Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Information on upcoming Star Trek movie

No episode remakes.  Good. Lots mo0re at the link. [Link]

On sequel time setting – "some adventures" have happened
They also talked about the direction they want to go with the character arcs, talking about how there is some time between the films:
Orci: The first one was about, "Spock is pretty emotional." Well, he is younger And "Kirk, he is not a bookworm with legs who really understands the chain of command." Well he is not quite there yet. So you can get closer to what you know. It is all about earning what you know and learning that when we see them now they have been through a couple of adventures, but they don’t know each other either. There is still discovery, but there is also more familiarity. So, like the first one, it will feel like Trek, but it will also chart new ground.
On fallout "ripple effect" of the destruction of Vulcan
While talking about the parallels between modern terrorism and Nero in Star Trek 2009, Damon Lindelof appeared to imply that the impact of the destruction of Vulcan will carry into the sequel :
Lindelof: We often referred to the destruction of Vulcan as the 9/11 moment of [Star Trek 2009]. There had to be an event that was so significant that it allows you to change the Trek universe, not just for the purposes of the first movie, but moving forward. The idea of saying, if you did something that huge, what would be the effect of that rippling outwards?
On original vs. classic storylines – "No remake"
Lindelof also talked about how their approach is not to just do a remake:
Lindelof: We love Trek too, but we want to also blaze our own trail here. The idea of just kind of playing cover songs and classics again – we feel like there has to be a little of that, but there has to be a lot of original music in the set list to be worthy of your time and attention. You don’t want to see a remake, you want to see a new movie.
More sequel highlights:
  • In last two years Orci has gone back and rewatched every episode of the original Star Trek, plus read some Star Trek books he had missed
  • Lindelof has also reviewed previous Trek episodes to see "is there anything I can steal"
  • Wouldn’t say what classic Star Trek elements they will take from for the sequel, but did confirm they would not be using "Spock’s Brain" or the Mirror, Universe (noting they already have an alternative universe)

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