Orci & Kurtzman Want to "Honor" Star Trek Legacy

Orci & Kurtzman Want to "Honor" Star Trek Legacy

The famous writing duo behind the Star Trek reboot say that their first priority is "protecting" the Star Trek legacy.

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By bsprecher - Oct 09, 2009 08:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Trek
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Writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman have huge pull in Hollywood these days, thanks to the mega-successful Transformers franchise that they helped envision, their surprisingly fresh reboot of Star Trek and their TV series, Fringe. Only days ago, Orci blogged that the duo would not be returning for another Transformers film, but the two are at work on a sequel to Star Trek.

During a press day event for the release of both the Star Trek DVDs (out on November 17th) and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen DVDs (out on October 20th), Kurtzman said:







"It’s very, very important to us to make sure that each movie is good, not 'Hey, let’s do as many as possible.' We feel like we’ve inherited this incredible honor and this mantle of Star Trek, and the most important thing is to make sure that we’re protecting that first.

"So, if the studio wants more than one, great. But, our thinking is going to be very much about the story and whether the story prescribes that there will be more than one. Part of what is great about Star Trek is that it’s a continuing adventure, so you naturally think that there will be many, hopefully, but we only focus on what comes next, and then build off of that. Right now, we’re not thinking specifically about making 2 and 3. It may come up, but it’s not where our heads are at right now."

And, as if the duo doesn't already have enough fan cred, Kurtzman uses examples from some of the most popular genre sequels to explain how they're approaching Star Trek 2:

...there’s Empire Strikes Back, Superman 2, Aliens, Terminator 2, Star Trek 2. What do all those movies have in common? Well, they’re amazing stories, all on their own. You didn’t have to see the first movie. And, there was some incredible, emotional test of character, in all of those movies. Superman has to give up his powers for love. The Spock and Kirk relationship is tested by Khan. Ripley finds a daughter. All of those things are such big ideas, in and of themselves, and you really can’t tell those stories in movie #1 because movie #1 is very much about establishing a world.
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RAWPOWER
RAWPOWER - 10/9/2009, 8:22 AM
This is good news for trek fans hopefully they stick to the plan.Can't wait for the next one. :)
bsprecher
bsprecher - 10/9/2009, 8:25 AM
I have to admit that I was hugely skeptical of Star Trek when it was announced they were rebooting it and recasting the main characters. I was happy that my fears were unfounded, because I thought the film was respectful of the past while reinvigorating it for future generations.

I just hope that Lucas doesn't take a cue from this and reboot Star Wars: A New Hope with new actors. Harrison Ford is Han Solo! There's no replacing him! Hamill, on the other hand...
drdeadpool314
drdeadpool314 - 10/9/2009, 8:32 AM
i agree. i mean i have and always will be a star wars fan and ive never really liked star trek with the exception of some of the original(thank you..william shatner. on a funny side note say mouth after you say william shatner. do it without thinking. lol.) and after i saw the new movie, it changed my opinions on the series.
BLANK
BLANK - 10/9/2009, 8:36 AM
KHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KeepItReal
KeepItReal - 10/9/2009, 8:36 AM
that spock is creepy looking. I hate looking at him.

tea: =) gg
GenLee01
GenLee01 - 10/9/2009, 8:36 AM
Yeah I love Star Trek and dont feel that they honored the fans but realy just went off doing their own thing.
BLANK
BLANK - 10/9/2009, 8:39 AM
@Brent Sprecher - I agree. Actually, no one is really replaceable. Except for that Jawa, I thought his performance was horrible!!!
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 10/9/2009, 8:43 AM
Good stuff @ Brent!

Im a diehard STAR WARS fan myself, but love the last TREK movie, so whatever way they go it'll be a great ride!

Hey ive only just caught an episode of that FRINGE, its not bad but i gotta watch more to really decide lol.

