And so it begins...the scripting of the ST sequel has begun

[Shatnertage]

It would be fun if they did a featurette in the DVD for the next film addressing all of these points one by one--I'd LOL if they paged through some of the threads here and shot them down.

I can just imagine Nimoy, with that voice of his, saying, "There are some who believe that the character I played in the last movie was not Spock. Well, I'll say it for you one more time: I AM Spock."

I have fun trying to imagine what kind of movie you'd have to make to please everyone on here.

How about this for some of the more traditionally-minded fans: Finnegan, Gary Mitchell, Number One, Harry Mudd, and Lord Garth having a Legion-of-Doom style meeting where they are plotting exactly how they'll make trouble for Captain Kirk. Then the new antagonist zooms by in a huge ship, vaporizes them, and chuckles maniacally. Roll opening credits.

 

[kkozoriz1]

That's actually how I'd do Khan in the NuUniverse. Enterprise encounters Botany Bay.

Spock: It's a derelict.

Kirk: Well I've late for a meeting with a cute little lab tech on Starbase 12. Fire Everything.

Enterprise warps away. A piece of debris drifts by the camera. Letters appear on one fragment.. ...TANY BA...

 

[UFO]

But arguing that the old Spock we saw in ST(2009) is a different Spock from the one we know from all the previous instances is, well, special.

Well he does seem more, not to put too fine a point on it, human. In the "good old days" (when they knew how to write science fiction or even sci-fi) he would have considered that description to be an insult! Senility is obviously a terrible thing.

That's actually how I'd do Khan in the NuUniverse. Enterprise encounters Botany Bay.

Spock: It's a derelict.

Kirk: Well I've late for a meeting with a cute little lab tech on Starbase 12. Fire Everything.

Enterprise warps away. A piece of debris drifts by the camera. Letters appear on one fragment.. ...TANY BA...

Have you had a call at 2 o'clock in the morning "suggesting" you stop leaking the script yet?

 

[iguana_tonante]

But arguing that the old Spock we saw in ST(2009) is a different Spock from the one we know from all the previous instances is, well, special.

Well he does seem more, not to put too fine a point on it, human. In the "good old days" (when they knew how to write science fiction or even sci-fi) he would have considered that description to be an insult! Senility is obviously a terrible thing.

Thank you for proving my point.

 

[Mr Silver]

Everything JJ Abrams is involved in always has an extreme blanket of secrecy, we've seen it with Alias, Lost, Cloverfield, Star Trek XI and now Star Trek XII

Its good in some ways, stops internet trolls spoiling those who do not want to be spoiled, but at the same time, people want details, an outine of the story, some pictures, etc

It annoys me when in these so called "Interviews" the writers, producers, etc cease to say anything at all, except describing how they are finding the writing process

 

[Shatnertage]

I really want to avoid spoilers as much as I can. I had the movie semi-spoiled last time, and I'm glad that I had a few surprises (knew about Nimoy's role, didn't know about Vulcan getting imploded). The past season of Doctor Who was almost completely spoiler-free, and much more enjoyable, and I found that I appreciated it much, much more than if I'd have know what happened before I saw it.

It is fun to speculate though, if only to see how far off (or how close) we can be.

How about a movie where they visit every "parallel" development planet in sequence? It'd give them a chance to do a hell of a costume piece, and we could see Pine and Quinto in pinstripes and togas in the same film. I can only imagine the humor that Simon Pegg would bring to a scene in which he's wearing a toga and attempting to put together some technobabble miracle cure.

 

[Leathco]

Rehash script idea: an artificial intelligence onboard the Doomsday machine is in need of physical beings for repairs. Doomsday machine comes across the Botany Bay, and uses their superhumans that were in stasis to make repairs. Khan manages to overthrow the AI on the doomsday machine and claims the weapon for his own. Khan plots a course back to earth, ravaging planets for fuel, to return to power on the planet that he left decades earlier.

