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What kind of stuff did (do) you expect from Tarantino's Trek?


In this age of pandemic means studios will be doubling down on proven franchises/stuff ppl want to see and QTs Trek falls into that so maybe it will get made (with or without QT directing)

As to what it could be about - from what he said in that podcast video he did a few years ago it sounds like hed do a big screen version of City on the Edge of Forever meets Yesterdays Enterprise (this is sort of collaborated by the recent info that his movie would be set in the 30s and feature gangsters which the article and then the internet/fandom mistook as meaning itd be a remake of Piece of the Action – which was actually 'set' in the 1920s.. its City on the Edge that was set in the 30s)

so maybe it would open with the JJ Enterprise in the middle of battling the romulans (Tim Roth as the Romulan commander) who are attacking a klingon outpost (as in Yesterdays Enterprise) lots of the crew dead ship about to be destroyed when they get thrown back in time to the 30s and we get something of a remake of City on the Edge with Edith Keller (Margot Robbie) .. Kirk falls in love etc as whats left of the crew try to repair the ship so they can get back to the future (a'la Star Trek IV)..and along the way they encounter various characters played by the likes of QT regulars: SLJ, Kurt Russell, Waltz, Madsen etc (Klingons, Romulans, gangsters, starfleet captains/admirals)

of course I doubt itd be as straight forward as that.. and I recall Karl Urbans made some comments about the script being 'nuts/bananas' (he said something similar about Orci's ST3 back in 2014) so along with that QT interview about his wanting to do big screen version of City on the Edge and Yesterdays Enterprise and his love of Shatner - to me infers its also probably going to involve the JJ/kelvinverse cast crossing into the Primeverse (as multiverse stuff is about to be so hot right now - Spiderman 3/Dr Strange 2/The Flash) and encountering the older 'prime' movie versions of TOS characters (via CGI) and/or TNG in an epic Yesterdays Enterprise/Days of Future Past/Bring Back Kirk type story - 'Star Trek: Endgame' (that 'normal' film goers would check out as well as QT would make it an event)

stuff I think we'd see:
-Shatner: returning as Kirk Prime due to alt universe/timetravel stuff would be abit of a big deal (and would entice even non fans as would’ve seen some of the previous movies with him). As QT rightly pointed out in the podcast Shatner is the real star of Star Trek bigger than Nimoy or Stewart – so even the non trekkies would’ve been intrigued to see him back (it was sheer lunacy to leave out Shatner of Beyond/50th anniversary movie after he was going to be in it when Orci was involved - maybe it would've ended with Shat Kirk having to sacrifice himself to protect the timelines? (but in a more meaningful epic way than Generations)

-revisiting certain episodes/movies in that BTTF 2/Trials&Tribulations (& Endgame) way

-nostalgia: goes without saying would expect it to be steeped in TOS (& the movies I-VI) nostalgia/deconstructive homage in a similar way that his previous films are with their respective genres. could see QT bringing back TOS aesthetic (updated of course but not updated to the extent the 2 JJ kelvin movies were - maybe hes going to do what Beyond attempted of a true big budget version of TOS but even more with that retro 60s look and feel of the TV show brought to the big screen complete with similar lighting/music/sets/costumes/FX like a period piece) but maybe closer to the early episodes in tone (eerie haunted Twilight Zone style cosmic horror than the non stop action of the kelvin movies - the first 2 which were more like a bigger budget faster versions of the trek movies with added lensflare and Bay style action and Beyond was more like TOS but still very JJ/Trek Movie).. ...or actually maybe more likely to be TMP or TWOK (as JJ and Lin pretty much covered TOS era.. and the actors ages would be more in line with TMP era) ...so being faithful to TMP or TWOK era - his tribute to that period of film (late 70s 80s SF/Trek movies) much like his other movies are tributes to particular genres/eras. a recreation of a SF movie/Star Trek movie of the late 70s (TMP) or early 80s (TWOK).. same uniforms, sets, FX (even down to using model FX over CGI) esp now the 80s nostalgia is in full flow - maybe even a flashback to that era (or in this case alt-universe flashforward) of a CG deaged 1980s Shatner set at some point in the Trek II-VI era (or shortly after) with them in the maroon uniforms on the NCC1701A - like a mini Trek 'VII' (if theyd done it in 1994 instead of Generations) with Shatner, Koenig, Takei, Nichols reprising their roles with those CG Irishman mocap things . but other actors  portraying Spock, Bones, Scotty via CG Rogue One style or deepfake Luke. How would it fit in the movie though? Idk

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-a crazy/'bananas' finale: e.g. Kirk Prime (CG deaged 1990s curly haired Shatner) alone on the bridge of the original Enterprise-A sets course into the nexus temporal rift to save the timelines as the JJprise gives cover fire on the Klingon fleet led by General Worf (SLJ) In engineering Kirk sets the Genesis device to explode as Soran (McDowell) suddenly beams aboard from the Klingon ship. they fight and Kirk kicks Soran into the radiation chamber and then beams himself into the nexus seconds before Genesis goes boom and seals the rift forever.. Final scene: Kirk uses the nexus to deage himself to TOS season 1 Kirk and goes back to 1930s New York and hooks up with Edith Keller (1966 Joan Collins)

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I really can't wait and I hope it happens.


But if he and Paramount can cut a deal, it will be a hit. Paramount just has to take a chance, get out of the way and let QT's creative juices flow.

No offense to the new directors and all the people who worked hard on them, but I think all the new rebooted Star Treks are a abomination.

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There is a issue though.

By hiring QT to rejuvenate Star Trek, you might be killing ticket sales in the next few films.

Say QT's version is a hit...who will Paramount get to direct the next one?

The buzz won't be as big because obviouslythe director will not be of QT's stature, ticket sales would lag.

Paramount will think of this (a few movies ahead) and might not sign him up for this reason.

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Lots of blood, gore, violence and gore that makes no sense, messed-up characters, horrendously scary situations, tiny women beating the shit out of 200 lb. men, creepy shit that no other person could come up with, revealing that he has no idea of the ideals or technology of Star Trek, probably something similar to what Rian Johnson did to "Star Wars," or something as messed up and shitty as what Kurtzman's been doing to Star Trek, only gorier. Oh yeah, having strong female characters with unexplained supernatural abilities that beat the shit out of most men in the story too. Her only male friends are either wimpy idiots, or fags. All her girlfriends will be super-charged like her, and none of the good guys are allowed to be white.

Now that I think about it, maybe he should drop Star Trek and give "Sucker Punch" a gory, bloody reboot instead.

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lol

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Another thought I had is what director would want to FOLLOW QT's version of Star Trek?

Especially if QT's is good, it's almost a no win situation. A good director would be putting his/her reputation on the line, it would be too much to lose.

Directors don't want to be compared so strongly with another (genius) director, which this situation would force to the front.

The result would be that the following QT Star Trek version, you would have a novice/new untested or a mediocre director that just doesn't care.

The more I think if it, the less likely Paramount will hire QT.

(I hope I am wrong!)

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Well I guess it would be like a one off movie .. Tarantinos version of Star Trek .. existing unto itself (but not directly contradicting established canon stuff too much)

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Damn it I wish we were getting Tarantinos Trek over whatever's coming instead with the Discovery writer

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Treks No Way Home?

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