"Focused on profitability" and "expanding the fanbase" are mutually exclusive. "Focused on profitability" means selling the most tickets NOW. It means releasing cheaper (and hence more sellable) DVDs NOW. It means all sorts of things. "Expanding the fanbase" means having people associate more with the idea of "Star Trek" than Kirk, Spock, and the Enterprise. It means having everybody care about the characters. It means having people believe in Roddenberry's vision again. And in this instance they'd actually make more money IN THE LONG RUN.
Oh, and I liked Batman Begins. Unlike some other Batman movies, I daresay that there was the lowest ratio of wasted screentime to real screentime ever for a Batman movie. The number of loose ends was minimal, especially for a Batman movie.
__________________
mudshark: Nate's just being...Nate.
Zeke: It comes nateurally to him.
mudshark: I don't expect Nate to make sense, really -- it's just a bad idea.
Sa'ar Chasm on the 5M.net forum: Sit back, relax, and revel in the insanity.
Adam Savage: I reject your reality and substitute my own!
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
Crow T. Robot: Oh, stop pretending there's a plot. Don't cheapen yourself further.
|