New script idea: Enterprise finds the wreckage of an NX class ship (NOT NX-01 or -02, maybe something like -07 or -8) on a planet in an unexplored sector of space. The crew made many changes of themselves on a genetic level to survive the conditions of the new planet, remaining on their hulk for the first 20 years or so due to the planet being uninhabitable for normal human life. The genetic changes make them able to survive, but no longer human. Enterprise rescues the new life forms (which retain partial human memories) after a controversial decision on if it were a prime directive violation. On their return course, they are attacked by a new class of Klingon ship, who had been using the altered survivors for slave labors in Dilithium mines. This sparks off a Klingon/Federation war.

 

[Sector 7]

I've looked a bit into the issue of the size of the ship and why it is stated at such a ridiculous length (hey, I am a nerd!), and I can somehow understand why it pisses people off, even if I don't really care about it either way.

But arguing that the old Spock we saw in ST(2009) is a different Spock from the one we know from all the previous instances is, well, special.

Now, when you say special... is that short-bus-special or...?

 

[UFO]

But arguing that the old Spock we saw in ST(2009) is a different Spock from the one we know from all the previous instances is, well, special.

UFO wrote: ....

iguana_terrificante wrote: Thank you for proving my point.

My pleasure!

Though actually I've got the opposite problem. You're going to think I'm crazy and I don't want to worry anyone, but I have a disquieting feeling that Spock Prime might be the only original character in the whole movie!

 

[iguana_tonante]

But arguing that the old Spock we saw in ST(2009) is a different Spock from the one we know from all the previous instances is, well, special.

Now, when you say special... is that short-bus-special or...?

"Child-molesters-and-people-who-talk-at-the-theater"-special.

 

[Dac]

Well, this random New York Times article on the iPad gives away our first spoiler/rumour of the day:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/25/business/media/25ipad.html?_r=4&src=twt&twt=nytimesbusiness

Spoiler: News about Trek 12

It would appear that there's talk of a female Vulcan character and I'd assume its a big-ish role as they've used photoshop to show the proposed actress with pointy ears.

Here's the quote from the article:

"Mr. Orci, meeting with the producers J. J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof and Bryan Burk, and his fellow writer Alex Kurtzman, jump-started the discussion with an iPad slide show, showing stills from the first film, snapshots of potential locations and a photo of a suggested actress for one of the roles. On the woman’s photo, he had used his iPad to paint on a Vulcan ear."

 

[Pauln6]

Well, this random New York Times article on the iPad gives away our first spoiler/rumour of the day:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/25/business/media/25ipad.html?_r=4&src=twt&twt=nytimesbusiness

Spoiler: News about Trek 12

It would appear that there's talk of a female Vulcan character and I'd assume its a big-ish role as they've used photoshop to show the proposed actress with pointy ears.

Here's the quote from the article:

"Mr. Orci, meeting with the producers J. J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof and Bryan Burk, and his fellow writer Alex Kurtzman, jump-started the discussion with an iPad slide show, showing stills from the first film, snapshots of potential locations and a photo of a suggested actress for one of the roles. On the woman’s photo, he had used his iPad to paint on a Vulcan ear."

Dame Judi Dench as T'Pau?

 

[thumbtack]

This sparks off a Klingon/Federation war.

Star Trek is not Star Wars.

 

[JarodRussell]

This sparks off a Klingon/Federation war.

Star Trek is not Star Wars.

"Punch it, Sulu!"

 

[Captain Mike]

KHAN: Kaaiirk,....I am your father....eerrr Great Great Grandfather!!!!!!!!!
NuKirk: NNNNOOOOOOO!!!!!!

 

[Brolan]

It's very hard to predict the next script because we have all these established notions of what Star Trek is; and as Abrams has shown they have no intentions of staying within those notions. It could be any kind of story, but the plotting will be sleek, sexy, and fast moving.

 

[M'Sharak]

Whatever it turns out to be, one guy already seems pretty sure we won't be seeing Khan.

Rumor: No Khan For Star Trek Sequel – But Known TOS Villain

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Of course it comes through Devin Farraci, which means...nothing. Nothing at all.

 

[M'Sharak]

Of course it comes through Devin Farraci, which means...nothing. Nothing at all.

That was fast.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

I was delayed on the subway.