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Star Trek 3 loses Roberto Orci; fans move to 'Bring in Riker'
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Recently Roberto Orci has stepped away from directing Star Trek 3. This has prompted fans on Twitter and Facebook to trend #BringInRiker in an effort to get Jonathan Frakes to replace him. Frakes himself has apparently caught wind of it and is so psyched at the idea that's he's reached out to JJ Abrams who's still producing the film.
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Wrights' style is WRONG for Trek.
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Let's not forget how awesome Star Trek: Insurrection was, too.
Not everything is the director's fault. I doubt Frakes had the authority to get the whole damn script redone from square one. I don't hold Insurrection against Frakes any more than I hold Janeway against Mulgrew.
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Clearly, the Citizen Kane of childrens' storytelling.
I'm curious as to what this means for his script.
In any case, this is still a Bad Robot production, so I highly doubt that Frakes will be brought on. It's not impossible, but I don't want to see a retread from the Berman era. Not for this movie.
He got one hell of a performance out of Picard and Data, you have to admit that.
If you mean Berman & Braga, then agreed.
Frakes certainly knows (and cares about) the source material, but I don't know if he matches Abrams' style. I don't know if Edgar Wright does, either, mind you... but, with Abrams and Orci still on as producers, I think they'll find someone to maintain the ambiance of that universe. Plus, it seems that Bad Robot is one of those production companies that always works with the same people (Giachino on music, for example).
It wouldn't be the worst choice in the world... but, still, I don't see it happening.
Ok, now that your sarcasm detectors have exploded.....
I am curious as to whether Roxanne Dawson(B'Elanna) would be a good choice, she does mostly directing these days as is.
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But what sucked about Insurrection? To me the film, at least visually, was done very well. One of the better battle scenes, good editing, good special effects. I didn't like the story and for that's what killed it.
Without a good story, the rest of what you mention is worthless.
See: Star Wars Prequels.
But JarJar stole the show... everyone knows JarJar.
Sides the prequels told the story of Vader... everyone knew he fell to the dark side and he helped wipe out the Jedi's for the Emperor.
"Abrams' style"? Based on what his Trek movies are so far, that's more Michael Bay. I like the phasers and photons as much as the next geek (possibly more than some other old-school Trekkies), but Trek often has works where those are not necessary, or at least limited. TOS's "City on the Edge of Forever", TNG's "Measure of a Man", DS9's "The Visitor", even Voyager's "Death Wish": these all tell great stories with little or no explosions. I'd love to see the third film find story that works like these. (Just not dull like, you know, The Motion Picture.)
Her directing is in television only, is it not? Epic movies with tons of visual effects take it to a whole 'nuther level. Not saying she can't, just wondering, though.
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The story was more interestng in the original trilogy's vague references than what George Lucas brought to life in the prequels.
The Clone Wars were far more exciting when it was Sir Alec Guinness talking about them, rather than what was actually portrayed.
Anakin Skywalker was more of a "cunning warrior and a good friend" when it was Alec Guinness reminescing on the mysterious past than Hayden Christensen or even the cartoons.
Without the help* of the Expanded Universe, the Prequel Trilogy by itself makes absolutely zero sense, and the characterizations mady by the entire cast do not resemble the human beings we saw in the original trilogy.
*Crutch.
that's my point...the story is already written, so if its a bad story it doesn't matter who directs it.
note: the worst thing about the bad story of Insurrection was it overshadowed data's final sacrifice of himself for his captain...the ultimate gesture of his humanity.
That was Nemesis. Insurrection was the one with the immortal people and the ugly aliens who turned out to be the immortal people's bratty kids and had the giant holodeck ship.
-Leonard Nimoy, RIP
...I dunno, maybe by then his multiple failures to become human had made him suicidal? Now that would have been a character arc worth exploring!
Damn, you're right. Not sure how I got that mixed up.
Wait, when was there ever an explosion in TMP except at the end? I thought it was a good movie.
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All ST movies sort of blend together after Generations. It's understandable.
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