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Shik
Member # 343
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From IMDb...
Picard's Final Frontier
Disinterested movie audiences may have succeeded in accomplishing what armies of Klingons could not -- the destruction of the Star Trek enterprise. Speaking with reporters during a junket to promote the upcoming X-Men 2, Patrick Stewart, who portrayed Jean-Luc Picard in the Next Generation TV series beginning in 1987 and in the theatrical features since 1994, said "I've probably said goodbye to Picard forever now." He added that he doubted that the Next Generation cast would perform together again and seemed to cast doubt on the future of the Paramount franchise entirely. Reporting on Stewart's comments, Entertainment Weekly observed on its website Monday that Paramount chairman Sherry Lansing had concluded following the failure of the recent Star Trek: Nemesis that the franchise's "fan base has in some way shrunk." [Newsday recounts Stewart's "worst encounter with a Star Trek groupie" when, he said, he went onstage in Shakespeare's The Tempest "only to find two people sitting in the front row in Starfleet uniforms, and I wanted to hurt them."]
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Vogon Poet
Member # 393
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But hark! What's that light through yonder window breaks? Methinks 'tis this thread about to be transported elsewhere. . .
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Kosh
Member # 167
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If the profit margin is small enough, when all is said and done, and the DVD's are out, then they will stop making movies.
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Sol System
Member # 30
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Well, they'd certainly retool the basic concept of a Trek film. But because Star Trek is a franchise, the individual financial success or failure of any particular film is not the only metric the studio is concerned with.
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Proteus
Member # 212
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With Insurrection and Nemesis doing so poorly in the ever-so-important box office, i'd say give them one more chance.
But 3 strikes and your out.
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Phoenix
Member # 966
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quote: Originally posted by Proteus: With Insurrection and Nemesis doing so poorly in the ever-so-important box office, i'd say give them one more chance.
But 3 strikes and your out.
Why do they have to be so concerned about money all the time?
Now if I was head of Paramount, there'd be 600 ship fleets where every ship was a different class, and all were clearly labelled, Janeway and Picard would be sitting in Starfleet HQ discussing the history of the Constitution Class, and Sisko would be in Starfleet Academy lecturing on "Organisation 105: History of Starfleet Ranks and their Insignia".
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Malnurtured Snay
Member # 411
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Please tell me you're kidding.
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Phoenix
Member # 966
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Of course I am
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Futurama Guy
Member # 968
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Oh, so one "TNG is dead" thread wasn't enough??
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Malnurtured Snay
Member # 411
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I don't believe you. Fan boy!
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Phoenix
Member # 966
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Argh! Not that! Anything but that!
*throws self off cliff*
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Futurama Guy
Member # 968
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No, don't jump!!
Now what am I going to do with this noose???
*throws down rope, shakes head and walks away*
What a waste....
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Topher
Member # 71
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quote: Originally posted by Futurama Guy: Oh, so one "TNG is dead" thread wasn't enough??
This thread was posted first.
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Futurama Guy
Member # 968
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Not in GenTrek...for that, its not my fault, so there is need to be a jackass about it....
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Topher
Member # 71
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I wasn't being a jackass, just stating fact.
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CaptainMike
Member # 709
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WELL I AM[/i BEING A JAKCASS!!!1!!!
i rather think a retooled franchise would be a fantastic idea about now..
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