J.J. Abrams Live Chat at Trekmovie.com on 1/25/2008

[Roger Wilco]

Trujew said:

THE GANG - January 25, 2008
N33. hairy_canary - January 24, 2008
Do you follow what fans are saying on the internet at all?

A: Not really. We never take time to find out what fans on the net are thinking. Thanks for asking.

hehe, good answer.

 

[Jon1701]

147. roberto Orci - January 25, 2008

Just to set the scene a bit, call time today was 1 PM. So JJ is setting up his first shot right now on the bridge of the U.S.S. Enterprise — bear with us…

 

[T'Bonz]

I'm not so sure that is a legitimate answer or someone fooling around.

 

[ancient]

I'm pretty sure that "THE GANG" is just some random guy.

 

[Ro_Laren]

Trekmovie.com should just close the comments section completely and then post the answers later in the day.

 

[Jon1701]

160. JJ - January 25, 2008

28. CHARLES TROTTER - JANUARY 24, 2008
AND DO YOU HAVE A TARGETED WRAP DATE FOR THE FILM?

A: Currently it is scheduled to wrap the beginning of April. Which means we’ll be shooting until September. I’m kidding. I hope. No, I am.

 

[Roger Wilco]

TBonz said:
I'm not so sure that is a legitimate answer or someone fooling around.

Even so, still a funny answer.

 

[T'Bonz]

A bit rude, which is why I don't think it's legit.

I wonder how long this will run?

 

[Trujew]

JJ - January 25, 2008
60. RoobyDoo - January 24, 2008
Mr. Abrams,
How important is humour in your vision of Star Trek? And what kind of humour do you enjoy most?

A: I’m afraid to answer this question, because The Haters will think that I’m looking at Trek as a comedy. I am not. But humor is hugely important. Humor and humanity go hand-in-hand — there is such wit in the screenplay (kudos, Kurtzman/Orci), and the actors bring such intelligence and humor, that my job is just to keep the thing REAL. Dramatic as hell, but also LAUGHS. Without comedy (my fave TOS eps had GREAT wit), the audience finds their own places to laugh. And in a world of humans and aliens, that could be disastrous. So the short answer? It’s very important

 

[Roger Wilco]

181. JJ - January 25, 2008

Mr. Nimoy is standing over me now with his younger self….

back in 5

Oh my, for some reason that answer makes me all tingly inside.


eta: oh, deleted almost immediately - I guess for spoiler reason, but I guarantee that was legit.

 

[Trujew]

Roberto Orci - January 25, 2008
153. Mawazitus - January 24, 2008
FOR ROBERTO ORCI
Seriously, how often do you have to pinch yourself to make sure you’re not dreaming? A dyed-in-the-wool Trekker getting the opportunity to add to the mythos. It must be awesome. How many pages of ideas do you already have for the sequels?

A: No kidding. I think I speak for many of us when I say that we pinch oursleves every day, and it still doesn’t work. I’d ask Quinto or Nimoy to “pinch” me, but I just think that would make it more surreal…

 

[CaptainDonovin]

They should turn off the comments, folks there can't stop asking questions.

 

[cmdr_forst]

Bah, I am just going to wait for the transcript. It is nice that the cast and crew are willing to do this, but the way it is being carried out is just nuts. All the folks continuing to post questions or yell at others for continuing to post questions is a drag. Hopefully, if there is another chat at Trek Movie in the future, it will work a little better.

 

[Trujew]

Bryan Burk - January 25, 2008
186. Gibnerd - January 24, 2008
Random script question… what is the 10th word on the 10th page of the ST script?

A: “…and…”

 

[Woulfe]

^ AND here I was hopeing it was 47

- W -
* 47 - The ultimate Star Trek in joke *

 

[Tiberius Jim]

Why is this not being done on an IRC channel? They could just de-voice the "spectators" and let the big guys answer he questions much more quickly.

 

[Trujew]

Bryan Burk - January 25, 2008
224. QUESTIONS FOR BURK AND LINDELOF - January 24, 2008
TO BRYAN BURK AND DAMON LINDELOF:

Two questions:

1.) In your Producer roles, how are you having the history-making production of “Star Trek” documented?

2.) If the Writer’s Strike ends before filming ends, are you hoping to have Orci & Kurtzman contribute new script work for potential reworked scenes, or even to add additional scenes?

Thanks for your time!

A: From the beginning there has been behind the scenes DVD team capturing all phases of pre-production and production. There’s been talks of possibly having book as well, but that’s contingent on an interest for it.

 

[Arlo]

"Interest" heh. I think there's interest in the leftover food from craft services.

 

[Trujew]

Unfortunately my mothers birthday dinner calls if someone else wants to take over copying the answers from there over to here.

 

[T'Bonz]

I'm doing them in my thread, for as long as I'm home.