I could see a film school watching Academy as a case study in abject, but very expensive, failure. Research into catastrophic failure indicates that it rarely can be atributed to a single thing it is more more often a series of cascading mistakes. And kurtzman is just the guy to make them.
The Internet Historian could do a 90 minute video of Starfleet Academy spinning out of control in suitably dramatic, and marginally plagiarized, style.
People are not going back to Discovery. They are not running through Picard again. Section 31’s rewatchability dropped after the first week and never recovered. The 8% figure explains why Paramount looks at Strange New Worlds’ decent initial numbers and still has no confidence. A show people watch once and abandon generates no long-term value. The production cost is not recouped over time. It is a sunk expense. At $10 to $12 million per episode, those expenses do not sink quietly.
Star Trek: ToS - Enterprise were syndicated because they were on cable TV, they could be watched without a streaming service.
Everything since has been on a streaming platform and once people are done with the series, they won't pay to go back and watch it again.
(Me: I didn't pay to watch anything other than Strange New Worlds, and that's only because I watch other Paramount + properties and SNW is just an extra bit of fluff. I couldn't see myself wasting time watching shows that aren't trek, even though they are billed as trek.)
I could see a film school watching Academy as a case study in abject, but very expensive, failure. Research into catastrophic failure indicates that it rarely can be atributed to a single thing it is more more often a series of cascading mistakes. And kurtzman is just the guy to make them.
The Internet Historian could do a 90 minute video of Starfleet Academy spinning out of control in suitably dramatic, and marginally plagiarized, style.
Nearly a dollar per minute of total viewership is insanity.
That's 1-900 number, Madame Cleo, Nintendo hotline spend.
Did no one tell Kurtzy that he MUST have parent's permission before calling?
This weird love-affair with Strange New Worlds is...
I'm not going to support Kurtzman's turd just because it doesn't smell as bad as other Kurtzman turds.
No thanks.
Return Star Trek to Roddenberry standards. Period. I will support nothing else.
People are not going back to Discovery. They are not running through Picard again. Section 31’s rewatchability dropped after the first week and never recovered. The 8% figure explains why Paramount looks at Strange New Worlds’ decent initial numbers and still has no confidence. A show people watch once and abandon generates no long-term value. The production cost is not recouped over time. It is a sunk expense. At $10 to $12 million per episode, those expenses do not sink quietly.
Star Trek: ToS - Enterprise were syndicated because they were on cable TV, they could be watched without a streaming service.
Everything since has been on a streaming platform and once people are done with the series, they won't pay to go back and watch it again.
(Me: I didn't pay to watch anything other than Strange New Worlds, and that's only because I watch other Paramount + properties and SNW is just an extra bit of fluff. I couldn't see myself wasting time watching shows that aren't trek, even though they are billed as trek.)