Well, kinda...
‘Star Trek 3′: Roberto Orci Wants to Direct
- Thread starter HaplessCrewman
- Start date
- Status
Just another idiot lobbing baseless insults trying to get attention.
"'Star Trek' fans are upset that Roberto Orci will direct 'Star Trek 3'"
"the reputation of Star Trek Into Darkness among hardcore Trek fans had sunk as far as a Trek movie can sink."
Good to know they have the pulse of the fans.
Among whom "Star Trek Into Darkness is now widely interpreted as a 9/11 Truther Allegory," apparently.
How wide is "widely," these days (and which instrument would one employ in order to accurately measure it)?
Still, the article does conclude by saying that Orci can't fairly be blamed for everything one might not have liked about the first two movies, and that the only way to find out what an Orci-directed Star Trek movie will be like is to wait until that movie comes out, two years from now, and see it with one's own eyes.
Well, what if it bombs?
Then it links to an article that uses those hundred folks in Vegas as proof that Into Darkness wasn't popular among Trek fans. I submitted a post that linked to Rotten Tomatoes and to the poll here, it was never posted to their comments section.
http://popwatch.ew.com/2013/09/19/star-trek-into-darkness-jj-abrams/
Then Orci obviously won't be involved in Star Trek 4. But I think you already knew that...
They'll make a third successful Star Trek movie.
Fans will whinge on the Internet and declare Trek to be Ruined Forever!!
Paramount will cheerfully move on to the next Star Trek project - maybe a fourth film, maybe another reboot...whatever it is, their decisions will be motivated by the success they're experiencing with nuTrek as distinct from what had become trying to squeeze blood out of the stone of the original continuity.
Fans will whinge on the Internet and declare Trek to be Ruined Forever!!
Paramount will cheerfully move on to the next Star Trek project - maybe a fourth film, maybe another reboot...whatever it is, their decisions will be motivated by the success they're experiencing with nuTrek as distinct from what had become trying to squeeze blood out of the stone of the original continuity.
This - and looking forward to it.
Orci might have been prevented from making the perfect Star Trek movie all this time because of input from other members of the supreme court who have now moved on to other things..... for example, I believe it was Lindelof who pushed for Khans inclusion?
As for his directorial inexperience he will have dozens of very knowledgable people on set to assist him every step of the way. I could direct
As for his directorial inexperience he will have dozens of very knowledgable people on set to assist him every step of the way. I could direct
The real question noone is asking is:
What about the lens flares? Will Orci include them or will he violate nucanon and discard them?
What about the lens flares? Will Orci include them or will he violate nucanon and discard them?
The funny thing is that the people who have bitched the loudest about them will also bitch the loudest if they aren't in the next film.
The only rankings Paramount cares about are box office rankings. To that end, Trek does suffer from poor international reception in a Hollywood being more and more driven by the international box office. But that problem exists no matter who directs it.
I think a lot of the negative rumblings against STID among the geekdom came from a romanticized view of TWOK and the view that somehow, after ruining their childhoods, Abrams raped their most sacred movie.
TWOK was a very good Trek movie, but I watched it again about two weeks ago, and the story's pace just creeps along. The plot has as many WTF moments in it as any other Trek movie does. (I'm sorry Khan, but beam Genesis AND Kirk up, OK? I mean, you've won. You have Kirk. He's been your obsession and motivation for living all these years and he's right in front of you. Yours for the taking. End of story. AND YOU GO AWAY WITHOUT HIM!
) It would be like Nero waiting obsessively 25 years for Spock, then losing interest exactly at the moment when Spock appears.
I think a lot of the negative rumblings against STID among the geekdom came from a romanticized view of TWOK and the view that somehow, after ruining their childhoods, Abrams raped their most sacred movie.
TWOK was a very good Trek movie, but I watched it again about two weeks ago, and the story's pace just creeps along. The plot has as many WTF moments in it as any other Trek movie does. (I'm sorry Khan, but beam Genesis AND Kirk up, OK? I mean, you've won. You have Kirk. He's been your obsession and motivation for living all these years and he's right in front of you. Yours for the taking. End of story. AND YOU GO AWAY WITHOUT HIM!
) It would be like Nero waiting obsessively 25 years for Spock, then losing interest exactly at the moment when Spock appears.
YARN
Fleet Captain
Sequels are very often a game of diminishing returns. They make less money, so it is wise (generally) to spend less money making them. Not paying to have a big name director is one way to save money. Heck, just make the writer do double-duty (two birds with one stone). He'll be grateful just to get a shot at being the big dog. Better yet, you (the producers) get more control, because you can surround the "director" with handlers who will be sure to deliver the product you want without having to deal with the "artistic" demands of directors with clout. Makes total sense to me. And if it bombs, you can just blame the director and gear up for the next reboot.
Headline, Variety, sometime in early 2016:
"Roberto Orci Blinds Cast Members of Star Trek"
"The rookie director blinded several of the cast while attempting to do a lens flare during a shot on the bridge of the Enterprise."
"I was delivering my lines, and all of a sudden there was a bright light that just kept getting brighter until I could see nothing else at all," said Chris Pine (Captain Kirk). "Then, everything went black."
"I wish I had had that Vulcan extra eyelid," said Zachary Quinto (Spock).
"He's a writer, not a director," opined Karl Urban (Dr. McCoy).
"He didn't know there's an art to doing them," said producer, J.J. Abrams. "It just went really bad for him."
Ocri could not be reached for comment. A spokesman said Orci suffered burns to his hands from the heat of the lamp he was holding.
"Shooting is expected to resume when the cast is able to see, again. Doctors say it could be two to three weeks before they have full vision. In the meantime, the scenes with Scotty and Harry Mudd will be filmed."
[To add insult to injury, the latter from the article is the accidental leak of the villain.]
- Status
Similar threads
