J.J. Abrams' Star Trek

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The thing that amazes me the most about the movie is it's broad appeal. Sure, all of us sci-fi fans will like it but most of our wives and girlfriends and children like it too. My wife loved it and wants to go see it again and she is not a sci-fi fan at all.

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Finally saw the movie last night and loved every minute of it. For some reason I enjoyed this way more than the TV show, I could never get myself to watch that

possibly because of the bad acting of the 1960's? :laugh:

karl urbans take on bones was classic and surprisingly spot on!

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JJ Abrams Says Shatner and Khan Are Possible in Star Trek Sequel

Source: http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/05/16/jj-abr...ar-trek-sequel/

MTV got a chance to grill Star Trek director JJ Abrams about what we could expect in the inevitable sequel

. Of course, screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman have not yet started on the announced sequel, so anything at this point is just speculation. But Abrams admits that the alternative universe timeline allows them to deviate from Trek canon.

When I polled the slashfilm followers on Twitter a week ago, the three most popular ideas were: The Original Crew vs. The Borg, the return of William Shatner and of course, KHANNNN!!!! The last two pose a big problem. Shatner?s Kirk died on in the climax of the 1994 film Star Trek: Generations.

I argued in the video blog last week that the alternative timeline means that Kirk?s death didn?t happen, at least not in the way it occurred in Generations, and that the Star Fleet Captain could return in a sequel, possibly in search for Elder Spock.

And Abrams tells MTV that the new timeline could allow for the return of Shatner: ?The point of creating this independent timeline is to not have the restrictions we had coming into this one. And one of those restrictions was that Kirk was dead.?

As for Khan, many people believe that since Kirk never stranded him on Ceti Alpha V, the character would no longer be the same villain we saw in Star Trek 2. But Abrams argues that it is still possible to feature Khan as the villain in the Trek sequels: ?[Khan and Kirk] exist ? and while their history may not be exactly as people are familiar with, I would argue that a person?s character is what it is. Certain people are destined to cross paths and come together, and Khan is out there ? even if he doesn?t have the same issues.?

Personally, I would like to see a story we?ve never seen before, and not just a remake or reinvention of the original Trek films. The alternative timeline might allow for both, but that doesn?t mean that the sequel should present a story we?ve already experienced before.

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Well, Star Trek came in 3rd this weekend, behind Night at the Museum 2 (which came in 1st) and Terminator Salvation (which was 2nd, pwned). Star Trek did just about $22 million over the 3 day weekend (note this doesn't include today, which is a holiday here in the US) and currently has a US total gross of nearly $184 million. Globally Star Trek is at about $260 million so far. It opens in Japan and India this week I believe, so more money will come in obviously.

Just for numbers sake. NatM 2 did $53.5 million over the weekend (and total gross so far) while Terminator Salvation did $43 million over the weekend (and a total gross of $56.5 million so far - technically Terminator won the weekend, but they don't count Thursday). Star Trek is actually in more theaters still than Terminator (over 500 more actually) and just for giggles, X-Men Origin Wolverine which came out a week before Star Trek, was in 6th place with $7.8 million and Star Trek has already outgrossed that movie.

First Trek movie to pop $300 million globally? (Without adjustment for inflation)

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