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A thought occurred, is JJ Abrams overloaded with projects and perhaps has too much expectation placed on him? I was reading about how Roland Emmerich and his colleague were so high after the success of Independence Day, they had a slate of projects waiting for them. But with the box office...

On the Khan issue, Walter Keonig jokingly explains, Chekov ran into Khan in the restroom, or in the lower section of the ship. The danger of new actors playing Kirk, Spock and McCoy is parody.

The unsubstantiated rumours and stories that I see on various websites leads me to believe that JJ and company are rebooting the series. Sort of like going from the George Reeves Superman to the Christopher Reeve Superman. It sounds like all new actors and take on TOS Star Trek. As a very...

I think in any creative endeavor, and I know myself in my own design work, it is hard to see someone else pick on your work. Unless you feel done and you can let it go.

William Shatner-The Shat, I love this new nick name, has recently agreed to lend his voice to a Star Trek video game along side the other 4 captains, Stewart, Brooks, Mulgrew and Bakula. He was quoted as saying he suddenly felt territorial about Kirk regarding another actor doing his character...

I read some quotes today from USA Today I think, where they talk to William Shatner about his Emmy nomination for Boston Legal. They end it talking about how he's happy Matt Damon is going to play a younger Kirk. I hope he's just reacting to the question. I hope it's hear say rumours or early...

Thanks again Lou. I felt I had to set the record straight.

josh- I have to dissagree with your understanding of The Cage and how the network percieved it. Roddenberry sold the idea of "Wagon Train to the Stars". But he wanted his show to tell intellegent stories about people and the human condition. But instead of the standard western format show...

Would it be fair to say to those who feel another actor could play Kirk that in this case of TOS, it is unique. Shatner has been "associated" with the character even though he's not played him since 1994. Bela Lugosi was associated with Dracula for a long time too, the definitive Dracula...

Yes, I've seen that page Lou, but not recently. It's pretty cool what he's trying to do. But I would imagine a project such as that would take some time! I've not seen the page on the Tholian effect. I'll have alook.

Thanks Lou, I didn't think anyone would pay any mind to that post! JJ and team are saying all the right things. I am open minded enough to see what they're up to. I hope it will be good.

I seem to have an issue with the re-boot idea, but to address a poster's comment, TOS is the only real era of Star Trek in my opinion. You could say that is because it is the series of my generation. TNG is the series of another generation. Regarding the comment that TOS only lasted 3 years...

Why is Hollywood on this reboot craze?! I can see a producer wanting to bring a name star into a project to ensure some box office appeal, but I'm not sure this is a good thing. Has Star Trek become so lofted onto a high perch that it has to have this kind of treatment? It's almost as if the...

Well, if it becomes more real, I'm sure someone will start a website; bennotkirk.com I saw M:I3 last night. I enjoyed it. It was a good homage to the original M:I TV show. And it was also a sort of big screen version of the Alias series. It was loud and full of action. JJ Abrams seems to...

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Well Jason, I was commenting on David's comment that of "the original 4, 2 are gone". But you're right, TOS cast members have always been referred to as the main 3 and then the supporting characters.

David- I'm sure you didn't mean to leave out the other 3 main cast menbers, there are actually 7 main characters. Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, Sulu, Chekov and Uhura. Chapel and Rand are the other less used 2. Just to toss in another thought. Star Trek was always more successful as a TV...

Chris- B&B are not involved in this Star Trek film. Regarding all the comments about finding younger actors to play the iconic roles of Kirk and Spock. I agree it's virtually impossible to capture the intangibles that they infused in their roles. Shatner and Nimoy are Kirk and Spock...

Lou, I totally agree with your remarks about Zephran Cochrane. Glenn Corbett's original version was totally different from First Contact's version. Corbett's version of Cochrane may have been written as a bit overly clean cut human, he was never the less the template. And it was an example...

Nice summation Matt! And well said Lou. The likes of TOS will never be recreated. We have to let that era go and appreciate it for what it was and stands for. Art is so random, it cannot be made by a formula. Though Mr. Roddenberry did do it again with the TNG TV series on it's own rights, not...

This is my first post since the forum re-boot, glad to see it back on-line. Thanks for all the hardwork!. So onto this business about Abrams doing the next film. It's totally out of left field, not the first person most would have considered appropriate for the job. While he is hot now and I...

And Mr. Spiner agrees he's too old too.

Times change and those of his generation are finding it less threatening to reveal their personal lives. Tab Hunter, Richard Chamberlon, and now Takei. I don't care about his lifestyle, I just wished we'd had more great Star Trek from the TOS era!

Just a very off the cuff and quick comment as I have chosen not to participate or read too many of these Trek post as most are not very favorable ones toward modern Trek, which I have no problem with. As an olden fan from the TOS era, I happen to enjoy modern Star Trek, but I know it's lost it's...

The path this thread has taken parallels how I felt after seeing Generations. The Star Trek series is an entity of television, born of it and thrived there at one time. Star Trek TOS ended prematurely, lived on in syndication and attempted a rebirth on television in the late 70's. The movie...