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Posted: 01:10:23 on December 09 2002
By: Steve Krutzler
Dept: Star Trek: Nemesis

With less than a week to go, the press machine has kicked into a furious frenzy with STAR TREK NEMESIS features, interviews and commentaries. Today's round-up begins with the next of TrekWeb's interview articles, this with actress Marina Sirtis. Sirtis is always entertaining and provides an intriguing contrast with her on-screen character. She says no one escaped the cutting room floor, even as Troi takes on a more important role this time around.

“It was a three hour movie and it’s cut down. When the DVD comes out,” she chuckles, “Gates is going to be in it a lot! Unfortunately, we all lost scenes in this movie and it’s basically to keep it under two hours and to keep it moving as an action movie. The scenes that are gone were very chatty. It’s a shame [because] people love scenes. I’ve never lost this much, I don’t think I’ve ever lost—I may have lost 10 seconds here and 20 seconds there—but I’ve never lost whole scenes out of a movie before.”

You can check out our full interview here.

The Chicago Tribune has published a NEMESIS article angling on the possibility of the film as the last in the series. Including quotes from Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Rick Berman and William Shatner, the piece also talks to long-time TREK fans to get their take on whether NEMESIS represents a setting Sun or the dawn of a revitalized era. Here is a brief excerpt from the article:

Yet "Star Trek" legend has it that the even-numbered films always do better critically and at the box office. Acknowledging this, Spiner says, "The reality of it all is that if the film makes good money, we'll probably be back again."

Fans have their doubts.

"It's probably the last movie for the 'Next Generation' crew," says Morrow [a fan interviewed]. "It's actually getting to the point where it's ludicrous to keep the franchise going."

"You've got to wonder how much more you can squeeze out of it," asks Eric "Mancow" Mueller, morning personality at Chicago radio station WKQX-FM. He has been a fan of "Star Trek" since childhood and recently participated in a "Star Trek" charity event with the original star of the series, William Shatner. "It was a wonderful phenomenon and I would hate to see it end, but has it said everything it can say?"

There are other telltale signs of the franchise's downturn. Dan Madsen, publisher of Star Trek Communicator, the official magazine of "Star Trek," reports that circulation has tumbled from a peak 150,000 five years ago to 110,000. Membership in the official fan club, meanwhile, has fallen to 50,000 from almost 80,000 seven years ago.

Even Rick Berman, co-creator and executive producer of the various "Star Trek" TV spinoffs and many of the "Star Trek" movies, including "Nemesis," thinks it may be best for "Star Trek" to take a "hiatus."

"There are times when I truly believe that the best thing for the franchise would be to stop airing a new 'Star Trek' television series for three or four or five years and let the expectation for a new series grow again. Sort of like letting a field lie fallow for seven years."

[...]

Spiner suggests another change of scenery. "I'd take it into the future--100 years past the 'Next Generation,' " he says. "Roddenberry had this idea that space is an infinite place as far as the ideas and stories out there. I'd go into the future to look at those stories."

"Star Trek" may fade, but don't expect it to ever completely disappear, say those who know the franchise.

"It will go on forever," Madsen says. "Even if it takes a break, 10 to 15 years from now people will say, 'Let's revisit "Star Trek." ' It's the crown jewel of Paramount. There are few franchises that have lasted this long and have made this much money."

[...]

But Berman seems to vacillate on the question.

"I don't know where I would like to go next," he says. "I would like to do another film or two and do seven good years on 'Enterprise.' And then perhaps I'd like to do a show where people drive in cars and wear sneakers."

To reach the full article, you will have to register for a free account with the Chicago Tribune's web site.

Meanwhile, the Houston Chronicle has published a brand new interview with Brent Spiner, in which the actor talks NEMESIS and his ambivalence at playing Data again. Reach the interview here.

Finally, there are two new Patrick Stewart interviews available at IGN FilmForce and the Chicago Sun-Times. The British thesp discusses the design of the 24th century jeep featured in NEMESIS with the former and the final days of shooting with the latter.

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