160M budget! N0 Trek film has ever grossed over 110M! They must really believe that this will be the ST film that defies logic, and catapults ST into a big money making franchise.

I'm glad they corrected the flaw of the Enterprise being constructed on Earth. I can understand some parts ebing assembled on Earth and being shipped into Space, but not the entire ship.

Let's get some perspective. Who cares where the ship is made? J.J. can do whatever he wants because he's re-inventing the world of S.T. that we know. Trust the man. It's not like the back story can't be tinkered with - sure it's a classic, but it's no Pyramids of Mars!

lets wait and see...

Perry:

He is not reinventing Star Trek. If that were the case he would have chosen to take the series into uncharted territory... IE.. The actual FUTURE (events happening after Next Generation) instead of this prequel bullshit. So, No. He can't do "whatever he wants". What makes Star Trek different from Joe-schmo Batman, Superman and Pyramid of Mars-candy is that you can't just shake the etch-a-sketch and ignore everything, all the work, that has been done before, mostly. There is a canon of craft to this fictional universe that deserves his respect. Especially if he's going to tinker with the very characters that launched our interest in the first place...

I think YOU need to refresh YOUR sense of perspective. Why whore out the Trek?

@JFK

I think respecting canon isn't as important as bring Star Trek to general populace. Personally, I don't care about the history of Star Trek or anything thats happened up until now and I think this is how most people outside the fanbase feel. What would be the point of a new movie if it didn't reinvent anything, if it didn't change the game plan? And Hollywood is a buisness, not a charity to appease a very small group who wish to see no changes made. This movie should be accessible to the masses.

Let’s get some perspective.

How about the epic flaw of having the USS Enterprise already painted on the saucer section as its being built!?!?!


Its a slap in the face to the Star Trek Community and I for one will be boycotting this film. I'm still trying to work Jesus and the abortion issue into my protest, so any more plot tips would be appreciated so we can have the signs painted and ready for opening day. Thank you for all your help Peter.

the post-original serires trek is extremely overrated...i personally mostly watched it because it was one of the few sf shows on tv and whilst there were enjoyable episodes and uinteresting characters, as a whole the trek universe is, if not impenetrable, unappealing.

trekkies should be freakin ecstatic that a talent like jj abrams is onboard instead of bitchin about their precious canon: nobody gives a $#!+. as most nerds have learned by now, organic webshooters, a tall wolverine, a weird lookin batmobile and flames on optimus prime are not the end of the world...the filmmaker's think this stuff thru and if they have a modicum of talent they produce a great motion picture as a a result

@ Fanboy D

Abrams is extremely overrated. 1 pointless television series, one creature feature (stilted by a studio's desire to make up for Godzilla tanking six years ago) and a bad Tom Cruise vehicle. How the hell has he proved himself to you? You've only been allowed to be up after 11 for a few years now.

But yes, the little things do eventually add up... CaseIn Point Spider-Man 3.

Anyway, We're not talking about Star Trek on televison. This is about a Star Trek FILM.



@ Greg:

Okay, so things need to be made even more trite and cloned before you feel comfortable enjoying them? What you think its good when movies slash and hack themselves to pieces to pull in the widest audience possible? Rhetorical question. sure you don't but why go to the movies for a new experience right? if you want one of those you'll

This movie is going to blow goat balls. and its not because Star Trek doesn't have anything to offer. The movies ALWAYS contained compelling grounds for the usual sci-fi motifs... my argument is this..

If a work has its basis in satisfying our desire for the pursuit of the unknown why repackage, reinvent, recapitulate, re-hash RE-RE ANYTHING?

Shouldn't the series go where no man has gone befor-blahblahblah money money money, buy what Hollywood sells you and be f*cking happy because Paramount really needs the money right now.

Too bad Spielberg didn't hang around the set for longer, Abrams can't direct action. I'm not holding out much hope for this movie.

I would love them to do with Star Trek what was done with Battlestar Gallactica. Keep the main thrust of the story but re invent it to give it fresh excitement and modern story telling. I give them free reign to make it interesting and exciting and I don't care if they jettison alot of the Gene Roddenberry Niceness that for many incarnations of Star Trek made the drama hard to generate.

@ JFK

I didn't say movies should be trite and cloned, I just think reboots are necessary in long running series (like batman) so that a brand new audience can feel part of the origin of a series. When I see Star Trek movies on TV or the show, I just change the channel because I feel like I'm not allowed into that universe, like I missed the boat. I just think this series needs a major face lift and that may include breaking cannon for the sake of a great movie.

I am 32 and grew up with the original crew movies and much preferred them to the Next gen ones. I was not happy at first that the would recast the original crew especially Scotty as I knew James Doohan well. Having said that Trek needs a reboot and if that means not following the "cannon" so be it. I am one fan that misses trek on TV and in the theater , and hate seeing Star Trek slowly dying. If Trek wants to survive it needs a drastic reboot to get in new fans to make the franchise viable again. Look at whats happening to our beloved Star trek, no series anymore, enterprise tanked, the last movie nemesis only grossed 19 million, the experience taken out of Vegas. The franchise is dying and I for one want to see it brought back to life, all you Cannon fan boys need to realize if Trek is to survive it needs a big change. Where were all of you when Nemesis came out ? it tanked horribly what a big way to show support for your beloved series. Star trek needs the old fans as well as new ones if it will survive, clearly the old fans are not enough to sustain it anymore. I am a die hard fan but I even realize something new and fresh needs to happen. I want to see Star trek rise to the top again not die a slow death as it is now, you die hards that are calling for no change may as well just let it die. Its a shame that future kids cant grow up with a great franchise as this because you fan boys cant let go of the past and look to the future. I am not sure thats what Gene Roddenberry would have wanted as it goes against all things Star Trek.

I don't like it when they re-invent and change whole story lines of an old show or movie. It should be easy to work around the existing "legend". Just about every remake in the last 20 years has been a shadow of the original, with a few exceptions. don't be so quick to ridicule the original fan base of Star Trek. without their support throughout the years there would be no Star Trek franchise to speak of