Originally Posted by apocalypse2001

*in the voice of the President's advisor from Independence Day*...that's not ENTIRELY accurate sir....

Going to look for a mythical planet, and having some artificial(?) intelligence telling you its God isn't the same thing.
It was a spiritual journey for all of them. Well to be fair, it was the quest of a Vulcan, Spock's brother, to find this place; to search for more enlightenment.

Originally Posted by hfmudd

Whenever I worry that I might be taking my fandom too far, I can always find some thread to assure me that, no, there's real crazy out there and I'm not it.

Originally Posted by hfmudd

Whenever I worry that I might be taking my fandom too far, I can always find some thread to assure me that, no, there's real crazy out there and I'm not it.

Originally Posted by apocalypse2001

Considering the Mouse has its paws on the franchise now, I smell a conflict of interest clause coming out where JJ is concerned.

Originally Posted by user839020189287

Or maybe we will just see Mouse-based Easter Eggs everywhere?

lol please don't encourage them

Am sure all the legalities were quite well-hammered out prior, though. The new films were announced with the change of IP ownership so that ball was in play for a good while prior.

Pretty solid players, IP-wise, on both sides so if there was a perceived conflict of interest on JJ's part, he would not have been named is what I am thinking.

Well in my industry, publicity stunts happen all the time. Sometimes they are conveniently dissolved just to get people riled up. So I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case.

Am truly surprised there was no ST:TV show alumni to direct the newer movies which could imply that the earlier nepotism which was, is no more. Take that, Wesley Crusher!

Several of [actors] HAVE directed some major projects and episodes of various series. I'm hoping they would ask one of them to do a proper film project.....

In an industry where trilogies are more golden than sequels, maintaining a consistency of vision as well as the artistic and cinematic feel could be considered important. Also,since we are looking at re-branding, am sure there is also a want by the IP-holders to "stay the course" more so than not.

That first part is certainly true. But the latter part is usually because they are on the money making band-wagon. They want to favor quantity as opposed to quality. Seriously though, considering Christopher Nolan's quality work, he should direct a proper St film. He certainly does his research. So I think he would be a sure bet.

IE: Using same director on a project until he/she works their way out of said position. There are possible risks which come with the act of throwing a new jockey onto the franchise-horse while hoping for the best... but the IP-holders really don't strike me as the gambling type. If it don't make dollars, it don't make sense.

Originally Posted by apocalypse2001

Originally Posted by centersolace

What do you think the Ferengi were based off of?