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J.J. Abrams Says He is Disappointed for Not Bringing Star Trek to the Comic Con

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By GustavoLeao / 14:28, 14 July 2008 / Star Trek: Nemesis

Sci Fi Wire posted a new interview with Star Trek movie director J.J. Abrams, conducted during the Television Critics Association's summer press tour in Beverly Hills, Calif., on July 14. Here are few excerpts of the article. 

Abrams said that the film will explore the relationships among the familiar characters while dispensing with the Original Series' kitsch. "I feel like there's a certain thing that you can't really hold onto, which is, ... there's a kind of kitschy quality that must go if it's going to be something that you believe is real," he said.

As for Comic-Con in San Diego, July 24-27, Abrams expressed disappointment at not bringing the movie to the huge event, and added that the film is not ready to be show. "Our visual effects, unlike something like Iron Man, we have well over 1,000 visual-effects shots," Abrams said. "It's a huge thing. so i'm very disappointed, because the characters are so good, the actors are so good, that I would have been psyched just to show some of the stuff that's about the people. Because it's not really about the visual effects. But with so little done ... . And this was a big kind of strategic decision on [Paramount's] part. so I was disappointed."

More from Abrams on Star Trek can be found at Sci Fi Wire.



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By: cnathanw (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 16:16:02 on Jul 14, 2008

Yeah...he said that - right after boasting about how many effects it has and comparing it to another effects filled movie - so temper your anti-visual effects JJ stroke.

As much as everyone sings "it's about the story" - it's just as important to realize it's also about how the story is told. In Sci-fi effects are VERY relevant to adequately suspend disbelief they have to be done right. Otherwise you're back to the early days of Dr. Who. That worked back then when it WAS advanced effects...but it doesn't work today.

So it's about the story and how it's told. Sometimes that involves lots of special effects!

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