9 Possible Plots For Star Trek 2
Our take on the sequel to JJ's stellar reboot...
BY Jun 16th 2009 9:09AMFILED UNDER: Features
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6. Mudd’s Women
Plenty of fans – and non-fans, to boot – like the level of humour in Trek.
Writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman brought lots of the funny to the first film, and there’s no reason the villain in the second movie couldn’t carry a less angsty, more comedic tone.
Nero was many things, but aside from his moment on the viewscreen (“Hi Christopher, I’m Nero...”), funny he was not.
One of the more beloved comical villains in the original series was Harcourt Fenton “Harry” Mudd, a con man and scoundrel who crossed paths with Kirk and the crew twice.
He’s gone on to have massive popularity, appearing in comic books and spin-off novels.
More recent rumour guff has seen Jack Black in “negotiations” for the role, but regular Abrams collaborator Greg Grunberg (mind-reading cop on Heroes) has also mentioned he’d like to play the role.
“I would absolutely love to play Harry Mudd - that would be incredible,” he told Trek Movie.
“I would have to redefine the character and do it the way I see doing it, but that character to me has comedy and brings levity and I would be able to work with robotic chicks. How fun would that be?”
Fun? Yes. Robotic ladies? Maybe we’ll leave that bit in the ‘60s…
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1: durden says
ok first of all:the whole paralel universe thing that they used in star trek 1?bull c**p!!!it sucks!!why?because it's gonna allow them from now on to make new movies,completely different from tos and if a trekkie gives then any problems...tey'll simply reply:"hey,it's a paralel universe,it's not the tos universe anymore.things are different now."!!WHICH BY THE WAY SUCKS a*s!!i hate what they're trying to do to the new star trek!!!!
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2: mattburgess says
Just wanted to completely disagree with Durden. You may be a huge trek fan, but so am I. Huge. And I love what they're doing with this new series of movies.
If it was set in the "real" trek universe, they wouldn't be able to do very much with it, such as destroying Vulcan. Now they can change things without pi$$ing off a lot of trekkies. Brilliant.
Can't wait to see what happens next. They should remain unafraid to break the boundaries of what is considered "trek"
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3: mattburgess says
Just wanted to completely disagree with Durden. You may be a huge trek fan, but so am I. Huge. And I love what they're doing with this new series of movies.
If it was set in the "real" trek universe, they wouldn't be able to do very much with it, such as destroying Vulcan. Now they can change things without pi$$ing off a lot of trekkies. Brilliant.
Can't wait to see what happens next. They should remain unafraid to break the boundaries of what is considered "trek"
Posted: Jun 16th 2009 // 5:52PMAlert a moderator
4: pimpernel says
Got to agree with mattburgess. The freedom this new parallel universe gives them is the whole beauty of the thing. It would have been very limiting to follow the original canon to the letter. This opens so many exciting new possibilities for the franchise! Plus, they're all essentially similar, if not the same characters, so the backbone of the whole thing remains. I'm really looking forward to seeing what they do next!
Posted: Jun 16th 2009 // 6:07PMAlert a moderator
5: AKRajala says
The whole parallel universe where they are all women was already done by Red Dwarf! :)
Posted: Jun 16th 2009 // 6:35PMAlert a moderator
6: somewhatfrail says
I like these ideas. Apart from Khan really. He should be left where he is.
Personally I'd love to see the origins of the Borg. I hear rumours that the probe from The Motion Picture was the beginning but I'm no fanatical Trekkie so can't possibly say it as truth...
Another thing - why would the parallel universe have to be evil? Why not make it so our 'heroes' are actually more bent and corrupt than their counterparts?
The Spock/Kirk conflict idea is a good'n too. Of course they can't possibly re-do anything akin to Amok Time now though can they? haha.
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