But I don’t see what any of that has to do with whether Abrams can make a star trek movie or not.

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Maybe next time you purists will think twice before letting your collective alligator mouths overload your collective jay-bird asses!

Kang, you certainly hit the nail on the head with your very accurate description of Vic Mignogna’s Phase 2 rip-off and the spiteful, petty, egotistical, illegal, toxic, and unethical horeshit mentalities behind it. John Broughton, Michael Bednar, Dennis Bailey, and the rest of Farragut Films royally fucked up by allying themselves with this sick, self-centered shit of a business partner. By doing so and getting caught up in the whirlwind of controversies that Mignogna has caused, they have certainly tarnished their credibility and ruined their reputations. Not a smart business decision on their parts.

I hate to say this, but Chris Doohan has disgraced his father’s name and the character of Montgomery Scott, by being a part of this inept, fatous, and inane endeavor. By associating himself with the likes of Mignogna and his controversial reputation, one can only wonder if James Doohan is looking down on Chris in sheer disappointment.

Nevertheless, he does a good job of playing Scotty, I will give him credit for that, at least.

As for Kim Stinger(who plays Nyota Uhura), one wonders how much she was paid in silver to jump ship from Phase 2 to the less profitable enterprise(no pun intended)of STC. She played the same character on P2. Why would she defect to the other side…or should I say dark side of Star Trek film fandom?

Already some people have withdrawn from this useless experiment. It would be great if both the SF and STC productions were withdrawn from ST film fandom period, and closed down indefinitely.

Calling CBS/Paramount…..

So maybe it’s about time the purists cut Abrams some slack and let him do what he was hired to do. If he screws up, so be it. Like Bill Shatner and the Star Trek V controversy, he and the current administration at Paramount will be the ones to bear the burden. But until then, instead of prejudging Abrams and the up-coming sequel, and all of this other inconclusive speculation bullshit, wait until the film comes out and then make your own conclusions and opinions.

As far as the comparison to Nemesis is concerned, I can see where you are coming from. However, I don’t think Abrams and his staff are going to make the same errors in judgement that Stuart Baird, Rick Berman, and the former staff at Paramount did with that 2002 film. I doubt that they would go down that route a second time.

“Personally, I don’t see any red flags in the trailer indicating that it will be a failure at the box office.”

Well, there are several key similarities to ST: Nemesis, which was a box office failure: guy with a British accent seeking revenge; Kirk going after him to stop him from using a weapon of mass destruction. This already seems like a blatant rip-off. We know Abrams is a skilled hollywood magician, capable of using a wide variety of tricks to make a bad product look good, but I wonder for how long will he be able to pull that off.