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It is curious how the movie did seem to be broadly well liked by a wide range of people, from those who had never seen any Trek before to those who had been there at the start. It seemed to have satisfied a fairly wide range of folks.
But of course it also didn't. And I'm trying (and it's not very hard) to remember if that has ever happened before with Trek series and films, where some love it and some hate it. Yeah, that has. There are Trek fans out there who don't think DS9 is 'real' Star Trek.........etc, etc - I could go on but...........
It's also the case that Star Trek as a whole was hardly a charity case in recent years and nor was it something that was supposed to attract only a niche crowd. It has been underfunded previously in film terms over the years (after the huge wad was blown on TMP back in 1979) but the TV series have always been extremely generously funded from TNG onwards to the tune of millions of dollars per episode since 1987. Although even then the exectives were smart enough to apply business decisions to the show to ensure the risk was off their shoulders as much as possible because no-one knew how this very expensive TV show was going to go. That was more than many other sci-fi shows had to spend on themselves and that continued. And at that spending level it was not supposed to only be caught by the select few.
It also was never especially risky once it settled into to TNG era.
Sorry, but Star Trek has coveted pop culture status for years and any argument to the contrary is not a strong one. For a while it even sorta had it. It's selectivism based on the decline of the franchise over the final stages of the Berman years leading up to the cancellation of ENT when it actually DID have just a comparatively niche audience. But not because that was who it was targeting.
Nor do you set up a merchandising network like Trek did in it's last heydey if you aren't out to milk.
Given that all the films after TMP virtually have fit the sci-fi/action/adventure template and tried to appeal and be accessible to general movie-goers as well as fans, it's no surprise at all that the Abrams film did the same (while it's cute to see complaints about the explosions and visuals effects reliance and starship fights and lack of a 'proper' Trek story (likely insert ones own definition of what exactly that means for everyone) there seems to be some odd selectivism about just how many explosions, visual effects and starship battles there's already been and not ones that were always underpinned by superb allegorical sci-fi storytelling either) but certainly there is some sourness that it did it better than the others.
Star Trek (as a franchise) is a thing that runs the quality and story gamut from embarrasingly stupid crap, to quite excellent stuff across all the films and TV shows. It's merely that few ever agree on where everything slots in. The last film is no different.
Yet, as Martok notes - we turn up anyway. Whether it's been as dumb as a box of hair, or something smart and effective, or we watch the next week's episode to see if it will be better than last week's. Because that's what fans do. Stay for the long haul and praise/complain about the latest entry and then tune back in to the next installment.
So, anyway, I will wait to hear more about the sequel and then go and see it when it comes out................even if by then I have reservations about it's story (once I know what it is exactly) and then decide whether I like it or not.
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Trek is all things to all people.
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Omegaman, I applaud your succinctness.
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To put a little more balance into the insight....
I'm sure that for those that this Star Trek film has disappointed, it was very much like how Star Trek The Motion Picture was for those whom it disappointed...
A promising beginning that turns out being the best 10 minutes of the movie....everything that followed was just not up to snuff.
For ST:TMP the complaints were:
1. Stiff, wooden characters that apparently were shadows of their TV series selves.
2. Overblown, overlong visual effects sequences that lasted for too long, juxtaposed against too many looks of awe and amazement on the crew during the V'ger travel sequence.
Of course, I loved ST: TMP. The first ten minutes were indeed the best, but to me, the story did not diminish sharply from there. It was great seeing my heroes up on the big screen, seeing the Enterprise refit and up on the big screen...and I dug the story. And I was only ten years old. When it came out on VHS, I was down at the local library every Saturday afternoon for about twelve weeks, reserving time in the media room just to watch Star Trek The Motion Picture. (It was the only sci-fi movie they had at the time. Shortly after that, they'd gotten TRON and Star Wars....but it was understandable why they were so slow in getting such movies....new VHS movies back then were around $100-$110 dollars to purchase.)
Even to this day, ST: TMP holds up quite well for me. It held up considerably when the Director's Edition DVD was released, and it holds up even more immensely on Blu-Ray.
