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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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RE: Film still has a long way to go? | Report this post to moderator
By: cdydatzigs (Odo's file, contact) @ 17:39:41 on Jul 14, 2008

My Shatner jokes are no older than people insisting that he belongs in this film, and that it will fail without him. As long as those Shatner articles creep up on here and his apologists spew forth with excuses why he is KEY to the movie? Expect me to head off the rediculousness at the pass with funny images to keep them honest and lighten up a usually firestorm topic.

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RE: Film still has a long way to go? by DIGINON @ 07:45:46 on Jul 15
    RE: Film still has a long way to go? by cdydatzigs @ 10:33:28 on Jul 15
       RE: Sense of humor by DIGINON @ 14:08:59 on Jul 15
          RE: Sense of humor by infi @ 08:25:07 on Jul 17
          RE: Sense of humor by infi @ 08:24:57 on Jul 17
          RE: Sense of humor by infi @ 08:23:52 on Jul 17

RE: Film still has a long way to go? | Report this post to moderator
By: Gothampunk (Odo's file, contact) @ 06:30:15 on Jul 15, 2008

two sure signs of a fanboy:

1) thinking you're witty when you're tedious, and
2) not knowing when to stop.

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RE: Film still has a long way to go? | Report this post to moderator
By: TRexx (Odo's file, contact) @ 18:38:26 on Jul 14, 2008

Quote from GustavoLeao:
Steve, I am sorry, but your Shatner jokes are getting a bit old by now.


Dimwits enjoy a short attention span, which assures that their adolescent musings always appear fresh to them.

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