BLANK @ I like JAWAS! ; D
KeepItReal
KeepItReal - 10/9/2009, 8:44 AM
LEEE keep watching. Fringe is interesting. Its good. I have yet to see the star trek movie. =(
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 10/9/2009, 8:45 AM
I HAD MY DOUBTS ABOUT THE STARTREK REBOOT..BUT IT WAS DONE..WITH GENIUS..BRINGING BACK THE SAME CHARACTERS WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE, HITTING ALL THE FAMOUS LINES EACH INDIVIDUAL CHARACTER HAD SAID THROUGHOUT THE FRANCHISE AND TV SHOWS AND BRINGING IT BACK TO SQUARE ONE BY DOING A TIME TRIP CREATING AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE,SAME CHARACTERS, BUT WITH A WHOLE NEW PATH WITHOUT DESTROYING WHAT WAS ALREADY CREATED..GENIUS. I LIKE HOW THEIR TACKLING IT..THATS THE WAY YOU DO A SEQUEL.......
Bijous
Bijous - 10/9/2009, 8:45 AM
Utini!!!
loganoneil
loganoneil - 10/9/2009, 8:48 AM
Brent - While I agree with you on the 'reimaging' of Star Wars Episodes 4-6 as a generally bad idea, I wouldn't mind seeing Lucas completely RE-DO Episodes 1-3 (and I'm sure I'm not the only one here!). George (if you read this) take a hint, emo-Anakin...BAD IDEA! Padme devolving from a potentailly strong character to a whiney hormonal soap opera sterotype - WTF George?!. Jar-Jar Binks and the whole Gungan thing - just plain WRONG!!! I understand Mr. Lucas that you're all about pimpin' product, but next time try and come up with an idea that doesn't make the general audience want to projectile vomit!
bsprecher
bsprecher - 10/9/2009, 8:57 AM
@Gunsmith: Very well put. Personally, the fact that Kirk was with the green chick just proved to me that these guys were true fans of the original!

@loganoneil: I have mixed feelings about Eps 1-3. There's stuff I hate: midichlorians (sp?) taking away the "mystical" nature of the force; Jar Jar; Hayden's acting...

But, there are some awesome additions to the mythology, as well: Liam Neeson's Qui-Gon; Darth Maul; Ewan McGregor's bad-@$$ Obi Wan; the first clone battle...
TheNameIsBetty
TheNameIsBetty - 10/9/2009, 9:02 AM
Yay! Quality before quantity! We have legitimate film makers folks! :)

And ALL Star Wars Episodes were sweet, even the animated one. So get a life haters lol
loganoneil
loganoneil - 10/9/2009, 9:10 AM
Brent - I agree, there were parts in Ep. 1-3 that were exceptional... BUT the parts that BLEW (Jar-Jar/Gungans, emo-Anakin, etc.) need to die a horribly painfull death for the suffering the put the audience through! I say, "An eye for an eye!"! ...and I wouldn't call what Hayden did 'ACTING' - it's more memorizing lines and being able to regurgitate them on command...

Fart - Are you SERIOUS - You actually LIKED Jar-Jar?!!
loganoneil
loganoneil - 10/9/2009, 9:18 AM
bropous - hate to break it to you, but Shanter IS NOT Star Trek, that honor rests with the late Gene Roddenberry! It has also been proven that Star Trek can continue WITHOUT Shatner (as seen in 'Next Generation', 'DS9', 'Voyager', and "yes", even 'Enterprise'). IF Orci and Kurtzman decide to ressurect Shatner Kirk, it would be a COMPLETE SELL-OUT (something they just said they'd never do)!
BLANK
BLANK - 10/9/2009, 9:22 AM
@LEEE - No no no...I love the Jawas....I just meant that one. The one that was haggling with Uncle Owen. I mean, his performance. It was terrible! Did he not bother you? I think his lines were... "Uteedee...Uteedee....Uteedee..."

I mean that way he said "Uteedee..." I mean, a 2 year old could have done a better job!

:)
BLANK
BLANK - 10/9/2009, 9:37 AM
@LEEE - No no no...I love the Jawas....I just meant that one. The one that was haggling with Uncle Owen. I mean, his performance. It was terrible! Did he not bother you? I think his lines were... "Uteedee...Uteedee....Uteedee..."

