Kerr Avon
Master Member
Are you kidding? That's what this man does for a living: give people a huge buildup, and then fail to deliver.
My god, where is the Like button?
Are you kidding? That's what this man does for a living: give people a huge buildup, and then fail to deliver.
Thank you for clearing that up for me. Much appreciated.It was on a Nerdist interview.
Reading this full quote makes me even MORE depressed! Gawwd, WHY would the franchise ask HIM to make the movies???WTF! He had no prior interest in it and no inate passion for it, but 'did a little research and watched a few episodes'? There are literally THOUSANDS of true fans and movie professionals out there who could have dedicated themselves to reinvigorating Trek, and they pick some hot-shot who barely knows what it's about? It's about 'emotions'???? Geez...WTF isn't?
Reading this full quote makes me even MORE depressed! Gawwd, WHY would the franchise ask HIM to make the movies???WTF! He had no prior interest in it and no inate passion for it, but 'did a little research and watched a few episodes'? There are literally THOUSANDS of true fans and movie professionals out there who could have dedicated themselves to reinvigorating Trek, and they pick some hot-shot who barely knows what it's about? It's about 'emotions'???? Geez...WTF isn't?
JJ made no attempt at all to understand a damn thing.
Whether you think he failed miserably or not, this is NOT a fair statement.
Abrams: "I was, frankly, never really a fan. I never really got it. I never really cared much about it. Most of my friends who loved it were, without question, smarter than I was. I kept trying..."
"When I said yes, it was because… I’d never thought of it, ever… but what occurred to me as I was being asked was "There’s a version of it that I could see getting interested in."
"Maybe I wasn’t in the right frame of mind as a kid. I don’t know what it was. I have since watched a number of them and actually have actually come to really appreciate the show."
So, it's fine if you think his effort was a steaming pile, but unless you've got some personal access to the man's brain, to claim he made no attempt to get it is ridiculous.
Paramount gave the fans a third season of TOS when it was about to get cancelled. There were two seasons of animated Trek. They gave the fans seven seasons of TNG, seven seasons of DS9, seven seasons of Voyager, and five seasons of Enterprise. That’s approximately eight hundred episodes. On top of that they gave the fans six movies with the original cast and four movies with the TNG cast. How the hell have they not been generous to the fans?
.... It wasn't STAR TREK to me but my wife, who is not a fan, enjoyed it...
They've never "given" us a thing. Paramount (and in the TOS example, NBC) green lit what they thought would make them a profit. And there's nothing wrong with that...it's called running a business. If they were in the mood of giving, we'd have had 7 years of Enterprise instead of 4 despite low ratings and low revenue. No exec keeps his job "giving" fans anything.
It was on a Nerdist interview. Here's the full quote of what he said:
Abrams: "I was, frankly, never really a fan. I never really got it. I never really cared much about it. Most of my friends who loved it were, without question, smarter than I was. I kept trying... and I couldn’t get it. I didn’t care about it. It felt stilted. It is ironic because a lot of the tone and techniques and some of the writers as well were from The Twilight Zone. When you watch it, you’d go, ‘God, there is that same kind of melodramatic vibe.’ A lot of the writers were the same writers. You’d think someone who loved The Twilight Zone as much as I did would kind of find a kinship to that show and get on board. I couldn’t do it. I enjoyed the movies that I saw, the early films, but I never looked forward to them. So, when I was mixing Mission: Impossible III… I was asked if I was interested in producing a Star Trek movie. When I said yes, it was because… I’d never thought of it, ever… but what occurred to me as I was being asked was "There’s a version of it that I could see getting interested in." And it was weird, because I couldn’t tell you what it was. I just knew that if Star Trek were done in a certain way, with an approach that somehow let me in more… I was actually being given the opportunity to at least attempt to do something that I wished had existed for me as a kid trying to get into it, which is a way in, which is an emotional way in, that was not was not about the Enterprise or Starfleet or the Prime Directive or any of that stuff, that was completely emotional. I thought if that existed I probably would have found a way in. Now, maybe I saw the wrong episodes. Maybe I wasn’t in the right frame of mind as a kid. I don’t know what it was. I have since watched a number of them and actually have actually come to really appreciate the show. "
Curiously, Enterprise is the only other Trek my wife will watch with me.