Hypothetically Speaking, What if this movie really takes off?

[CommanderTrip]

By this, I mean, if Trek XI turns out to be a huge hit, we'll likely be seeing a Trek XII in the pipeline sooner or later. Now, regardless of how the story that is XI ends, what would you like to see in # 12? Klingons? More Romulans? A dead lois?

Personally, I wouldn't mind if Trek XI ended with Pike and Kirk chatting about 'escalation', when Pike gives Kirk an evidence bag containing a playing card, which Kirk flips over to reveal a picture of Ricardo Montalbon and the word "Khan." Trek XII could be when Kirk "looks into it."

Or maybe something with that giant planet doomsday eater. I honestly can't remember the actual name, and I'm too lazy to look it up.

So, what would you like to see in a sequel?

 

[Haggis and tatties]

I cant see it not taking off, after the "Just give the Trek fans any old shite and they will lap it up" that was Nemesis and the "dreary, dreadful and thrown together in a five minutes meeting" that was Enterprise, we have what looks like a actual attempt to put some time and effort into making some new Trek..........and I'm all for that.

If the film can catch any of the old Trek magic or at least be entertaining me then I'm all for it....i will definitely be their on opening night with a open mind and my money to support it.

So come on your big bugger of a Trek movie and be good, and reawaken in me the belief i had before i saw Enterprise, when i was 100% sure there would never be anything Trek related i would not like....

 

[MattJC]

An actual Star Trek movie.
Of course, Abrams and his pals would have to remove their heads from George Lucas' asshole first for that to happen.

 

[Herkimer Jitty]

An actual Star Trek movie.
Of course, Abrams and his pals would have to remove their heads from George Lucas' asshole first for that to happen.

Have you ever been in there man? It's magical in there.

There's an Ewok village and little Jedi children frollick in the fleshy meadows.

 

[Aragorn]

Why is it that the people whose heads are up their own asses by choice are the ones who are always saying other people have their heads up asses?

 

[MattJC]

My head is secured on my shoulders

 

[Herkimer Jitty]

My head is secured on my shoulders

Ah so you're just really flexible, then.

 

[Nowhere Man]

An actual Star Trek movie.
Of course, Abrams and his pals would have to remove their heads from George Lucas' asshole first for that to happen.

Have you ever been in there man? It's magical in there.

There's an Ewok village and little Jedi children frollick in the fleshy meadows.

So that's what happened to all the Youngliings

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

An actual Star Trek movie.

As you define that? No, thank you.

So, what would you like to see in a sequel?

Saldana's tits.

 

[Samuel T. Cogley]

Hypothetically Speaking, What if this movie really takes off?

We'll get more Star Wars action and bigger 'splosions in part two.

 

[Therin of Andor]

Why is it that the people whose heads are up their own asses by choice are the ones who are always saying other people have their heads up asses?

Experience.

 

[Tom]

If anything i would want this movie to impress TPTB at CBS since they control the TV (and other media) fate of Star Trek, and possibly kick starting a new TV series down the road. Right now most of the CBS top execs don't give 2 shits about Star Trek, there are alot of 'middle managers' that do but they don't have the final say in it.

 

[PKTrekGirl]

Why is it that the people whose heads are up their own asses by choice are the ones who are always saying other people have their heads up asses?

My head is secured on my shoulders

Ah so you're just really flexible, then.

All three of you guys need to knock it off.

Like, now.

Thanks.

 

[Shatterhand]

Let's not kid ourselves here: the only thing that will decide this movie's level of success will be box office returns. It won't matter if critics like or hate it; most mainstream critics tend to look down their nose at Star Trek movies since they cater to a certain fanbase rather than to a general audience, and besides, any true moviegoer doesn't decide what movies to see based on a critic's review. And while their critical opinion of the movie will be more important, it still won't matter THAT much what the "Trekkie" response is, either; despite the smoke they're trying to blow up everyone's backsides, the fans crying "blasphemy" about the movie's changes to established Trek lore will still see it, and unfortunately, their dollars aren't going to be enough to save the movie from a possible box office failure (I'm looking at you, Final Frontier, Insurrection and Nemesis).

