Maybe the Villian Was Originally Khan?

[USS Einstein]

TrekMovie: So you said that Cumberbatch plays a canon character, but now we see he is playing a guy named John Harrison, so no conflict?

Roberto Orci: Well I did say on your site that I lied once [see comment 67].

Looks like no joy on that info.

[137th Gebirg]

Ugh...well, if the movie doesn't pan out, and based on his proclivities for deception, obfuscation and secrecy, he could always get a job in the intelligence community.

[Nerys Myk]

137th Gebirg wrote:

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Ugh...well, if the movie doesn't pan out, and based on his proclivities for deception, obfuscation and secrecy, he could always get a job in the intelligence community.

He already did. That's what Alias was based on.

[Admiral Buzzkill]

USS Einstein wrote:

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Looks like no joy on that info.

Wrong.

Orci's dodging the question which is raised by Cumberbatch's character's name, the name itself being misdirection.

[Enterprise is Great]

He's Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!

[The Keeper]

Enterprise is Great wrote:

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He's Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!

Nooooooooooooooooooo!

[Anji]

TWOK is done. I'm not paying to see it remade.

So is JJ going to treat these franchises like leftovers: just kinda put it all in a cassarole dish, pop it in the oven and then tell us in the family it's something new and exciting he just whipped up? (I'm a mom, I know how this goes.)

And if he does this kinda stuff to Star Trek, I can just imagine what he's going to do to Star Wars.

[YARN]

My Name Is Legion wrote:

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Wrong.

Orci's dodging the question which is raised by Cumberbatch's character's name, the name itself being misdirection.

Your posts never cease to amuse me. You never make arguments. Only pronouncements.

[Ovation]

Making arguments on a casual fan site is NOT a requirement. Never has been.

I can't speak for Dennis, but if I were to constantly engage in "arguments" as you seem to enjoy so much, it would be far too much like my job. On occasion, I engage in a hearty "formal" argument (though usually in the forum most conducive, topic-wise, for it) but mostly I come here to relax and shoot the breeze, as I suspect do most people. If formal arguments are your thing, great. But it isn't the primary purpose of this place. Nor, frankly, does the membership of the board require periodic "lessons" on "proper forms and conventions of arguments". IF necessary, much of that membership can do it reasonably well (do note the "IF").

[Therin of Andor]

Anji wrote:

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TWOK is done. I'm not paying to see it remade.

TMP was a "remake" of "The Changeling".

Who says a movie set in the new timeline, featuring characters from the old timeline, will be any kind of "remake"?

[King Daniel]

Even if Khan were in the movie, it makes it no more a "Space Seed" or "Wrath of Khan" remake than "The Dark Knight" was a remake of 1989's "Batman" because they both featured The Joker as the villain.

[lurok]

Ovation wrote:

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Making arguments on a casual fan site is NOT a requirement. Never has been.

I can't speak for Dennis, but if I were to constantly engage in "arguments" as you seem to enjoy so much, it would be far too much like my job. On occasion, I engage in a hearty "formal" argument (though usually in the forum most conducive, topic-wise, for it) but mostly I come here to relax and shoot the breeze, as I suspect do most people. If formal arguments are your thing, great. But it isn't the primary purpose of this place. Nor, frankly, does the membership of the board require periodic "lessons" on "proper forms and conventions of arguments". IF necessary, much of that membership can do it reasonably well (do note the "IF").

Like

[newtontomato539]

I think Benedict is playing Matt Decker or his son.

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Ovation wrote:

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Making arguments on a casual fan site is NOT a requirement. Never has been.

I can't speak for Dennis, but if I were to constantly engage in "arguments" as you seem to enjoy so much, it would be far too much like my job. On occasion, I engage in a hearty "formal" argument (though usually in the forum most conducive, topic-wise, for it) but mostly I come here to relax and shoot the breeze, as I suspect do most people. If formal arguments are your thing, great. But it isn't the primary purpose of this place. Nor, frankly, does the membership of the board require periodic "lessons" on "proper forms and conventions of arguments". IF necessary, much of that membership can do it reasonably well (do note the "IF").

Pretty much. It's a waste of my time to take the kinds of nonsensical assertions that are made around here regarding matters of taste and opinion seriously enough to do more than bat the shuttlecock back across the net occasionally.

[Jackson_Roykirk]

Anji wrote:

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TWOK is done. I'm not paying to see it remade.

So is JJ going to treat these franchises like leftovers: just kinda put it all in a cassarole dish, pop it in the oven and then tell us in the family it's something new and exciting he just whipped up? (I'm a mom, I know how this goes.)

And if he does this kinda stuff to Star Trek, I can just imagine what he's going to do to Star Wars.

I would argue that TWoK is barely about the Genetically Engineered Superman we saw in Space Seed. If it wasn't for the fact that Montalban reprised his original Space Seed role (at least in character name) and a couple of references back to some details of Space Seed, it would have been very difficult to determine that the plot of TWoK was any kind of Space Seed sequel at all.

TWoK had almost nothing at all do do with the "Genetically Engineered Supermen who would rule the world" plot. It was simply about what happens after one of those Supermen goes mad with revenge.

I loved TWoK for what it was -- it was a great film. However, I would love to see a REAL Space Seed sequel featuring one or more of the Botany Bay's genetically engineered super-humans in the 23rd century Federation (I mean a cool and calculating one with all his wits about them -- not one who's gone mad). I'm not saying this film will be that -- although it might. And if it were, it would NOT be a TWoK rehash; it would be a true sequel to Space Seed.