Yep, I have to wonder which brand of cornflakes they're using for brains, by geoblocking viewers.
But if that's how it's going to be, fine. Pro novels, fan films, and fanfic will keep me busy for years. It would probably take me the better part of a year just to read the print 'zines I've got in my collection at home, never mind the novels I've got but haven't read yet, plus everything online.
CBS/Paramount handled the 50th anniversary very badly. It was basically a <expletive-you> to the fans, at least the first couple of generations who grew up with first-run showings of TOS and TAS and were really looking forward to a special 50th anniversary celebration.
Doctor Who, on the other hand? They did it just right. Nobody was geoblocked from the marathon of special programming, all the surviving Doctors were included in some way (the surviving Classic Doctors in Peter Davison's "The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot" and Paul McGann in the "Night of the Doctor" webisode; he was also very briefly in Davison's film, and Tom Baker as the Caretaker in "Day of the Doctor), and it was treated as the major event it was.
Star Trek's current caretakers, on the other hand? "Meh." They put out another crappy nuTrek movie that had no sense of being any kind of homage to the last 50 years, and said, Okay, you can have a new TV series... just not in the right year to mean anything. Oh, and only Americans can watch it.
But if that's how it's going to be, fine. Pro novels, fan films, and fanfic will keep me busy for years. It would probably take me the better part of a year just to read the print 'zines I've got in my collection at home, never mind the novels I've got but haven't read yet, plus everything online.
CBS/Paramount handled the 50th anniversary very badly. It was basically a <expletive-you> to the fans, at least the first couple of generations who grew up with first-run showings of TOS and TAS and were really looking forward to a special 50th anniversary celebration.
Doctor Who, on the other hand? They did it just right. Nobody was geoblocked from the marathon of special programming, all the surviving Doctors were included in some way (the surviving Classic Doctors in Peter Davison's "The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot" and Paul McGann in the "Night of the Doctor" webisode; he was also very briefly in Davison's film, and Tom Baker as the Caretaker in "Day of the Doctor), and it was treated as the major event it was.
Star Trek's current caretakers, on the other hand? "Meh." They put out another crappy nuTrek movie that had no sense of being any kind of homage to the last 50 years, and said, Okay, you can have a new TV series... just not in the right year to mean anything. Oh, and only Americans can watch it.