negative1 said:
i mentioned in another thread that the Star Wars franchise has generated over US$20 billion
dollars... i'm not sure how much the Trek series has.
but there's no way you're going to stop something with that much financial momentum..
unless peoples interest go away like they did in the late 80's-late 90's..(but even then
there was still merchandise)..
will the new tv show, and live action show coming out, books, comics, action figures, etc
for star wars... i doubt it will EVER end......
trek, i'm not so sure about, they've done a pretty good job of killing off interest in the
series ever since they went overboard with all the spinoffs.. if 'enterprise' hadn't been
cancelled maybe there would be more fans? but i think this new movie is the last gasp
of the trek series..... its possible it might come to an end (but not the merchandise though)...
later
-1
Yeah except Lucas had to destroy the original star wars trilogy to get rich.
As for the JJ trek film Paramount does not care if it is garbage as long as it makes money like That piece of shit Cloverfield did. MIII was totally a boxoffice bomb according to the Suits at Paramount. Though they blamed that on Tom Cruise. Just like they blamed the bomb of a speilberg film war of rthe worlds on cruise. Instead of Spielberg. They allowed him and Lucas to destroy the Indiana Jones franchise to make 700 million worldwide.
Money should never be a bar to the enjoyment of something or how great a piece of work, or art it is. The old star wars trilogy would remain close to my heart even if it did not make tons of money.
Lucas is a good business man as far as the bottom Line goes. His shareholders must be pleased. But as a storyteller or being loyal to his fans he sucks.
But also on the other side of the coin he is a very bad businessman because he does not give people what they want. Also he keeps the one golden asset he has which would make him even richer the original originals from being released in anamorphic form.
He refuses a fixed colors and sound version of the 2004 dvd's, he refuses the theatrical cuts for the prequels to people who want them. He refuses the 1997 special editions to those who want him.
In other words the thing he is best at is f***ing over his fans.
The blu ray format won the format wars. and Has the Amount of physical disc space and specifications to give the fans what they want. Give them an Uber box set with 3 remastered and properly fixed versions of the trilogy. For the fans of the prequels he can give them the 2 different versions and possibly give those who want a fixed Yoda in Episode 1 a third edit of the film.
I personally don't care if the 2004, 1997, or prequels are ever released again. I only want the oot remastered and restored to its original state via the standards outlined by Robert Harris.
If the Ridey Scott's of the world, the Steven Speilberg's, and Francis Ford Coppola's can give people what they want on blu ray and dvd why cannot Lucas.
His stubborness is irritating and takes out any enjoyment i would get out of the prequels or special editions if i even get any from those films. When the oot gets its due i will give the other films the status they deserve of a far far away second place in my collection.