Trek hasn't been a cash cow before ST09, the budgets and target audience speak for themselves.
I am not against action per se (gee, like you folks I am a guy), I actually liked it quite a lot when e.g. ENT went for more action during its third season.
I am against action that comes at the cost of losing substance. This doesn't mean that the story has to be super-smart or technobabble-saturated or whatever. It merely means that there should be a decent story that feels a bit like sci-fi. Action in space is not automatically science-fiction.
I am not in favour of the other extreme, dry, talky sci-fi. TMP is a sleep pill. All I am arguing for is more balance ... and given the success of balanced movies like TWOK or FC I dare say that at least once my crazy opinion is mainstream compatible. By the way, a short inspection of these two movies reveals that things like thrill or surprise value are ingredients that make action work all the better.
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In fact:
Sci-fi movies I love to drop off to:
Star Trek The Motion Picture
Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country
Star Trek Nemesis
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Dune (both theatrical and Sci-fi productions)
The Black Hole
Battlestar Galactica (pilot episodes for both the original and new series)
Babylon 5: The Gathering (pilot for B5)
Babylon 5: In the Beginning (prequel to the pilot)
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Star Trek has been a cash cow ever since Paramount pulled the plug on their aborted TV series and decided to make a movie instead.
Then they green-lit a second feature film, on a TV budget, and even tried to strong-arm the director they hired into not bringing in a music composer they didn't want to pay for (Nick has gone on record griping about this). They readjusted their expectations following TMP's figures, and decided to make every last bit of money off the ST banner, quality be damned. Then when there was 'talk' about 'possibly' making a third movie, the producers suddenly got cold feet about killing off a major character.
Then they allowed an unqualified writer/director to manage the fifth film because they were still high off their success with the fourth. When they saw they were in trouble, they lowered their budget accordingly. What the hey, as long as they were still making money. Then they got cold feet about making a sixth film, and by all accounts might never have gotten around to it had it not been a ST anniversary year. There was still 'some' money that had not yet been sucked out of the cash cow. We can't have that.
Next you have the TNG spin-offs: three consecutive series worth, no less. One spin-off I could understand, because TNG actually had the ratings to justify it. Could DS9 say the same? Sure, I realize "we all like DS9", but... That show started steadily declining immediately after the pilot. I vividly remember press interviews going into VOY's premier: with questions like "You don't think there's a danger of oversaturation?" being answered with Berman's usual PR speak "Well, of course we're very much aware of the dangers of making 'too many trips to the well', but I can assure you the matter has been given all due consideration." Translation: the studio was milking their cash cow yet again, and the producers having to put their positive spin on the situation knew it all too well. But at least they had job security (something most people don't get in Hollywood).
I guess we're just not on the same bus, if by 'cash cow' you mean that this is the first time since TMP that ST has tried to play in the big leagues (even though Kevin's analysis of ST on the TV front demonstrates this is also not the case). But from where I stand, it took some serious balls to gamble that the franchise could achieve this on the feature film front. Certainly no less so than gambling that a high-budget production value TV series could thrive in the then-untested first-run syndicated market. I don't see anything risk-averse about ST09's development, because (since you bring up budgets and target audiences) there was nothing in the numbers for movies I-X to indicate that ST could sustain itself as an A-level film franchise. Though I suppose if you wanted to put a cynical spin on that you could say "Yeah, well, there was nothing risky about such a move because ST really 'sort of' had nothing to lose by that point. So... meh."
If the next film is content to simply do 'only what worked the last time' (as certain other semi-recent films/series in the ST franchise were guilty of doing) then I will say ST has again fallen back into "milking the cash cow dry" mode. Anyway, it's now nearly three hours since I came off my graveyard shift, so... goodnight y'all.
Last edited by samwiseb : 09-16-2011 at 10:03 AM.
You pointed out budgets reductions during the the first Trek movies so no cash cow.
You pointed out the continuous rating problems of all three shows after TNG so no cash cows. I totally agree that they did milk every last drop out of Trek in the nineties but that's not what a cash cow is.
About the risk, the previous concept for an eleventh movie, a war trilogy based on a cancelled series, was risky. Returning to the roots and the most popular characters was the safest way to go. But that's not what I have a problem with.
