Star Trek: The Next Generation made Paramount a fortune and was one of the single most financially successful television programs of the last thirty years. It revived the franchise and created a cash cow Paramount is still milking.
So needless to say Paramount treats everything Trek like it's got herpes.
What you're about to see is the second version of Enterprise D's deck set. The first version, made of wood, was torched for Star Trek: Generations. This is the second set, built by Paramount to put on display. This includes original elements of the set, some of which could probably fetch thousands at auction. Kirk's chair was valued at six figures ten years ago.
Now, Paramount knows Star Trek fans are insane and obsessive. They could have sold this set in a charity auction and made a fortune. They could have donated it to Make-A-Wish. They could have just shipped it to the Smithsonian, or some other Americana museum.
Instead they did this.
If you're pissed off, you're not alone. The good news is that Trekkies, being Trekkies, grabbed the stuff Paramount chucked in the dumpster and are currently raising money to restore it, and maybe, you know, sell it for charity, or put it in a museum, or maybe put it somewhere sick kids who love the show could pretend to be Picard for ten seconds, you know, something a human being would do with it. Most of it is fiberglass, so its withstood the test of time with minimal damage.
I know in the grand scheme of things it's stupid to get ticked off over a set being junked, but at the same time, it seems like a hell of a waste when Paramount could have done something good with it. Leave it to the fans to, once again, pick up the slack.
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Dan, why are the bad men touching me right in the childhood? WHY?
Because they’re greedy bastards.
I’m used to greed ruining my memories of childhood. This seems more like callous laziness. But they certainly are bastards.
At a guess, this happened because Paramount bean counters decided that it made more financial sense to junk the set than get rid of it in some other way. Which is stupid, but it’s what I’ve come to expect from Paramount.
I didn’t cry at my own Fathers funeral, but I cried at the sight of this.
I’m going with my go-to target for Trek rage and blame this tragedy on Rick Berman and Brannon Braga.
Somehow, “Threshold” is to blame for this.
I blame JJ Abrams.
Will Wheton
Will Wheaton is forgiven everything because he’s Fawkes.
No, Wil Wheaton is forgiven because he’s Chaos.
You know what they say All Good Things… I guess its really A Matter of Perspective. Sure you would think Paramount would take the High Ground, but it really was just a Matter of Time, until they ticked the fans off again. But there is some Redemption in the fans restoring it. I dont want to get all crazy and start a Drumhead and put Paramount on trial here, but it seems like they dont care about trek’s Legacy. Darmok
For that string of puns, I’m going to meet you in the Arena and show you some Patterns of Force.
It seems we’ve crossed a certain Threshold and there’s been a Call to Arms, wouldn’t you say? It’s A Time to Stand and draw some Battle Lines.
Somehow I knew you wanted A Piece of the Action.
It’s like Paramount is actually run around the country punching every single fan of ST:TNG in the dick (or vajayjay).
“Agh! Why are you doing this, to raise money for sick children?” “NO! In fact, I’m off to patent joy and make children pay me a nickel every time they laugh!” :::PUNCH:::
“In my century we don’t succumb to revenge. We have a more evolved sensibility.”
“Bull s**t. The Paramount executives hurt you, and now you want to hurt them back.”
“This is not about revenge, this is about saving the future of the fandom!”
Trekkies, give up the damn ship!”
“No! NOOO! We will not sacrifice the Enterprise. We’ve made too many compromises already. Too many retreats. They destroy our sets, we fall back. They assimilate entire franchises, and we fall back. The line must be drawn HERE! This far, no farther! And we… will make them PAY for what they’ve done.”
Well done. 10/10.
Agreed. Kudos to you sir. Well done!
COMMENT OF THE WEEK.
I work on the Paramount lot. Do you know where any of this stuff is?
That’s a damn dirty shame right there.
That’ ranks right next to that time Kane took off his mask and he looked like somebody’s big toe on the nobody-loves-what-i-hold-sacred-meter.
Does this remind anyone of the Seinfeld episode when Kramer finds the set of the old Merv Griffin Show in a dumpster?
Its Paramount. How is anyone shocked, really?