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Ronald D. Moore on Star Trek XI, J.J. Abrams and Future of Star Trek on TV

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By GustavoLeao / 10:57, 8 June 2007 / General Star Trek

Trek Movie Report posted an exclusive interview with Battlestar Galactica Ronald D. Moore, in which he talks about the future of the Star Trek franchise on the big and small screen. Regarding the subject of Star Trek XI Moore told the site that he is a fan of J.J. Abrams. "He is tremendously talented and I think he is going to do a really good job," Here are a few excerpts.

TrekMovie.com: Last week your old DS9 comrade Ira Behr told me (story) that he thought the plans to return to the era of Kirk and Spock was the safe bet, but that it was also ‘marching backwards to the future', do you agree with that assessment?


Ron Moore: think I understand Ira's point and there is a lot of validity to saying they are stepping backwards, but at the same time I think it is the smart move to do it. I think the Star Trek universe has grown beyond what you can get your arms around. You can no longer truly enjoy it for what it is because it is so big and it has so many cross sections and so much continuity that it is maddening. I think only the truly hard core fans can keep all that together. So I think it is time to brush all that stuff over and say ‘what were the roots of all this again? , what was this really about?' It was about the 5 year mission with these guys on this ship and let's start over and tell a new set of tales. So I support them I think it is a really good move.


TrekMovie.com: Beyond the film, there are a lot of new genre TV shows getting the greenlight these days. Do you think that Star Trek and it's kind of futuristic space based sci-fi can work on network television today?


Ron Moore: I don't know I think that is tough. It hasn't been done and they have given it a try over the years, even the original Star Trek didn't make it on network TV. The broadcast networks needs such a large general audience and science fiction on TV has been such a narrower appeal. It is a strange equation of which I have never understood because if you look at the top ten feature films of all time it is almost all genre stuff...look at Star Wars. Why it doesn't work on TV I don't know.

More from Moore can be found at Trek Movie Report.

UPDATE : Moore also talked to IESB and said he is okay with a complete re-imagining of Star Trek.

"I'm very supportive in what they are doing," Moore tells the IESB. "I think starting over on Star Trek is the best possible route that you can go."


So does that mean Abrams should re-imagine it just like Moore did Galactica? "I think that you can re-imagine it, yes, I think that you can absolutely re-imagine Star Trek. Now I don't know that you have to, it doesn't have to be a Battlestar version of Star Trek...I don't know how radical is what J.J. Abrams has in mind," said Moore.

The original report (plus a video interview) is here.

UPDATE 2 : Collider also talked with Moore and asked him if Abrams had called him about the feature and what does he hopes to see with the new movie. Finally they asked him if they were to do a new Trek TV show after the feature film would he be willing to return to the franchise. See the video interview here.



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RE: No thanks Ron | Report this post to moderator
By: Terry212 (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 09:38:29 on Jun 09, 2007

I don't know...I bet Moore is trying to align himself as the new producer of television Trek. Abrams won't commit full time because he's getting into bigger projects...BSG is ending and is critically acclaimeed.

If Abrams brought on Moore as his right hand man for TV Trek doing a TV continuation of STXI, I wouldn't be unhappy.

I'm totally opposed to a reboot, but I'd be fine with SUPPLEMENTS to the TOS timeframe. How hard, after all, is it to write around TOS? Not very.

And then series 7 can be back to a true post Nemesis future.

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RE: No thanks Ron | Report this post to moderator
By: Sam Cogley (Odo's file, contact) @ 14:24:54 on Jun 09, 2007

If you'd read Moore's editorial about Captain Kirk, published in the New York Times a few months ago, you'd know how stupid your statement really is.

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RE: No thanks Ron by Captain Patti @ 12:42:31 on Jun 13

RE: No thanks Ron | Report this post to moderator
By: Glassman Cometh (Odo's file, contact) @ 07:02:37 on Jun 09, 2007

Yes he is a fan of Star Trek. I mean, what the hell is your point? This guy was a fan, like you, who got to actually write for Star Trek. And most of what he wrote was great.

You are just a envious person because he is who he is...and you are who you are. Just....a fan.
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RE: No thanks Ron by Captain Patti @ 12:47:46 on Jun 13
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