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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: cdydatzigs (Odo's file, contact) @ 12:53:27 on Jun 29, 2009

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I mean, they already did that in THIS movie. Did you catch the tribbles? And so it's hardly inconceivable that, say, a Mugatu, or a Carol Marcus, for that matter, could find their way into the next film.

No, no, no.. you totally got me wrong here. I have NEVER said that the future films and TV series shoudln't or won't have elements of the old universe in it that exist already -- like the tribbles, Carol Marcus or even Khan. On the contrary, I have been very supportive of seeing how they exist in the new universe because their presence (though different) was not affected by Nero's doings.

When I say we will never see the old universe again, I am talking about the "continuing" 24th century TNG portion of the old universe. The Picards, Rikers and Janeways. That era and universe came to a whimpering halt in Nemesis and is THAT old universe that the studio will not touch again.

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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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