You wrote about the bad trend of the last movies and that this implies that Trek is a risky franchise ... but, guess what, they did not make just another Trek movie, they made a high-budget movie designed to reach a very wide audience. The creative implications of this choice is what I have an issue with. Of course I don't want Trek to be a niche product which it has never been, but I neither want it to lose its soul and essence (I am well aware that this is a subjective issue and that you consider ST09 to be a great Trek movie while for me many things about ST09 just taste like arbitrary blockbuster and not like Trek ingredients) while it tries to pander to the masses. Don't spread the butter to thin.
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The uniqueness of the program lies in the essential idea that grief is a normal and natural emotional reaction to loss. Although that is an accurate statement, the majority of guidance for grieving people tends to move them toward their intellects to deal with their pain. We believe that: "Grievers don't wind up at our door with broken heads, they arrive with broken hearts."
You will learn how to move people from their heads down to their hearts
Most literature, philosophies, and programs tend to move people away from their hearts into their heads, diminishing the probability of real completion or recovery. The Certification Training itself is a blend of experiential and didactic components. We insist that our participants be willing to take the same emotional actions they are going to ask of the people they help. Our training is exclusively focused on helping people deal with what remains emotionally incomplete at the time of a death, a divorce, or other loss.
Help people in your community immediately after the training!
The Certification Training is an intensive 4-day program. The mixture of personal completion actions combined with the fundamental principles of The Grief Recovery Method will give you the language, tools, and specific materials to hit the ground running. The sooner you start your Outreach Program after completing training, the better. It is advisable to put what you learn into use quickly while it is fresh in your mind.
Work with grievers one-on-one or in a group setting
After you become a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist®you have the option to work with people in a one-on-one setting and/or facilitate the group-based Outreach Program. We provide you with detailed formats for both options. It's completely up to you in choosing how you would like to help people. In addition, there is a 6-week program for guiding adults/caretakers in helping the children in their care who have experienced a loss.
The Grief Recovery Method Outreach Programs are not support groups, nor are they self-help groups. They are facilitated groups which use the time-tested Grief Recovery Method and The Grief Recovery Handbook as the basic text, along with a step-by-step format written by John and Russell.
In addition to the text and formats, you will have direct access to the Institute for guidance and direction. This is especially important in the first few months of implementing the program. We will support you for however long it takes to get your outreach programs up and running.
We will refer grievers to you
The Grief Recovery Institute® is home base for our ever expanding international programs, with Certified Grief Recovery Specialists® in all corners of the globe. We receive inquires for Certified personnel from every community in America, and increasingly, throughout the world. Once you have begun running the program, you automatically qualify to be included in our Referral Network.
"It is one of the most powerful groups that I have experienced….The Grief Recovery Method Certification Training was certainly a turning point in my life and I will always be grateful for this experience….The most beneficial part of the training was going through the process myself. This has helped me to more fully understand what the participants are asked to do."
"I have had up to 12 people in a group and I average 7-8. The format and week by week outlines are easy to use. The more groups I complete, the better I understand the method and I have continued to learn about myself as I review the materials with each group."
You don't need a special degree to help grieving people
Anyone with a genuine desire to help grieving people is a candidate for Certification. Since this educational program is directed at the emotions caused by loss, it does not require special degrees or academic credentials. Here are some examples of people who use The Grief Recovery Method.
Mental Health Professionals: It is logical that mental health professionals, who have observed the level and degree to which their clients have been affected by loss, would want to acquire the most effective skills possible for guiding those clients. Many therapists believe that The Grief Recovery Method is the missing link for completing the discoveries that have surfaced during their work with clients, as well as a major adjunct to effective ongoing therapy.
