[/QUOTE]Well they said they 'got it' in a two month interval secluded in a hotel. All I have to say is prepare yourself for an emo Star Trek. Braga might have told them that this simply wasn't a good idea but I wouldn't count on it. Right now he's twidling his thumbs hoping it ends up back in his lap. It's all about money and inspiration. Braga has inside information except unfortunately he's not a team player, he's a maverick with a big brain. It's a shame they can't all play nice.
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That doesn't mean they wrote it in the hotel. JJ probably had the concept pretty much nailed before he talked to anyone. I think they were talking about the *contract* not the script. If I'm wrong, please point me to your link so I know what you're talking about.
And anyway, what does "rushed" have to do with emo? Emo just means overly emotional, nothing more nothing less. Emo kids are the ones who cry a lot for silly reasons. I would expect a "rushed" script to have more battles, and possible look like Revenge of the Sith. But I have no evidence of a rushed script.
Re: Braga, last I heard, he had his own show on Scifi --
Threshhold. So what makes you think he wants to be tied down to the Trekverse? Berman might come back -- AFAIK he's never worked on a solo project, so he needs the check. Braga will just make an American version of Dr. Who and leave Trek behind.
Just because Braga could have been connected to this movie doesn't mean the movie would've been worse. He could have actually said, hey, wait a minute, this is not a good idea, because... of such and such. He wouldn't make the same mistake twice and try to sabotage these guys. Why should he. He has nothing to lose and everything to gain. I should say had. I would think Paramount would rather be safe then sorry. It is yet to be seen whether these guys have a high minded concept worthy of Star Trek other than friendship and emo.
Frendship is not Emo. Please, if you're going use a word, find out what it means. I don't know what you mean by "Safe Trek" -- the premise we have (if correct) is pretty risky. If they wanted to make it safe, they'd have Kirk fight klingons and make out with organian slave women.
From Urban Dictionary:
<font class="small">Code:</font><hr /><pre>EMO: A group of white, mostly middle-class well-off
kids who find imperfections in there life and create a
ridiculous, depressing melodrama around each one. They
often take anti-depressants, even though the majority don't
need them. They need to wake up and deal with life like
everyone else instead of wallowing in their imaginary
quagmire of torment.</pre><hr />
I'd like Star Trek to be about technological extrapolation again.
It never was. It was about a human adventure, not predicting the cell phone, the hologram, talking computers, or nonotech. It was an adventure in space, nothing more. They weren't prophets -- and I'm glad they aren't, I don't want to live through "post atomic horrors". I was looking forward to colonies on mars, but nobody landed there in 1996. So much for prediction.
Also, the second pilot was a reboot. The characters (other than Spock) are completely different. The sets are different. The first officer diosappears entirely. A recast would mean everything stays the same except that different actors. Actually, I think Spock had emotions in Cage, so even that was different.
