Comments on: Bennett Sees Parallels With His Star Trek VI and Star Trek XI

By: Cervantes

Cervantes — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:35:17 +0000

Josh, that is certainly and interesting concept, but if you envisage this Young / Older Kirk and Spock teamup as occurring due to yet ANOTHER time travel style senario, rather than some, say, “intervention” by some dramatic unknown “enemy / force / thing”, then I’d pass, as I’m time travel played out due to numerous movie plots.

And unless the Younger actors bore a striking resemblence to Bill and Leonard, I think they would be UNABLE to sustain an audiences credibility for the FULL length of a movie’s interaction together.

But I like the idea.

By: MichaelT

MichaelT — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 06:42:42 +0000

#17 NO one connected to the studio has even suggested that this film or future films will present DS9, Voyager or Enterprise stories….

Why is that even being brought up?

By: THEETrekMaster

THEETrekMaster — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 14:25:40 +0000

Oh…and I don’t mind recasting.

Never have. I always knew that if there going to be continuing stories of Kirk and Spock, etc…that they would eventually have to recast.

If you want to see more stories with the TOS crew, it’s just going to be a fact of life. I would rather them recast than see geriatric Kirk and Spock…and a Star Trek without Scotty or McCoy because James Doohan and DeKelley are no longer with us. R.I.P.

TTM

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 14:22:26 +0000

“For the naysayers, I say we get the point, you like Voyager and/or Enterprise and want a film based on those majestic failed turds.”

Well, you obviously didn’t get the point because personally I am neither a devoted fan of Voyager or Enterprise (although both did have some episodes of merit…it wasn’t all trash).

I guess I am just a little biased against “young anything” movies. I didn’t like Young Sherlock Holmes, Young Indiana Jones…Muppet Babies…you get the picture.

I am not against having an Academy *scene/flashback* but I do not want to see an entire film set in that era. If you want to label what kind of fan I am…I am an old school TOS (boldy go…explore strange new worlds, remember that?) kind of guy. I’d like to see a film about exploration…the crew meeting up for the first time (since we never got an “origin story” for TOS) and then taking the Enterprise out somewhere to enounter something or a race that no one had seen before.

I’d like to see the film focus on the characters, yes…but not lose sight of the science fiction storytelling. Abram’s Twilight Zone reference in a previous interview gave me cause to celebrate because it looks like he understands what we need to get back to with regard to Trek.

TTM

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 10:36:35 +0000

One Kirk to rule them all.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 10:35:28 +0000

Has anyone considered yet ( I haven’t seen it postulated) that the film isn’t going to be flashbacks, or two different time periods, but rather OLD Kirk and Spock are going to MEET young Kirk and Spock. Same physical space. Same time frame.

If that ends up being the case that just kicks much to do about all out ass!

Old Kirk needs young Kirks help, or vice versa.

Can you imagine the scene chewing hamfisted splendidly outrageous notion of two Kirks playing off each other, my GOD the film stock will melt.

It’s simply too much power for one camera to behold.

The back and forth Shatnerian pauses alone justifies the ticket price.

I think everyone has been thinking like Khan, two dimensionally. Open your mind Quaid! Free Mars!

Dammit I figured it out! Kirk isn’t going to reflect on his youth, as a bookend, or flashback, he is going to INTERACT with his youthful self!

Your secrets out J.J.

By: Denny Krane

Denny Krane — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 09:33:55 +0000

I agree with STanky Mc Fibbrish #8 that they should not make prequels, especially with different actors playing Spock and Kirk. But I agree even more with Josh #14 that they should not waste time basing movies on junk like Voyager and Enterprise. I guess I don’t want to see any more new Trek produced at all. Next Generation had its good points for awhile, but in my opinion, anything produced since the orginal series and a few of the early movies has been a disappointment. I’m sure a lot of you disagree and want new Trek no matter how bad or unfaithful to the original it is, but that is how I feel. I’m happy enough with rewatching the originals instead of some modern day ‘interpretation.’

By: Azrael

Azrael — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 08:28:31 +0000

The “invention” of warp drive is an obvious misinterpretation. AICN reviewed the full Academy Years script a while back and in it Kirk, Spock and Scotty are the first to use dilithium-enhanced warp drive, not warp drive per se. The script stated that previously it took hours to accelerate to warp.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 07:11:21 +0000

Showing Kirk and company younger is a vioaltion of continuity?

What, was Kirk born commanding the Enterprise? Was he born 35 years of age?

It cracks me up some of the left field, entirely unjustified excuses people come up with to try to illustrate how a Pre-TOS film highlighting Kirk and crew younger is a BAD idea.
The stretching and grasping becomes laughable.

For the naysayers, I say we get the point, you like Voyager and/or Enterprise and want a film based on those majestic failed turds.

I am SO pleasantly thankful that will NEVER , EVER, happen.

By: DB

DB — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 05:09:23 +0000

Well, since the upcoming film isn’t based on Bennett’s script and doesn’t have much to do with the Academy as far as anyone knows, none of that should be much of a problem.

This movie isn’t going to succeed or fail based on whether they get the continuity right.