XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise   
   From: laura@lauragoodwin.org   
      
   Keeper of the Purple Twilight wrote:   
   > On 2005-12-05 21:17:51 -0600, ToolPackinMama  said:   
   >   
   >> Al Smith wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>>> Know what Paramount should do? They should comission a series of   
   >>>>> ten limited budget Trek films by different well known directors,   
   >>>>> and run them as a miniseries on television. Just let the directors   
   >>>>> do whatever stories they wanted to do. They could put the Trek   
   >>>>> special effects team at the disposal of the different directors as   
   >>>>> their films came up, so all the films would have a nice, uniform   
   >>>>> look and feel. It would be fascinating to see what fresh minds   
   >>>>> would do with the Trek universe.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> That's actually a very cool idea!  :)   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Thank you. Let's hope some eager young Paramont flunky is reading   
   >>> this group, and decides to steal my idea and use it for his/her own   
   >>> career advancement. We might see some decent Trek.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> If only they actually would "steal" some (freely offered) ideas from   
   >> fans.  We would all be better off.   
   >   
   >   
   > They are legally prevented from doing so, AFAIK they could get sued if   
   > they do that.   
   > Which is why none of the authors ever frequent these NGs.   
      
   But that is absurd!  You can't patent/copyright a "concept"!   
      
   If they refuse to use anything that fans might have had a say in, then   
   no wonder so little of what they do pleases fans.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)