He should hire the guy that wrote Babylon 5 as a writer or consultant. That would be better use of his time.
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Adrianne Brennan < adrianne.bren...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > JJ Abrams can go and watch Babylon 5, take some inspiration, and kick some > ass. That's my take on it. > ~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ > http://www.adriannebrennan.com > Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon: > http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html > Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates: > http://www.adriannebrennan.com/bamc.html > Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: > http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath > > > On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Keith Johnson > <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote: > >> >> >> I think they're saying here that the criticism was for the new Trek movie, >> which didn't tackle really heavy issues. The acknowledgement is that the >> original series did that very well. But the author of the article seems to >> be a bit worried that the writers would handle it clumsily (a worry I >> share), and also that doing so would simply make it too heavy (which I >> disagree with strongly). >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Adrianne Brennan" <adrianne.bren...@gmail.com> >> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com >> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 1:14:06 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern >> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] J.J. Abrams Says 'Star Trek' Will Boldly Go >> Allegorical >> >> >> >> Teh whut? >> >> Whoever wrote this wasn't very familiar with the original series and never >> watched eps such as "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" or the whole >> Federation vs the Klingons. ST has NEVER shied away from political and/or >> social commentary and messages of the modern day. >> >> Ugh. >> >> ~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ >> http://www.adriannebrennan.com >> Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon: >> http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html >> Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates: >> http://www.adriannebrennan.com/bamc.html >> Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: >> http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath >> >> >> On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 11:24 PM, Tracey de Morsella < >> tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> *by* *Elisabeth Rappe<http://www.cinematical.com/bloggers/elisabeth-rappe/> >>> * Sep 17th 2009 // 10:02AM >>> >>> http://www.cinematical.com/category/ >>> http://www.cinematical.com/2009/09/17/j-j-abrams-says-star-trek-will-boldly-go-allegorical/ >>> rumormonger/ <http://www.cinematical.com/category/rumormonger/> >>> >>> >>> >>> Whenever J.J. >>> Abrams<http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/jj-abrams/1450688/main>, >>> Roberto >>> Orci<http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/roberto-orci/2094738/main?icid=movsmartsearch>and >>> Alex >>> Kurtzman<http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/alex-kurtzman/2070902/main?icid=movsmartsearch>are >>> pinned down, the talk inevitabley turns to the >>> *Star Trek* <http://www.moviefone.com/movie/star-trek/29301/main>sequel. >>> They're only just beginning to toss around story ideas, but Hero >>> Complex >>> <http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2009/09/will-next-star-trek-take-the-klingons-to-guant%C3%A1namo.html>managed >>> to pry a little more news out of Abrams & Crew, who hinted that Trek might >>> start tackling contemporary issues. >>> >>> "In many ways a sequel will have a very different mission. It needs to do >>> what [Gene] Roddenberry did so well, which is allegory," says Abrams. "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." >>> >>> >>> Orci echoed Abrams, noting that it had been one of the biggest criticisms >>> of the new Trek. "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." When asked >>> if "modern day issues" meant war, terrorism, and torture, Orci agreed that >>> was "an approach" they were taking. >>> * >>> Continued below the jump* >>> >>> >>> The quotes have caused quite a discussion in the movie news-o-sphere to a >>> mixed response. Many feel that the films should reflect the original 1960s >>> series and hint at social issues. Others feel that such blatant allegory can >>> make a film feel very dated in a few short years, and want *Trek* to >>> just stick to telling good adventure stories. After all, taking a political >>> stance stands to alienate many moviegoers, though controversy is always >>> welcome from a publicity point of view. >>> * >>> Star Trek *is definitely heading into problematic waters. Sci-fi has >>> always been at its best when it reflected the modern world, but it is such a >>> fine line to tread because you don't want your sci-fi epic to be full of >>> thinly disguised Communists when the geopolitical climate changes. While I >>> think issues of pre-emptive strikes, war, and torture might be general >>> enough to be forever relevant, I worry that trying to tackle them will just >>> be clumsy. It already feels dated in some ways, and it's difficult to >>> imagine Starfleet saying anything new on the subject. If *Star Trek* is >>> going to tackle something I hope they go gentle, and tackle prejudice >>> through Spock and Uhura's relationship. There's some racial and gender >>> issues there just waiting to be mined for a background story. >>> >>> Tracey de Morsella, Managing Producer >>> >>> The Green Economy Post >>> >>> http://greeneconomypost.com >>> >>> tra...@greeneconomypost.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
