Disney lies and steals. Star Trek's future continues burning to ash. (#629)
Writer-producer-director Robert Meyer Burnett walks his fellow Imagination Connoisseurs through the state of the entertainment industry and specifically how deals with creators written up and agreed to in the 1980s and 90s are woefully out of touch with the existence of the streaming video market as it exists today. Case in point: Bill Nye (the Science Guy) and his recent lawsuit against Disney - who refuses to pay Nye residual payments for streams of his content outside of the current agreement for home video sales (which are almost non-existent with the “death” of physical media). What can be done? RMB talks about alternatives.RMB also discusses the current state of Star Trek as it was explained on a recent investors call with Paramount shareholders. What does the newly announced “Star Trek: Prodigy” mean for the future of the franchise? Rob isn’t pleased and makes his case as to why Star Trek is quickly becoming something other than “Star Trek.”Plus, RMB shares letters and commentary from fellow Imagination Connoisseurs and answers questions from fans in the livestream chat.(ROBSERVATIONS Episode #629 • Originally streamed on February 25, 2021)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/robservations-the-show-about-something--4698528/support.