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zombiewhacker
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
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 Posted - 10/17/2007 : 1:01:34 PM
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Chris Pine!
Chris Pine?
Yes, according to the IMDB. Pine will fill Captain Travelocity's shoes in the next Star Trek movie.
[url]http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2007-10-16[/url]
Too bad... I was really hoping for Matt Damon as Kirk and Ben Affleck as Spock.
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Ericb
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
648 Posts |
Posted - 10/17/2007 : 1:09:15 PM
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Never heard of him.
"I reserve the right to look as well as be boring." - Robert Fripp |
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Terrahawk
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
644 Posts |
Posted - 10/17/2007 : 4:12:23 PM
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This project is not looking good.
- While science has societal benefits, science is not a social virtue. - |
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Ericb
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
648 Posts |
Posted - 10/18/2007 : 05:52:38 AM
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The Trek fanchise really needs to lay dormant for a generation. They need to clear the poisons that were Voyager, Enterprise and the last couple of Next Generation films from its system.
"I reserve the right to look as well as be boring." - Robert Fripp |
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nshumate
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
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Posted - 10/18/2007 : 06:39:03 AM
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The reason why I'm certain that this movie will crash and burn (and why someone at Paramount with a single functioning neuron will certainly pull the plug before production) is that the characters of the original Star Trek have been linked to the actors who play them for forty years. This isn't like switching out James Bond every decade; William Shatner IS James T. Kirk. Leonard Nimoy IS Spock (even he had to admit that). There can be many captains of Star Fleet vessels, but trying to get new actors to fit into roles that are so deeply infused with the actors who've played them is beyond foolhardy.
Nathan Shumate
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Terrahawk
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
644 Posts |
Posted - 10/18/2007 : 06:55:37 AM
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It's similar to the "Enterprise" fiasco. Trek really can't go backwards because of all of the continuity issues. EricB is right, they need to let the series lie dormant for a decade. Some new blood and new perspective will help rejuvenate the series.
- While science has societal benefits, science is not a social virtue. - |
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Ericb
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
648 Posts |
Posted - 10/18/2007 : 08:10:53 AM
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It looks like they've cast another young buck as Dr. McCoy. Another pretty face I've never heard of named Karl Urban (frankly all these post-WB pretty boys kinda look alike to me):
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3id8e5364152f5fc45640aff15631de99e
Dr. MCoy should be at least 10 years older than Kirk, but this guy only looks a few years older than the pretty face they cast as Kirk.
"I reserve the right to look as well as be boring." - Robert Fripp |
Edited by - Ericb on 10/18/2007 08:13:54 AM |
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Ericb
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
648 Posts |
Posted - 10/18/2007 : 08:18:39 AM
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And, hell, even the original series was straining the audience's suspension of disbelief having the flagship of Star Fleet being comanded by a guy in his early-mid 30s. How the hell are they going to try to explain some prettyboy in his 20s having such a command?
"I reserve the right to look as well as be boring." - Robert Fripp |
Edited by - Ericb on 10/18/2007 08:19:01 AM |
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zombiewhacker
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
1475 Posts |
Posted - 10/18/2007 : 09:33:58 AM
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Oh, I've heard of Karl Urban, all right... he was Matt Damon's arch-nemesis in The Bourne Supremacy and he also played Eomer in Lord of the Rings. (Gimli: "Give me your name, horse master, and I shall give you mine." Eomer: "I would chop off your head, dwarf, were it a bit higher off the ground.")
He is, however, an awful choice for McCoy. Simply the wrong physical type. Of course Kelley, like his compatriots, would be a tough act to follow anyway... |
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Terrahawk
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
644 Posts |
Posted - 10/18/2007 : 10:33:47 AM
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A bad trekkie nit-pick here, Enterprise wasn't the flagship of the fleet in the original series. That only came about in The Next Generation. Of course, it was ridiculous that you would only have a captain on the flagship.
I thought this movie was to take place at the academy?
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Ericb
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
648 Posts |
Posted - 10/18/2007 : 11:11:41 AM
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Still, how many captains of modern air-craft carriers (probably the closest thing our military would have to a "star ship")are in their early 30s (sorry I'm not that knowledgable on ranks in the Navy so if some other rank commands an air-craft carrier just replace my "captain" with that rank).
Regarding the Star Fleet Academy plot ... so they all knew each other in the academy and socialized with each other (though there must be at least a 10-15 year range in their ages if you figure everyone from Checkov to Spock and McCoy, hell, make it a 20 year age range) and they just happen to all become the bridge crew on the Enterprise 10-15 years after their academy days?
"I reserve the right to look as well as be boring." - Robert Fripp |
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Ericb
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
648 Posts |
Posted - 10/18/2007 : 11:17:46 AM
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The thing might have worked if they ditched some of the younger characters like Chekov, Kirk and Uhuru and simply made it an Enterprise adventure with Captain Pike and younger versions of Spock, McCoy and Scotty. It might not have been great but it would have been much less in the shadow of the original cast.
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Ericb
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
648 Posts |
Posted - 10/18/2007 : 11:25:10 AM
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Of course only a handful of people would pay money to see a Captain Pike movie, so it wouldn't be economically viable to make one. Which just brings me back to the "let the thing lay dormant for a while" idea.
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Sardu
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
1126 Posts |
Posted - 10/18/2007 : 6:39:47 PM
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I thought this was supposed to be a Starfleet Academy film. Kirk wouldn't have a command that young, and we know he wasn't on the Enterprise. If they try that drastic of a ret-con no one is going to go see it.
"Meeting you makes me want to be a real noodle cook"
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ELOrocks17
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 10/19/2007 : 07:30:00 AM
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Originally posted by zombiewhacker
Oh, I've heard of Karl Urban, all right... he was Matt Damon's arch-nemesis in The Bourne Supremacy and he also played Eomer in Lord of the Rings. (Gimli: "Give me your name, horse master, and I shall give you mine." Eomer: "I would chop off your head, dwarf, were it a bit higher off the ground.")
He is, however, an awful choice for McCoy. Simply the wrong physical type. Of course Kelley, like his compatriots, would be a tough act to follow anyway...
He was also on Xena--playing Caesar
And again he was the main character in the movie "Pathfinder"
"Oh my...that is quite toxic!"-Weyoun (DS9) |
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Gristle McThornbody
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
Germany
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Posted - 10/19/2007 : 3:19:02 PM
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Originally posted by ELOrocks17
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Originally posted by zombiewhacker
Oh, I've heard of Karl Urban, all right... he was Matt Damon's arch-nemesis in The Bourne Supremacy and he also played Eomer in Lord of the Rings. (Gimli: "Give me your name, horse master, and I shall give you mine." Eomer: "I would chop off your head, dwarf, were it a bit higher off the ground.")
He is, however, an awful choice for McCoy. Simply the wrong physical type. Of course Kelley, like his compatriots, would be a tough act to follow anyway...
He was also on Xena--playing Caesar
And again he was the main character in the movie "Pathfinder"
"Oh my...that is quite toxic!"-Weyoun (DS9)
He also featured prominently in Chronicles of Riddick and, even closer to Jabootu territory, Doom.
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