Bob Orci Answers Questions From Posters at TrekMovie.com

[Australis]

Mods, merge this if it's been mentione elsewhere.

Going through another forum I found a link to TrekMovie.com where Bob Orci answered questions in a Q&A, and then after it was over people kept asking more questions iin the comments.. and he came online and answered them. That's pretty unique, I think. And the fact that he's STILL doing it, despite the thread now having nearly 1000 comments. Granted, he hasn't answered every question, but someof the posters chipped in and answered obvious stuff and in general the tone's been fairly civil, with only the odd Trektech geek asking odd stuff and a couple of canonistas being weird too. I even saw our own pookha in there.

Thought I'd stick a couple of posts down here for your amusement.

Question- for Boborci-
How long have you been a masochist? Have you READ these questions? I’m truly embarassed.

Thanks guys for a wonderful movie.
You are really going above and beyond the call by sifting through the fanwank posted here.

God I nearly fainted when I saw ‘BobOrci’ had responded to my question. I’m such a Nerd.

862. boborci - May 19, 2009
388. Red-Shirted Monkey - May 18, 2009
QUESTION:
If there was a desire to avoid recreating GalaxyQuest, why was Scotty’s water tube ride heading into superfluous choppers?
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We loved Galaxy Quest!

872. boborci - May 19, 2009

430. John Sullivan - May 18, 2009
QUESTION: HOW DO YOU FEEL? ……………How do you feel? ………… How do you feel?

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… I feel fine.

883. Weerd1 - May 19, 2009

QUESTION- Regretting this yet?

Thank you Mr. Orci for bothering to engage the fans. I for one really appreciate it, and as a long time Trekkie (or Trekker, whatever makes people comfortable) really loved the film. I had to really digest the destruction of Vulcan, but so many big events have been wiped clean in Trek by the Temporal Reset Button, in the end I decided it was dramatically far more satisfying to leave Vulcan gone- and a perfect way to show anything is possible.

The whole shooting match can be found...
http://trekmovie.com/2009/05/18/orc...t-of-last-weeks-impromptu-qa/#comment-1831122

 

[Overgeeked]

862. boborci - May 19, 2009
388. Red-Shirted Monkey - May 18, 2009
QUESTION:
If there was a desire to avoid recreating GalaxyQuest, why was Scotty’s water tube ride heading into superfluous choppers?
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We loved Galaxy Quest!

That's funny. I thought Galaxy Quest was a better Trek movie than this.

 

[Feofilakt]

Know what a pet peeve of mine is? When people abuse quantum mechanics to justify nonsense and bullshit. Spiritual nonsense, contrived BS, OTHERKIN. Shit, every single one.

Just say you want to work that way because it's easier (and you are not that talented), do NOT wrap yourself up in a branch of science still in its infancy and confuse people.

 

[Cdr MacDuff]

They certainly put much thought into the parallel alternate timeline thing.

 

[FalTorPan]

Know what a pet peeve of mine is? When people abuse quantum mechanics to justify nonsense and bullshit. Spiritual nonsense, contrived BS, OTHERKIN. Shit, every single one.

Just say you want to work that way because it's easier (and you are not that talented), do NOT wrap yourself up in a branch of science still in its infancy and confuse people.

I agree. Better to keep it totally nonsensical by using terms such as "subspace fill-in-the-blank."

 

[God Magnus]

I think it's really cool that Orci is willing to slog through so many comments to address questions. It is kind of sad how people quibble over the terms "parallel reality" and "alternate reality" as if they are completely mutually exclusive. That made my head hurt after a while (the comments, not the theories).

 

[Cdr MacDuff]

I think it's really cool that Orci is willing to slog through so many comments to address questions. It is kind of sad how people quibble over the terms "parallel reality" and "alternate reality" as if they are completely mutually exclusive. That made my head hurt after a while (the comments, not the theories).

Yep, he made it pretty clear, with good explanations, that the NuTrek was indeed a parallel alternate reality. He did a good job of answering those question. It should be appreciated.

 

[All Seeing Eye]

I LOVE GALAXY QUEST TOO!

 

[NumberOne]

I LOVE GALAXY QUEST TOO!

Ditto. I'm gonna have to re-watch Galaxy Quest now.

 

[seigezunt]

so much for the whole "dumbing down" accusation.

 

[God Magnus]

Yep, he made it pretty clear, with good explanations, that the NuTrek was indeed a parallel alternate reality. He did a good job of answering those question. It should be appreciated.

I swear that some of those comments made me wish Spock and Uhura broke the fourth wall, pulled up a Powerpoint presentation and said "See, this is the Prime universe and it's over THERE now, but it's still THERE doing it's own thing. But see us? We're the new guys and we're over HERE doing our thing. Don't worry, your DVDs and toys will still be there when you get home. Now we continue with our adventure already in progress."

