Re: Abrams Talks About Trek XI Movie

On Apr 21, 10:56=A0am, "Kweeg" <kw...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > GeneK wrote:
> >> "Steven L." <sdlit...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>> "There hadn't been this kind of action in a `Star Trek' movie
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> >> If abrams is suggesting that he's going to do the same
> >> thing to Star Trek that he did to MI, i.e., turn a series
> >> whose plots involved complex intrigue into a slam-
> >> bang action pic with lots of big explosions, then this
> >> is *really* not encouraging.
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> > Why? =A0TOS got sold to NBC as action-adventure. =A0Any limitations on
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> > were not due to writing but due to cost. =A0Roddenberry didn't have
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> > so the scripts were written to have a few token alien characters stand
> > there and explain what was going on (e.g., "Let That Be Your Last
> > Battlefield").
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> Indeed. All these people that moan on about "Roddenberry wouldn't have
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> that." Well Roddenberry did have the vision, but as far as a writer or
> producer goes he was mediocre at best. GR didn't give a damn about
> continuity (or canon) in his own ST universe, if it would make money (or
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> thought it was a good idea) he'd do it. One just has to look at TMP and
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> first season of TNG to see that.
> Lucas is also a good example of how to ruin one's own franchise.

You are wrong on 2 points.
1. This was not a venture about MONEY. This was a life long dream of
Gene's, he was inspired by many s/f writers and had input from many of
them in the 60's. So if you are gonna blame bad writing solely on
Gene, you are mistaken.
2. Yes he DID CARE about his Star Trek universe, there were many
copywrite lawsuits when he was alive of people infringing on HIS
CREATION. There are many "unabridged" novels about Star Trek and Gene
made sure they were noted as so...

I suggest watching "city on the edge of forever" again, it almost won
a EMMY and was good writing to boot.