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Do you
miss good space science fiction in the theater,
since you were
a devoted fan to the Trekker. I'd hoped
Chronicles of Riddick might be some sort of
revival of it at the movies, but apparently
I'm the only one who doesn't hate it. Before
that, the trailers for Star Trek: Nemesis
hinted that it might be at last something
different, but as it turns out Berman left
most of the Starship Enterprise crew back at space
dock. Seriously, did you see the movie? It's
like they spent the entire budget on CGI sets
and didn't have enough money to hire extras
to look like they were running the ship. I'm
running out of places to turn.
In fact, I'm kind of in a place where I believe
it's time for Star Trek to simply go away
for awhile. I'd thought Paramount agreed last
week when news leaked out that they were firmly
committed to halting all future Star Trek
projects for a couple of years. But that worm
Berman couldn't leave it alone, and has since
squirmed his way into the ears of Paramount
execs and convinced them to give him another
shot with the pretty well sunk franchise.
What form that chance will take is anyone's
guess, but with Berman at the helm you can
be sure it will suck. At best it'll be just
another horrible movie, at worst it'll make
somehow manage to make some money and keep
Rick "The Federation Con Man" Berman
in charge. Not that any of this is a revelation.
It's all been said a hundred times before.
Actually, I'm not truly sure why I've bothered
writing this. I've no new insight to offer
on the matter, I simply needed to vent. I
loved Star Trek and Rick Berman hates me.
Barring Star Trek, some other good space adventures
sure would be nice. WB killed the Babylon
5 movie, so forget about that. Without Tom
Cruise on board or his lower level equivalent
they don't want to risk it. Imagine if that
attitude had been taken when the idea for
Star Trek: The Motion Picture was presented.
It's ridiculous that a B5 movie based on a
successful franchise with hordes of fans,
cannot get made using the original cast when
in a few months a movie based on a cancelled
TV show will be. I suppose my only hope now
is Firefly… but let's get realistic.
No matter how good that movie is, it'll never
make back it's budget and it isn't going to
revitalize the space-sci-fi genre. It needs
a Lord of the Rings to bring it back or a
Star Wars that doesn't feel like a toy line
advertisement. Either of those things happening
is a long shot, so I guess I'd better hit
the bookstore and cozy up with some Heinlein.
Maybe when this superhero craze burns out
there'll be room for movies to return to outer
space.
reprinted with permission
from goarticles.com & Joshua
Tyler Joshua Tyler is the Owner and Creator of CinemaBlend.com, a movie news and review resource updated daily and available for paid syndication.
Action
Hero Figures of Star Wars & Star Trek
The shelves are packed with toys with a cross generational appeal, but which demographic is buying most?
As Christmas looms ahead, thoughts move towards the hottest toys this year and parents steel themselves in the annual slog to make sure they get the sought after merchandise. And so do a lot of grown men. The recent trend for retro toys has had an impact on the sort of shopper we find in toy stores and online.
A two tier market has developed, stimulated by an increase in retro culture. The TV schedules and multiplexes are filled with remakes – The Dukes of Hazzard, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Starsky and Hutch, Bewitched, Doctor Who and Star Wars have all made an outing in the last year alone. But as these remakes and rehashes appear vying for an audience, the question has to be asked – who is the audience? These films have a cross-generational appeal – the kids they are strictly catered for and the kids who watched them the first time around.
The impact on the commercial worlds is profound. The merchandising industry which inevitably surrounds the movie and TV world knows all too well of the two tier market and are all too happy to fill some of the shelves for their newfound taller customers. The web is a fertile marketplace for the bigger kids, with DVD and film sites such as http://moviemail-online.com catering for cult and retro films almost exclusively. Similarly, a large number of online toy stores such as http://justtoys.com are springing up with the intention of selling merchandise – Doctor Who Toys, Star Wars Toys - with a specifically grown–up appeal.
With the trend for Hollywood to look retrospectively in it’s efforts to fill the multiplexes, the trend for retro toys looks set to continue. A look at the forthcoming releases – King Kong, Wonder Woman, Indiana Jones 4 – tells us that that the big boys will be pushing you out of the way to get to their favourite toys in Christmases to come.
Article Source: - Steven is an independent cultural commentator who contributes to a wide range of journals and magazines both online and offline Web - cashzilla.co.uk Resources: imdb.com – Film news and gossip site justtoys.com
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