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I don't have much of a gut instinct. In fact, I really HOPE I don't. Because this Star Trek new Voyages thing fills me with the kind of dread you usually only get in the seconds between when you turn the corner and see a guy standing there with a gun and him pulling the trigger.
And Rod's involved. I don't know how to feel about that. Even if he is offering his blessing (and support, since he's new on the production team), I still don't know how much that amounts to legally. Good kid, he is. I just ain't sure about the wisdom of associating with this operation.
Barring any sort of miracle, it will likely damage the Roddenbery/Viacom relationship.
In all probability, Viacom will probably just roll out of bed, reach out one hairy knuckle, and crush it.
The creative staff seems very genuine, and may perhaps be very creative. So why put this much energy into something even more fragile than normal. I think it's even more dangerous than a normal Trek fanseries, considering that this is pretty much the most direct violation possible of Paramount's IP, and they'll sue you into a corner for much less.
I mean, people put energy into things like Finnegan's Wake and, while you can make judgments about the viability of a web series of that ambition (seriously, is there any?), at least they don't have to worry about some junior barrister deciding to make his name by zapping them.
Unless, of course, he works for a cranky SF writer who's prone to chucking lawsuits at people, but we know there aren't any of those.
And Rod's involved. I don't know how to feel about that. Even if he is offering his blessing (and support, since he's new on the production team), I still don't know how much that amounts to legally. Good kid, he is. I just ain't sure about the wisdom of associating with this operation.
Barring any sort of miracle, it will likely damage the Roddenbery/Viacom relationship.
In all probability, Viacom will probably just roll out of bed, reach out one hairy knuckle, and crush it.
The creative staff seems very genuine, and may perhaps be very creative. So why put this much energy into something even more fragile than normal. I think it's even more dangerous than a normal Trek fanseries, considering that this is pretty much the most direct violation possible of Paramount's IP, and they'll sue you into a corner for much less.
I mean, people put energy into things like Finnegan's Wake and, while you can make judgments about the viability of a web series of that ambition (seriously, is there any?), at least they don't have to worry about some junior barrister deciding to make his name by zapping them.
Unless, of course, he works for a cranky SF writer who's prone to chucking lawsuits at people, but we know there aren't any of those.