 

[Count Zero]

Yep, he made it pretty clear, with good explanations, that the NuTrek was indeed a parallel alternate reality. He did a good job of answering those question. It should be appreciated.

I swear that some of those comments made me wish Spock and Uhura broke the fourth wall, pulled up a Powerpoint presentation and said "See, this is the Prime universe and it's over THERE now, but it's still THERE doing it's own thing. But see us? We're the new guys and we're over HERE doing our thing. Don't worry, your DVDs and toys will still be there when you get home. Now we continue with our adventure already in progress."

I wish they put something like that on the DVD.

 

[VulcanJedi]

I LOVE GALAXY QUEST TOO!

Galaxy Quest was the best and funniest Trek movie since Voyage Home. The water pipes thing was great! Theydid superfluous things like this on the old show all the time---great gag.

 

[M'Sharak]

I think it's really cool that Orci is willing to slog through so many comments to address questions. It is kind of sad how people quibble over the terms "parallel reality" and "alternate reality" as if they are completely mutually exclusive. That made my head hurt after a while (the comments, not the theories).

He's been turning up in the Comments sections of articles at TrekMovie for quite some time, and has responded over a span of months to many questions from people about various aspects of the movie, the story and the creative process. I get the impression that he really enjoys doing it.

Yep, he made it pretty clear, with good explanations, that the NuTrek was indeed a parallel alternate reality. He did a good job of answering those question. It should be appreciated.

I swear that some of those comments made me wish Spock and Uhura broke the fourth wall, pulled up a Powerpoint presentation and said "See, this is the Prime universe and it's over THERE now, but it's still THERE doing it's own thing. But see us? We're the new guys and we're over HERE doing our thing. Don't worry, your DVDs and toys will still be there when you get home. Now we continue with our adventure already in progress."

I wish they put something like that on the DVD.

I thought the same thing, as I read that: "DVD easter egg!"

 

[seigezunt]

Yep, he made it pretty clear, with good explanations, that the NuTrek was indeed a parallel alternate reality. He did a good job of answering those question. It should be appreciated.

I swear that some of those comments made me wish Spock and Uhura broke the fourth wall, pulled up a Powerpoint presentation and said "See, this is the Prime universe and it's over THERE now, but it's still THERE doing it's own thing. But see us? We're the new guys and we're over HERE doing our thing. Don't worry, your DVDs and toys will still be there when you get home. Now we continue with our adventure already in progress."

 

[erebus]

What can you say? This guy has almost as much guts as Captain Robau. There's no way i'm going to miss that sequel.

 

[indranee]

I think it's really cool that Orci is willing to slog through so many comments to address questions. It is kind of sad how people quibble over the terms "parallel reality" and "alternate reality" as if they are completely mutually exclusive. That made my head hurt after a while (the comments, not the theories).

yeah, he reminds me a little of Robert Hewitt Wolfe on the usenet groups during DS9's tenure. he's willing to swallow his ego a bit. Ron Moore on AOL was around quite a bit too. always a good thing.

 

[indranee]

I LOVE GALAXY QUEST TOO!

Ditto. I'm gonna have to re-watch Galaxy Quest now.

it's been sort a Trek film for a while now

 

[Koinek]

Robogeek: I completely agree that a movie should have layers to be discovered. I think what I (and others) are saying is that there seems to be a crucial layer missing, which might be as simple as a single word. …Yes, Uhura says they’re in an _alternate_ reality, i.e. one that has been altered, and is different than the original Prime reality. But no one in the film ever says they’re in a _parallel_ reality / separate timeline that coexists with the original Prime one. That’s the problem. BobOrci: And funnily enough we’ve been accused by some of dumbing it down.
Perhaps it could be clearer, but our goal in that scene is to get our scientists to talk as they would talk, and the fact that the Next Generation is still alive and well in another universe would not be their primary point of curiosity or concern. They would be concerned with what happens to them now. It’s more of an intellectual curiosity for the audience to ponder than for the characters, in my opinion. And as stated above, key characters behave in ways that can only be explained if they subscribe to the multiverse theory. I concede it could be clearer, but I will say it is exactly as clear as we wanted it to be. I’ll bet many more people enjoyed it than would’ve otherwise because they can see it either way.

Vapad: Exactly, it was never expressed they were in a parallel reality.
BobOrci: I concede that the word PARALLEL is not in the movie.

There are just some fans that really make it hard for me to call myself a Trekkie...

 

[cubbie]

I'm not going to be happy until Orci uses the words "Valentine" and "pleased" in a sentence.