*sigh*
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/william-shatner-teases-his-return-738628
I liked Captain Kirk. A lot. In 1966 and through the movies of TOS. But the Kirk that died in Generations needed to be put to rest. I wont be a Grumbling George about it at this point, but Kirk is dead. He isnt lost in time or between living states, he is dead and buried. Captain Picard buried him under some rocks on that moon where Sorin was trying to get back to the Nexus. We did see the remains get beamed out, but exactly how would they put him in this JJ universe? We know Spock got there by going through a black hole created by red matter. We know why there are two Spocks in the timeline, and both Spocks know about each other. So how would William Shatner's Kirk get into the new timeline?
How?
I remember how I felt in Generations where Kirk says something to Picard like "I was flying around the galaxy when you were still in diapers" or something like that. Not just an eye roll, but a complete headroll (with smirk). No doubt he will do something equally as asinine in the new movie. Besides that, HOW will they get him in this timeline? Do Orci and Abrams realize that Kirk did not have nearly as big a following as Spock? Nimoy is a draw....Shatner is a mercy casting. Dont get me wrong, it will be VERY cool to see Nimoy and Shatner together again in Star Trek, just for that alone. But done poorly, it could sink the remaining liferafts of NuTrek after Into Darkness virtually destroyed the very fabric of the Trek universe.
Anyway, Im not happy about this. Not because of Kirk, because I loved Kirk. But I know that to bring him into the new timeline they have to shoehorn him in there and come up with some stupid trope to do it.
Thoughts?
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/william-shatner-teases-his-return-738628
I liked Captain Kirk. A lot. In 1966 and through the movies of TOS. But the Kirk that died in Generations needed to be put to rest. I wont be a Grumbling George about it at this point, but Kirk is dead. He isnt lost in time or between living states, he is dead and buried. Captain Picard buried him under some rocks on that moon where Sorin was trying to get back to the Nexus. We did see the remains get beamed out, but exactly how would they put him in this JJ universe? We know Spock got there by going through a black hole created by red matter. We know why there are two Spocks in the timeline, and both Spocks know about each other. So how would William Shatner's Kirk get into the new timeline?
Before the tweet, Shatner admitted he was contacted by J.J. Abrams, who is producing but not directing the new movie. Badass Digest, which first broke the story of Shatner being approached for a cameo, is saying the actor would share a scene with Chris Pine, who plays the young Kirk — as well as the two Spocks, Zachary Quinto and Leonard Nimoy.
How?
I remember how I felt in Generations where Kirk says something to Picard like "I was flying around the galaxy when you were still in diapers" or something like that. Not just an eye roll, but a complete headroll (with smirk). No doubt he will do something equally as asinine in the new movie. Besides that, HOW will they get him in this timeline? Do Orci and Abrams realize that Kirk did not have nearly as big a following as Spock? Nimoy is a draw....Shatner is a mercy casting. Dont get me wrong, it will be VERY cool to see Nimoy and Shatner together again in Star Trek, just for that alone. But done poorly, it could sink the remaining liferafts of NuTrek after Into Darkness virtually destroyed the very fabric of the Trek universe.
Anyway, Im not happy about this. Not because of Kirk, because I loved Kirk. But I know that to bring him into the new timeline they have to shoehorn him in there and come up with some stupid trope to do it.
Thoughts?