I believe I initially also chose merch sales, which have cratered via zero interest, because nobody likes this, but it terms of net views, a pre-Kurtzman series is going to beat any movie into the ground. I would wager most Kurtzman series have net underperformed Into Darkness (which was a SHIT movie and SHIT adaptation of Wrath of Khan, the best Star Trek movie)
It’s not a reflection of if it’s great art, I doubt too many people have Do The Right Thing action figures (although that would be awesome) but a collapse in merch sales from real Trek to Kurtzman Trek is a direct reflection of a loss of audience and the failure to replace that audience with an adequately large new one to replace those sales numbers.
Then why care so much? Obviously I’d like Trek to maintain a sufficient audience to keep getting produced, but beyond that I really don’t care. I want it to be good, not popular. I’ve loved plenty of shows that stayed pretty niche.
So to actually speak to quality: Kurtzman Trek has absolutely been a mixed bag, but I appreciate that he tries a lot of different approaches to the franchise and seems to be pretty hands off on most of them. It means we occasionally get some dreck like Section 31, but also some great stuff like SNW and, so far at least, Academy.
Because I love the intelligent Trek that came before Kurtzman. The existence of Kurtzman Trek precludes better Trek from being produced. Millions of fans are being deprived to enrich this no talent asshat.
I believe I initially also chose merch sales, which have cratered via zero interest, because nobody likes this, but it terms of net views, a pre-Kurtzman series is going to beat any movie into the ground. I would wager most Kurtzman series have net underperformed Into Darkness (which was a SHIT movie and SHIT adaptation of Wrath of Khan, the best Star Trek movie)
Ah yes, the true worth of a piece art lies in how many action figures it sells. Silly silly me.
It’s not a reflection of if it’s great art, I doubt too many people have Do The Right Thing action figures (although that would be awesome) but a collapse in merch sales from real Trek to Kurtzman Trek is a direct reflection of a loss of audience and the failure to replace that audience with an adequately large new one to replace those sales numbers.
Then why care so much? Obviously I’d like Trek to maintain a sufficient audience to keep getting produced, but beyond that I really don’t care. I want it to be good, not popular. I’ve loved plenty of shows that stayed pretty niche.
So to actually speak to quality: Kurtzman Trek has absolutely been a mixed bag, but I appreciate that he tries a lot of different approaches to the franchise and seems to be pretty hands off on most of them. It means we occasionally get some dreck like Section 31, but also some great stuff like SNW and, so far at least, Academy.
Because I love the intelligent Trek that came before Kurtzman. The existence of Kurtzman Trek precludes better Trek from being produced. Millions of fans are being deprived to enrich this no talent asshat.