Star Trek not dead after all
My very favorite episode, Darmok, where Captain Picard learns about keeping a blog.
LOS ANGELES - “Mission: Impossible III” director J.J. Abrams is going from Cruise control to warp speed. A couple of weeks before the arrival of Tom Cruise and `M:I3,’ Abrams has committed to produce the 11th “Star Trek” feature film and there are plans for him to direct as well, Paramount Pictures announced Friday. Abrams also will write the script with his “Mission Impossible III” co-writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, Paramount spokeswoman Nancy Kirkpatrick said. With the new movie, “we certainly are hoping to bring `Star Trek’ back to its former glory,”…
Now that’s a nice boy! I just hope he understands who is audience is. Just a few weeks ago, I read an article about how Star Trek was dead…no one watching it…no one interested. I thought that was a strange conclusion. Most people my age like Star Trek, some more than others. I think what we don’t like is all the tweaking of the Star Trek concept to make it what its not, like gay-themed for example.
The thing about JJ Abrams is that he starts out incredibly strong, and then….I don’t know. Maybe a movie will be more to his writing style than a multi-season TV show.
I watch “Alias” — I love the the first two seasons, and afterward, he didn’t quite know what to do. Now that there’s a definite end date, it’s getting a bit better. I never picked up “Lost” (as in, it started after I started grad school, so my TV watching time is very limited…)
Have you watched some of his stuff? Do you think that he’d adapt to the Trek universe well?
I’ve read (jokingly) that JJ’s problem is ADD; he starts a fantastic project, then leaves it to go off and work on something else. In Alias’ case, I’ve read that its problem was JJ leaving to start up Lost. Lost started like a house on fire, and went down the tubes quickly after JJ left to go work on MI:3. I’m not sure what kind of job he could do with the Star Trek universe, but I agree that I dislike when they try to drag some sort of “theme” in.
I am unfamiliar with JJ Abrams, Alias and Lost…and Mission Impossible. I’m now less excited about the guy, but thankful for his interest. I guess we’ll have to see what he does.