The new Star Trek has certainly set its phasers to stun at the box office, so far pulling in $371million worldwide and winning critical acclaim as one of the best-ever revamps of a franchise.
On the official review compilation site Rotten Tomatoes, the prequel has earned an exceptional rating of 95 per cent, one per cent higher than that of Batman blockbuster The Dark Knight.
Directed by Lost creator J.J. Abrams and written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (who, ironically, also penned the successful but critically-savaged Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen), it has reignited the series and a sequel is already being developed.
But the film we saw on screen was not always intended to be that way.
As with any movie, earlier drafts of the script included different ideas, variations of scenes and material that ended up being omitted from the released version.
A draft version of the screenplay...
On the official review compilation site Rotten Tomatoes, the prequel has earned an exceptional rating of 95 per cent, one per cent higher than that of Batman blockbuster The Dark Knight.
Directed by Lost creator J.J. Abrams and written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (who, ironically, also penned the successful but critically-savaged Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen), it has reignited the series and a sequel is already being developed.
But the film we saw on screen was not always intended to be that way.
As with any movie, earlier drafts of the script included different ideas, variations of scenes and material that ended up being omitted from the released version.
A draft version of the screenplay...
- 7/1/2009
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
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