acolyte
- Posts: 6017
- Joined: 2002-08-06 11:27pm
- Location: Philadelphia
Trek is a Zombie, it's already dead, it lurches on, and it eats people's brains....
Trek: "Brains...Brains...Brains..."
Trek: "Brains...Brains...Brains..."
ISARMA: Daikaiju Coordinator: Just Add Radiation
Justice League- Molly Hayes: Respect Hats or Freakin' Else!
Browncoat
Supernatural Taisen - "[This Story] is essentially "Wouldn't it be awesome if this happened?" Followed by explosions."
Reviewing movies is a lot like Paleontology: The Evidence is there...but no one seems to agree upon it.
"God! Are you so bored that you enjoy seeing us humans suffer?! Why can't you let this poor man live happily with his son! What kind of God are you, crushing us like ants?!" - Kyoami, Ran
Justice League- Molly Hayes: Respect Hats or Freakin' Else!
Browncoat
Supernatural Taisen - "[This Story] is essentially "Wouldn't it be awesome if this happened?" Followed by explosions."
Reviewing movies is a lot like Paleontology: The Evidence is there...but no one seems to agree upon it.
"God! Are you so bored that you enjoy seeing us humans suffer?! Why can't you let this poor man live happily with his son! What kind of God are you, crushing us like ants?!" - Kyoami, Ran
- Gandalf
- SD.net White Wizard
- Posts: 16363
- Joined: 2002-09-16 11:13pm
- Location: A video store in Australia
I gave it a few years, perhaps to revive trek, B & B will have a series about a Vulcan, a Klingon, a Cardassian and a Ferengi who all hang around a coffee shop.
"Oh no, oh yeah, tell me how can it be so fair
That we dying younger hiding from the police man over there
Just for breathing in the air they wanna leave me in the chair
Electric shocking body rocking beat streeting me to death"
- A.B. Original, Report to the Mist
"I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately."
- George Carlin
That we dying younger hiding from the police man over there
Just for breathing in the air they wanna leave me in the chair
Electric shocking body rocking beat streeting me to death"
- A.B. Original, Report to the Mist
"I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately."
- George Carlin