"The Grief Recovery Method is the most comprehensive and effective process I have seen in my 20 years as a therapist for dealing with grief and unresolved issues from the past….I use The Grief Recovery Method in my counseling practice, in training sessions, speaking engagements, at my church, and in Outreach Programs I conduct…"
Clergy: More than any other professional group, the clergy are most likely to be involved when a family has experienced the death of a loved one or an issue of loss. We often ask our friends in the clergy how often they get this call: "Hi, Pastor Bob, I'm just calling to say that everything is great with my family and at work, and my faith in the Lord is comforting." This is always greeted with a laugh and they tell us that most calls are about marital struggles, trouble with the children, or a breach of faith in God. All of those are clearly loss issues, which are addressed with the principles and actions of The Grief Recovery Method.
"I have used The Grief Recovery Method to help hundreds of people in my church, people from other churches in the community, and people in the churches that I oversee. The actions of this program have helped many people recover from the impact of death, divorce, and other losses and helped their spirits soar. The Grief Recovery Method is one of the most effective tools for facilitating the process of forgiveness, which so many people struggle with."
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Funeral & Cemetery Professionals: In addition to the clergy, this is the primary group that is literally there at the time of loss. The bottom-line reality is that a grieving family is sitting in a funeral director's office in the days after the death of a loved one. It behooves all who interact with the bereaved to have the most effective tools for dealing with the emotions caused by death.
"With each Outreach Program I teach, I come away with a heart that is filled with love for the participants and personal joy and gratification in knowing that I have made a difference in their lives with the principles of The Grief Recovery Method. I am proud to offer this program to my community. My life is so much richer because of it."
People whose lives have been altered by loss: Grief, and the life-altering emotions attached to it, tends to create a heightened awareness of the value of life. Many people who have experienced major devastating losses feel compelled to help others. However noble the intentions, that desire must be matched by effective information and a workable program.
"I trust The Grief Recovery Method. It has successfully navigated me through my own life transitions. As a result, I am more fully present to listen with intention and guide my clients with compassion. The fee for this service is an essential part of my income and emphasizes the value of The Grief Recovery Method.…"
The Grief Recovery Method Certification Training provides significant career expansion and opportunities for both mental health professionals and non-professionals alike.
Build a solid platform with The Grief Recovery Method
The Grief Recovery Method Certification Training and the accompanying Grief Recovery Method Outreach Program and format materials provide the foundation upon which professionals and others can follow their own impulse and desire to help others. The program provides education, training, and practical application of The Grief Recovery Method counseling skills and techniques.
Why is The Grief Recovery Method Certification Training unique?
There are organizations that offer certificate programs in the general field of grief and loss, and some even use the words grief and recovery. A question we hear often is, "What exactly is it that distinguishes your program from the others?"
It is a very fair question and deserves an answer. Earlier we referred briefly to the idea that noble intentions need to be coupled with effective information. The essential impediment to completion of the pain caused by loss is the misinformation which permeates our society and is passed from generation to generation without examination of the validity of the information.
You will learn that unresolved grief is the presenting issue…
Grief and more importantly, recovery from the ravages of loss, is often a stepchild topic in many professional arenas. That is to say, that it is an adjunct element of other concerns, and gets shunted to the back burner of topics that are taught in many of the mental health disciplines.
In all the classroom hours spent in professional schools, very few are actually focused on the specific topic of recovery from significant emotional loss. Time is spent on the history of death and funerary objects and rituals, and on the study of the potential sequence of emotions involved in the process of dying. Little if any time is devoted to the actions of recovery.
Identifying grief is only half of the equation
It is one thing to identify a problem, it is yet another to provide a practical solution to the problem. Yet, at last report from all of our contacts from all disciplines, there is still very little focus in most training schools on the major concern–people's reaction to loss and what to do about it!
Loss is our only topic
The element that most distinguishes our program from others is the singular focus on helping people deal with the conflicting emotions caused by the change or end in anything familiar. The list of losses that produce grief includes more than 40 life events, so dealing with loss is a full time task for us.
What is especially heartwarming for us and for the people we've trained is the enhanced value of therapy, spiritual programs, and improvements in other life areas after completing The Grief Recovery Method Outreach Program or working one-on-one with one of our Certified Grief Recovery Specialists®.
