Sinbad said:
Still equal parts bewildered and excited by the thought of a QT directed Star Trek movie though
:huh:
Boy, this sums up my feelings exactly! I enjoy a lot of
Star Trek, and of course Tarantino is brilliant. But I can't see the things being melded together in any way that makes sense. It'll be the
Tuvix of cinema.
Still, I can understand their desire to shake things up. The most recent movie seemed to win back a lot of the hardcore fans, but the general audience lost interest again. It could be really fascinating to see where this goes.
I still feel bad for Tarantino for proposing a take on
Casino Royale that ultimately the producers rejected, but then went ahead with the movie anyway. The resulting film was excellent nonetheless, but I'll always wonder what his take would have been. Oddly, in the interviews I read, Tarantino wasn't going for an R rating with that one; he actually wanted
less action and more dialogue, which might have only gotten the film a PG rating instead of PG-13, which possibly scared the producers off.
Of course, the Bond producers have a history of staying away from interesting choices. I would have enjoyed seeing Spielberg's Bond film, which probably would have been
Moonraker, as well as John Woo's Bond film, which would have been
GoldenEye. Mind you, I'm still glad we got
Raiders of the Lost Ark since Spielberg didn't do James Bond. But as it is, I've still never seen the two Bond films I mentioned. I might have if there were more interesting directors attached to them.
Sorry for going on for two paragraphs about James Bond. I'm not trying to derail the thread. My point is, "I'd like to see what really talented directors can do with franchise films." Edgar Wright's
Ant-Man and Lord & Miller's
Solo are other examples of that. Let's hope Tarantino's
Star Trek actually comes to fruition!