The Star Trek Thread

[Jubal]

Aye, though how exactly could be pretty crucial. Like I'm fairly sure you can copyright a font, but the underlying letter forms you can't, and if Klingon is ruled to be an active language then it would make sense if the same applied here.

[comrade_general]

In any case - qapla'!

[Jubal]

Lawsuit coming your way there :p

[comrade_general]

It will trace back to Exilian and we're all going down!

[comrade_general]

Neat. Much better trailer than the first.

[comrade_general]

http://screenrant.com/star-trek-fan-films-guidelines-paramount/

This is disgusting. There are some real assholes in charge at CBS/Paramount.

[DeepCandle Games]

to be fair its basically stopping people from making cheap clones and such of their product and also making sure that the rewards and profit mostly flow into the hands of the people that worked to create it, kind of similar to anti-piracy regulations in that sense.

well that's it comes accross to me but its probably different for someone more familiar with star trek and those who created it :p

not saying you're wrong, just saying that i dont see the problem, apart from cutting down the time length it just sounds like something that was going to happen anyway..

[comrade_general]

Fan films don't make profits and act as free advertising for the official thing. All this does is stop creativity in its tracks.

[comrade_general]

Netflix UK now has all Star Trek series available for streaming. So get on it Brits!

[comrade_general]

So they made nuSulu gay and even GEORGE TAKEI thinks it's a terrible idea.

[DeepCandle Games]

On the other hand that's like a double minority haha so it will appease Tumblr.

Sounds like a cheap move to get more tickets to me. 

[Jubal]

I don't particularly see that it's a big deal. With most relationships in books/films, the only real question is whether they're written well and fit into the story; if so, they work, if not, they don't, simples.

[DeepCandle Games]

the difference between a cheap move to draw in sjw's and an actual plot element

[Jubal]

I guess I also feel like people get really upset about cheap throwaway character features to draw in, say, the LGBT community, but don't get nearly as upset by for example when there are pointless sex appeal characters for straight men added or other things that have no plot relevance but appeal to other specific audiences. It's not as if anyone has any artistic high ground in these arguments; any character feature more or less can be done well or done badly.

[DeepCandle Games]

I've seen people i find more attractive in the local area. Although i think generally you are right. It seems they use popular actors and actresses to draw in tickets rather than to contribute to the story.