menuBarBack
Beam Up News | Join | Your Account
Home
Advanced Search
boxBottom
News Tribblets
boxBottom
Stardates Calendar
News Story

Features

New Voyages Producer James Cawley on Redesigned Enterprise from New Star Trek Movie

Features

By GustavoLeao / 07:25, 13 November 2007 / Star Trek: Nemesis

Star Trek New Voyages producer and Kirk actor James Cawley claims that he has seen the starship U.S.S. Enterprise NCC 1701 from the upcoming Star Trek movie and has confirmed that it has been redesigned and he doesn't like it.

"I have seen the New REBOOTED Enterprise, I have Friends in the right places! At any rate, I don't like it. It is supposed to be NCC-1701, no bloody A,B,C,D or E! and it sure does not look like the 1701 I grew up with!" he said

"I just don't agree with changing such iconic designs that are so ingrained in pop culture, it is really needless."

"I just don't want the production design radically changed. I see Matt Jefferies designs as "TIMELESS", and as "Pure Science Fiction", I feel the Big E as designed by Matt deserves it's day on the big screen. I personally Hope that this film makes alot of money for the studio, and that Star Trek is around for many more years because of it. If it fails the alternative of Trek's Loss would Suck. All that aside, I do not have to be a fan of the production design. I have seen what was purported to be the final design of the New Enterprise, and I don't like the changes."

UPDATED : In another post at the message board, Cawley talked about his opinion on the reimagining of Star Trek.

"Re-imagining or rebooting IS changing what Star Trek is." he said "I am not against the recasting at all. But Star Trek is NOT broken, it does Not need to be fixed or REIMAGINED or anthing of the sort. It needs a great story with a Heart in the familar trappings of it's universe. What we are going to get is J.J. Abrams take on Trek, NOT Gene's Trek, not the one we have all been enjoying for all these years, I am sure many will enjoy it, and Good for them. I do not wish the producers will, I simply am not a fan of rebooting or reimaging, something so iconic as Trek."

More comments from Cawley can be found at the original report at New Voyages message board. (you need to register)

UPDATE 2 : James Cawley posted a message for the fans about his remarks at Trek Movie Report.



More Top StoriesComments
Nov 23Chuck returns to NBC with a special two-hour show on Sunday, Jan 10, 2010, before returning to its regular time slot, Mondays at 8pm on the following night. It's return to prime time television can be attributed to a successful fan renewnal campaign last year. CHUCK is a one-hour, action-comedy series that follows Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi, "Less Than Perfect") -- a computer geek who is catapulted into a new career as the government's most vital secret agent. This upcoming season will include some special guest stars, including Brandon Routh of "Superman Returns" who will play CIA agent Daniel Shaw in an episode, and the addition of SUBWAY restaurant as a major advertiser to the show. Chuck averaged a 4.0/6 rating last season, about eight percent better than the recently cancelled "Trauma". Ratings-challenged Heroes moves back an hour when Chuck returns on Monday nights. STAR TREK VOYAGER's Robert Duncan McNeill serves Chuck as a supervising producer and director.0
Nov 235-Page Preview of Third Issue of Galactica 1980 Comic Book  0
Nov 22Quinto, Urban, Saldana, Cho and Greenwood on Their Hopes for Star Trek XII2
Nov 22Exclusive Digital Content Now Available With New Star Trek Movie on iTunes
1
Nov 22No J.J. Abrams Version of the U.S.S. Enterprise in the Star Trek Online MMORPG 0
Story Archives...Browse:   

Talkback

86 comments Post New | Help
View:

RE: The Cawley... | Report this post to moderator
By: Captain Patti (Odo's file, contact) @ 04:18:51 on Nov 14, 2007 | Edit History (1)

Quote:"Don't see how it's "balls-eeeee". Cawley was very clear that his opinion wasn't special He was asked his opinion and he answered... big damn deal. He also said he wanted JJ to succeed and he would be there opening night. I guess those comments aren't so easy for you to spin."

The fact that the guy gave out an honest answer to a question is why he is balls-eeee. He saw the ENT design and said he didn't like it.

Quote:"Or like making any of your posts articulate and well though out."

Of course the same can be said about your lack of substance thus silly immature sarcastic answers which don't dispute anything.

Quote:"With all due respect to Mr. Cawley, Star Trek is broken and has been since 1995 (with the exception of DS9). The Star Trek of yesterday will most likely not have the same appeal to viewers today.. not in enough numbers to sustain the franchise, IMHO of course."

That of course is your opinion and you are guilty of the very thing you and a few others on here "whine" about. Suddenly your opinion overrides his? YOu sit there with the same old tired line of "Trek is broken" which is not the case. Trek in all its forms is STILL on TV everywhere in the world. You proved no insight into how Trek is broken and just gave out some tired old line with no background discussion. Intersting. Suddenly you know all the numbers and marketing things necessary to make Trek stable! Wow who would of thought a job that involves a paper hat would be so in depth.

Quote:"Same old diatribes against Abrams... with no basis in fact. It is purely conjecture on your part. "

Funny how you think your own is so great. When in fact your response are nothing more than personal attacks and lack of substances. Typical liberal BS.

Quote:"Mr Cawley respectfully articulated his opinions while expressing his desire that Star Trek XI succeeds. Despite changes, he'll be there opening night. You, however, would rather see Star Trek fail than succeed without Sharner."

Funny I don't recall mentioning Shatner but your little mind seemed to make this connection. I guess you missed all those responses and posts about how I wanted a NEW series instead of tiny toon TOS. Do you homework next time you it might help you from embarrassing yourself next time.

Quote:"Does not getting your way really piss you off that much?"

Do you think your silly sarcastic baseless comments really dispute anything that I have said? I mean really you have provided nothing to dispute anything that I have said. You are upset about the tiny toon TOS reference but you can't seem to bring a counter argument to it. You are upset about the First Contact rehash comments but yet you still can't bring anything to counter it. You have clearly gotten off topic with the hopes of trying to find a point. Typical liberal nonsense of "can't dispute go for a personal attack". How incredibly lame on your part. It is clear you are upset over your inability to bring anything of substance forward hence your trolling around after every response or post that I make on here. For you to sit there and think you have made some point despite the fact it was nothing more than "fluff" is laughable.



Reply
Reply
Quote
Quote
Parent
Parent
Talkback Top
Top
Promenade










TrekWeb Merchants
Amazon.com
Amazon.co.uk
Amazon.ca
Amazon.de
Barnes & Noble

Get Firefox!
Privacy Policy | About Us | Legal Notice | Contact Us | | Get Firefox!
© 1996-2009 TrekWeb.com and Steve Krutzler. All rights reserved.