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Why do they bother to try to keep Star Trek going.

posted a year ago by TrentnQuarantino (9351)
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The "establishment" never liked Star Trek, it was only popular with
the people because of the future it portrayed, which was politically
subversive.

After the initial show was cancelled brutally, they realized and tried
to make money off the dead and rotting corpse of the show. They
made some garbage movies which missed the point, and then
series of boring nonsense after series, with barely a decent episode
in any of them.

And the horrible pandering to the American audience by making
Kirk a punk juvenile delinquent kid who knows better than everyone
else. I was a big fan or the original series but this new stuff just
gets farther and farther away from mattering or having any real
connection to what Star Trek was meant to be.

[–] 123Guy (7650) a year ago

Guessing because it can be entertaining?

They keep making cop show after cop show too. People keep watching then. There must be an audience

[–] mikethemartian (6885) a year ago

Because they want to milk every penny they possibly can from the IP.

[–] Batfleck (1538) a year ago

agreed. they have all been shit. nice i saw the first one and got to this Kid car chase scene i knew the entire movie was going to be trash

https://youtu.be/zV5TsPNoQLE?si=x2d51SGUCVTn5gzA

a 10 year old acting "badass" is never badass. its cringe

[–] mikethemartian (6885) a year ago

When I first saw this scene all I could think of is while kid Kirk is going 80mph in a Corvette all the other kids in the 23rd century were flying around at thousands of miles per hour and pulling incredibly high g’s in the sky and space on their rides. So instead of making Kirk look like a badass it made me think of him as a dork.

[–] RipRoss (569) a year ago

Wrath of Khan and the TNG TV series were great, but other than that it's all been mediocre or downright crappy.

[–] TrentnQuarantino (9351) a year ago

Guess we just have to disagree on that one.

[–] quartz (482) a year ago

this pre (?) boot is supposed to be before the original Star Trek

there can only be so many films with Chris Pine & co they can make before they become older than Shatner was to start with?

[–] TrentnQuarantino (9351) a year ago

I hate the whole juvenile delinquent thing with Chris Pine. And then they f-ing destroyed Vulcan?
Why? What idiots.

[–] quartz (482) a year ago

the only main reason I can think of is the special effect looked good

[–] PaladinNJ (21597) a year ago

Because it keeps earning money.

[–] TrentnQuarantino (9351) a year ago

Very pragmatic attitude.