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I'm old enough to remember the Activision / Viacom lawsuit in 2003 when Viacom was accused of so badly mis-handling the franchise that they'd ruined the value o

I'm old enough to remember the Activision / Viacom lawsuit in 2003 when Viacom was accused of so badly mis-handling the franchise that they'd ruined the value of Activision's exclusive license. Whatever our fond memories of the older versions of the show, they stopped resonating with audiences. And a franchise that cannot adapt dies. The new Star Trek is a different flavor from the old, but it has to be. Because the kids that grew up watching the old Star Trek didn't see that future manifest (if anything, history has played out in a direction bending away from it). I'm honestly impressed at the new material's ability to bridge the core ideas of the original shows to a language that modern audiences speak. It's pulling in viewers again, and that's vital to the franchise surviving.

ginko 4y ago
>The new Star Trek is a different flavor from the old, but it has to be. Because the kids that grew up watching the old Star Trek didn't see that future manifest According to the Star Trek timeline we're 4 years away from World War III.
- midoridensha 4y ago
  >According to the Star Trek timeline we're 4 years away from World War III. That seems pretty accurate.
sangnoir 4y ago
> Because the kids that grew up watching the old Star Trek didn't see that future manifest On the contrary: those kids are making the tech real (communicators & ever present computer acting as a digital personal assistant using voice communication)
- shadowgovt 4y ago
  The Star Trek universe is far more than its tech, and those other things are far more important.
  - morelisp 4y ago
    The kids were watching Roddenberry when they should’ve been reading Lem.
- krapp 4y ago
  That tech brought about a global surveillance panopticon, machine-driven emotional manipulation and corporate control of consensus reality, the death of reason, widespread violence, hate and misinformation, automation that will drive millions into grinding poverty, military drones and deathbots, and will eventually destroy the ecosystem. And the only people who get to ride into space are spooks and billionaires. Smartphones are cool and all, but where is my luxury space communism? Where is my appliance that creates a hot cup of coffee out of raw spacetime for me on command and runs on free energy and space magic? When do I get to stop using money? When can I just spend all day engaging in intellectual and creative pursuits in some kind of jumpsuit or possibly just a futuristic bathrobe?
  - uxcolumbo 4y ago
    Nicely put. Can't wait to be able to engage in intellectual and creative pursuits all day in my comfy futuristic bathrobe ;)

ginko 4y ago

>The new Star Trek is a different flavor from the old, but it has to be. Because the kids that grew up watching the old Star Trek didn't see that future manifest According to the Star Trek timeline we're 4 years away from World War III.

midoridensha 4y ago
>According to the Star Trek timeline we're 4 years away from World War III. That seems pretty accurate.

sangnoir 4y ago

> Because the kids that grew up watching the old Star Trek didn't see that future manifest On the contrary: those kids are making the tech real (communicators & ever present computer acting as a digital personal assistant using voice communication)

shadowgovt 4y ago
The Star Trek universe is far more than its tech, and those other things are far more important.
- morelisp 4y ago
  The kids were watching Roddenberry when they should’ve been reading Lem.
krapp 4y ago
That tech brought about a global surveillance panopticon, machine-driven emotional manipulation and corporate control of consensus reality, the death of reason, widespread violence, hate and misinformation, automation that will drive millions into grinding poverty, military drones and deathbots, and will eventually destroy the ecosystem. And the only people who get to ride into space are spooks and billionaires. Smartphones are cool and all, but where is my luxury space communism? Where is my appliance that creates a hot cup of coffee out of raw spacetime for me on command and runs on free energy and space magic? When do I get to stop using money? When can I just spend all day engaging in intellectual and creative pursuits in some kind of jumpsuit or possibly just a futuristic bathrobe?
- uxcolumbo 4y ago
  Nicely put. Can't wait to be able to engage in intellectual and creative pursuits all day in my comfy futuristic bathrobe ;)