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http://www.startrek.com/article/next-star-trek-films-writers-revealed 

Is this good news or bad?

The good news is; half of the disaster team (Kurtzman) will not be in for this third one

The bad news is: half of the disaster team (Orci) is still on board.

The good news is: new writers might improve on the awful non-trek scripting of this third installment as we saw on the second one (less moronic than the first by avoiding all science in the alleged science-fiction film)

The bas news is: the new writers are from under the wing of the disaster team which might mean same childish and incompetent trek writing.

The good news is: Abrams might hopefully be to busy (and interested ) in Star Wars to take on the next STINO (Star Trek In name Only) and thus maybe, just maybe, provide us with a first real Trek movie since Nemesis.

The bad news is: Abrams is still producing and thus might again turn this into a meaningless flashy space shooter with no morality play and no richness of character but lots of bad photography (yes the infamous lense flares) and rip-off material (those he calls "hommages")

The good news is: Abrams having at last his hands on his true love (Star Wars) he might eventually abandon Star Trek altogether after his last third film contract. Then we may get the chance of getting a new writer-director-producer team of true Trek fans.

The bad news is: Hollywood caring only about money, Paramount might offer him a king's ransom to keep him on board, thinking he is the golden goose and not seeing that any moron making a legit film with the name Star Trek on it will always bring in hundreds of millions anyway (case in point: ST 2009 and ST 2012)

IMHO of course

Why can't they (CBS/Paramount) just take a fraction of this probable huge budget and invest it into Star Trek Continues... since they are already proving that they (STC team) not only get what Roddenberry's vision was for Star Trek, but have proven that they are capable of creating the continuation of the original series in a multitude of integral aspects in their first attempt?

They are currently finishing up their 2nd episode (debuting in early Feb 2014) with a 3rd one waiting in the wings after this.

Plus, this assembled crew are already doing this.... they have a complete team set-up.... they have guest stars involved and they are building more permanent sets. Most importantly, they are motivated by their love and passion for Star Trek and it's character-driven stories that pay respectful homage to the look, feel, sound, atmosphere, etc... of the original series rather than a focus or concern toward greed or profit. Hell... the actors are doing this without being paid!

Personally, I'd much prefer an ongoing true-to-the-vision series like this than an occasional movie... as much as I love movies; especially when they are messes like the 2 Abrams-team presented: lots of flash and action but virtually no substance or originality. This way we also get more authentic-type stories/episodes to enjoy with an on-going series. Imagine what this team could accomplish with a vastly enlarged budget? 

Note: I intend no disrespect toward the actors in the Jar Jar movies... like Karl Urban... It is not their fault for the ummmm poor writing & direction that were dealt. They did what they could under the circumstances. I would like to see these actors given another chance with a true writing team and a really talented director, producer, etc... Let's see if they could bring something worthwhile to the big screen. Then maybe both the web series and the movies could continue simultaneously. Except that  Star Trek Continues doesn't have to deal with a destroyed timeline, and with it, 45+ years of a rich history.

It can only get better, no way in hell it can be any worse than the 2009 release....Into Darkness wasnt too bad inho....definitely better than the reboot, why couldn't they just start anew with say Riker's command on the Titan? Then there would be no following of much they can at that point create as they go and have a series of films that they dont have to work off of to try and recreate they can create from almost scratch....just saying