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Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman on Fans Debate on Star Trek XII, Nero and Khan

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By GustavoLeao / 09:32, 26 June 2009 / Star Trek: Nemesis

Movie Moron posted a new interview with Star Trek and Transformers 2 writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman and here are excerpts.

MM: You've mentioned that the fan talkbacks are informing future Star Trek films. Are there any specific suggestions that you're going to consider? Any big Red Lights of where NOT to go with the franchise?


RO: As you can imagine every kind of opinion has been expressed in relation to the movie, so there have been both red lights, green lights, yellow lights, the gamut. What they have done is very quickly identified the fork in the road, which is to do a completely original story or to harmonize with canon the way we did in the first movie, where some of the events overlapped with the original universe and were the same even if time travel hadn't happened and some of the harmonies were reversed, like Spock with Uhura instead of Kirk. They very quickly have fallen into those two camps. And that's interesting cause that's the debate we're having with ourselves. So we're literally getting to read this ongoing debate online and it's very helpful.


MM: Seems like it's a lot of people fleshing out all the possibilities.


RO: And just the merits of one philosophy over another more than any specific ideas. It's more about what's philosophically right to do. Very fascinating.


MM: We've been debating this question on the site - Why didn't Nero just warn Romulus if he went back in time?


RO: Nero is intent on returning to Romulus as a conquering hero. And he's got 150 years before there's any threat to Romulus. So his main mission is find Ambassador Spock, the man who failed him, get the weapon of mass destruction, conquer the Federation, and then return to Romulus. To do anything before that would possibly endanger Romulus and prematurely cause war.


MM: Arguably the most iconic Star Trek villain: Khan. What is the chance you're going to bring him back?


RO: What do you think Alex? 50/50? Is that a boring answer?


AK: That's a good answer.


RO: 50/50. Let's flip a coin right now on the phone. If I said 10/90 I wouldn't tell you which direction we were leaning in anyway.

The full interview is here.



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RE: Khan is Star Trek XII's Joker. | Report this post to moderator
By: ZOD (Odo's file, contact) @ 10:44:55 on Jun 26, 2009

It's not that I'm totally against seeing Kahn again. I like the character. They only plan to make 2 more of these films. Maybe we'll get a few more after that. I'm just worried that they are going to spend too much of their limited time re-telling stories. I already know how tough and cool Kahn is. I'd rather see them deal with a new problem. After the destruction of Vulcan do the Klingons smell weakness in the Federation? This all takes place during Pike's original mission. The borders might be looser, maybe there are more pirates.

Who knows, I'm sure they won't simply remake Space Seed or The Wrath of Kahn.

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RE: Khan is Star Trek XII's Joker. by cdydatzigs @ 11:06:32 on Jun 26
    RE: Khan is Star Trek XII's Joker. by ZOD @ 13:06:56 on Jun 26

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By: GustavoLeao (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 13:31:11 on Jun 26, 2009

Hey, I am hoping for a new villain and a new adventure, but if mr Orci and mr Kurtzman are considering Khan, then good luck to them.

BTW, this time they can actually show Khan meeting Mr. Chekov! LOL

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RE: Khan is Star Trek XII's Joker. | Report this post to moderator
By: Terry212 (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 10:46:26 on Jun 26, 2009 | Edit History (1)

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Quote:What do you think Alex? 50/50? Is that a boring answer? 50/50. Let's flip a coin right now on the phone. If I said 10/90 I wouldn't tell you which direction we were leaning in anyway.

Somebody is going to stumble upon the Botany Bay in Star Trek XII and it ain't gonna be Kirk and Co. The next big casting news is who they're going to get to play the young Khan. Watch. :)



If it was a COMPLETELY new Khan story (not like Space Seed, but more like Khan actually GETTING somewhere) it might be interesting. I guess if they could make is mirror Osama bin Laden getting actual POWER or something, we might be able to have some interesting post 9/11 commentary.

As long as the movie ends with him being marooned in the Seti Alpha system, I'm good. I'd like to keep Trek II in canon.

I guess the big question would be whether to cast someone physically like Ricardo Montalban or someone who is more legitimately Middle Eastern like Khan the character. Also, the other big question would be whether to rewrite Khan's rise in 1996.

It might be interesting to retell the story as Khan pulling the strings of global terrorism in our present day, experimenting with genetics and building his super army quietly and then being foiled right before it builds to a head....by the CIA or something so that we never heard of it. Something similar to that was done in the novels, I think, although Gary 7 was involved.

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RE: Khan is Star Trek XII's Joker. by SuperDave @ 23:30:17 on Jun 26
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