Yeah, I'm here to audition for the new Scotty. What? Oh, man, Simon Pegg got that? Damn. What about Spock's Dad? No??? Costume, what do you mean? What costume? Gorn? Yeah, uh, I can do that. What's the character's motivation? How big a part is this?
@twophrasebark: JJ Abrams: Your f'ing motivation is getting paid for today's shoot but not a very big check. I didn't get to be JJ Abrams by writing a lot of big checks. #startrek
Been a long time since I thought of the Salt Vampires. The old one's kind of turning me on with that blowup doll mouth. Assuming the teeth are soft rubber, of course. #startrek
It looks like Io9ers are willing to take the Salt vampire but Gorn is no approved. Send the designers back to their cave and tell them to come back with a Gorn with disco eyes and more teeth. Think love child of Sobek and a praying mantis. #startrek
@LittleDragon: well, to feed into your snark, i'm cool with Salty but that Gorn needs to go back to Cestus III and take a little more inspiration from the original. i like what enterprise did with the Gorn actually, despite that shows other faults. #startrek
Was JJ also going to recreate the a.m.a.z.i.n.g fight scene between Kirk and Gorn, you know, the one where you think you're watching some terrible movie in slow-motion? #startrek
@Roklimber: Seems like they would have sped up the film in the remastered version.
The only justification I can find is that if you saw one of these aliens in real life, you would be so freaked out that you'd be frozen like a deer in headlights, thus giving the Gorn the advantage. There's a good chance you'd be so in shock that your movements would mimic Kirk's.
I kinda like the new Salty there on the right but Gorn 3.0?
It looks like the top of his head would flip open like a Pez dispenser. Not that that wouldn't be interesting to see... #startrek
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They only scrapped the second half. The first half was developed with the budget that's normally used to research the setting and culture involved. Ironically, the first half turned out really well, while the part that they actually put some thought into feels like it was tacked on. #monstersinc
This pitch sounds a lot closer to Where the Wilds Things Are than the final version of Monsters Inc, where the monsters represent the anxieties and fears of the main character.
I've always found it fascinating to see the evolution of a movie from start to finish. Sometimes the movies end up a lot better than their original pitches, sometimes they end up much worse through poor executive meddling, and sometimes they are entirely different movies. #monstersinc
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Yeah, I'm here to audition for the new Scotty. What? Oh, man, Simon Pegg got that? Damn. What about Spock's Dad? No??? Costume, what do you mean? What costume? Gorn? Yeah, uh, I can do that. What's the character's motivation? How big a part is this?
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Think of all of the possible pick up lines for salt vampires: "Come on baby and suck my salt." Man, I'm very easily amused. #startrek
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#punfail
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I'm sorry, but it's The Rules.
LOVE the Salt Vampire though. #startrek
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The only justification I can find is that if you saw one of these aliens in real life, you would be so freaked out that you'd be frozen like a deer in headlights, thus giving the Gorn the advantage. There's a good chance you'd be so in shock that your movements would mimic Kirk's.
But, Kirk is used to aliens so he has no excuse.
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It looks like the top of his head would flip open like a Pez dispenser. Not that that wouldn't be interesting to see... #startrek
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Big Sharp Teeth+Jaws Wired Shut=ScaryFail #startrek
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They only scrapped the second half. The first half was developed with the budget that's normally used to research the setting and culture involved. Ironically, the first half turned out really well, while the part that they actually put some thought into feels like it was tacked on. #monstersinc
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I've always found it fascinating to see the evolution of a movie from start to finish. Sometimes the movies end up a lot better than their original pitches, sometimes they end up much worse through poor executive meddling, and sometimes they are entirely different movies. #monstersinc