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J.J. Abrams Says Star Trek Optimism is Appealing

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By GustavoLeao / 15:12, 21 July 2008 / Star Trek: Nemesis

More excerpts of the interview conducted at last weeks TCA press tour in Los Angeles with Star Trek movie director J.J. Abrams and writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman are online at The Deadbolt.

Why are you drawn to dark subject matter?


ABRAMS: It is funny. You know, looking at Trek, which has - there is some real weird and dark stuff that happens in it. But the truth is that Star Trek is so optimistic. There’s an optimism to Star Trek that is to me one of the things that was most appealing about the idea even of doing the movie, which is - while there is darkness that must be in contrast, and while there is real obstacle and an incredible villain and it’s terrifying and weird and creepy and scary and gross and all of the kind of things that you’d expect from this crazy sort of adventure, it’s also got a huge heart and a wonderful kind of family at the core of it. So while there are weird things that happen in Lost, Alias, and certainly in Fringe, something like Star Trek is ultimately, as I believe is the case with Fringe as well, a hopeful story.

There is no question that there is incredibly weird stuff that happens and people get tortured and hurt and the villains are evil and mean, but it’s part of defining who the good guys are. I think at the end of the day there are a lot of movies out there that are incredibly grim and very cynical and I don’t think that certainly Alias or Lost - and I can tell you with Fringe - these are stories that are ultimately very much about the people, totally humanistic emotional stories and good prevails. I’m always turned off by stuff that is too cynical and dark.

Was it a little surreal when you were on the set [of Star Trek] for the first time?

ORCI: Insane.

KURTZMAN: Yeah, it’s beyond - it’s like you’re in a dream.

ORCI: Out of body.

ABRAMS: It was weird.

More from Abrams, Orci and Kurtzman can be found here



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RE: Cross-Promotion is just pathetic | Report this post to moderator
By: etsjedi (Odo's file, contact) @ 17:04:21 on Jul 21, 2008

Hello,
Cross-promting is a standard practice and since others "ASK" them the question shows how the interest is building.
As for saying that it will make a certain amount "just because" it is a Star Trek was what led to the Nemises movie.
Until May 8 and the movie comes out it is best to e optimistic and from what little has come out about the movie looks like they are doing the best to get the original and hopefully new fans tcome see the movie and love it so much that they will go to se it again and again.

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RE: Cross-Promotion is just pathetic by cnathanw @ 22:17:24 on Jul 21
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