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J.J. Abrams on Star Trek Canon, Says He Wanted the Movie to Feel Real

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By GustavoLeao / 12:45, 25 September 2008 / Star Trek: Nemesis

In a new video interview to BBC's Radio 1, director J.J. Abrams talked more about the challenges of making a new Star Trek movie. Here is an excerpt, courtesy of TrekMovie.com

"It is very funny because when you get into what is known- they had blueprints that they sold, but a lot of it is hypothesis, like made up. ..." Abrams said "The show itself made mistakes. The idea that there is a canon of Trek and what is honest to goodness Trek and what you can't change - The show itself changed history and revised things a lot. So clearly the approach was we want to make this thing feel real. It is so insane, the idea of these massive starships. The goal of this movie, despite it being called Star Trek, despite the pointy ears and all the established fans and hundreds of hours and almost a dozen movies and all that kind of stuff, we actually feel this is kind of a new thing and this is legitimate. Which is probably the biggest challenge, because it is by default so close to being campy.[...]"

More from Abrams (including the full video interview) can be found at TrekMovie.



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RE: Campy in what way? | Report this post to moderator
By: cdydatzigs (Odo's file, contact) @ 13:17:37 on Sep 26, 2008

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Why is Abrams using the word "campy" or "insane" while talking about the starships?

Well, he's not really. He did use the word 'insane' in regards to a starship but only to make a point as to how huge they are and far beyond what we are capable of doing in 2008. That is why he said, "So clearly the approach was we want to make this thing feel real. It is so insane, the idea of these massive starships."

In terms of 'campy' he just meant the premise of Star Trek as a whole. "The goal of this movie, despite it being called Star Trek, despite the pointy ears and all the established fans and hundreds of hours and almost a dozen movies and all that kind of stuff, we actually feel this is kind of a new thing and this is legitimate. Which is probably the biggest challenge, because it is by default so close to being campy.[...]"

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