While “Star Trek” was, on the whole, a pretty awesome affair, there were a few troublesome moments. The whole ditch Kirk out a porthole onto the Planet Of The Old Spock thing had a faint odour of cheese and I’m afraid Nero the misunderstood villain was a .1 on the tribble scale of soft and fluffy.
There needs to be a change for the upcoming sequel, now scheduled for landing on June 29th, 2012. Kurtzman and Orci, screen writers of the first and future writers of the second, agree that for number 2, the villain has to bring the naughty space sauce.
Kurtzman in his own words:
I think our idea on this is that the first of any series is about them coming together or the formation. I couldn’t really tell you what Jeff Bridges was doing in Iron Man, but it doesn’t matter at all because it is all about Iron Man becoming Iron Man. Whereas I think sequels are very much about the villain. Because while [in the first film] the villain serves to bring the crew together, the second one I think has to be a true challenging of what that family is about. That is why Wrath of Khan was so amazing. Khan tested each one of them and ultimately asked for the [ultimate] sacrifice, and that is why that movie held up so well.
The villain for the next movie is going to be Khan. Get used to it. You need a mighty strong actor for this part. I’m very interested to see who it will be. Thanks io9 for the tip.
