DaboGirl 7 Posted October 3, 2008 How Will The New Star Trek Movie Borrow From Star Wars? Is it a spoiler to say the Force will be with the new Star Trek movie? Only if you get into specifics, which we do below. Spoilers are proven to boost your midichlorian count. Cover your ears, Trek purists: writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman said they wanted to "bring more Star Wars into Star Trek," and director J.J. Abrams is more of a Wars fan than a Trek fan. They hasten to add it's the "original Star Wars," not the prequels. So what do they mean? It sounds like they mean the crazy space battles and high-speed action, as opposed to Trek, which "becomes very stately." At the same time, they respect that old-school Trek is like "sub battles," and they want to keep that as well. They also describe the movie as "an epic space adventure." Oh, and another reasons for Trek purists to avert their eyes. Orci warns that: There's going to be a debate when this movie comes out whether or not it's consistent with canon. We argue that it is. But there's literally nothing we can say about this movie. Even if we think it's not controversial, people will say, "Oh, that's convenient, they're covering a story that's never been covered before instead of dealing with canon." If you're one of those people who actually cares about "canon," it's never a good sign to be told there will be "some debate." [Wired] More hints that Simon Pegg's Scotty gets a lot of scenes with Leonard Nimoy's Old Spock. (Old Spock should be the name of a whiskey. Or maybe a deodorant. Which do you think?) Link: http://io9.com/5058479/how-will-the-new-st...-from-star-wars Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
