[Kosh]

its gonna be kir n spock at school, im sure of it

And I have a feeling that even if I get around to actually seeing it, I will simply say "He's no Shatner". Shatner defined Kirk, he defined his character. Without Shatner, there is no Kirk.

[aldo_14]

its gonna be kir n spock at school, im sure of it

And I have a feeling that even if I get around to actually seeing it, I will simply say "He's no Shatner". Shatner defined Kirk, he defined his character. Without Shatner, there is no Kirk.

Yes.  Shatner... defined....Kirk! My......God!

[Colonol Dekker]

You may as well cast benny hill as picard..........

[Mefustae]

And Snoop-dog as Sisko...

[Colonol Dekker]

And Snoop-dog as Sisko...

Now that would be a laugh. lol

[pecenipicek]

And Snoop-dog as Sisko...

Now that would be a laugh. lol

and a definitive invitation to get them all flayed.

[Kazan]

its gonna be kir n spock at school, im sure of it

And I have a feeling that even if I get around to actually seeing it, I will simply say "He's no Shatner". Shatner defined Kirk, he defined his character. Without Shatner, there is no Kirk.

that Shat approves of Damon as kirk... i heard it was his idea

[CmdKewin]

Well, I'm pretty sure that when Enterprise was "cancelled", Mike Sussman said that there was going to be another, final, Star Trek Movie. So I'm not too surprised: the fact that they seem to have screwed it up AGAIN is another matter...

[Getter Robo G]

Damn man, not Snoop... Dig up the Ghost of Tupac, only he could play it straight since Sisko died (bringing it from the prophets baby!)

I could live with (in team american voice) "Matt Damon".

However, Jay and Silent Bob are a MUST!

(New Scene)

  Two figures beam aboard the Enterprise-E. One appears to be a Male Deltan but with hair? The other is a rather short and rotund Vulcan?

Male Deltan:  "Yeah, what's up all you B*tches?" He then notices a hot chief (was it Salazar or Vargas?) at the transporter controls... "Hey mama, I'm a Deltan. Do you know what that means?"

"It means I'm gonna **** you like you've never had it before. And my partner short-round over there" (points to Bob as he does the Vulcan salute in response, "Is gonna hook us up on the same mental plane with that meld Sh*t. Now that's what I'm talking about!"

Jay is quickly transported into open space...

(movie ends)

 

[Ford Prefect]

You may as well cast benny hill as picard..........

I don't think that analogy is quite fair. I think the problem here is that Matt Damon is too good an actor to play Captain Kirk, a persona that has become synonymous with William Shatner's hammy style.

[Dark Knight]

The whole "We're going to do Star Trek the colledge years!" rumor got started when the official announcement on StrakTrek.com said that is exactly what the film was going to be about. I think the guy was fired for saying that.

J.J Abrams, the one whos writing the film has said he hasn't even started writing it yet (well... he probably has by now, but this was all said and done months ago), and that it's probably not going to be about that... unfortunatly, everyones gone around reporting the whole "Star Trek babies" idea and ignored the official retraction of this statement.

The whole Damon thing is JUST a rumor... for now.

Edit: What's worse, this was the original pitch Shatner made for ST V. That was going to be Kirk, Spock and McCoy, sat around a camp fire, reminising about the good 'ol days at the acadmey. Even if they do make this film as a prequal, at this it'll be better than that.

[Sandwich]

Actually, I've come to look at directors far more than the actors (thank you, Lucas, Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, & Natalie Portman...). With JJ Abrams at the figurative helm, it should rock.

[Charismatic]

You can never beat the origional (sp?) characters. Kirk is kirk. No one else can replace him, IMHO.

[IceFire]

I'm thinking what the Studio Execs see is things like Batman Begins, Spiderman, even Superman...they've all done well.  Mind you they are comic book based movies but lets ignore that for a moment.  I think they are seeing those franchises re-imagined and seeing the audiences loving them.  I personally think the new Batman Begins movie is spectacular...its so much better than the ones before.  The new Superman turned out to be a reall good movie too.  So the few Studio Execs with brains (lets not give them too much credit here) are seeing that if you put some smart people behind re-imagined franchises the audiences will come and see them.

When I heard the plot premise for this movie I initially turned my nose up.  But I'm optimistic now.  JJ Abrams did a fantastic job with MI:3 so I have some faith in him.  He took MI:2's craptacularness and created a very good movie.  If this is Star Trek re-imagined...I wonder how he's going to do that.  Will it be as good as Batman Begins and the reimagining of that mythos?  We'll see.

[Nuclear1]

I think Icefire hit on the head with this one.

[Charismatic]

I think Icefire hit on the head with this one.

I agree also.
I wish I had seen MI:3 in the movie theatres.

[Nuke]

any exec will make a profit on a familiar concept rather than take a risk on something new. its the way buisness works. unfortunately this only makes movies that sell well, it doesnt make better movies.

[IPAndrews]

Star Trek Re-energizes? The Kirk Supremacy? What's the point Star Trek is so last century. People want dark, moody, and sexy now. People want a new BSG movie.

[vyper]

Did you ever watch Seasons 3 and 4 of Enterprise? Dark, moody, people being blown into space, characters with severe emotional problems after experiencing such coombat for the first time - yet it still managed to cling to the ideal of a better future.

Enterprise was slated by the fanbase because they were so used to Voyager being pish, and forgot that even TNG took at least two seasons to truly become a great series.

[Mefustae]

Did you ever watch Seasons 3 and 4 of Enterprise? Dark, moody, people being blown into space, characters with severe emotional problems after experiencing such coombat for the first time - yet it still managed to cling to the ideal of a better future.

Enterprise was slated by the fanbase because they were so used to Voyager being pish, and forgot that even TNG took at least two seasons to truly become a great series.

Quite true. Season 3 was definintely an improvement, and Season 4 very much so, not to mention one of the most awesome AU episode ever in a mainstream Sci-fi program. Should have had another season or two, but no matter, upward and onward.