[QUOTE=Tuckerfan]
Supposedly, they’ve picked a Scot to play Scotty, but I don’t remember who he is.
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James McAvoy, I believe.
Tuckerfan, I think you’re gravely underselling Damon’s acting ability. Leaving aside his Oscar nomination for Good Will Hunting, he was robbed of another in The Talented Mr. Ripley, and then you’ve got the Bourne series, the Ocean’s movies, Syriana and The Departed. I don’t know if he’s exactly right for Kirk, but he’s a brilliant actor.
I don’t know that I would call Mr. Damon a brilliant actor. Good actor, yeah.
I actually think this is an interesting idea that could pay off. But then I’m hardly a hardcore fan of the show or series.
I could see Sinise as McCoy. I can even imagine Damon as Kirk. But Brody as Spock? Not a chance. He’s a skinny guy with a big nose, but Nimoy moved gracefully and portrayed confidence, intellect and charisma, and he was handsome, not just european jewish looking. Brody’s just…funny looking. And not in a good way.
[QUOTE=BMax]
not just european jewish looking.
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Let’s be precise, are you conceding both are european jewish looking, or just the one? Shall we include Shatner in this discussion then?
[QUOTE=Struan]
James McAvoy, I believe.
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Fuck me! He was born the same day as me.
THE SAME DAY.
:eek:
Why haven’t they cast MEEEEE in a major motion picture yet?
You emote too much.
[QUOTE=ExTank]
You emote too much.
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So what you’re saying is Nancarrow should be playing Kirk!
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan]
Now, take the best elements of Kirk’s character, his way with women, his ability to whip a rabbit out his ass at the last moment, and his williness to ignore regulations when the situation calls for it. Can Damon do all that? Can he do it better than Shatner (which is what he’ll have to do)? I just don’t see it based on his body of work so far.
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Will he even have to do all that? Trek is an ensemble, Damon doesn’t have to carry the whole load. Personally as long as he doesn’t even try to imitate Shatner, we’ll be at least a step ahead.
I would think that Spock would be the one that would be hardest to “replace”.
Brody has as good a chance as anyone, IMO.
<only watches ST movies on DVD, if then>
[QUOTE=Stuffy]
Will he even have to do all that? Trek is an ensemble, Damon doesn’t have to carry the whole load. Personally as long as he doesn’t even try to imitate Shatner, we’ll be at least a step ahead.
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Trek may be an ensemble, but Kirk’s the star, and he’s the guy who has to evaluate the marital bickering between Spock and McCoy (Silly slash writers, it wasn’t Kirk and Spock who were lovers!) and choose the right course of action. Can you picture Damon saying into his communicator, “Scotty, you’re fired.” and not thinking, “Man, I thought he was a dick in Dogma, but damn he’s really a dick here!”
eleanorigby, Nimoy has actually given very detailed instructions on how to play Spock in his autobiographies.
[QUOTE=Operation Ripper]
Let’s be precise, are you conceding both are european jewish looking, or just the one? Shall we include Shatner in this discussion then?
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Nimoy, along with Martin Landau and Mark Lenard have the type of face that many people think of when they hear “European jewish looking”. Since Landau was considered for the role of Spock before Nimoy and Lenard portrayed Spock’s father, I am assuming that the producers had a long face with high cheekbones, a prominent nose, thin lips and a dark caucasian complexion in mind for vulcans.
I suppose Adrian Brody fits that stereotype as well, but I have no idea if he is of Jewish heritage and I suppose it doesn’t matter; Voyager (although I never watched it) had a black vulcan, so they can come in any color or flavor.
Shatner, since you brought him up, is of European Jewish heritage and has a shape of face that many people in the US think of as “Irish” or some other western or central European type, and does not fit the stereotype “jewish looking”.
Is that precise enough for you? :dubious:
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers]
If it’s set during or immediately after the original five-year mission, it might be worthwhile. Fortunately, the actors they’ve cast are too old to play Starfleet Academy versions of these characters, so that’s one phaser-bolt dodged.
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I thought the premise was supposed to be that it was shortly after they graduated from Starfleet. They’re too old, the lot of them. Color me confused. 
You’re right, agewise would see to put them right smack in the thick of the series.
[QUOTE=Swallowed My Cellphone]
I thought the premise was supposed to be that it was shortly after they graduated from Starfleet. They’re too old, the lot of them.
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Another chance to remake Forbidden Planet, the Enterprise pilot being the first.
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan]
Craig’s the exception that proves the rule that Follywood shouldn’t screw around with things.
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Craig proves that Hollywood should screw around with things. Sometimes you get something quite good. If it turns out to be crap, no skin off my nose. It’s only a movie.
[QUOTE=Yookeroo]
Craig proves that Hollywood should screw around with things. Sometimes you get something quite good. If it turns out to be crap, no skin off my nose. It’s only a movie.
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And if ticket prices were lower or Follywood had a higher success rate, I might agree with you.
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan]
And if ticket prices were lower or Follywood had a higher success rate, I might agree with you.
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Hey, I’ll just wait until you post about wasting your money on the ticket. 
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant]
Hey, I’ll just wait until you post about wasting your money on the ticket.
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Well, unless folks post reviews of this thing that sound like it’s cooler than an iPhone, I won’t be going to see it. 
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan]
Well, unless folks post reviews of this thing that sound like it’s cooler than an iPhone, I won’t be going to see it.
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Rats. :smack:
I bet it’ll work on Noclue, though.