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Abrams: Not your traditional prequel [SPOILERS] |
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Written by Derek Kessler on
Tuesday, 05 February 2008
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 JJ Abrams has a good body of popular work under his belt: Alias, Lost, Mission: Impossible: III, and Cloverfield all come to mind. By taking on Star Trek he's hoping to revitalize a franchise that has fallen out of favor with most of the population (Nemesis took in just $67 million worldwide - the lowest gross of any Trek film, and on a budget of $60 million). Speaking with USA Today, Abrams said, "I want this to appeal to people who never saw Star Trek or think its days are over." He went on to say that ST08 will not be like many other recent prequels, saying, "It won't suffer from the problem that traditional prequels suffer from..." Potential poilers after the break.
"It won't suffer from the problem that traditional prequels suffer from: that you know all the characters will live."
While this may immediately get many Trek purists up in arms, the time to fret may not be now. If we consider what was said about ST08's plot this weekend, specifically that the story will be exploring alternate timelines, it could stand to reason that some of these alternate timelines could be caused by certain characters being killed - or vice versa.
Discuss: TrekUnited Forum
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"If Spock were here, he'd say that I was an irrational, illlogical human being for going on a mission like this... Sounds like fun!"
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