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Orci and Kurtzman on Introducing Characters from Original Timeline in Star Trek XII

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By GustavoLeao / 22:58, 28 June 2009 / Star Trek: Nemesis

Sci Fi Scanner posted a new interview with Star Trek and Transformers 2 writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman and here are few excerpts of the interview.

Q: Are Transformers fans as ravenous as Trekkies?


BO: Transformers fans taught us how to deal with Star Trek fans. And they're both heavy duty. But Transformers fans taught us how to interact; how to turn the conversation constructive a little bit, and not just have it be, "You suck. Go jump off of a building please."


Q: Did you learn anything from writing Transformers 2 that's been helpful in formulating Trek 2?


AK: They're so different. You're putting on a different hat. And the choices that you make in Transformers with Michael as the director versus Star Trek with J.J. couldn't be more 180 degrees in the opposite direction. So I don't know that for me there's a natural corollary between them.


Q: Would you ever again want to draw characters from the "Prime" universe in the sequel, like you did for Spock?


BO: We can't be done with it completely. But I would start with what's happening to the crew now, and if that became a great thing organic to the momentum of where the first movie is going, then maybe. Anything is possible right now. That's really the juice and the curse of this path.

The full interview is here.



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By: OriginalDefiant (Odo's file, contact) @ 03:04:03 on Jun 29, 2009

Nonsense!

One example of the kind of constraints that Roddenberry originally put in the shows, in the old days, was the "perfection" of the characters. Hence, why DS9 deliberately sought to see ways around this (like trying to create more drama by having conflict between the alien and human characters, rather than among the all-too perfect humans).

So, of course, it's far from the truth that "in Star Trek, everything has always been possible". But I'd agree that any crossovers to be had in this new, altered reality will be few and far between!


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By: OkeydokeyObi (Odo's file, contact) @ 10:23:58 on Jun 29, 2009

In Star Trek everything has always been possible, this is nothing new.

Everything except bringing William Shatner into the fold for the new series. Apparently, that would violate every law of nature and make the trek universe implode on itself.

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RE: Before you get your typing fingers warmed up.. by Kamen Rider Blade @ 10:32:19 on Jun 29
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By: OkeydokeyObi (Odo's file, contact) @ 10:23:58 on Jun 29, 2009 | Edit History (1)

oops, sorry- double post.

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By: Kamen Rider Blade (Odo's file, contact) @ 09:46:39 on Jun 29, 2009

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Quote:Anything is possible right now.

I wouldn't get too excited kiddies. In Star Trek everything has always been possible, this is nothing new. I wouldn't take that comment this early in the process and run with it saying, "See! I told you the old universe is still alive! Bring back Picard and Data, yaaaayyy!!"

You'll be lucky to get a wee cameo from Nimoy one more time -- that's it. Just don't want to see you all get your hopes up. :)

But you will.


You continue to operate from the false assumption that everyone who's going with what the people who've made the film have stated with regards to whether or not they intended for the original universe to continue to exist are simply over-zealous fanboys who want nothing more than to see the original timeline on screen once again.

There are those of us who agree with you that it likely won't (and shouldn't) be seen again in film and/or tv (at the very least not any time in the forseeable future). We just see no reason not to take those who actually made the movie at their word with regards to their repeatedly stated intentions about their movie.

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RE: Before you get your typing fingers warmed up.. by cdydatzigs @ 10:03:05 on Jun 29
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By: JagMan (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 08:59:39 on Jun 29, 2009

We get it. You're done with the 'old' universe. I can't count the number of posts you've made tearing down any possibility of it existing anymore on film. It seems to be a persoanl crusade of yours.

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