In an extensive interview with Wired J.J. Abrams speaks at length about the process of writing and directing Star Wars: Episode 7 The Force Awakens, but the best part for those who don’t give a hoot about Star Wars was that J.J. Abrams finally tossed Star Trek Into Darkness into the black hole where it belongs. Yes, it seems J.J. Abrams hates Star Trek Into Darkness just like everyone else (yes, except you, aggrieved Star Trek Into Darkness defender).
J.J. Abrams on Star Trek Into Darkness
J.J. Abrams was speaking with Wired about his Star Wars: The Force Awakens screenwriting process with Lawrence Kasdan (who also wrote Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi), and took the opportunity to talk about how Star Trek Into Darkness is a travesty and a stain on movies as an artistic medium:
“Working with Larry definitely ties for first in terms of incredible experiences I’ve had with this project. We all take our experiences with us from one project to the next, but in this case, I never looked to draw from my past work. More than anything, I drew on personal experiences as cautionary tales, things that I didn’t want to do again. For example, I didn’t want to enter into making a movie where we didn’t really own our story. I feel like I’ve done that a couple of times in my career. That’s not to say I’m not proud of my work, but the fact is I remember starting to shoot Super 8 and Star Trek Into Darkness and feeling like I hadn’t really solved some fundamental story problems.”
Yes, it seems working with a good screenwriter taught J.J. Abrams not to work with 9/11 Truther hacks or writers who have never met a story they couldn’t fog up with unanswered questions and pseudo-profundity.
It's pretty sad that SPECTRE has the same twist as STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS, which is not s good twist and not a good movie.
— Greg Cwik (@GregCwik1) November 9, 2015Star Trek Beyond and J.J. Abrams
So what does this mean for Star Trek Beyond? J.J. Abrams is a producer on Star Trek Beyond (Justin Lin is directing), so it’s good to know that everyone went into the third movie in the rebooted Star Trek series with full awareness that Star Trek Into Darkness was a storytelling disaster.
I am admittedly worried about the new Star Wars thinking about how terrible Star Trek into darkness is.
— Elias Toufexis (@EliasToufexis) November 9, 2015This may be our best indication since the firing of Roberto Orci that Star Trek Beyond will not in any way proceed from the plot of Star Trek Into Darkness. This is very good news for Star Trek Beyond.
The Star Trek Beyond release date is July 22, 2016.
