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I found this on Aint It Cool News and thought I should share. I am now officially crazy-eager to see the next Star Trek movie!

Merrick here...


The Los Angeles Times has a piece with J.J. Abramas and Boborci about the development of the next STAR TREK movie.

Abrams says:

"...The first movie was so concerned with just setting up the characters -- their meeting each and galvanizing that family -- that in many ways a sequel will have a very different mission. it needs to do what [the late 'Trek' creator Gene] Roddenberry did so well, which is allegory. It needs to tell a story that has connection to what is familiar and what is relevant. It also needs to tell it in a spectacular way that hides the machinery and in a primarily entertaining and hopefully moving story. There needs to be relevance, yes, and that doesn't mean it should be pretentious. If there are simple truths -- truths connected to what we live -- that elevates any story -- that's true with any story."



And here's what Boborci had to say:

"We’ve literally had two meetings now. We haven’t decided anything but we’re starting to circle around some ideas. We got a lot of fan response from the first one and a considerable amount of critical response and one of the things we heard was, ‘Make sure the next one deals with modern-day issues.’ We’re trying to keep it as up-to-date and as reflective of what’s going on today as possible. So that’s one thing, to make it reflect the things that we are all dealing with today.

I asked Orci somewhat flippantly if that meant we might see Starfleet grappling with the ethics of torture or dealing with a rising terrorist threat or perhaps a painful, politicized war with the Klingons.

"Well yeah, those are the kind of issues we're talking about. Wow, you're good! But seriously that's the way we're thinking, that's an approach. So if you have any ideas ... "

All per THIS Los Angeles Times piece.

Wondering if this conceit will extend beyond the treatment of prisoners? I.e. will the Federation enter into a conflict that ends up being messy and ill advised? Not hinting that I know anything specific here...just thinking out loud.

As far as the films go the only ones with relevant RL themes are Voyage Home, Final Frontier and Undiscovered Country.

The more popular Trek Films (Khan and First Contact), were linked to the series by episodes and were thus sequels from the show.

I'd like to see a remake of Space Seed from TOS and go into a third film with a Wrath remake or do a remake of the one with the "planet killer" thing in it.

Hmmmm - I just got an vision with the Borg coming to Earth 100 years earlier than they should with a passing back of the torch from Picard to Kirk. Hey with the new alternate timeline, it's all possible.

Just nothing political. We don't need director's pushing an agenda.