do you think that things will be like star trek one day?

[Fidel_Castronaut]

As much as I love star trek, and indeed Star wars 4, 5 & 6, They needed to be left alone once they were done. However I know that's not how Hollywood works; find a brand that hasn't been totally and utterly raped and milk it for every penny by relying on the branding.

Star Trek for me ends at voyager, and Star wars at Jedi. The others are just superfluous.

I'm cautiously optimistic. J.J. Abrams did...OK by the Star Trek franchise (I think its main flaw was justifying its own existence as a reboot without erasing 30 years of Star Trek stuff with the alternate history bullshit). But it seems like, based on his use of 35mm film, practical effects, and desert locations, he at least got the technicals down so hopefully we won't see a washed out CGI PS2 cutscene mess like the prequels (gack, don't even get me started). We'll just have to wait and see with the story. Hopefully after this point, Disney will smarten up and not only allow people digitally purchase and rent all nine movies, but also release the spruced-up theatrical cuts of the original trilogy on Blu-ray (perhaps as part of a double-dipping ULTIMATE FORCE COLLECTION including all nine)!

The thing with the JJ reboots is that they were exactly what they needed to be to get money. Star Trek fans make up a a very small demographic of the people who went to see ST 09 and into darkness, and that's why it was such a success. They introduced a version of year trek to the masses that was easy to digest and took the thinking out of it; something I loved about the various Star Trek series'. I'd recommended watching Harry Plinket's review here, funny and dead on the mark:

http://redlettermedia.com/plinkett/star-...r-trek-09/

That's what makes me worried for the new Star Wars films. They're most likely not going to be Star Wars films as we know them but dumbed down versions that everyone will be able to stomach, but not necessarily enjoy.