Comments on: History Channel Airing Trek Documentaries – Reviews Not So Good

By: Robert Bernardo

Robert Bernardo — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 07:07:20 +0000

Saw the show. Liked the show!

By: Lee

Lee — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 05:15:01 +0000

#78 – I think I remember reading that some bolts of very rich material left over from the Ten Commandments was used in making the Vulcan costumes in Trek III.

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 18:13:37 +0000

#99 The Classic ship is hanging in the Smithsonian in Wash. DC.

By: Ron Jon

Ron Jon — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:16:20 +0000

I didn’t suggest that Star Trek: The Experience is a money loser. I did say that it cost a lot of money and is not particularly profitable, and that this is why the capital for a Star Trek museum might be a lot harder to obtain than you might think.

BTW: I liked the beautiful TMP and TNG Enterprise models at The Experience, but I was VERY disappointed that they did not include the Classic ship.

By: DarenDoc

DarenDoc — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 06:51:03 +0000

There is nothing wrong with the studio making money. What I object to is the snide attitude of the people in charge when they say that it is “doing something for the fans”. This is an unabashed lie… and I don’t like being lied to by a smiling accountant. Hopefully, they will put more money into the new film as a result of this bounty, but somehow I think that the “cheaper is better” attitude will prevail.

The existing museum at Trek the Experience in Vegas is not a money loser. I guarantee if it were, it would be demolished and replaced with something that did. The problem with the “experience” is that it is VERY latter-trek centric… with only a passing nod to TOS as a “quaint” predecessor. That said, the large Movie Enterprise hanging “miniature” created by Landmark Entertainment for the attraction is gorgeous.

By: laserlover2254

laserlover2254 — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 06:22:40 +0000

A load of fluff, those specials.

By: Ron Jon

Ron Jon — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 03:37:22 +0000

A museum would cost a helluva lot more than $7 million to build and to operate. The existing “museum” at Star Trek The Experience probably cost ten times that amount, and doesn’t seem to make all that much money, even with a cool simulator ride and a prime Las Vegas location. (The new “Borg 4D” adventure seems distinctly low-budget.)

Star Trek has always been unabashedly about making money. Desilu took a big risk on Star Trek and Gene Roddenberry in the 1960s. Since then, the studio (and its successors) have invested hundreds of millions of dollars more into the show. Why would they do this? Because they believed they would make a good profit on it. The corporations’ shareholders profit from this intelligent risk-takiing. And we, the viewers, have benefitted by getting literally hundreds of hours of Star Trek to enjoy.

There is nothing wrong with the studio wanting to make money from Star Trek. Indeed, the more money they make, the more willing they will be to invest money into making Star Trek.

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:41:23 +0000

On the other hand.. maybe when these few well to-do fans pass they’ll have the good sense to donate their collections to museums for all to enjoy. Just think: what if Paramount would have found a.. different, more depressing way to get rid of all that history!

By: Lets hate Paramount

Lets hate Paramount — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:08:49 +0000

Its sad to me that the Okudas were involved with this

By: Matt Wright

Matt Wright — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:55:00 +0000

saw bits of both documentaries and thought both were subpar, also want to echo Daren’s comments about the total BS of “giving back to the fans.”

Also it bothered the hell out of me when they interviewed that chump that bought the transporter console from Enterprise. He spoke of it with nostalgia like it was the TOS transporter console, and even customized it with TOS sound effects, but its not the transporter he was waxing poetic about, it was the lamo Enterprise one… not sure he deserves a piece of Trek history.