>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. :)

Indeed. John Logan is a vocal fan of Trek, and Stuart Baird is certainly a capable director, but... one never knows.

At least Brannon Braga doesn't seem to be involved, thank the Goddess.

>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.

Probably no less curious than we will be to see these technical bits. Personally, I'm waiting to see what Shinzon's Warbird looks like -- the synopses I've read make it sound like something a whole lot more hardcore than the D'Deridex class, but we'll see.

>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).

Yes, I know the scene. And I'm glad it sounds good; everything I've heard about the film sounds breathtaking, though I'm wondering how many people are going to see the film, then rush out to buy the books and discover that J.R.R. Tolkien didn't write much like, say, Stephen King or J.K. Rowling.

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