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DS9: The Movie - Who would you have direct it?

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Darth_Pazuzu

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I know, I know, there's probably not a snowball's chance in hell of us ever seeing Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Movie (unless it's an extremely upmarket internet fan film!). But even so, it's worth speculating on just who would be best qualified to direct it.

I just purchased The Fountain on DVD this weekend. I saw it in the theater, and I loved it even more when I saw it a second time. And so I'm nominating Darren Aronofsky! I can't help but think of certain episodes such as Emissary, Duet, The Visitor and Hard Time, and I really believe that Aronofsky would be perfectly qualified to do a lot of the more intimate character scenes such as we've seen in those particular episodes. Plus, the guy's a real visionary. Granted, The Fountain is sci-fi only in a kind of abstract sort of way, but I really think I'm on to something here.

With Pi, Requiem For A Dream and The Fountain, Aronofsky's done his Eraserhead and The Elephant Man, as well as his THX-1138 and American Graffiti. So DS9: The Movie could just as well be his Star Wars...or his Dune! But either way, the results would surely be...fascinating! :D
 
-Alfonso Cuaron
-Ridley Scott


Come to think of it, why not a Star Trek director? I say Avery Brooks! He knows the teritory, and he's one of Trek's most capable actors-turned-director.
 
I prefer Wolfgang Petersen's In the Line of Fire as the basis for a DS9 film, with Avery Brooks in the role of Clint Eastwood's Frank Horrigan and Marc Alaimo in the role John Malkovich's Mitch Leary.

They could even re-enact the rooftop scene where Alaimo shoves Brooks's phaser into his mouth. :cool:
 
Robert Wise.

Yes, I know he's dead, but the likelihood of a DS9 movie being made is directly proportionate to the likelihood of Robert Wise directing it.

If he had it lit and acted in the manner of his noirs, say, 'The Set-Up' and 'Born to Kill', we could have a dark, brooding, gritty little film, probably starring Andrew Robinson as Garak, pulling Alexander Sidding's Bashir once more into murky waters.
 
Last year, sadly. (Or was it the year before? I'm such an old fogey... anyway, very recently.) Fortunately he's managed to record commentaries for many of his movies, including the two I have mentioned.

The death of Robert Wise was a true loss for cinema, and I feel his Star Trek feature is the most polished and skillful in terms of direction... though as I said I think him directing DS9 as a noir film would have been very effective.
 
Looking to interesting people in television, I'd propose Mike Vejar or Michael Rymer. I think they've both done some excellent work on DS9 re. nuBSG and probably have the kind of understanding you'd need to make such a film work.
 
Spielberg or Lucas...
As long as somebody else writes the script.
Jake Sisko cannot say, "I hate sand..."
 
Kegek said:

The death of Robert Wise was a true loss for cinema, and I feel his Star Trek feature is the most polished and skillful in terms of direction... though as I said I think him directing DS9 as a noir film would have been very effective.
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I personally always wondered what it would have been like had Robert Wise directed one of the TNG feature films with the budget that he was provided for TMP. Just imagine the epic scale. Not to mention the philosophical issues and the ideals explored (the ideals presented in the 4 TNG films we ended up with are best suited for "Movies for Dummies."). Just imagine it...It would have been glorious! :cool:
 
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No argument there, and particularly appropriate as TMP's Decker and Ilia were prototypes for TNG's Riker and Troi... but they never got the kind of subdued, effectively musically cued treatment in the films that Decker and Ilia got.

And besides, TNG was at its best when, like TMP, it was tackling interesting ideas. The films were far too content with tackling explosions instead.

If anyone wants a specific example, incidentally, of atmosphere which would have been brilliant for DS9... an early scene in 'Born to Kill' where Lawrence Tierney kills a man. Brooding darkness, blaring jazz, very effective. I could just see Andrew Robinson in a similar scene.
 
Darth_Pazuzu said:
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Or, for that matter, say "No, it's because I'm so in love with you!"
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I love this line for Kira and Odo...
"I'd just as soon kiss a Ferengi!"
"That can be arranged! He could use a good kiss!"
 
-Clint Eastwood
-Peter Weir
-Michel Gondry. Then the wormhole would be made out of cardboard.
 
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