just in the realm of speculation, depending on how The Mummy reboot goes, ditto for Discovery, anyone thought about the possibility of Alex Kurzman coming back as writer/director for trek 4? Somehow, it would make sense to me.
For one, they'd try to bring back some of the 'light' of the first movie that maybe was lost with Beyond having a completely new creative team. Kurtzman should be enough trustable, and unlike Orci, he already has experience as a director. I could also see JJ collaborating well, as a producter, with someone he has already worked with from the start and literally created this version of the characters.
Kurtzman and Jung (one of the writers of Beyond) had always been a bit sidelined by all the attention that Orci and JJ, and lastly Pegg, got... and yet, if there is one thing I appreciate about these guys is precisely the fact they aren't as loud as their colleagues. They just do their job (and of course they hope the majority likes it). The fact they don't engage with fans too much isn't a flaw for me, it's a quality and hint of professionality and confidence. Maybe I'm just old-fashioned about this aspect but, for me, there needs to be a distance between writers and fans online, and regardless I like or not a writer and their choices, I respect someone who talks about his work without ever trying to 'justify' themselves to the fans that do not 'approve' them. Orci would, at times, interact with fans (especially reboot haters) too much, at the point I feel like he might have been influenced a bit.
For one, they'd try to bring back some of the 'light' of the first movie that maybe was lost with Beyond having a completely new creative team. Kurtzman should be enough trustable, and unlike Orci, he already has experience as a director. I could also see JJ collaborating well, as a producter, with someone he has already worked with from the start and literally created this version of the characters.
Kurtzman and Jung (one of the writers of Beyond) had always been a bit sidelined by all the attention that Orci and JJ, and lastly Pegg, got... and yet, if there is one thing I appreciate about these guys is precisely the fact they aren't as loud as their colleagues. They just do their job (and of course they hope the majority likes it). The fact they don't engage with fans too much isn't a flaw for me, it's a quality and hint of professionality and confidence. Maybe I'm just old-fashioned about this aspect but, for me, there needs to be a distance between writers and fans online, and regardless I like or not a writer and their choices, I respect someone who talks about his work without ever trying to 'justify' themselves to the fans that do not 'approve' them. Orci would, at times, interact with fans (especially reboot haters) too much, at the point I feel like he might have been influenced a bit.
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