When I read the rummurs that Russell Crowe was being sought as the villain, the structure of the movie suddenly became apparent to me. I have no idea of the plot specifics, but, it may go something like this: Young Kirk and Spoock will team to defeat the nefarious plans of the bad guy then decades later, Nimoy as Spock will face down the same guy in a final, climactic showdown. This would really explain Nimoy's happiness with the story and his place in it.
Movie Story Structure Guess
- Thread starter Wesson
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I think the we'll have three acts, eight sequences, an inciting incident, two turning points, two focal points, a point of no return, a climax, and some resolution.
Throw in a protagonist, antagonist, at least one mirror character, and at least one romance character.
Throw in a protagonist, antagonist, at least one mirror character, and at least one romance character.
Given that its Abrams, I would expect a action/special effects set-piece or two. I also expect the movie to focus on two main themes:
1) A young Lt. Kirk "gathering the team"
2) Young Kirk's rite of passage and growth into the Captain that we know him to be.
1) A young Lt. Kirk "gathering the team"
2) Young Kirk's rite of passage and growth into the Captain that we know him to be.
This sounds a bit like Best Destiny by Diane Carey wherein young Jimmy Kirk, traveling with his dad and Captain April aboard a newly commissioned Enterprise, battles a thug and his genius son, only to have to deal (along with Spock and McCoy) with the vengeful genius son many years later. All you'd have to do is add young Spock to the mix... and young Chekov, apparently, and probably young everyone else...
Well, lets see. [Looks into crystal ball]
Okay, you arrive at the theater and pay $12.50 [We are talking about a year & 1/2 into the future yanno] for your ticket. You also take out a fifth mortage on your house for Popcorn, a soda, some candy and so forth.
You walk to theater number one and enter, the floor is all sticky with soda and bubble gum from the midnight showing the day before.
TV ads are playing on the movie screen, god only knows why.
More people join you, a few in yellow shirts, some in blue shirts and no one in red shirts, go fig
The lights go down and your eardrums are assalted by the THX deep note, it's amazeing you can even hear the moron on his cell phone who gets killed by the fans that are there with you.
"Didn't you read the screen, it said turn off your freakin' cell phone ?"
Then you get hit by previews for movies you could care less about, well there might be one or two you'd like to see, you make a mental note about those.
The house lights go off. [And now our feature presentation]
The Bad robot logo fills the screen
~ Dee Doo Daa Doo Dee Doo Daa Doo ~
The Paramount logo fills the screen
The movie starts.
Stuff happens.
More stuff happens.
Even more stuff happens.
Yet even more stuff happens.
End crdits roll.
House lights go back on.
You walk out of the theater.
- W -
* Any questions ? *
Okay, you arrive at the theater and pay $12.50 [We are talking about a year & 1/2 into the future yanno] for your ticket. You also take out a fifth mortage on your house for Popcorn, a soda, some candy and so forth.
You walk to theater number one and enter, the floor is all sticky with soda and bubble gum from the midnight showing the day before.
TV ads are playing on the movie screen, god only knows why.
More people join you, a few in yellow shirts, some in blue shirts and no one in red shirts, go fig
The lights go down and your eardrums are assalted by the THX deep note, it's amazeing you can even hear the moron on his cell phone who gets killed by the fans that are there with you.
"Didn't you read the screen, it said turn off your freakin' cell phone ?"
Then you get hit by previews for movies you could care less about, well there might be one or two you'd like to see, you make a mental note about those.
The house lights go off. [And now our feature presentation]
The Bad robot logo fills the screen
~ Dee Doo Daa Doo Dee Doo Daa Doo ~
The Paramount logo fills the screen
The movie starts.
Stuff happens.
More stuff happens.
Even more stuff happens.
Yet even more stuff happens.
End crdits roll.
House lights go back on.
You walk out of the theater.
- W -
* Any questions ? *
dont forget to work in the three song and dance numbers into your structure calculations.
/joke
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