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Leonard Nimoy Says New Star Trek Movie Will be a Prequel to the Original Story

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By GustavoLeao / 14:50, 31 October 2007 / Star Trek: Nemesis

St.Louis Jewishlight.com posted an exclusive interview with Star Trek star Leonard Nimoy, in which he talks about his photography career. Nimoy also talks briefly about his return to the role of an older Spock in J.J. Abrams upcoming Star Trek movie.

"I will be acting in a new Star Trek movie, that is going to be filmed later this year and early next year, the first acting job I have accepted in 15 or 18 years." he said "So they need me to came back once more to play the character of Spock, in a sort of prequel to the original story." He agreed the project because he liked the director and script. The acting role that first made him famous has persisted in his life. "I am still strongly identified with it, no question about it, and there will be a surge again because of this new movie. I took the job because it is being directed by a very talented young director, J. J. Abrams, and he has writers working with him that have don e a wonderful job of capturing the essence of Star Trek. So I am happy to be back doing it. I will always be identified with Spock, no question, but I am happy to say I have been able to gain more and more acceptance of my photography."
 
The full interview can be found here.



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RE: A Logical Gamble? | Report this post to moderator
By: c.p. (Odo's file, contact) @ 19:44:57 on Oct 31, 2007

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I'm not interested in prequels, retelling a story that has already been told.

A prequel is not a retelling of a story. It is a brand new story about familiar characters as they once were.

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I'll say it again, Star Trek should move forward, not backward.

Then I'll say my part again: moving "forward" means moving forward creatively and establishing fertile soil in which future franchise endeavors may bloom. Sticking to an already rambling linear timeline post-Nemesis would be "franchis-icide." At this terribly low point for Trek, it would try the patience of an already cynical general public and it would be begging fans to once again fall in love blindly when all they want is their first love.

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RE: A Logical Gamble? by John Calvin @ 06:34:14 on Nov 01

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By: TRexx (Odo's file, contact) @ 18:30:27 on Oct 31, 2007 | Edit History (1)

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...retelling a story that has already been told.


That describes a rerun or remake, not a prequel.

Were your definitions valid, there'd be no point in watching the upcoming BSG Razor, which focuses on an untold prequel story of Battlestar Pegasus and Admiral Helena Cain.

A period story moves our understanding forward. There is no backward in this process.


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RE: Fwd: Backward ?? by c.p. @ 19:28:36 on Oct 31

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By: Capricorn Two (Odo's file, contact) @ 18:03:06 on Oct 31, 2007

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I'm not interested in prequels, retelling a story that has already been told.

I understand what you are saying but this not a retelling - as much as we have been told.

Abrams & Company, in one of their interviews last year, said that (and I am paraphrasing) that there are holes in the canon and they are dropping into the canon, things we have never seen. And obviously - from what we are told - if true - is that it is a prequel in terms of 'coming before' what we saw - but we got some flash-forwarding and flashing backing going on here (yeah - sounds like LOST's storytelling).

Overall - audiences have told Hollywood that prequels work if the stories are told well in other films. And if they are re-igniting the franchise - where to start than where TOS began - which we have not seen in canon.

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RE: A Logical Gamble? by pctech45 @ 18:08:27 on Oct 31
    RE: A Logical Gamble? by miketostrek @ 19:55:08 on Oct 31
RE: A Logical Gamble? by pctech45 @ 18:08:23 on Oct 31

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By: GustavoLeao (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 17:24:27 on Oct 31, 2007 | Edit History (1)

I used to think like you and to tell the truth I am also not interested in prequels and reboots. Not my kind of movie. Not my kind of Star Trek. But lets wait for more information and plot spoilers before we decide to see or not see the movie. Lets wait and hope for the best.

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RE: A Logical Gamble? by OV-101 @ 08:41:48 on Nov 01
    RE: A Logical Gamble? by GustavoLeao @ 09:22:37 on Nov 01
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