Just to update this rather old entry, I just came across this rather intriguing Esquire article on the possibility of Quentin Tarantino directing a Star Trek film. In it, Tarantino comments ” f I’m going to do it, then I’m going to do it my way. If you’ve seen my nine movies, you kind of know my way is an R-rated way and a way that is without certain restrictions” He goes on to say that there’s a chance he could turn out to make ‘Pulp Fiction in space. While the idea that the great director could get behind a camera for a Star Trek film has been knocking around the ether for a while, I think it still has legs. Indeed, a new director taking it in a new edgier, grittier direction could be just what the franchise needs.