Boycotting CBS/Paramount's Star Trek Beyond and ongoing productions

[SKotK]

Sounds like they're trying their best *not* to have the show pushed back any more than it already has; hence Bryan Fuller's role being minimalized.

--SKot

[Nostalgiabuff]

i missed Beyond in theaters but just watched on Bluray and I really liked it. a lot of great character moments and little inside jokes/nods to the original series

[BlackKnight]

No doubt ...
Trek 3 was Solid in my house .

[The Bat]

No doubt ...
Trek 3 was Solid in my house .

With me as well BK...LOVED IT!!

[rykerw1701]

Trek 3 was very good, I agree. I think it was the best of the new time line and better than half of the films from the TOS/TNG run. Paramount blew it with the marketing on it, especially to the younger crowd, which is where much of the money is made in theaters.

[palitoy]

I place the last Star Trek movie above all the TNG movies (Admittedly I never liked the show) and kind of in the middle of the TOS movies. It was fun and felt like Star Trek.

[Earth 2 Chris]

^I liked First Contact, but that was about it for the TNG movies. They're watchable, but I don't even consider them in with the classic crew films. I'd say Beyond is the best Trek film since Undiscovered Country. I dug the hell out of it.

Chris

[Nostalgiabuff]

^I liked First Contact, but that was about it for the TNG movies. They're watchable, but I don't even consider them in with the classic crew films. I'd say Beyond is the best Trek film since Undiscovered Country. I dug the hell out of it.Chris

agree on all points. First contact was a solid movie, the other 3 TNG movies were boring

[Mikey]

As a super Trek nerd I never liked First Contact because it contradicted Trek history told by FASA and the like.

Zephram Cochran is not from Earth, he was from Alpha Centauri.

The "first contact" between Earth and Vulcan was a rescue mission

[warlock664]

I went to see the original Planet of the Apes on the big screen tonight...and since Star Trek Beyond started right after POTA ended, I slipped in and saw the new movie for free.

I'm still upholding my pledge not to give CBS/Paramount my money until they come up with a better solution to the fan film problem.

--SKot

So you don't want to support Paramount by giving them your money, but you have no problem stealing their product?
That's awesome.

[Nostalgiabuff]

So you don't want to support Paramount by giving them your money, but you have no problem stealing their product?
That's awesome.

and exactly why Paramount put the kibosh on the fan films

[blastphemey]

The thing is, this is NOT Star Trek. It's Star Wars with the Trek brand slapped on it. All of the things that make Trek what it is...compelling storytelling, social commentary, exploration, the betterment of the human race...all of that has been thrown out and replaced with explosions and eye candy.
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I agree with this 100% It's just another Hollywood sell-sell-sell reboot with little substance.

[The Bat]

So you don't want to support Paramount by giving them your money, but you have no problem stealing their product?
That's awesome.

Well said!!

[SKotK]

So you don't want to support Paramount by giving them your money, but you have no problem stealing their product?
That's awesome.

I own or have previously owned Star Trek on ViewMaster reels, VHS, DVD, and now Blu-ray sets. That's OWN, where I bought it brand new at full price and have it residing right there on my shelves. So I don't think there's any room to get on a high horse about me refusing to pay money to see the latest film. I've paid a significant amount of good money for Star Trek merchandise my entire life, putting it gladly into CBS/Paramount's coffers. And I would gladly continue to do so, if they hadn't mucked up the 50th Anniversary year so badly and sunk the prospects of decent fan films for the future.

No, after how Paramount and CBS have treated the fans this year, I made my decision not to give them my money for the new film. It's the only way I really have to vote against what they've done, by voting with my dollars (or lack thereof). Yes, I know it's just a drop in the bucket and "what difference will one person make", yada yada...but it's a matter of conviction for me. And it seems I'm not the only one, based on the hit the film took at the box office due at least in some small part to old school Trek fans like myself feeling disenfranchised.

It's a shame that it had to happen around such a good film, though. It's great seeing all the genuine love for Star Trek Beyond on here the last few days, because the film really does deserve that praise. Maybe it will do better in Blu-ray sales. But it won't be on my shelf - not this year, at least. And maybe not until CBS/Paramount wise up a little bit, if they ever do.

--SKot

[SKotK]

and exactly why Paramount put the kibosh on the fan films

Now this doesn't make any sense whatsoever. I'm willing to bet that nearly every single person involved in those fan films has probably spent gobs of money on Star Trek product as well, and probably owns every single episode of every single series as well as every single movie, most likely on Blu-ray for the best viewing experience. The sole reason they're even making those fan films is because they want more!

Nothing to do with anybody "stealing their [CBS/Paramount's] product" at all. Unless you are talking about the fan films themselves as being stolen product, and there I'll have to disagree with you.

It's a classic case of CBS/Paramount biting the hand that feeds them...merely because the letter of the law says that fans' hands in this case are legally on the menu.

--SKot