From what Orci said over at Donmurphy.net where he has his ask Robert Orci thread... It's a Hybrid Reboot/prequel. They want to keep enough trek to keep it trek, but they want it to be able to stand as it's own seperate incarnation too.....Y'know...I'm posting this here cause I didn't want to start a whole new thread to ask a dumbish question.
Is Trek XI a reboot or not?
I can't seem to clarify this for myself, even given the huge amounts of stuff I've read.
Is it taking place strictly in the Trek Universe as we know it, like just a prequel to TOS?
Thanks, and sorry.
-Rabittooth
but still...)!
As I understand it it, the deal for some parties involved (director/writers/main cast, etc.) does allow for additional movies, if this one proves successful. I don't think that a trilogy is anything like cast in stone at this point, though.
There's a lot riding on it for those who have invested time and money in its production, no question, but Star Trek will still exist whether this movie succeeds or not. I further suspect that, even if this movie were to bomb at the box office and ruin the collective careers of all involved, it wouldn't automatically mean the end of Star Trek. (I hesitate to use the term "franchise", since it has nearly as many incompatible meanings to as many different people as does the term "reboot", which I have previously criticized as being utterly useless.)
If you read the various topics in this forum alone, I think you'll find all opinions quite well-represented, from those praising Abrams & Co. and expressing confidence that they'll make a good movie to those who think he's the worst thing which could ever happen to Trek... and every conceivable shading in between.
Heya, tomalak.
