LadyStarblade
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Post by LadyStarblade on Jul 27, 2007 7:59:21 GMT -5
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Post by LadyStarblade on Jul 29, 2007 19:58:53 GMT -5
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Post by CheshireKat on Jul 30, 2007 11:29:53 GMT -5
Words fail me...
Can anybody think of another actor who maybe even looks remotely like Shatner?
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Post by LadyStarblade on Aug 7, 2007 14:03:10 GMT -5
Just perused Entertainment Weekly's interview with J.J. Abrams, Leonard Nimoy, and Zachary Quinto, which was interesting, but what caught my eye was the poll in the sidebar. A casual internet poll asked who would be the choice to play the young Captain Kirk.
Fourth place was Luke Wilson with 11%
Third place was Shia LeBouf with 16%
Second place was William Shatner with 18% (yay for the Old Guard!)
But the winner by a huge margin, 52%, was Nathan Fillion. Yeah, That-Guy-From-Firefly.
Now any excuse to gaze upon Mr. Fillion works for me...the man's always fun (among other things) to watch. But Kirk? I don't know. One, he's so firmly fixed in a lot of geeks' minds as Malcolm Reynolds that I don't know if he could make the jump. Two, much as I love him, considering that they cast such a young-looking actor as Spock, I think Fillion may be too old to play a younger-than-Spock Kirk. Three...this is gonna sound weird, but...the voice. I love his voice, don't get me wrong, but I can't imagine Kirk-Lines coming out of his mouth. Granted, that can be worked on, but still.
I'd like to think he could do it (he's got the cocky thing down), but in reality...no. I just can't think of any young actor who could really pull the role off at the moment.
And they are supposed to start shooting in November...
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Post by LadyStarblade on Aug 7, 2007 14:23:56 GMT -5
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Post by mrhat2nd on Aug 7, 2007 15:21:35 GMT -5
Ummmm....... Is Nick Cage to old (snicker) I mean he has the overacting needed to pull it off.
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Post by mrhat2nd on Aug 7, 2007 16:10:51 GMT -5
What about............... James Kirk to play a young James T. Kirk (James Kirk Was seen in X-men 2 as Bobby Drake's younger brother). Thank you Wiki............................
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Post by PoolMan on Oct 12, 2007 8:12:29 GMT -5
Oh dude, tell me it's true! Shaun of the Dead Trek! Simon Pegg is slated to play Scotty!!! I could go see this after just this one revelation. Awesome! |
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Post by mrhat2nd on Oct 12, 2007 11:12:17 GMT -5
This is confermed by the Hollywood Reporter John Cho and Simon Pegg have been cast in Star Trek as Sulu and Scotty. the following is also from the above source: Already on board are Zoe Saldana as Uhura and Anton Yelchin as a young Chekov, the Russian-born navigator, as well as Zachary Quinto as a young Spock. Leonard Nimoy, who originated the role of Spock, is on board as well. Chris Pine is in talks to play the young Kirk.
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Post by LadyStarblade on Oct 19, 2007 11:38:50 GMT -5
We have a Kirk...the aforementioned Chris Pine. (I keep reading it as Chris 'Pike', for obvious reasons.) I'm a little nervous...when his movie credits list Lindsay Lohan movies...but I'm trying to keep an open mind. Karl Urban is onboard as McCoy. My first thought was "Huhwha?," but upon further consideration, it could work. Full article and current cast list here. |
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Post by LadyStarblade on Oct 26, 2007 20:15:54 GMT -5
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Post by helenbot on Oct 29, 2007 12:46:35 GMT -5
Oh that's a shame! Is it just the continuity thing do you reckon, or a slight to Shatner, who's notoriously hard to work with?
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Post by LadyStarblade on Oct 29, 2007 22:27:43 GMT -5
Oh that's a shame! Is it just the continuity thing do you reckon, or a slight to Shatner, who's notoriously hard to work with? Maybe not so much of a slight as in a 'possible headache avoidance.' They're under enough pressure with this movie...they probably just don't want to deal with him. Even so, it's a shame...I would've liked to have seen Shatner and Nimoy together onscreen one more time... |
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Post by LadyStarblade on Nov 2, 2007 21:35:23 GMT -5
Just FYI, Entertainment Weekly just rated the casting choices for Star Trek XI...and in their opinion, from worst to best:
Karl Urban as McCoy
Chris Pine as Kirk
John Cho as Sulu
Anton Yelchin as Chekov
Zoe Saldana as Uhura
Zachary Quinto as Spock
Simon Pegg as Scotty
Leonard Nimoy as Spock
Eh, I can get on board with that ranking.
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Post by Al on Nov 2, 2007 21:51:14 GMT -5
I don' think giving Nimoy top honors is entirely fair, there...
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