Abrams Commits To Direct

M'Sharak · September 14 2011, 03:58 AM

http://www.trektoday.com/content/201...o-star-trek-2/

Finally and at long last. Pre-production on the movie is underway and maybe soon we'll be getting some real stuff to talk about.

M'Sharak · September 14 2011, 04:01 AM

The article's TTNI forum thread here will probably also be worth keeping an eye on.

number6 · September 14 2011, 05:01 AM

Wooooooo!

sonak · September 14 2011, 05:05 AM

I wonder what this means for the timing of the film's release. I'm still hoping for a 2012 release, even if it's near Christmas 2012. Am I late on this? Have they already ruled out a 2012 release date? Am I an idiot?

number6 · September 14 2011, 06:03 AM

Yes to at least one of those!!

M'Sharak · September 14 2011, 06:40 AM

sonak wrote:

I wonder what this means for the timing of the film's release. I'm still hoping for a 2012 release, even if it's near Christmas 2012. Am I late on this? Have they already ruled out a 2012 release date? Am I an idiot?

From TrekMovie's article about this:

There’s still no update on when the sequel will be released. As we’ve previously reported, Paramount delayed it’s release earlier this year (it was originally set for June 29, 2012–now its TBD) and has already slated the G.I. Joe sequel in the former slot. There are rumors that the film could slide into 2013 (perhaps summer or winter).

Gojira · September 14 2011, 07:40 AM

I am glad JJ's back to direct. Really looking forward to this movie.

LOKAI of CHERON · September 14 2011, 07:44 AM

As late as Winter 2013 - damn they're making us wait!

Roger Wilco · September 14 2011, 08:32 AM

I didn't know, that there was even any doubt about that, but good thing that it's official.

J. Allen · September 14 2011, 08:53 AM

Woohoo! STXII here we come!

Jeff O'Connor · September 14 2011, 09:24 AM

Aw hell, I feel proud just posting on the first page of this thread.

sonak · September 14 2011, 02:39 PM

wow, a potential four and a half year gap between movies is just ridiculous

JarodRussell · September 14 2011, 02:40 PM

It's like Star Trek Nemesis all over again!

King Daniel Into Darkness · September 14 2011, 02:59 PM

Great news! And I'm almost getting used to it bring called "Star Trek 2"

Tidus79001 · September 14 2011, 03:16 PM

I feel the same way that Roy Disney did when he described Disney as having lost its soul. I can't help but feel the same way about Star Trek with the state of things in relating to all things Star Trek.

I am disappointed by the direction that Star Trek has moved in since the cancellation of Star Trek: Enterprise. First Kathryn Janeway is killed off & replaced by some new faceless replacement. Then J.J. Abrams turned Star Trek into something shallow that doesn’t stay true to the ideals that Gene Roddenberry established for the franchise. The film plot felt very shallow & was just another excuse for gratuitous use of CGI that looks like every other movie that Hollywood produces these days. It felt like Star Trek: 90210 to me (lots of pretty faces just in the film, and unnecessary scenes of people getting it on for sex appeal which does nothing to add to the story).

“Abrams Trek” does not represent the fans that made Star what it was prior his hijacking the entire Star Trek universe. It is insulting that J.J. Abrams felt that it was necessary to appeal to a new or casual fan that generally would have no interest in Star Trek in the first place. Where does that leave lifelong Star Trek fans such as me, who have actually helped shape Star Trek over the years by investing much of my time & money?

I have been a Star Trek fan for most of my life & I feel like Star Trek has been hijacked by people who do really care about it & are only just interested in milking the franchise for money regardless of how badly they destroy/ruin the Star Trek that lifelong fans created

Ever since Paramount decided split the franchise rights with CBS the entire franchise has taken a direction that deeply saddens me. Since that split the entirety of Star Trek has been treated with disrespect (in the books, films, and especially by J.J. Abrams).

