Star Trek movie
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daibhidcI've been reading about the new Star Trek movie. For those who don't know, this is a prequel movie, set shortly before the Original Series, with a new cast playing Kirk and co[1]. One of the things I read was that there was a time-travel element to it, and as well as Sylar-from-Heroes as Young Spock, there would also be Leonard Nimoy as Old Spock, emphasising that this was the same universe, not a total reinvention like Battlestar Galactica
This made me think of something which they probably aren't doing, but which I think would be a really good idea. This is, basically, the feature-length pilot the original series never got at the time.
So, by the rules of Star Trek feature-length pilots, there should be a quick cameo by either Scott Bakula under several layers of aging make-up or Jolene Blalock with grey hair.
[1]Oddest casting decision so far: Simon Pegg as Scotty. As it said in SFX, his only similarity to James Doohan is not being Scottish...
This made me think of something which they probably aren't doing, but which I think would be a really good idea. This is, basically, the feature-length pilot the original series never got at the time.
So, by the rules of Star Trek feature-length pilots, there should be a quick cameo by either Scott Bakula under several layers of aging make-up or Jolene Blalock with grey hair.
[1]Oddest casting decision so far: Simon Pegg as Scotty. As it said in SFX, his only similarity to James Doohan is not being Scottish...
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Date: 2008-10-11 01:08 pm (UTC)Yes. I don't much like him as an actor anyway, but even if I did, I think I'd be hard pressed to think of a sensible reason why they wanted him for this. ("he's British, he's been in several popular movies and on Doctor Who" are not sensible reasons in my opinion)
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Date: 2008-10-11 03:22 pm (UTC)by the rules of Star Trek feature-length pilots
Yeah, but those to date were all produced under previous administrations. And, I feel constrained to mention, were pilots for tv series instead of for feature series. All bets are off now.
As for Simon Pegg ... no one liked Tom Cruise as Lestat till they saw it, including Ann Rice. I'll reserve judgment till I see it.