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Yes, but don't you see, that was the incredible thing about Star Trek. Dplax, I have Kids older than you. I was there! I was there then the studio wanted to finish the program after the FIRST season. "Everyone" was amazed when collage students showed up for at protest at the studio. This was an audience no one had planned for. So the second season happened - sort of, and the third was run on such a tight buget the shows are painful to watch. But the thing was that the studio had found something they couldn't control and it wasn't possible to just give it the axe - so they strangled it, and thought they had won.
20 years later TNG was born, and TOC films started. Then the studio started on a different angle - over feed it with spin offs that don't really work. You are right. The name of the game is control. But look at what has happened.
Why does Frodo have "pointy ears"? It wasn't in the book. And the actress who played Galadriel wasn't ashamed to come out and say - "it was for the ears". She concidered it something important, something worth taking a stand for. We have to ask ourselves "Why?"
But Star Trek and Lord of the Rings give hope, and understanding. Hope for the future and understanding that the "little guy" really does count. It's not about control (and that's what big business won't see), it's not even about giving - it's about community, it's about HOW we live together.
Nothing is going to happen fast, maybe not even in Dplax's time, but it will happen. Techis always find a way - and so do Gamers.
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