I mean that way he said "Uteedee..." I mean, a 2 year old could have done a better job!

:)
BLANK
BLANK - 10/9/2009, 9:38 AM
I don't know why that posted again
BLANK
BLANK - 10/9/2009, 9:39 AM
@tea - Nuh uh.... it was a LEPRECHAUN!
thwhtGuardian
thwhtGuardian - 10/9/2009, 10:25 AM
I have every hope that the next one will be great, especially if they stay away from the rumors about a story involving the alternate Kahn. I want a sequel not a remake.
Cookiedodger
Cookiedodger - 10/9/2009, 10:30 AM
I liked the movie, but those guys Sh@t the plot out of their @sses!
They wanted to keep the movie cannon, all they had to do was use the temporal cold war mentioned in 'Enterprise'.
Instead of Nero being a disgruntled miner (STUPID!), He could have been the leader of a Romulan cold war faction, attempting to remove all the obstacles to Romulus's superiority in the galaxy. Spock could have been like a 'displaced refugee' thrust into the battle. Then they could have stretched the premise out over 3-4 movies, drawing in any character from any time frame (old Kirk and young Kirk fighting the augments!). Additionally, you could have introduced multiple dimension characters, like have old Kirk from a different time-line pulled into the past to fight the cold war (Kirk with a missing eye, no longer the fun loving womanizer!)
The whole series focus would be to return things to pre-temporal war, culminating in a fantastic time battle with the next-gen, TOS and new gang against all the aggressors, it would have been EPIC!

The only reason that wouldn't have worked is Orci & Kurtzman want to milk this teet till it's dry, If they can't make 10 movies, they're not interested.
Spock
Spock - 10/9/2009, 10:31 AM
Over all the Star Trek movie was great. But there are some things I had issues with. For one this reboot of going back to Kirk, Spock in an alternate time line non the less. Ulterly disregard for the main stream timeline. U could of pic up after the Dominon War or even after killing off Data. Secondly to many people trying to be funny. Thirdly I stop there!!


As far as SW I do a pretty good impression of Jar Jar, lets just move on not go back & redo stuff! Damit
bsprecher
bsprecher - 10/9/2009, 10:43 AM
@Cookie: I like your plot idea, but I don't think that it had anything to do with Orci & Kurtzman "milking" anything. They actually turned down a 3rd Transformers because they said it needed a "fresh" take. They could have just taken the paycheck and phoned it in, but they didn't.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 10/9/2009, 11:03 AM
i thought star trek was the movie of the summer. i just hope they don't start rehashing stuff from the old series, like doing kahn again. lets do something new from here on out. i wouldn't mind seeing klingons or borg, just no rehashing of stories.
Cookiedodger
Cookiedodger - 10/9/2009, 11:10 AM
Also, with my plot, they could have killed off any character. Mass death with impunity, because at the end of it all everything goes back to normal. Or, if they really wanted to, they could have kept the time line changed at the end anyways. Too much damage done, couldn't repair it. They could then still milk the series, but would have paid tribute to all characters introduced in the last twenty years of TV.
Also i forgot, imagine using the "Worm hole Profits" as a plot devise for the movies, they do exist outside of normal space time.
NataliaRomanov
NataliaRomanov - 10/9/2009, 1:11 PM
Guyz seem pretty cool. ST was awzum! (Transformers was blah)
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 10/9/2009, 6:54 PM
AFTER ROTF, I THINK IT WAS GOOD TO WALK AWAY, ESPECIALLY AFTER SOME MIXED REVIEWS..
comicb00kguy
comicb00kguy - 10/10/2009, 4:34 PM
I'll never understand why people love this new Trek so much. I thought the plot was laughably bad and had holes you could drive the Enterprise through. I also can't stand the way the action scenes were shot all close up and with the camera shaking- back up and let us see what's going on!. The legacy of TOS is well established. The best way to honor it is to leave it alone, and establish a new series with a new twist on the basic formula of "to boldly go where no man has gone before". Why remake what's already been done? There are still good twists on the basic concept that haven't been done yet.
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