Brave words. But I've heard them before. From thousands of executives across thousands of franchises.
And now they are all boring.
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Best thing he can do for the future of Trek is make sure Kurzmann and anyone who sat with him at the lunch table never get their pens near it again.
Let me get this straight, Paramount was recently purchased by the Ellisons yet you feel the greatest threat to Star Trek is... Alex Kurtzman? Wait wait, let me guess, you don't like how political Star Trek suddenly became this past decade?
It's always the same with you. Here is an interesting – perhaps shocking – fact: People can dislike both the Ellison takeover and the Alex Kurtzman creative era. There's no sort of contradiction here. I don't like Kurtzman because the Star Trek he was involved in was mostly trash, in my opinion. That doesn't mean that I am happy about MAGA infiltration at Paramount, and I assume that it is the same for the other commenter.
Star Trek was always political, internet ragebaiter.
Kurzmann is a shit writer who writes shit plots with holes so big you could drive a Vor'Cha class cruiser through them.
Well forgive me if I don't hold my breath.
I know that everyone is wary of David Ellison having control of Paramount IPs because he's a son to a Trump supporter, but we need to remember that money talks more than trying to fling propaganda. Don't forget that David has also donated to leftist polticitians anyway. Trek viewers range from socially progressive to moderates. If they started making trek a conservative propaganda machine, it would alienate viewers and their investments would lose them money. And we know how much investors hate losing money. Plus the new movie won't be out until after Trump is out of office. Nothing to apease, just to make money.
I don’t expect it to swing dramatically conservative; just to stay safely middle-of-the-road and say very little. But I do really hope to be proven wrong.
Conservative Trek? You mean the Terran Empire?
Sounds about right.