Star Trek Meets 'Battlestar Galactica' In Proposed Sequel

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[Kosh GTO]

Franchise looks to explore its roots even further



The world was starting to become a different place in 1991 when "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" was released.

Not only were fans reeling from the 1989 disaster that was "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier," but the collapse of the Soviet Union created the possibility that enemies didn't have to be enemies forever.

That mindset was brilliantly expressed by the writing team of Leonard Nimoy, Nicholas Meyer, Denny Martin Flinn (and we guess a little by Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal, something that has been historically disputed by Nimoy) with the Federation, and especially Capt. Kirk, having to explore the possibility that if the Klingons could not be friends, they could at least be the annoying in-laws we all have to tolerate from time to time.

Tackling real-world issues is what made the original "Star Trek" so poignant, and what attracted director J.J. Abrams into doing the 2009 movie. Now, with the setup film under his belt, there's a possibility the two writers tasked with making a followup to the blockbuster that has grossed nearly $400 million at the box office will get a chance to hit some hot-button topics in "Star Trek XII."

"The ambition for a sequel to 'Star Trek' is to make a movie that's worthy of the audience and not just another movie ... just a second movie that feels tacked on," Abrams told Geoff Boucher of the Los Angeles Times. "The first movie was so concerned with just setting up the characers -- their meeting each other and galvanizing the family -- that in many ways, a sequel will have a very different mission."

That mission will be more like what creator Gene Roddenberry put together with his 1960s outing that included allegories to then current issues of racism, the Vietnam War and the threat of a nuclear holocaust.

"It needs to tell a story that has connection to what is familiar and what is relevant," Abrams said. "It also needs to tell it in a spectacular way that hides the machinery and in a primarily entertaining and hopefully moving story."

It had been a while since science-fiction used its role as a canvas to discuss controversial events in a non-controversial way, that is until Syfy's "Battlestar Galactica" arrived. Now it has become more important than ever for the genre to re-establish its responsibility to give future-looking pictures of what could happen today.

"We got a lot of fan response from the first [film] and a considerable amount of critical response, and one of the things we heard was, 'Make sure the next one deals with modern-day issues,'" said Roberto Orci, who wrote the most recent Trek film with Alex Kurtzman, and who has both been tasked to scribe the sequel.

"We're trying to keep it as up-to-date and as reflective of what's going on today as possible," he said. "So that's one thing, to make it reflect the things that we are all dealing with today."

There is still very little to report about the next Trek movie except to say it's in development, but Paramount likely is eyeing a 2011 release.


Well Let's wait and see. GTO

[A-HK]

From the heading I thought there was going to be a literal Trek/BSG crossover.

That would get the geeks excited, but would be a very bad idea.

Best crossover I've seen is the parody Star Wreck, where Babylon 5 meets "Captain Pirk". I'm looking forward to their "Nazis in space" Iron Sky.

Star Wreck.

[Kosh GTO]

It would be a Glorious Battle Indeed.

[Neoandrew1]

From the heading I thought there was going to be a literal Trek/BSG crossover.

That would get the geeks excited, but would be a very bad idea.

Me too and I agree, but I think it would be fun if the Gallactica appeared in some historic video, like this ship was the title of a very popular show decades ago lol

@ Kosh, I really enjoyed the latest re-birth movie!!! they did a great job. I thought it was gonna suck because most remakes do and I was TOS fan then a bigger TNG fan, then an even bigger DS9 fan and then Voyager came along and at first I did not like it that much because I saw the pilot then because of the hours I was working caught 2-3 eps of s2 so I missed the character development? but I did download every season ages ago and had a voyager marathon and then I loved it!!!!!!!

Lets just hope they make XII even better than XI!

[Valkyrie]

Neo, I agree.  If they don't make XII better than XI, it will be a cop-out.  Audiences today are very choosy about what they like & don't like (in sci fi anyway).  They are too intelligent to support something that is there, just to make money.  Sure, they need to make money (a lot of money) in order to convince studios to support them.  The best way to do that is make a movie that excels at story, more than anything else.  Mind you, it helps to invest in decent sfx.  Also, excellent acting & directing will be the things that can bring it over the top.

If all they do is just whip up a crap story & then throw the money at awesome sfx, people will go see it.  But they won't go see it 2 or 3 or a dozen times & they sure as hell won't shell out the money to buy it.