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   From: john-duncan-yoyo@cox.net   
      
   On Sun, 02 May 2004 20:13:20 GMT, Michael Johnson    
   wrote:   
      
   >Lets go with ST as your example. Their fanbase before ST:TMP was made   
   >was the same 'loyal but devoted' fans that plugged for a film. It was   
   >only until the release of that movie and the subsequent sequels that   
   >the fanbase became more mainstream enough to warrant ST:TNG.   
      
   IMS ST:TMP was not all that successful.   Wrath of Kahn was the   
   successful one.  It was sort of a surprise when ST:WoK arrived in   
   theaters and was a great Star Trek film.   
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