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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: Indian actor | Report this post to moderator
By: Dukat (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 18:16:42 on Jun 26, 2009

Although I will get crucified on this site for this one - I think the person who would make a great Khan is the Rock, Dwayne Johnson. Physically, he would be the ideal of a genetically modified human.

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RE: Indian actor | Report this post to moderator
By: SuperDave (Odo's file, contact) @ 21:44:25 on Jun 26, 2009

Finally, somebody who agrees with me!! :)

I thought I was the lone voice pimping Andrews as Khan around here...honestly, I think he's the perfect choice.

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RE: Indian actor | Report this post to moderator
By: USShawk (Odo's file, contact) @ 20:28:45 on Jun 26, 2009

A shot in the dark... and it will never happen..

Daniel Day Lewis

Or, Javier Bardem



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RE: Indian actor | Report this post to moderator
By: cdydatzigs (Odo's file, contact) @ 18:47:24 on Jun 26, 2009

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But if its Khan ... Naveen Andrews (from Lost) all the way :)

The only problem with this is that Khan was approximately 47 years old when he emerged from the sleeper ship. You need to find an actor who is closer to that age (as seen in TOS), seeing as Khan and his supermen were unaffected by the timeline change.

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"If a sixth Star Trek television series is ever realized, it will be set in the new universe." -- cdydatzigs, June 15, 2009.

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RE: Indian actor by SuperDave @ 23:19:18 on Jun 26
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