It gives me great pain to say this but I would rather see Star Trek die rather then see its Legacy continue to be destroyed/ruined & tarnished by those who only are interested in milking the franchise for every penny they can bleed out of it until the point in which they decide to just leave it on the side of the road to wither & die.

I don’t dislike that Paramount decided to go back & revisit The Original Series, and it isn’t really even the actors that bother me. This issues that I have with the film are that I felt that the film was somewhat shallow & unbelievable, nor did I see that it held true to the same ideals that Gene Roddenberry envisioned in Star Trek.

I dislike the liberties that they took with the franchise. My list of annoyances with the film include Vulcan being destroyed, the Spock/Uhura relationship, the “we are in a new timeline now” thing to justify those changes, bad CGI, goofy cornball comedy i.e. Kirk’s hands & lips swelling up making him look like a cartoon character, Scotty getting stuck inside of a water pipe & being bounced around as if he were in a pinball machine, and the superfluous scene of Kirk getting it on with Uhura’s roommate (I am not a prude, but I don’t feel that this scene added anything to the film, and was just a cheap way to include scantly clad bodies just for sex appeal).

I would have been fine with them telling new stories about Kirk & his crew that didn’t conflict with everything that was already established. Also I would have been fine with stories about either Captain Pike & his crew, or Captain April & his crew.

September 14 2011, 03:58 AM	#1
M'Sharak Definitely Herbert. Maybe. Location: Terra Inlandia	Abrams Commits To Direct http://www.trektoday.com/content/201...o-star-trek-2/ Finally and at long last. Pre-production on the movie is underway and maybe soon we'll be getting some real stuff to talk about. __________________ I have long felt that any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel or a play or a poem is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae or a banana split. — Kurt Vonnegut

September 14 2011, 04:01 AM	#2
M'Sharak Definitely Herbert. Maybe. Location: Terra Inlandia	Re: Abrams Commits To Direct The article's TTNI forum thread here will probably also be worth keeping an eye on. __________________ I have long felt that any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel or a play or a poem is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae or a banana split. — Kurt Vonnegut Last edited by M'Sharak; September 14 2011 at 04:12 AM.

September 14 2011, 05:01 AM	#3
number6 Vice Admiral Location: number6 has left the village through some inexpicable hole in the ground to head the corporation.	Re: Abrams Commits To Direct Wooooooo!

September 14 2011, 05:05 AM	#4
sonak Rear Admiral Location: in a figment of a mediocre mind's imagination	Re: Abrams Commits To Direct I wonder what this means for the timing of the film's release. I'm still hoping for a 2012 release, even if it's near Christmas 2012. Am I late on this? Have they already ruled out a 2012 release date? Am I an idiot?

September 14 2011, 06:03 AM	#5
number6 Vice Admiral Location: number6 has left the village through some inexpicable hole in the ground to head the corporation.	Re: Abrams Commits To Direct Yes to at least one of those!!

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September 14 2011, 07:40 AM	#7
Gojira Commodore Location: Stompin' on Tokyo	Re: Abrams Commits To Direct I am glad JJ's back to direct. Really looking forward to this movie. __________________ My Science Fiction-Fantasy movie review Blog: http://foleyfunfilmfacts.wordpress.com/

September 14 2011, 07:44 AM	#8
LOKAI of CHERON Fleet Captain Location: Post-apocalyptic ruins of my once mighty Homeworld.	Re: Abrams Commits To Direct As late as Winter 2013 - damn they're making us wait! __________________ YOU MONOTONE HUMANS ARE ALL ALIKE... FIRST YOU CONDEMN, THEN ATTACK.

September 14 2011, 08:32 AM	#9
Roger Wilco Admiral	Re: Abrams Commits To Direct I didn't know, that there was even any doubt about that, but good thing that it's official. __________________ Don't be a douche.

September 14 2011, 08:53 AM	#10
J. Allen Professional Enabler Location: A Quantum State	Re: Abrams Commits To Direct Woohoo! STXII here we come! __________________ The most horrible suffering one can bring upon another person in dire need, is that of indifference. With love, you try to uplift their life. With hatred, you seek to end that life. With indifference, however, you seek merely to render it inconsequential.

