STAR TREK Producer Compares Upcoming Sequel To EMPIRE STRIKES BACK; Remains Vague On Villain

STAR TREK Producer Compares Upcoming Sequel To EMPIRE STRIKES BACK; Remains Vague On Villain

Producer Bryan Burk suggests to MTV that J.J Abrams' Trek sequel is going to get straight into the action, much the same way the fantastic follow up to Star Wars did..

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By MarkCassidy - Dec 13, 2011 06:12 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Trek
Source: MTV

It has almost become customary for a director/actor/producer to reference Empire Strikes Back when hyping up a big sci-fi/action orientated blockbuster sequel that they are involved in. And why not? It is after all one of, if not the greatest sequel of all time (I realize that it is arguably not a true sequel, and part of a trilogy, but you know what I mean) so they may as well aim high. Unfortunately these guys can let their mouths write checks that their movies can't cash. Will the Star Trek sequel live up to the comparison? Producer Bryan Burk is biting the bullet.



From MTV

"Unlike the last film, where we were restarting and setting up the characters ... we're going to jump right back in, and we don't have to set up everybody and we can go right in it. We're kind of in a mad dash at the beginning of the film. In all of our conversation, we reference a lot of our favorite films and how 'Empire Strikes Back' was spectacular and how they were able to pick up and keep going."


In fairness I think after the quality of the last movie and with Abrams back at the helm we won't have anything to worry about. Nice to hear it will be full steam ahead into the story too. But what about KHAAAAAAAAAN? Well I think at this point we know he is the villain, they know that we know he is the villain. But Burk still won't let the (official) cat out of the bag..

"There are amazing villains all throughout the 'Star Trek' universe as well as new villains. As we did in the last film, there's a lot of directions you can go with the film. In this case, we chose to do something we thought would be original and unique and different, and I think on paper, we made the right choice. Now we have to go shoot."


If you click the link below you can also hear Simon Pegg's thoughts. He also refuses to confirm Khan but says that is because he really doesn't know! Apparently even though the movie is set to shoot in January none of the cast have read the script yet. Hmmmmm.



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Unionjack
Unionjack - 12/13/2011, 6:29 AM
Give us someone other than Khan!!! Oh and First!!
TheNameIsBetty
TheNameIsBetty - 12/13/2011, 6:45 AM
I think the ratio of people that want Khan, to the possibility of him being in it, is about.... 1,000:1

Lol

No Khan.

Let's see some more of that imagination!
SpiderBat209
SpiderBat209 - 12/13/2011, 6:51 AM
The Dominion! lol jk

Bring on the Klingons! :D
AvalonKnight
AvalonKnight - 12/13/2011, 7:06 AM
I know its not in this series of the star trek franchise, but id like to see the Borg. Id also like to see a young Jean Luc Picard. Maybe that will hush up the debate between who is the better captain.
bhorwith22
bhorwith22 - 12/13/2011, 7:32 AM
Khan will NOT be in this movie. Argument over.
brokenexcitement
brokenexcitement - 12/13/2011, 7:36 AM
Avalon, I'm about to nerd out on you. Picard was born some 75yrs after Kirk. There is NO way that they could have a movie with a young Kirk and a young Picard. They only way it worked in Generations was because the strange energy ribbon that was flowing through space. It cause some sort of space time flux called the "Nexus" which basically let you live forever there. If you are old enough to remember the pilot episode of The Next Generation series, Bones was an old, old man. I bring up McCoy because Kirk was already dead by the time of the TNG time frame. Having a young Kirk and a young Picard in the same movie and living in the same time line is just not going to happen...
brokenexcitement
brokenexcitement - 12/13/2011, 7:41 AM
Nomis, is right. They used to be able to tell which was better (Star Wars)....But, now was have Lucas crapping all over once great movies while Roddenberry's original creation has new life and whiping its ass with Star Wars. Sorry to say this being a Star Wars fan as I am, although I do like the Star Trek movies as well, but the New Star Trek was 100x better than ANY of the prequels and better than ALL of the additions that Lucas is doing to the original Star Wars movies (pre "Episode" Era)....Lucas is Fail while Abrams is Win!
marvel72
marvel72 - 12/13/2011, 7:56 AM
khan to kirk.....

"no kirk.i'm your father."
Cookiedodger
Cookiedodger - 12/13/2011, 7:59 AM
The new Star Trek kicks ass because it followed the formula of the original Star Wars Trilogy. Star Trek was never the high action Sci-fi, it was always more about morals and science vs Star Wars' swashbuckling myth and fiction. Abrams took the high mindedness from Star Trek and dumbed it down to what Lucas did with Ep. 4-5-6. Lucas conversely wanted to ramp the Prequels up to be some kind of social commentary like old school Trek, but he lacks the instincts and the vision.
captainmarvel99
captainmarvel99 - 12/13/2011, 8:18 AM
I enjoyed the new movie. I watched the original series with my dad. plus the next gen. its not the same as the original but its worth the watch I hated they stripped the gorge kirk years. but it was a good twist
AlternateNo4
AlternateNo4 - 12/13/2011, 8:19 AM
Wow, really?

he never said "IT'S AS GOOD AS THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK," all he said was that the creative team admired the jump-into-the-action tactic that empire used and was hoping to do the same type of thing.

you guys did the same thing with green lantern. reynolds mentioned star wars in an interview, and all of a sudden a gaggle of nerds got their cheeto-stained whities in a bunch because he had the nerve to say GL was going to be just as good as their Gospel of George. only he never said that; he just referenced SW because the movie was interplanetary.