Here's what you'll get after you complete The Grief Recovery Method Certification Training
- Copies of our three books: The Grief Recovery Handbook, When Children Grieve and Moving On
- The Grief Recovery Manual with our program formats and study materials
- Unlimited support over the phone and online. We will mentor you every step of the way as you apply The Grief Recovery Method
- Access to our online membership area with exclusive content only available to Certified Grief Recovery Specialists®
- You will be added to our Referral Network. We put thousands of grievers in touch with our Certified Grief Recovery Specialists® every year
- Access to our marketing materials and logo. You will receive everything needed to start implementing your Outreach Programs in your community
- Community Education Program & Attraction: Materials to develop speeches and in-services to assist you in bringing the concepts of The Grief Recovery Method to organizations or groups within your community
Training Agenda
- Programs begin at 8:30am on Friday morning with an Introduction and Orientation Session.
- Participants reconvene each morning at 8:30am and conclude each evening at 5:30pm.
- Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday sessions deal with The Grief Recovery Method Principles, Concepts of Recovery, How Incomplete Loss Occurs, Identifying Incomplete Losses, Grief Recovery Counseling Skills, Teaching Role Sets, and Development of Completion Exercises, and Practical Application Training.
- There will be homework assignments Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
- Times may vary slightly based on number of participants and program location. A program Itinerary will be forwarded with your confirmation. Check your Confirmation carefully for any time variances.
Tuition Cost: $1995.00
Early Registration Discount – Sign up sixty days in advance and receive a $200 discount
Payment plans available! You can pay in full or choose one of our payment plan options. Take advantage of any of these options during the checkout process.
Continuing Education Credits Available!
- NBCC. The Grief Recovery Institute is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP) and may offer NBCC-approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements. The ACEP solely is responsible for all aspects of the program.
- California Board of Behavioral Sciences authorized to provide 30 Contact Hours for MFTs, MSWs, & LCSWs (PCE2076).
- NASW approved provider of 30 Contact Hours (#886505405).
- National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC) approved to provide 30 Contact Hours (#531).
- California Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (CAADAC) approved to provide 30 CEHs (#2N-105-818-0313).
- This program may be used for continuing education credit for members of the Association of Professional Chaplains.
- The Grief Recovery Method Certification Training is now approved for Veteran's Education Benefits. Click here for more information


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April 27, 2008
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Now, I'm one who thinks the "Avery Rule" is ridiculous. When I first saw him doing that, I thought it was brilliant and wondered why it hadn't happened more often. As long as the player in front is not physically interfering with the goaltender, it shouldn't be illegal. Just because you're not facing the play isn't unsportsmanlike to me.
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- czechmate said...
Good on Shanny for trying, but sadly it didn't work out. Another bullshit penalty sinks the Rangers... At least we can hope for similarly partisan officiating on home ice at MSG, I hope. Oh, wait, we don't have a bitch named Crosby on our team....
- April 27, 2008 at 11:24 PM
- GO PENS said...
You only wish you had a Crosby on your team. Maybe all the cry babies out there in the world should worry more about how they can't stop Crosby because he is one of the best players and quit whining like little babies about the ref calls. All great players attract penalties, it's party of what being a great player means. You have to play them tough or they'll score which means they're going to draw penalties. And if you think no one else embelishes then I guess you just don't know much about hockey. Which is pretty obvious from your crude comment.
- April 28, 2008 at 10:41 AM
- FAUX RUMORS said...
1) We agree that the Avery rule(especially how it was instituted) was ridiculous.
2) Now that the rangers are down 2-0, we wonder what kinds of antics good ole Sean will come up with LOL
- April 28, 2008 at 2:33 PM
- Brian said...
Looked like Shanny had one skate in the crease (esp. pic#2). I don't mind it being done, so long as the agitator stays out of the crease.
Otherwise, I hope they get a slapshot right square in the back. :-)
- April 28, 2008 at 3:53 PM
- The Seeker said...
I don't agree and think that sort of thing is unsportmanlike. NYR were warned in the NJD series once. Even though Shanahan has his back to Fleury, I think it still should apply and he should have been penalized.
When Ruutu did that at the face-off circle, he was warned to stop by the ref or get a penalty.
That's not even doing it to a goaltender but to a forward at center ice...so why wasn't Shanahan at least warned to stop?
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