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Two new movies and no nerd books/guides.
Posted: 2013-10-19 12:29pm
by Knife
I'm a little curious. After two new movies there doesn't seem to be a lot of 'incredible cross section' or 'inside the world of' books or internet activity as I would have assumed? Why not? I would love a new 'Mr Scott's guide to the new Enterprise'. Am I just missing this or what?
Re: Two new movies and no nerd books/guides.
Posted: 2013-10-19 02:46pm
by TOSDOC
I have to admit, I'd have trouble looking at a Mr. Scott's guide for the new films without seeing the fucking brewery instead.
Re: Two new movies and no nerd books/guides.
Posted: 2013-10-19 04:46pm
by Darth Quorthon
Not sure how relevant it is, but I remember reading
this a while back.
Still, Jeff Gomez, CEO of the transmedia consulting firm Starlight Runner Entertainment, says there could have been so many more lucrative tie-ins. He contends that the rebooted franchise has enormous potential outside the multiplex.
"Right now the 'Star Trek' movies are movies," Gomez said. "There is no apparent ongoing transmedia strategy behind them, just a handful of licensing opportunities around the release of 'Into Darkness.'
Re: Two new movies and no nerd books/guides.
Posted: 2013-10-22 01:42am
by tim31
They're catering to a different market these days.
Re: Two new movies and no nerd books/guides.
Posted: 2013-10-22 06:46pm
by Batman
It took freaking forever for Mr Scott's Guide to the Enterprise to come out and the TNG Tech Manual was essentially useless. Heck the ICS's didn't happen until the prequel trilogy and that was with about a quarter of a century of background. So far there's two movies the technology used within I very much suspect we put a lot more thought towards than the people who actually did the movies.
Re: Two new movies and no nerd books/guides.
Posted: 2013-10-22 07:01pm
by Prometheus Unbound
and that's why no one cares.
Re: Two new movies and no nerd books/guides.
Posted: 2013-11-07 10:53pm
by Bob the Gunslinger
They're still putting out quality nerd books based on the old timeline.
Bird of Prey Owner's Manual
Re: Two new movies and no nerd books/guides.
Posted: 2013-11-09 07:34pm
by aussiemuscle308
tim31 wrote:They're catering to a different market these days.
yeah, that's what happens when you make trek appeal to a wider audience. you alienate your core fans. I like the 'nu-trek' movies, but i don't consider them 'real trek' (whatever that means).
Re: Two new movies and no nerd books/guides.
Posted: 2013-11-09 07:59pm
by Batman
Given the quality of traditional Trek post-DS9, nuTrek doesn't look that bad. Yeah, the first movie seriously stunk, but so did The Motionless Picture and TFF. I went into the reboot expecting to hate it and 'Into Darkness' turned out to be a not only thoroughly enjoyable but a definitely Star Trek movie.