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Kurtzman and Orci compare ST09 to Wrath of Khan |
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Written by Derek Kessler on
Thursday, 02 October 2008
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 Considered by many to be one of, if not the, best Star Trek film, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan was the mark to which the writers of Star Trek (2009) set to reach. Asked by IESB.net, writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman said that they were most influenced by 1982’s Wrath of Khan. I can’t phrase it much better than that - the Trek-segment of their interview is after the break.
 IESB: If you would compare it to any past Star Trek movie?
Bob: In some ways, it shares the spirit with so many of them and in some ways it’s, I don’t know, [to Kurtzman] which one?
Alex: Tough question to answer, just because there are so many different things. I guess the best way for me to answer is I can tell you that the movie for me that affected me the most as a kid was Wrath of Khan.
Bob: Agreed.
Alex: And that movie stood out for me because it had an unbelievable bad guy and the stakes just never felt higher.
Bob: And every character was at their most actualized. It really had the classic delivery for every character, they are finally their full selves in that movie I think, more than any of the features.
Alex: And obviously the relationship between Kirk and Spock in that movie was as good as it gets. So, I think, that must have, or that contributed to our approach. |
There you have it - The Wrath of Khan served as inspiration for Star Trek (2009).
[via: IESB.net]
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