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quote:While talking to Star Trek Communicator magazine (via TrekWeb), Berman spoke of progress on the film's script, while also revealing that Brent Spiner has been involved in its development. Berman starts talking about the project beginning with kudos for Gladiator scribe John Logan, saying, "John is an extraordinary writer, The list of his works is very impressive- especially in the last few years. I actually met him through Brent Spiner and I am really looking to working with him. We have not begun working on the script yet, though John has written the story, along with myself and Brent Spiner. The premise has been accepted and approved by all the parties involved, and when all the proper contractual arrangements with our cast have been completed, John will commence writing the script."
When asked if Spiner will have been more involved in Trek X than any previous Trek feature, Berman answers, "Yes, Brent has been more involved in the story for this film. He and John have always wanted to work together on a story, and Brent has certainly been a terrific part of the process. As far as the script itself goes, that is all a question of how things evolve.
As far as if we can expect anything new or interesting to happen to Data in the coming film, Berman says, "Yes, I think you could say that. It's not the reason Brent joined us in the story process, but there certainly is a wonderful arc for Data in this movie."
Berman also revealed that the film will have an all-new villain though the story will still feature some previous known baddies. In addition, don't expect to see any characters from the other Trek franchises show up.
As far as the director of the film to come is concerned, Berman says, "We haven't even discussed that yet. Jonathan Frakes has done a terrific job on the last two movies, but I don't know what his schedule is going to be like. He has another project that he is involved with now- a movie he is going to be directing for Paramount and Nickelodeon. So I don't know if he is going to be available to do this or whether we will be looking elsewhere. That is all stuff we will concern ourselves with after the script has been written."
Well, at least it's making progress.
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I think the next movie ought to have the Dominion War in it and include some of the DS9 cast. The Enterprise docks @ DS9 We could have Sisko finally bury the hatchet with Picard over the death of Jennifer Sisko. We could have Deanna meeting Worf and prehaps if staged early enough Jadzia Dax. That would provide some tension with all 3. And if Data dies He ought to go out fighting with some Jem'Hardar. It would be cool seeing the Enterprise fighting some Dominion Ships alongside the Defiant. They are outnumbered. We could have the Enterprise and Defiant being boarded. They beam onto the Enterprise Bridge and one starts firing at Picard and Data leaps forward and takes the shot but is damaged beyond repair. He repays Picard for the favor he did in Star Trek:First Contact and for sticking by him in Star Trek:Insurrection. The Crews working together defeat the Jem'Hardar and both ships fight their way out of the Dominion Fleet. In the Process The Enterprise damages her warp systems and has to be towed back to DS9 by the Defiant. We have Data's funeral where he is buried @ Omicron Theta where he was discovered. The Enterprise gets word that it has to return to be taken over by a new crew. They promote Picard to Admiral. He is given a starbase to command on the Klingon frontier. Riker is given a new ship of his own. Deanna is offered a posistion at Starfleet Command. Geordi is offered a posistion at Utopia Planetia as Engineer specialist on starship design. This leaves it possible for a DS9 movie to show us what happened after "What You Leave Behind"
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Yeah, Darkstar, no offence, but you need to be WAY more coherant when you post. You know, puncutaion? Dividing your post according to subject? It's just a REAL pain to read, otherwise.
Your ideas don't make any sense, either. Are you not aware that the Dominion war is OVER? Or that Jadzia is dead, Sisko "walks with the Prophets", Worf is the Fed ambasador to Qo'noS, and Deanna is involved with Will again?
Don't get me wrong, I'm glad to have you here. But you need to think what you're posting through BEFORE you hit the button.
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I am worried about this "all new villain" thing. New villains seem to come in only a few types. There are Whale song probes, Vgers, and the Planet Killer who, like Godzilla and Gamera, are nearly omnipotent but actually are just misunderstood. All the drama results from our heroes' reaction to the danger. Then there are 2-bit villains like those skin-stretchers from Insurrection or the Kazon. To make them different from existing adversaries, you have to make them very weird. Since they are new, they have to be in a previously unknown area of space, they had to have travelled over long distances to get to the Federation, or they were minor power that are now big players. They have to really want something that no one has really wanted before, like newly discovered paradise planets or amazing new devices. This means they most pre-existing conflicts have to be thrown out or are not the main story. Or you can go the random "mad scientist," terrorist, or misunderstood megalomaniac route, like Soran. But then you have a James Bond movie.
For these reasons and because they always try to attract people who don't actually watch Star Trek (what's the point?), they can't use too much from the TV show. However, First Contact used the Borg and was much better than either Generations or Insurrection. But I think the Dominion War continuity will be considered too difficult for the movie-going public to understand, so it'll be ignored for the most part.
So within these pretty narrow parameters, any one has any good ideas for ST X?
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I will say this one more time: SELA! We absolutely MUST deal with the current condition of the Alpha quadrant. I think this should involve the whole Reunification plot that kinda dropped out of existance. Sela would be a ready-made villian, and she's none to fond of Data, so you could work that in. We could also find out the ultimate fate of Spock.
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Sela might be good, but I assume they won't be using any main characters from the other series so they sure won't be using any villains. The big problem is that TPTB think the movie has to be pretty simple so that even idiots can understand. Also, Voyager is perceived as being much less popular than TNG or even DS9. I doubt that loose ends will be tied up at all.
I do hope that they hire a good (action-movie) director rather than letting one of the cast members direct.
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Actually? I still think the Breen are a viable "enemy." They've always been cloaked in mystery & their relatively late entry into the Dominion War didn't really build much on them. What do we know? They wear refridgeration suits, but the homeworld is quite nice. They have organic ships. They use disruptors & are notoriously deceptive. Some have gone privateer.
Works for me.
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Yes I am aware that Jadzia Dax is dead! But I mean we ought to have a movie with her in it as her death and Terry Farrel quitting ended Jadzia's character developement. We could have her appear as a ghost. I think she was more sexier then Nicole Doboer. It could be set before her death, Yes I know the war is over but it ended rather too quickly for my likeing in "What You Leave Behind". We ought to have the Enterprise helping herd the fleets of Dommie ships out of Cardassian Space toward the Wormhole. They're so many unanswered questions. 1) How many ships have Starfleet now got? 2) How many ships have the Cardassians now got? 3) What is the state of San Fransico? 3) What is the state of Betazed? 4) What are borders like in the Alpha Quadrant? 5) How many Federation lives wre lost? 6) What are the Klingons and Romulans up to?
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"I think she ["Terry Farrel" (sic)] was more sexier then Nicole Doboer."
Hm... Apparently she wasn't just sexier, she was more sexier. Not that that's really important. That's the entire reason Voyager hired Jeri Ryan, and it didn't help their stories any.
Not to mention that fact that there are some of us who would beg to differ w/ you about Terry Farrell/Nicole de Boer... :-)
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