Ron Moore talks about the new Star Trek film

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Moore cites Shakespeare + reveals a BSG/Star Trek 2009 connection
Veteran Star Trek writer and producer Ron Moore defends bringing back (and reinterpreting) franchises for new audiences

In the same way that Shakespeare’s plays can be revisited again and again in new ways and settings, with things like ‘Star Trek’ or ‘Battlestar Galactica’ there is enough of the core mythology there that you can change and adapt all the things around it for something very new and worthwhile. New generations can make it their own. Strong new interpretations build on the past, they don’t repeat it.

and specifically on the return of Star Trek, Moore states:

There was enough there that it appealed to multiple generations and influenced creators. Some of those creators want to go back and work with these properties they grew up loving.

Moore also talked to the LA Times about his visit to the set and said that ‘Abrams even confided that there is “a shout-out” …that “Battlestar” fans will absolutely catch.’

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Thanks a [sagan]bill-yun and bill-yun[/sagan] for the link, brendon, an excellent end-of-the-work-day read! =)

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OK Ron, but, when they were re-interpreting the mythos to the tune of about a bazillion dollars, at least they could have come up with some decent looking light engine nacelles. And not have the ship built in what looks like somebody’s back yard.

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And if you looked closely at that LAT piece, there was a throwaway reference to Caprica. Hmm. What might that mean?