September 14 2011, 09:24 AM	#11
Jeff O'Connor Commodore Location: Tampa, FL	Re: Abrams Commits To Direct Aw hell, I feel proud just posting on the first page of this thread. __________________ Star Trek 1966-

September 14 2011, 02:39 PM	#12
sonak Rear Admiral Location: in a figment of a mediocre mind's imagination	Re: Abrams Commits To Direct wow, a potential four and a half year gap between movies is just ridiculous

September 14 2011, 02:40 PM	#13
JarodRussell Vice Admiral	Re: Abrams Commits To Direct It's like Star Trek Nemesis all over again! __________________ lol l /\

September 14 2011, 02:59 PM	#14
King Daniel Into Darkness Admiral Location: On holiday. Regular service will resume on July 6.	Re: Abrams Commits To Direct Great news! And I'm almost getting used to it bring called "Star Trek 2"

September 14 2011, 03:16 PM	#15
Tidus79001 Lieutenant Commander	Re: Abrams Commits To Direct I feel the same way that Roy Disney did when he described Disney as having lost its soul. I can't help but feel the same way about Star Trek with the state of things in relating to all things Star Trek. I am disappointed by the direction that Star Trek has moved in since the cancellation of Star Trek: Enterprise. First Kathryn Janeway is killed off & replaced by some new faceless replacement. Then J.J. Abrams turned Star Trek into something shallow that doesn’t stay true to the ideals that Gene Roddenberry established for the franchise. The film plot felt very shallow & was just another excuse for gratuitous use of CGI that looks like every other movie that Hollywood produces these days. It felt like Star Trek: 90210 to me (lots of pretty faces just in the film, and unnecessary scenes of people getting it on for sex appeal which does nothing to add to the story). “Abrams Trek” does not represent the fans that made Star what it was prior his hijacking the entire Star Trek universe. It is insulting that J.J. Abrams felt that it was necessary to appeal to a new or casual fan that generally would have no interest in Star Trek in the first place. Where does that leave lifelong Star Trek fans such as me, who have actually helped shape Star Trek over the years by investing much of my time & money? I have been a Star Trek fan for most of my life & I feel like Star Trek has been hijacked by people who do really care about it & are only just interested in milking the franchise for money regardless of how badly they destroy/ruin the Star Trek that lifelong fans created Ever since Paramount decided split the franchise rights with CBS the entire franchise has taken a direction that deeply saddens me. Since that split the entirety of Star Trek has been treated with disrespect (in the books, films, and especially by J.J. Abrams). It gives me great pain to say this but I would rather see Star Trek die rather then see its Legacy continue to be destroyed/ruined & tarnished by those who only are interested in milking the franchise for every penny they can bleed out of it until the point in which they decide to just leave it on the side of the road to wither & die. I don’t dislike that Paramount decided to go back & revisit The Original Series, and it isn’t really even the actors that bother me. This issues that I have with the film are that I felt that the film was somewhat shallow & unbelievable, nor did I see that it held true to the same ideals that Gene Roddenberry envisioned in Star Trek. I dislike the liberties that they took with the franchise. My list of annoyances with the film include Vulcan being destroyed, the Spock/Uhura relationship, the “we are in a new timeline now” thing to justify those changes, bad CGI, goofy cornball comedy i.e. Kirk’s hands & lips swelling up making him look like a cartoon character, Scotty getting stuck inside of a water pipe & being bounced around as if he were in a pinball machine, and the superfluous scene of Kirk getting it on with Uhura’s roommate (I am not a prude, but I don’t feel that this scene added anything to the film, and was just a cheap way to include scantly clad bodies just for sex appeal). I would have been fine with them telling new stories about Kirk & his crew that didn’t conflict with everything that was already established. Also I would have been fine with stories about either Captain Pike & his crew, or Captain April & his crew.