Our travels through the original sales pitch for Star Trek continues. Not to be confused with the pitch for fan series Star Trek Continues. In our previous installment we saw the ship was originally planned to be named the Yorktown rather than the Enterprise, as well as seeing prototypes of what became episodes of the original series and the first pilot, which we can’t call unaired on a technicality. “The Cage” was reworked into “The Menagerie”…and then many years later “The Cage” was finally aired in its original form on The Sci-Fi Channel.
In part two of our look at the pitch before moving on to the writer’s guide, we’ll meet the crew of the Enterprise Yorktown. It should be fascinating to see which specific characters and general character ideas made it to “The Cage” and into the series we finally got. Of the original crew, only Mr. Spock made it to the series, though I thought Dr. Boyce (or at least his actor in the medical officer role) was in one of the early episodes, maybe the first approved pilot “Where No Man Has Gone Before”. He did appear in novels, and of course everyone showed up in the comic Early Voyages and in the Prime Timeline’s Strange New Worlds, though he would be replaced for probably “modern” reasons.
With that, let’s meet the crew we almost had, including a captain who did finally show up on TV.
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The REAL Reason Fans Are Cheering The Fall Of The Entertainment Industry
In a recently deleted tweet on XTwitter, Ubisoft’s monetization director (covered by Bounding Into Comics) showed his disgust at fans celebrating the failures of their recent Star Wars: Outlaws game, a buggy mess with an odd story and yet another unattractive female protagonist, and the fallout of Assassin’s Creed: Shadows and the recently buried Concord. His ire was pointed towards fans (frankly I could stop the sentence there) who are happy to see Ubisoft in financial trouble and possibly being forced to go private with Chinese (government) gaming group Tencent just to stay afloat. Rocksteady has had similar issues after their Suicide Squad game, which continues to disappoint with every new DLC..for the handful of people still playing it.
Then of course there are the various box office and streaming failings of the Disney acquired Marvel and Star Wars properties falling apart. I’ve heard other commentators, whose opinion I’m usually in alignment with, make the same decree of disappointment, and all of them blaming fan commentators like The Critical Drinker or Gary and the team at Nerdrotic for the failures, calling them out for celebrating the layoffs and firings in the entertainment industry at large. Those two specifically have been named due to breaking out of YouTube commentary and appearing on a couple of Fox News’ broadcasts. Put them on Gutfield! or one of the other main channel shows and I’ll be impressed.
However, the reasons given for their cheering by the critics of Drinker and Nerdrotic comes from the usual talking points of blaming racism, bigotry, and misogyny. “They’re horrible people” the naysayers insist “because they want to see us unemployed and cheer us on!” As someone who actually watches their videos and occasionally their livestreams, I can tell you the actual reason for these and other YouTube commentators laughing at the failing entertainment industries. Have a seat and let Uncle Tronix explain, because the problem isn’t on the side of the drunken Scotsman or guy who used to own a comic store and did a spell in prison. It’s the quality of what’s coming out of the entertainment industry.
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on October 8, 2024 in Comic Spotlight, Movie Spotlight, Streaming Spotlight, Television Spotlight, Video Game Spotlight and tagged commentary, fans vs creators, Hollywood versus fans, Streaming media, Television and Movies, video games.
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