Could Strike Hurt or HelpTrek XI?

[Frontier]

We heard that, due to the strike, no changes can be made to the script - no matter how minor. Abrams apparently thought of a great line to include in some scene, but could not due to the strike, according to a TrekToday report.

So it got me thinking; could the strike really screw up or help out Trek XI?

Think about this: Spock's "remember" mind-meld with McCoy and the photon torpedo on the surface of Genesis where last-minute, post-test-screening additions to TWOK. If the strike had been going on then, those scenes might not have been added and who knows what would have happened to Trek...

Imagine First Contact where Picard is on-planet with some chick name Ruby, Cochrane is comatose for the film, and Riker fights the borg; if a strike had happened at the wrong time in the mid-90s, we would have had that film rather than the FC we have...

Now, on the reverse, the script for Nemesis was much better than the final product film; one wonders how much better it might have been had a strike been going on in 2001/2002...

 

[starburst]

It shouldnt really do that, that would mean that actors cant adlib on set.

Stupid American writers....sounds like they trying to write themselves out of a job...the Star Trek people should just hire some canadian writers

 

[number6]

According to Trekmovie.com the writers finished the script and made sure it was "strike proof." It also is beginning to look like the strike may be over by Christmas.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

It will help the film.

If nothing else, it's already knocked at least one box office competitor - the sequel to "The DaVinci Code" - off its December release date.