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Nelson Au · 05-09-2008, 01:35 PM

I also read that the studio bigwigs were so impressed with the footage that JJ Abrams was getting that they felt Star Trek was going to be a very strong performer. And they felt it was on par with Indiana Jones as a tentpole franchise, so it made it a natural for the summer season.

I'm not sure I like that too much. On the one had, it's great the new people at Paramount think highly of Star Trek. (The old regime, not Berman and Braga, the studio executives that used to be at Paramount back in the eighties and nineties used to support Trek, but they left, which was one reason Enterprise had lost studio support during it's run)

I just hope the new executives leave the writers alone if there are more Treks and don't dumb it down. I hope this new JJ Abrams Trek isn't dumbed down! But we know Nimoy would not do it if it was not good.

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Nelson Au Member Location: Silicon Valley Join Date: Mar 1999 Local Time: 06:09 PM Local Date: 07-05-2008 Posts: 2,877	Re: Star Trek XI- Official now- 12.25.2008 (merged) I also read that the studio bigwigs were so impressed with the footage that JJ Abrams was getting that they felt Star Trek was going to be a very strong performer. And they felt it was on par with Indiana Jones as a tentpole franchise, so it made it a natural for the summer season. I'm not sure I like that too much. On the one had, it's great the new people at Paramount think highly of Star Trek. (The old regime, not Berman and Braga, the studio executives that used to be at Paramount back in the eighties and nineties used to support Trek, but they left, which was one reason Enterprise had lost studio support during it's run) I just hope the new executives leave the writers alone if there are more Treks and don't dumb it down. I hope this new JJ Abrams Trek isn't dumbed down! But we know Nimoy would not do it if it was not good.