Damon Lindelof talks STID, Red Shirts, Easter Eggs, Cumberbatch and loads more

[that_therapist]

Really good read this. Lindelof talks about how casting Cumberbatch had them go back and tweak the script, how much time has passed between the films, why they didn't film on the Paramount lot and loads more. Will take a while to get through it, but well worth a look.

http://collider.com/damon-lindelof-star-trek-2-into-darkness-interview/220137/

Comments

[ayaneva]

lol I hate it when LJ does that. If I'm typing a long reply or comment, I sometimes save it in word. I've lost one too many comments to Frank the goat chewing on the wires.

As for the size of the ship, I figure the people who designed it are the ultimate authorities on what size the ship is supposed to be since they made it. If they say it's 725+ meters long then I certainly won't tell them that they're wrong. They rendered it after all. I just go with the flow and create an in-universe explanation for the size differential- more for my own amusement than out of necessity. If ILM changes their mind and says it's only 300 meters after all than I'll go with that too. I'm really not too hung up on the size, tbh. I'm always curious about why people really hate the ship being larger than 300 meters. It's a different universe so there's absolutely no reason for the ship to be the same size as it was in the Prime universe. It could be but there's nothing that says it has to be. It could go the other way and be only 150 meters instead or something. The Star-Dinghy Enterprise.

I imagine the boards are off-line since they're revamping the site for the new film. I'm sure they'll add new forums back to the site before the film comes out though. Or maybe not. They started off as a lot of fun but a sudden influx of shit-stirring users and increasingly arbitrary moderation ruined the forum. If they have forums for the new film, I hope they have more moderators on hand and less subjective moderation.

[that_therapist]

Right, now that LJ is now back in fine working order and not getting attacked my malicious virus hacker people... XD I was also unaware that the goat had a name! :o

I like your thoughts of the size of the ship, and like you, I'm not too hung up on the size at the end of the day. As long as they deliver unto me reasonably entertaining movie that reminds me of Trek, I'm happy. But I've seen some people across message boards that totally flip when the subject is brought up. lol I'm not big on the nacelles or the Budweiser brewery for Engineering, but she's an OK ship at the end of the day.

Sounds like the Paramount board went something like the same way the happened to startrek.com when CBS revamped and reopened it. Shit heads and bullshit moderation took charge. CBS are more interested in the st.com store than anything else on that rubbish site.