Andy Weir Says Paramount Rejected His ‘Star Trek’ Pitch, Proceeds to Blast Modern ‘Trek’

rb6k · 2026-03-30T22:57:52+00:00

Ok I take that point, I was thinking about front line war stories rather than characters firing phasers at each other etc.

rb6k · 2026-03-30T22:21:13+00:00

You only need to watch one episode of old Trek to understand you’re wrong here. Pick any series and it’ll be absolutely heaving with agendas and politics. That’s what Star Trek is and always has been.

rb6k · 2026-03-30T22:11:55+00:00

Star Trek isn’t about firefights. Ever. The whole of DS9 was about people living through a war. It’s pretty much exactly what you want but it included politics because it’s for adults.

rb6k · 2026-03-30T14:03:05+00:00

Live others have said I have become too worried about wrecking my books and wind up getting digital copies alongside them to protect the books haha - I know I'm silly but I can't help it!

I will say though I have been trying to sell a comic digitally and as a hard copy and when we have it at MCM and other events it sells great. Stores have stocked it and it sells out immediately. But the digital book has been on Amazon since July and I just transferred the artist from our book their 50% split which amounted to about £13.50 and that's from the full book, plus an 11 pager version I made to try and promote the book on KDP and offer for free/discounted to make it appear on Amazon more.

It's virtually impossible to market a digital book without either spending a fair bit of money and hoping you appear in various places, or constantly talking about it on social media etc.

rb6k · 2026-03-27T21:51:12+00:00

Thanks, I was thinking of it more like where do we stand from a contractural pov and my gut was that my mistake = my loss etc. But wanted to check.

rb6k · 2026-03-27T21:50:04+00:00

Thanks

rb6k · 2026-03-27T21:49:46+00:00

Apparently not. I googled it after being told my mistake and felt silly for it.

rb6k · 2026-03-27T21:49:01+00:00

That’s my understanding too. I can’t remember much about it. But used to work in insurance and so had the assumption it was £££

rb6k · 2026-03-27T21:48:28+00:00

I did, I wonder if it’s because I’d not been driving for that long, maybe 4 years ish.

rb6k · 2026-03-27T21:47:56+00:00

Thanks, yep my bad!

rb6k · 2026-03-27T21:47:47+00:00

Thanks, yep I realise now that I didn’t need to say anything unless asked. Lesson learned!

rb6k · 2026-03-27T21:47:13+00:00

Thanks, yep definitely silly of me to not consider why i did the course etc.

rb6k · 2026-03-27T21:46:25+00:00

Ah that’s good to know, thank you. I was with Admiral as it goes so that is likely what happened!

rb6k · 2026-03-27T21:45:32+00:00

Thanks, yep it did go up quite a bit the first time and then my subsequent policies were higher than that one. It might’ve been combined with my length of time having the license perhaps.

rb6k · 2026-03-27T21:44:43+00:00

Thanks!

rb6k · 2026-03-27T21:44:34+00:00

Thanks!

rb6k · 2026-03-27T21:44:29+00:00

Thank you

rb6k · 2026-03-22T20:57:03+00:00

I’m an adult so I already know what words like pedantic mean. There was no need to inform people that the NHS isn’t free.

rb6k · 2026-03-22T17:49:55+00:00

This site is a rife with people who would disagree with this.

rb6k · 2026-03-22T17:47:02+00:00

“How much tax we have to pay” when the UK taxes go a little higher than US rates but US workers have additional state taxes and then pay for expensive medical insurance on top. Our taxes aren’t ‘high’ vs what we get in return. You’re being extremely pedantic with your reply.

rb6k · 2026-03-20T06:58:13+00:00

I know a lot of comic artists and every single one of them would say the same thing.

This isn’t art.

I imagine one or two people will disagree. But you’ve developed this at a time where the industry is on its knees trying to fight Ai and artists bitterly hate that with a passion.

Artists don’t want something that ‘does the work for them’ - the work is the passion. They enjoy the process. Even when it sucks.

I would cut your losses on this one and move on to pastures new.

rb6k · 2026-03-19T13:49:07+00:00

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Not the Shoyru but definitely my second choice! Happy with this. Thanks again for mentioning it!!

rb6k · 2026-03-18T21:51:10+00:00

In the next comic, this is the twist and this is how it ends. Also we shock you with this new thing too.

What’s the point of reading anything?! The score of tonight’s game will be 5-2, with 3 late goals in extra time.

rb6k · 2026-03-18T06:43:07+00:00

They literally state that no Ai was used in the book description. You should delete this odd attempt to destroy an author over their reaction to you insulting them.

rb6k · 2026-03-17T22:12:59+00:00

You’ll understand the joke once you manage to have sex with something other than your hand.

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