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“Star Trek Continues”: Fan-made episodes carry on the five-year mission

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Re: “Star Trek Continues”: Fan-made episodes carry on the five-year mission

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I think TNG pretty much accomplished whatever it was they set out to do. Then they started making action adventure movies. I'd like to see whole different takes on the genre. Too bad star trek is so iconic, it uses up a lot of the air.

I thought Firefly was a pretty good attempt, shame it didn't take off.

It was OK. I don't think it was better than TNG when it first came out.

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Maybe because it was too fun and watchable? The Onion review of the previous Star Trek movie feels perfect: http://www.theonion.com/video/trekkies-bash-new-star-trek-fi... ;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWLGH0VHUVs Red Letter Media's take on "Into Darkness". Yes, even as an action flick it sucks.

Worth noting he enjoyed the first one. I largely agree with his review of the first one. In my opinion, the reboot captures effectively none of the magic of the original series, but since it's just being its own thing, it works out OK in the end, far better than an attempt to straddle the action adventure with the original Star Trek story aesthetic. I have no opinion about the second since I haven't seen it.

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Watched a few minutes and decided it's worth bookmarking. Maybe it can wash out the awful taste in my after watching "Into Darkness". I have to wonder about the IP issues. I didn't see anything on their site regarding what will stop CBS from going after them.

Why didn't you like Into Darkness?

...maybe because it was overblown and nonsensical. I don't mind watching mindless action in a Fast and the Furious movie, but if you're going to make a film that attempts to tell a "story" with people we're supposed to care about...it would be helpful if there was a story and characters we can care about.

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Watched a few minutes and decided it's worth bookmarking. Maybe it can wash out the awful taste in my after watching "Into Darkness". I have to wonder about the IP issues. I didn't see anything on their site regarding what will stop CBS from going after them.

Why didn't you like Into Darkness?

It felt very derivative. It didn't really immerse you into the story that you would forget you were there.

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Maybe because it was too fun and watchable? The Onion review of the previous Star Trek movie feels perfect: http://www.theonion.com/video/trekkies-bash-new-star-trek-fi... ;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWLGH0VHUVs Red Letter Media's take on "Into Darkness". Yes, even as an action flick it sucks.

87% on Rotten Tomatoes makes it hard to argue that "it sucks" is an empirical, indisputable conclusion...

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star_trek_into_darkness/

Re: “Star Trek Continues”: Fan-made episodes carry on the five-year mission

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post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think TNG pretty much accomplished whatever it was they set out to do. Then they started making action adventure movies. I'd like to see whole different takes on the genre. Too bad star trek is so iconic, it uses up a lot of the air.

I thought Firefly was a pretty good attempt, shame it didn't take off.

It didn't take off because it didn't gather enough audience. Most people have a prejudice against SciFi. It took me several months to convince my girlfriend to watch Firefly and more than a year for BSG, but in the end she loved them both very much.

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Watched a few minutes and decided it's worth bookmarking. Maybe it can wash out the awful taste in my after watching "Into Darkness". I have to wonder about the IP issues. I didn't see anything on their site regarding what will stop CBS from going after them.

© Copyright 2012 Farragut Films, Dracogen Strategic Investments and Vic Mignogna Star Trek®, Star Trek: The Next Generation®, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine®, Star Trek: Voyager®, Star Trek Enterprise® and all associated marks and characters are registered trademarks of CBS Studios Inc. All rights reserved. The use of anything related to "Star Trek" on any of these web sites is not meant to be an infringement on CBS Stud…

Because mens rea is required for a criminal (felony) copyright infringement. A civil case could still be brought for damages, but a federal prosecutor has to prove the violator did it intentionally. http://books.google.com/books?id=Mw5a7mL8XYAC&lpg=PA1183&ots...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mens_rea

Re: “Star Trek Continues”: Fan-made episodes carry on the five-year mission

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Watched a few minutes and decided it's worth bookmarking. Maybe it can wash out the awful taste in my after watching "Into Darkness". I have to wonder about the IP issues. I didn't see anything on their site regarding what will stop CBS from going after them.

© Copyright 2012 Farragut Films, Dracogen Strategic Investments and Vic Mignogna Star Trek®, Star Trek: The Next Generation®, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine®, Star Trek: Voyager®, Star Trek Enterprise® and all associated marks and characters are registered trademarks of CBS Studios Inc. All rights reserved. The use of anything related to "Star Trek" on any of these web sites is not meant to be an infringement on CBS Stud…

Read it again. It's no trademark infringement intended, here is a list of trademarks and who owns them. That is a valid thing to do; consumers can't get confused about mark ownership if you explicitly tell them you're only using the mark as a description and you are not official.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I thought Firefly was a pretty good attempt, shame it didn't take off.

It didn't take off because it didn't gather enough audience. Most people have a prejudice against SciFi. It took me several months to convince my girlfriend to watch Firefly and more than a year for BSG, but in the end she loved them both very much.

I'm hoping that the mass appeal of BSG (especially now that it has a second life on Netflix) and the accessibility of the new Star Trek movies will pave the way for more space opera on TV.

Re: “Star Trek Continues”: Fan-made episodes carry on the five-year mission

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post #26
post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I thought Firefly was a pretty good attempt, shame it didn't take off.

It didn't take off because it didn't gather enough audience. Most people have a prejudice against SciFi. It took me several months to convince my girlfriend to watch Firefly and more than a year for BSG, but in the end she loved them both very much.

> It didn't take off because it didn't gather enough audience.

Which of course had nothing to do with the network showing a series of shows written with developments carrying through multiple episodes out of order.

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