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J.J. Abrams Says Star Trek Universe Has Never Been Given This Treatment

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By GustavoLeao / 09:13, 1 May 2008 / Star Trek: Nemesis

Canadian Press posted a new interview with Star Trek movie director J.J. Abrams. Here are few excerpts.

"The whole point was to try to make this movie for fans of movies, not fans of `Star Trek,' necessarily,"' Abrams said. "If you're a fan, we've got one of the writers who's a devout Trekker, so we were able to make sure we were serving the people who are completely enamored with `Star Trek.' But we are not making the movie for that contingent alone.

"You can't really make a movie for them. As soon as you start to guess what you think they are going to want to see, you're in trouble. You have to make the movie in many ways for what you want to see yourself, make a movie you believe in. Then you're not second-guessing an audience you don't really have an understanding of."

"It's a chance to see what Kirk and Spock would look like done now," Abrams said. "What's thrilling about it is how great the cast is, how remarkably talented and funny and just spot-on they all are."

"I feel like this is so unlike what you expect, so unlike the `Star Trek' you've seen. At the same time, it's being true to what's come before, honoring it," Abrams said. "I can say the effects for `Star Trek' have never, ever been done like this. ... I can only tell you the idea of the universe of `Star Trek' has never been given this kind of treatment."

The full interview is here.



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By: c.p. (Odo's file, contact) @ 14:18:03 on May 04, 2008 | Edit History (1)

Your exacerbation is unwarranted. Those giant shoulders have been used and used and abused for years and for all the motivations you ascribe to Abrams. Much of what he is saying is meant for the ears of the wider audience who have grown so disinterested in Trek that its appeal has narrowed for all the wrong reasons. You think Trek doesn't belong in the mainstream? That's a testament to the blundering guardians in whose keep Trek has gone from one of the top grossing franchises in history to a forgettable TV show on a second rate network. Star Trek has been a failure in recent years, not because it's catering to a elite bunch of high-minded fans, but because it's pursued the wider audience at the cost of it's core. Is it arrogance that motivates Abrams' cool detachment from the hyperbolic segment of the fan base? He says he wants to get Trek back to the relevance, the fun, the adventurousness it once embodied. That should appeal to fans and non-fans alike. Good grief. Are we so removed from common senses that we share nothing with an average movie goer? Radical departure with the recent past is the right prescription, and it appears to be what we'll get.

I would venture to guess that the episodes and films that you point to as having longevity were created by people with attitudes similar to the one revealed in this article.

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