I agree. Despite what some people said here, you simply can't do Star Trek without Kirk. Spock is cool, but it was Kirk that was the spirit of the intrepid nature of the explorers, the daring, the bold brashness--the lady loving! You *have* to have both characters to be true to the original's spirit, especially now that DeForrest Kelley is gone.
I think they just didn't want to deal with Shatner, which is sad and a big, big mistake. -------------- Original message -------------- From: Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Stop. STOP. The man won't hire Sh*tner because he doesn't want to contravene continuity, while casually introducing a bad guy who has NO LINK WHATSOEVER to continuity? My money was never going to leave my pocket for this anyway. Now, I won't watch it at ALL, even if it lands as the ABC Saturday Night Movie. "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: By MICHAEL HINMAN Source: USA Today Jan-21-2008 http://www.syfyportal.com/news424644.html William Shatner still doesn't know why he's not in the upcoming "Star Trek" film, but director J.J. Abrams does. "I think they're coming to the end [of shooting, so] they've got another three weeks to hire me," Shatner told USA Today while promoting "Star Trek: The Tour." "No, I don't think you''ll be seeing me, unfortunately, and I don't know the reason why." But Abrams, who found success over the weekend with the biggest January premiere ever in "Cloverfield," said the reason is simple. "The only reason Mr. Shatner is not in the movie and Mr. [Leonard] Nimoy is, is that this character died on screen," Abrams said. "It was very difficult, and now impossible with the writers strike. It is very difficult to find a way to put him in that didn't feel like we were putting him in just because we were huge fans of his." That has led Shatner to express some regret in allowing Kirk to die in "Star Trek: Generations" back in 1994. "The mistake I made was thinking I could make it a spectacular death with what they had written," Shatner said. The actor, who has won two Emmys as Denny Crane in the ABC lawyer comedy "Boston Legal," has been pushing for Abrams to include him in the upcoming movie despite the fate of his character 14 years ago. "Star Trek" is continuing filming in California, and will debut Dec. 25. Yahoo! Groups Links "There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the Mafia." -Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man Without A Country" --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
