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Rick Berman Doesn't Know Why Nemesis Tanked
Steve Krutzler writes "Star Trek producer Rick Berman broke his silence today on the debacle that was the North American box office for STAR TREK NEMESIS. The film grossed $18.5 million in its opening weekend in mid-December, the lowest of any TREK bow, and its current domestic total stands below even that of the much-lambasted STAR TREK V. Read more at TrekWeb. Berman says he doesn't know why the movie failed and the future of more TREK movies is uncertain."
In the beginning of the movie, Will and Deanna are to be married and as everyone knows from the episode where Troi's mother gets married on ST:TNG, the participants in Betazed weddings are nude.
So the whole movie, we're waiting to see how much better plastic surgery has become in the 24th century as Troi has grown a full two bust sizes since the beginning of TNG. Instead, we get stuck looking at the shiny heads and crooked teeth of Picard and his evil clone.
Star Trek writers, listen up: more nudity, sex, and explosions, in that order and you'll have a box office success. Some Klingon orgies would guarantee at least a few more movies. And stop with the 'holier-than-thou' moral of the story in these movies. Go out and explore shit.. go where no man has gone before and bag one for the team, eh?
I thought Wil Wheaton was a giant testicle to begin with ;)
There is nothing inherently safe about liberty. That's why so many people died protecting it.
... who gives a flying fsck why any movie with a title like "Star*????*" fails?
Maybe it's because the sorry-ass fans of such movie franchise finally got kicked out of their mom's basement at the tender age of 30-40 and now cannot afford a $10 movie ticket?