If the movie is a financial success, Paramount will consider Star Trek a bankable property again, and will ride the wave as far as it'll go. A sequel will be damn near inevitable, but what the fans need to realize is that it'll be a sequel featuring the new cast and the new version of the Enterprise, the redesigned uniforms, sets, etc. Paramount's not going to go back to the old-school stuff thinking that we're all willing to give that a chance again; the old-school Trek died with Nemesis and Enterprise. If you doubt that, take a moment to ponder why we're not seeing anymore Burton/Schumacher Batman films or Pierce Brosnan-era James Bond flicks after the new incarnations were so successful.

Comic books or novels aside, there's no reason to doubt that Abrams' Star Trek will be either the franchise's permanent death or resurrection. If this movie is a financial failure, do not expect any new Star Trek movie or television series to show up in the near future.

 

[Cky]

Haha, I love that. The first answer to the question that is hypothetical;

"I can't see it taking off".

 

[M'Sharak]

Haha, I love that. The first answer to the question that is hypothetical;

"I can't see it taking off".

You may want to read that response again:

I cant see it not taking off...

As far as a sequel goes, I'd say a nod to this movie is good -- in the way of acknowledging that those things happened -- but I don't think a great deal in the sequel should hinge on the events of the previous movie. It should be able to stand (or fall) on its own.

As far as revisiting a story already told in the Original Series goes... I don't know. The idea of a straight-up remake does not appeal greatly, but there might be ways of approaching certain events (as the encounter with the planet-killer, for example) from a whole different direction which would have a good movie in them. It would all be in the execution, really.

I don't have a laundry list of Things They Have to Do Next; I'd rather let them decide what they want to do (circumstances permitting, naturally) and then I'll see if I like what they've done.

 

[Sharr Khan]

It won't matter if critics like or hate it; most mainstream critics tend to look down their nose at Star Trek movies since they cater to a certain fanbase rather than to a general audience

This isn't your run of the mill Trek movie, it wasn't conceived or executed to be that, which is kinda the point of this whole affair to begin with, break the mold of what's expected out of a Trek film both artistically and fiscally. All bets are off, this is a new day in Trekdom.

Sharr

 

[xortex]

Star Trek belongs in the one hour medium on T.V.. Even the twilight zone only worked in half hours. They tried an hour and acc. to Serling it didn't really work. But they would need a whole different team not even remotely associated to the old team - a team of science fiction thinkers who actually want to capture the overly dramatic tone of TOS. The best people never get in because of power, politics, greed and privelidge and are usually devoured whole by the predatory mediocre. This movie will make Star Trek viable again but not good. These writers are just not sci-fi heavy weights unless they lifted a story from somewhere which i think is very possible.

 

[M'Sharak]

Star Trek belongs in the one hour medium on T.V.. Even the twilight zone only worked in half hours. They tried an hour and acc. to Serling it didn't really work. But they would need a whole different team not even remotely associated to the old team - a team of science fiction thinkers who actually want to capture the overly dramatic tone of TOS. The best people never get in because of power, politics, greed and privelidge and are usually devoured whole by the predatory mediocre. This movie will make Star Trek viable again but not good. These writers are just not sci-fi heavy weights unless they lifted a story from somewhere which i think is very possible.

And, hypothetically speaking, what if this movie really takes off?

 

[Sharr Khan]

These writers are just not sci-fi heavy weights

The same could be said for almost every writer who ever did write Star Trek, including the vaunted Gene Roddenberry who originated in Westerns... oh wait...

You don't need to be a "scifi heavy wight' to write a good engaging fun story, I might add its probably a good idea they aren't or they might have become to enamored with their own greatness and "deepness" - Scifi fans and authors have this tendecy.

Sharr