JJ Abrams teaming up with J Michael Straczynski? ...omfgs.
I think I just (censored)... ~ "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 4:30 PM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 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/ > > > >
