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   From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   On 6/28/2017 1:02 PM, Doc O'Leary wrote:   
   > For your reference, records indicate that   
   > 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.   
   >   
   Let me expand a sentence in my original post.  "He didn't dare aim any   
   of that _disrespect_ at Paramount...".  The fact that Paramount was just   
   as willing to urinate on the fan base doesn't make what Abrams did any   
   better, it just helps explain _why_ he was given so much money to do so   
   with.  And Paramount being merely indifferent means he or some other   
   film maker could have tried to retain the spirit of the original.   
      
   But the publicity and Abrams comments about making Trek and the   
   decisions that were made BY Abrams make it clear that he was the driving   
   force behind the yellow rain.   
      
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