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*massive eye roll*
Jan. 14th, 2007 01:09 pmI know they've been talking about Star Trek XI being a prequel about Kirk and Spock's academy days for a while now, but feel free to read this anyway.
Because I really don't think this is gonna work. I mean, I'll end up going to see it anyway because I am Star Trek's bitch, but have they learned nothing from the massive retcon disaster that was Enterprise? Don't get me wrong, I actually liked the show for the most part (which is not to say that it wasn't flawed, but certainly better than Voyager's later years *sings* The Captain and Seven Show, starring them, the Captain and Seven...) even if Scott Bakula did somehow forget how to act (or decided that snotty douchebaggery was the way to go), but it wasn't exactly continuity friendly.
And this is going to be even worse because no matter what they do, or who they cast, Kirk is William-fucking-Shatner and Spock is Leonard Nimoy (and Leonard Nimoy is Spock).
It's a lose-lose situation: either the actors aren't going to try to act like Shatner and Nimoy, which is dumb, or they're going to be doing second-rate impersonations, which will also be dumb.
And, from the article linked above, the Shut Up, J.J. Abrams Award goes to this little gem:
"...I would actually prefer [that] people don't know the series, because I feel like they will come to it with an open mind."
Yes, let's alienate the people who are actually going to shell out the cash to see your movie. Good plan.
Because I really don't think this is gonna work. I mean, I'll end up going to see it anyway because I am Star Trek's bitch, but have they learned nothing from the massive retcon disaster that was Enterprise? Don't get me wrong, I actually liked the show for the most part (which is not to say that it wasn't flawed, but certainly better than Voyager's later years *sings* The Captain and Seven Show, starring them, the Captain and Seven...) even if Scott Bakula did somehow forget how to act (or decided that snotty douchebaggery was the way to go), but it wasn't exactly continuity friendly.
And this is going to be even worse because no matter what they do, or who they cast, Kirk is William-fucking-Shatner and Spock is Leonard Nimoy (and Leonard Nimoy is Spock).
It's a lose-lose situation: either the actors aren't going to try to act like Shatner and Nimoy, which is dumb, or they're going to be doing second-rate impersonations, which will also be dumb.
And, from the article linked above, the Shut Up, J.J. Abrams Award goes to this little gem:
"...I would actually prefer [that] people don't know the series, because I feel like they will come to it with an open mind."
Yes, let's alienate the people who are actually going to shell out the cash to see your movie. Good plan.
