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   From: droleary@2017usenet1.subsume.com   
      
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   Dimensional Traveler  wrote:   
      
   > He didn't dare aim any of that at Paramount, they were the ones paying   
   > him and would have canned his ass so fast the Earth would have rotated   
   > backwards.   
      
   Why do you think they have any investment in the Trek universe greater   
   than that of making a profit?  The pitch was to make a successful Trek   
   movie, not simply to do as he pleased.  There was just enough overlap   
   to suck the soul out of the franchise, to whatever extent the soul of   
   Trek still exists post-TNG.   
      
   Likewise, I doubt Paramount really cares that much about the   
   anachronistic token diversity that is being pushed in Discovery.   
   Someone was simply able to sell them on the notion that they’ll get a   
   larger audience (and thus larger profits) if they hype that angle.  And,   
   in the short term, that will probably be true.  But short term planning   
   is *not* a wise thing to do when you have a brand that you want to build   
   a lasting value.   
      
   --   
   "Also . . . I can kill you with my brain."   
   River Tam, Trash, Firefly   
      
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