J.J. Abrams (Lost, Alias, Mission Impossible3, Cloverfield, the upcoming Star Trek, …) gave a talk last March on mystery, special effects, and new possibilities for filmmakers today. My favorite quote from the talk:

“Ten years ago, if we wanted to do that, we’d have to kill a stunt man.”

Here’s a link to the talk: J.J. Abrams at TED.

The talk was part of the TED Talk series. The talks are all ~20 minutes and tend to be very good. I found this particular talk from a post over at Projector Films.

I get the impression that JJ is a really cool guy in addition to his cinematic achievements. Randy Pausch, Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon and lifelong Star Trek fan wrote an update on his website that JJ heard about his struggles with cancer and affinity for Star Trek and offered him a small role in the upcoming Star Trek movie. (JJ Abrams on IMDb)

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