>>IMHO, if they stick to the script I read a few months ago, it'll stand
>>to be the best TNG movie, and rank up pretty high with the
>>others.
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>See, I've only read synopses and reviews, so I have a hard time
>evaluating it. It sounds like a solid premise, though, and I'd love
>to see the script myself so that I could get a better grip on the
>characterization and plot.

From what I know, much of the script was done outside of the group that have done past movies, and the writer is personally a fan of WoK, and it reads about as good as II was. The translation to film can twist that though, just in the nature of the process, so I'm holding off on saying 'It will kick almighty ass!' until I see the final product. :)

There are some aspects of it that I might even call Eyrie-esque, but again, the eventual translation to film is the key.

>Say, did you have to sign one of those pesky non-disclosure
>agreements? I'm sure you'll answer in the affirmative, but no harm in
>asking.

Oh yeah. Hollywood likes the NDA quite a bit. I try to just keep my mouth shut most of the time, but it's been a little tough reading some of the starship-design threads, seeing as I can walk to the next building and see pre-production sketches and the like. I'll be curious to read reaction here to some of the technical bits that will be in it.

>Oh, and while I'm thinking of it, did your company have anything to do
>with The Fellowship of the Ring? From what I've heard, the SFX
>in the film make ILM look like college boys making fan films.

Yes, although it was a small part of it--think water horses if you've read the books (which I haven't yet, figured I'd see it first before getting into them). WETA over in New Zealand did most of the heavy lifting. I think our stuff looks great and I have no real context yet, and friends who do are pretty much speechless. And everything else I've seen in trailers is equally impressive, so we'll see how it comes together.

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"Mike Wazowski!"
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Chad Collier--...and I don't know about college boys, but at least there's someone else on the block doing work of that kind of scope. Always a good thing.
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