@crgrier You mean, after the original universe was shit on by the last season of Enterprise and Star Trek Nemesis? Everything Star Trek was on hold permanently.

@crgrier makes sense actually mean outside of cheapshots about lens flare wasnt the main nerd critisism about Abrams star trek that it was to much like star wars? So in between cocaine highs some executive had one of those "I'll show them" moments.

@Canadian.Scott @TheConjurerOfCheapTricks 

Awsome poster!

@da_bearonBoom...roasted

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@shortmikeshort There are a lot of sources saying this to be true.  So unless this is the biggest hoax in entertainment history or we have to come to the realization this is true.

@Canadian.Scott I also loved Super8 (found it to be almost perfectly cut from the intended cloth of 80's Spielberg). Not sure if I agree he kicked all canon from Star Trek (or at least he kept the majority of components that make Trek Trek: Brains on equal par with brawn, time travel, multi-generational respect, humor, etc.). I think Abrams will do fine not because he developed an almost perfect homage to an earlier style, but because I felt he paid attention to the details about what made it *feel* right (i.e. a period film). He accomplished this in Star Trek, and Super 8.  As for Star Wars, I believe he'll keep that period film sense--the only difference would be that the period of the SW universe is the one being represented.

@zombies8myballs I'm baffled by the concept of "just get me some new star wars."  That's how I felt when I was 17 and standing in line for Phantom Menace tickets.  See how well that turned out?

@EliasAlgorithm Here to help illustrate the point...

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@Odkin Do you even know what you're talking about? There has never been a Star Trek film that's grossed over 250 million dollars domestic, and Super 8 made 127 million off a 45 million budget. That's sounds like a hot streak to me. Face it, the dude's a pretty successful producer and director thus far. Abrams didn't have shit to do with Cowboys and Aliens, and was the exec. producer on Lost, not the showrunner. I think that qualifies him enough to put him on the short list of directors up for this movie. If you recall, a ton of filmmakers turned it down because they were either busy, or too intimidated to take on the project.

@Odkin I agree that Super 8 was disappointing...but $127 million is hardly a failure.  I've also heard the Lost finale was a disappointment...but the series remains a phenomenon.  Fringe and Alias were both hits.  He produced Ghost Protocol, a solid and successful MI installment.  And I don't know what metric you use where $260 million for Trek is only "moderately successful."  Is it all gold?  Of course not.  But he's got a helluva batting average.  As for C&A, T2, and Prometheus, Abrams wasn't involved with any of them.  It sounds like your ire is better directed at Kurtzman, Orci, and Lindelof.

@Odkin Choosing a random movie here... Didn't Super 8 make something along the lines of 200 million dollars more than the movie cost to make? And while that doesn't include marketing, it also excludes video/DVD/Bluray/download/mental implant sales....

 I hope my business sucks and fails too, if that's failure. Also... your last couple of sentences about Bay and prometheus are nonsequiteralicious.

Oh my gawd, I almost shit my pants!!!!  :D   Best SW related video of the week!!!!

@Nicnac Watch Abrams' Star Wars feel more like a Star Trek movie.

@Nicnac See post below with that picture...gave me a funny feeling down there...

Please cease and desist the use of the internet meme "Whose responsible this."

We claimed it when we got Rob.

@My_Opinion Yeah, and that burning never goes away.

@My_Opinion They will now...