Miscellaneous fandom thoughts

[kangeiko]

+ In case anyone outside the US / Canada has been trying to find the Star Trek Shorts, they've just been released on Netflix.

+ I've been listening to Peter Kenny's narration of the Culture books, and it is so good. I am incredibly fussy about audiobooks; I tend to either opt for non-fiction narratives or for full-on radio dramas. The two main exceptions to this are Peter Kenny reading the Culture books, and Michael Jayston reading the George Smiley novels. In both cases, the narration is impeccable - clear, crisp, and with excellent character voices. Both are highly recommended. I also managed to find pretty much the entire set of Culture novels at my local charity store, so I've re-bought them. Yes, I already have them in e-book format, but I pretty much hate e-book format for anything that isn't 1) fic, or 2) novellas or short stories.

+ Well, this preview of Black Widow #1 doesn't fill me with confidence. We're back to the 'no killing, ever' thing? Really? How did that work out for you in the war, Steve, did you just bop the Nazis on the head, or...

Also, Nat's "you killed me" - er, didn't you just finish saying that wasn't him, and in fact, it wasn't him??? JFC what a complete mess all-round. No no no.

+ Paramount Was Hollywood’s ‘Mountain.’ Now It’s a Molehill. - this is so sad, and I had no idea other than a vague awareness that all the film studios would be under pressure from Netflix and other streaming competition. But the idea that Paramount might close due to the extreme short-sightedness of its managers - and that with it would go decades of cinema history - is such a sad one. (Also, this is the first I'm hearing of a Quentin Tarantino Star Trek, please someone tell me it's just an elaborate joke?)

+ I've finally found a source so I can watch Sun Records. Only watched the first ep so far, but I'm enjoying it. I'm guessing the heavy echoes of Mad Men were deliberately, right?

Comments

[olivermoss]

If the next Trek film was being made, it sounded like Tarantino being involved was likely. But there were contract problems and currently it looks like the reboot-verse is shelved.

Chris Pine walked months ago over contract problems and afaik hasn't returned. And I am okay with it being shelved.

[kangeiko]

Same. If it's choice between Tarantino!Trek and no Trek... I'd much rather re-watch the existing films instead.

[tabaqui]

I hadn't heard of 'Sun Records' before - looks good!
And the Black Widow book looks....bad. Yeesh.

It really is too bad about Paramount. Funny how shortsighted some people can be.

[kangeiko]

RE: Black Widow - yeah, I'm a bit shocked by how poor it looks tbh. Who is doing quality control on these things??

[tabaqui]

Cis white men in their thirties?
I got nuthin'.

[isabellerecs]

Tarantino Star Trek, say it ain't so! D: (That's a shame about Paramount.)

[kangeiko]

Apparently they screwed up with Chris Pine so he walked & it's been shelved... thank goodness for incompetence I guess.

[luthien]

Thanks for the links. Such a sad story about Paramount. The people now in charge are clearly trying to give it all as positive a spin as they can, but it sounds like it will be a long way back, if they don't keel over first.

[kangeiko]

I agree. Netflix and the other streaming services are in such a strong position, I can't imagine it surviving without serious changes to the way things are run.

[mr_picard]

Nope, Tarantino Trek isn't a joke. Apparently Tarantino expressed interest in it and the AOS cast liked the idea. (So did Sir Patrick, who has expressed an interest in working with Tarantino before.) I sincerely doubt it's going to get made now, though. At least not with the AOS crew, given the latest Paramount disaster when they refused to pay Chris Pine what they had promised they'd pay him.

[kangeiko]

Agree, and I'm thankful for their incompetence if it means no Tarantino!Trek??? (OK, I get the appeal of working with him, I just have absolutely no interest in seeing what he'd do to the Trek universe.)