of course, the fact that the movie was a stinker made it worse... hopefully trek will be good!
marvel72
marvel72 - 12/13/2011, 8:20 AM
@ nomis

XD hahaha maybe spock will be frozen in carbonite,star trek 3 search for spock.

personally i'm more of a star wars fan than star trek but i do like star trek 2,star trek first contact,star trek(reboot) & borg episodes.
Boekelaar
Boekelaar - 12/13/2011, 8:28 AM
Who wouldn't compare it to Empire? Awesome first movie just like with Star Wars and there's definitely potential to make an incredible film. They have the resources and the talent, and if I'd made the first Trek film I'd be saying that the sequel would be like Empire...however like AlternateNo4 just said he just said they admired the way they were able to their second film and they'd like to do the same.
Shaman
Shaman - 12/13/2011, 8:28 AM
Azazel1- Yeah, they should rather use Sister Act 2 and Beverly Hills Cop 2 as they are other briliant examples.
AvalonKnight
AvalonKnight - 12/13/2011, 8:38 AM
@Brokenexcitment. I was actually mildly confused on that. I havent watched much of the original. Im a huge TNG fan. Thanks for squaring that away for me. But i would be cool to see some kind of crossover between the two besides just the one movie. On the other hand time travel in the star trek universe is becoming an old hat. But again thanks for the facts.
NeoBaggins
NeoBaggins - 12/13/2011, 8:50 AM
LMAO@"cheeto-stained whities"
Ceejay
Ceejay - 12/13/2011, 9:24 AM
So in other words they still aint really making Star Trek but just doing more Star Wars in Star Trek clothing!
brokenexcitement
brokenexcitement - 12/13/2011, 9:33 AM
Ceejay, that may be true. But Abrams is doing "Star Wars" better than Lucas has in about 20-30 years -_- Lucas is a comeplete Fail now. I don't even want to go see the Re-re-re-re-released specialized 3D Imessedwithitsomemoresoyouwillloveitevenmorethanyouhateit editions that are being put out every year now *sigh* I wish Lucas would just stop...
marvel72
marvel72 - 12/13/2011, 10:24 AM
@ nomis

XD hahahahahaha
ejkousc
ejkousc - 12/13/2011, 10:59 AM
I dont think it's accurate to say we know Kahn is the villain. Let alone that they know that we know. Rumors about Kahn were always going to be automatic, whether JJ Abrahm's camp hinted or not. He runs a tight ship, and Kahn rumors were going to persist anyway and still are since we know nothing about the movie. Look at the only reasons people are assuming Kahn is the villain...

1) Cause it's Kahn. Oh wait this rumor was bound to get momentum and heat regardless.

2) Benicio was up to play the villain. Oh Benicio has some espanol flavor...so did Ricardo Montalban...thus Benicio must be playing Kahn? Not only is this line of thinking bordering on racism, it's just plain lazy.

That's it. Those are the only two reason "we all know" the villain is Kahn. Obviously the writers have expressed their affinity for Trek II but I think it's in the franchises best interest to keep on keeping on and make FRESH NEW stories and not cherry pick from the past too much. Stop playing in Harve Bennett/Nick Meyer's sandbox and just make a fresh story. That's what should happen and I think that's in all liklihood what is happening.
AvalonKnight
AvalonKnight - 12/13/2011, 12:59 PM
It always comes to this. Why cant fans of both do like Takei said and team up against twilight. I personally like Trek a bit more, but that doesnt mean i dont like Wars. I will admit I dislike Lucas to the nth degree though.
AvalonKnight
AvalonKnight - 12/13/2011, 1:16 PM
Thats actually feasible considering the long time ago part of the wars intro.
Joe6Pack74
Joe6Pack74 - 12/13/2011, 4:26 PM
Good I would like to see another movie as good as the ESB. That movie is special. The good guys don't win. Things don't always have to have a happy ending or go right. Take the classic anime "A wind named Amnesia". To sum it up aliens gives everyone amnesia and they judge man on there animalistic actions. But one person is not affected he spends time with the alien. At the end of the movie the when the alien is leaving he asks if mankind will get there memories back. Alien says, "We will know in an hour or so" Roll credits end of movie! Hollywood just needs to do something different, good guys do not have to win. NO HAPPY ENDINGS, except at a massage parlor...
ejkousc
ejkousc - 12/14/2011, 10:06 AM
@KNIGHT3000 - You must be easily amused by purty visuals because the first 15 minutes of ROTS are not nearly as perfect as you claim. Primarily because Dooku's re-introduction and death is way rushed. This was an important duel as it is supposed to parallel Luke and Vader's duel in ROTJ in which Palpatine is once again trying to supplant his current Sith apprentice with the new apple of his eye. Why Lucas introduced Grievous to soak up screentime when he could have just as well had Dooku remain the primary villain I dont know... oh wait yes I do. TOYS!

Way rushed. Skims over any emotional content. Just a headache.
ejkousc
ejkousc - 12/14/2011, 11:17 AM
So the first 15 minutes of ROTS is better than all of the new Trek movie? Out. Of. your. Mind.
ejkousc
ejkousc - 12/14/2011, 11:20 AM
In fact the first 15 minutes of the new Trek were far better than the first 15 minutes of ROTS. At least there was some emotional content and we literally see the birth of Star Trek itself really with the birth of Kirk. But if you like stupid little astrodroids slipping around on oil or whatever then yes ROTS was better.
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