oh dear. not again....

[rivendellrose]

Just when you thought the franchise had finally died... they're planning Star Trek XI. With new actors cast as Kirk and Spock. So, apparently they've given up on the more recent branches and are trying to get back to their roots... not a bad choice

What do you think, folks? Will this resurrect a dying dinosaur, or will it be the last godawful blow that makes all of us who were once fans wish we'd never heard the name Star Trek?

Also, casting thoughts? Because it's fun to make silly stuff up for things like this. XD

Comments

[ellid.livejournal.com]

Didn't know that - interesting.

IMHO, it's not a great choice - Damon and Shatner don't look anything alike, Damon is way too old o play a young Kirk, and if he signs, I have this awful feeling he'd want Ben Affleck to play either Spock or McCoy. Besides, why would an actor with more than one successful franchise of his own (the Ripley movies, the Bourne movies) want, or more importantly in Hollywood, *need* to pit himself against an icon like Kirk? This is like Jude Law suddenly deciding that he wants to play Rick in a remake of Casablanca.

I could be wrong, but I don't put much stock in this one....

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

I can see where you're coming from on this one (and it's probably still a fairly shaky deal - I expect if it were certain it'd be all over the news) but honestly... I kind of think Damon would be good for it. He's got a knack with comedy that would suit Kirk well, he can play a lot younger than he is (a definite plus, since a lot of younger actors simply don't have the chops needed to play an iconic character like this, or to play someone as... naturally spoofy as Kirk is), and he's a fair match in terms of physical type. Perhaps most importantly, he can play a bit of an ass and still make the character completely charming - which is something it often seemed they shot for with Shatner's Kirk and completely failed at.

And, of course, there's no denying that Damon has a following that would bring an audience that otherwise wouldn't look twice at a Star Trek film. Honestly, I'm having a hard time thinking of down-sides on this one, the more I think about it.

The trick with this kind of thing is that if they try to cast exactly to someone who looks like a young Shatner or a young Nimoy, they risk either never getting it, or ending up with someone based solely on appearance, which could ruin the production in terms of acting.

In terms of Damon's choice to take the role... what little boy of that general generation didn't want to be Captain Kirk at least at some point in his life?

Now, on the Ben Affleck gripe, that I'll give you. It's a funny mental image in terms of parody (you know they'd put him as Spock...), but I can't see it actually working. I'd like to think neither Damon nor the producers would be that dumb, though.

I wonder who they've got writing this monster...

[narsilion.livejournal.com]

Ok, you got me on the comedy thing. I did like EDamon in Dogma, but that's the only thing I've liked him in. Maybe he would be good.
Affleck as Spock? Hmmmm, probably not. Scotty maybe? ;P

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

See, I just picture him in Dogma, and I'm sold. He's got that "I'm so cool" kind of attitude that would suit a young Kirk just perfectly.

Funny image, though, isn't it? I don't know, it should be interesting to see who they come up with...

(You wanted a while ago to see a good picture of Ivanova. *Points to icon* It took me forever to get it to work, but there it is.)

[narsilion.livejournal.com]

That really is a good picture of her!
And yeah, I was thinking of other things he's been in, but when I thought of Dogma, it works.
Can Sean Bean play Spock please? They could dye his hair and he would be sooooo great. I know he could do it.