[–] GreatWhiteNorth 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
It's a thing because like it or not STD is popular. Old Star Trek fans hate it but you have to remember we don't matter anymore. Discovery is a show for women and international audiences and with those people it's a hit. Old school fans may rate it low on Rotten Tomatoes and whine online but we're such a small voice now the studios can afford to ignore us. It's time to accept it and move on, as hard as that is. Stop hate watching the show, get a life. Or just watch the old shows for the 20th time.
[–] 17927444? [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Those old Star Trek fans would go the to same movie 5 times in a row, buy all the books, DV's blue-ray,..... These people also promote the Star Trek.
Those new Trekkies you claim, these will lose interest and dump Star Trek as fast as they can. Those have short attention spans.
Luckily we have now "The Orville" :-)
[–] GreatWhiteNorth 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Doesn't matter. New fans will stay subscribed to Netflix and CBS All Access for other things so they'll still make money and old fans will continue buying the merch based on the old shows.
[–] KrakenCentaur ago
It is a thing because of the plans of CBS.