Star Trek XI in 2008 Written/Directed by JJ Abrams
05-08-08, 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Ronnie Dobbs
“[Directing Star Trek] was an opportunity to take what I think has been a maligned world—to sound crass, a franchise—and treat it in a way that made it something that I wanted to see," Abrams told the AP. "To take the characters, the thoughtfulness, the personalities, the sense of adventure, the idea of humanity working together, the sense of social commentary and innovation, all that stuff. To take it and apply it in a way that felt genuinely thrilling."
While Abrams said he would also like to retain die-hard fans of the Star Trek universe (and was sure to include a dedicated “Trekker” on his writing staff) he didn’t want the fans’ expectations to influence his vision for the upcoming film. “You can't really make a movie for them,” he said. “As soon as you start to guess what you think they are going to want to see, you're in trouble. You have to make the movie in many ways for what you want to see yourself, make a movie you believe in. Then you're not second-guessing an audience you don't really have an understanding of.”
While Abrams said he would also like to retain die-hard fans of the Star Trek universe (and was sure to include a dedicated “Trekker” on his writing staff) he didn’t want the fans’ expectations to influence his vision for the upcoming film. “You can't really make a movie for them,” he said. “As soon as you start to guess what you think they are going to want to see, you're in trouble. You have to make the movie in many ways for what you want to see yourself, make a movie you believe in. Then you're not second-guessing an audience you don't really have an understanding of.”
07-18-08, 09:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Zen Peckinpah
[Horrible Pun]Spock on![/Horrible Pun]
Spock looks perfect, Kirk I need a little more, but that glimpse of the First Science Officer...money.
Spock looks perfect, Kirk I need a little more, but that glimpse of the First Science Officer...money.
Err, no. (here's a hint, her uniform is red like the poster)
07-18-08, 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by riley_dude
Ashame they won't be showing footage at the Comic Con.
07-19-08, 07:55 AM
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Paramount needs to get this movie out there for people to see. Trek has not exactly proven a Box Office Draw to mainstream or even fan audiences in the last 10 years.
07-19-08, 09:25 AM
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Originally Posted by riley_dude
Paramount needs to get this movie out there for people to see. Trek has not exactly proven a Box Office Draw to mainstream or even fan audiences in the last 10 years.
07-19-08, 12:18 PM
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I think it was a mistake to postpone this from Christmas to Summer 2009.
I actually have to disagree Insurrection and Nemesis were both good Trek films IMO. I'm still puzzled why Nemesis was such a box office dud. Although I noticed the budget for the TNG films kept going up with each movie.
It does look like according to IMDB the last Trek film that was considered a "Hit" was First Contact with a $92M gross.....so around 12 years now.
I actually have to disagree Insurrection and Nemesis were both good Trek films IMO. I'm still puzzled why Nemesis was such a box office dud. Although I noticed the budget for the TNG films kept going up with each movie.
It does look like according to IMDB the last Trek film that was considered a "Hit" was First Contact with a $92M gross.....so around 12 years now.
07-19-08, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by DJariya
I think it was a mistake to postpone this from Christmas to Summer 2009.
I actually have to disagree Insurrection and Nemesis were both good Trek films IMO. I'm still puzzled why Nemesis was such a box office dud. Although I noticed the budget for the TNG films kept going up with each movie.
It does look like according to IMDB the last Trek film that was considered a "Hit" was First Contact with a $92M gross.....so around 12 years now.
I actually have to disagree Insurrection and Nemesis were both good Trek films IMO. I'm still puzzled why Nemesis was such a box office dud. Although I noticed the budget for the TNG films kept going up with each movie.
It does look like according to IMDB the last Trek film that was considered a "Hit" was First Contact with a $92M gross.....so around 12 years now.
Nemesis was awful, there was very little I enjoyed about it.
07-19-08, 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by lordwow
Nemesis was awful, there was very little I enjoyed about it.
07-19-08, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Double_Oh_7
Yeah, what's up with that? I expected that to be the event of the con, and was surprised there wasn't a thing on the schedule from Paramount.
I think that's a load of crap. Bryan Singer showed some very polished clips of "XMen 2" after only a few weeks of filming. Peter Jackson showed clips of "King Kong" with a lot of the effects missing.
07-19-08, 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by TomOpus
On G4 they reported JJ Abrams said the special effects weren't ready enough to be shown in public.
I think that's a load of crap. Bryan Singer showed some very polished clips of "XMen 2" after only a few weeks of filming. Peter Jackson showed clips of "King Kong" with a lot of the effects missing.
I think that's a load of crap. Bryan Singer showed some very polished clips of "XMen 2" after only a few weeks of filming. Peter Jackson showed clips of "King Kong" with a lot of the effects missing.
08-11-08, 06:24 PM
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Four new character posters from JJ Abrams‘ Star Trek have been revealed at VegasCon 08. The four posters, which like the Comic Con posters, combine to form the Star Trek delta emblem. Clockwise we have John Cho as Sulu, Simon Pegg as Scotty, Anton Yelchin as Chekov and Karl Urban as McCoy.
http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/08/09/...ekov-revealed/
http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/08/09/...ekov-revealed/
08-12-08, 06:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Goldberg74
Wow. Harry Kim, Monk, Malcolm Reynolds, and Doctor Bashir are in this? Sweet!
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08-12-08, 10:42 AM
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I still think they are going to do some better marketing than this to get newbies in the theater.
Trek has a bad name with most mainstream audiences. Marketing has to change that.
Trek has a bad name with most mainstream audiences. Marketing has to change that.
08-12-08, 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by riley_dude
I still think they are going to do some better marketing than this to get newbies in the theater.
Trek has a bad name with most mainstream audiences. Marketing has to change that.
Trek has a bad name with most mainstream audiences. Marketing has to change that.
That teaser back in December was a fine start.
If only J.J. knew how to market a film....
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