Comments on: First Look: The Cast of JJ Abrams’ Star Trek

By: aildoux

aildoux — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:09:08 +0000

Hope this will not turn out like other bad remakes like The Avengers, Lost in Space, Planet of the Apes, The Tunderbirds, etc. I dont know but it seems to me you dont send out into space young cadets. America’s youngest astonaut was all of 32 years old (Sally Ride). Chris Pine who plays Kirk is 28. William Shatner was 35 when he played the role. This is all part of a modern tendency ot cast overly young actors for older roles. Maybe Holywood is catering to a younger age group, but I dont think so. In the 60’s I was just a teenager and liked these movies and series even if the actors were in there thirties. The remake of Planet of the Apes was flagrant in that way. From the get-go I felt that the actors were way too young. I had seen the original with the actors with receding hairlines and thought that appropriate.

By: Wendy Flay

Wendy Flay — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:58:54 +0000

I am very happy know another Star Trek film is in the making. The idea of a multi-cultural crew going forth into the unknown and triumphing over every danger together is as important in 2008 as it was those many years ago when I saw the first eposode.
Having seen the glamourous cast and checked out the actor playing Mr Scott it is obvious who is going to be ‘the plucky comic relief’.
Perhaps one day there will be a film about Star Trek babies with Mr Spock babysitting a boisterous attention seeking Kirk baby, like a super-logical Wednesday Adams’.
Long may it contunue.

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By: YepIsaidit

YepIsaidit — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:44:45 +0000

I definitely hope that Bones and Uhura hook up. They would make a hot Enterprise couple.

By: YepIsaidit

YepIsaidit — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:35:45 +0000

Has John Cho become the guy that studios go to if they need a young Asian male. I remember when Harold and Kumar came out the big deal was about opening more doors for Asian actors. But now it just seems to be about casting the same guy for different race related roles. I like John Cho, but we need to give more actors a chance.

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By: ChrisP!!!!!

ChrisP!!!!! — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:14:10 +0000

Jude Law????? Your a tard. The only decent replacement for kirk is NO replacement, but since there is one I think they did okay except for the actors comment about putting a harrison ford Indiana Jones twist to kirks sense of humor.
What should have happened was a spin of with George Takei as captain of the Excelsior but production was scrapped because of their bomb with voyager.

By: Bodonar

Bodonar — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:41:17 +0000

Good for a new old Star Trek movie. I don’t like most of the new actors. Most of them don’t look like their old counterparts (but Sulu and Uhura). I think Jude Law was the best option for Kirk.

By: Harlan

Harlan — Tue, 27 May 2008 13:34:58 +0000

I think everyone is pre judging the film. I am at least willing for it to come out and see it before I make any judgements about it. The trailer doesnt give that much information and its so short that its hard to telll if the film will be any good or not. I’ve heard that they have changed the Enterprise and that does concern me a bit. Even in the TOS episode “The Menagerie” the ship was the same and that was well before Kirk took command. But you know engineers, they love to change things. So lets wait till the film comes out and see what its like. Live long and prosper

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By: Mac

Mac — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:20:08 +0000

Well I’m sitting at home, watching Star Trek on DVD’s, all of them. I’ve enjoyed the original show since first airing in 67, over and over again. And now I feel rather disappointed in that my favorite actors are being replaced. It’s like me saying to my wife, hon life has ended for our generation, and we should step down now. Well I’ve been swept away under the carpets all my bloody, asthmatic life, and now my hero’s as well. If this doesn’t beat us all…. I’d rather see digital shots of TOS tied together to make a new movie, than watching us being replaced. Enterprise could’ve been continued in film, I feel cheated, by life! Maybe next time they decide to replace the cast, the show will only be 20 years old, instead of 40, you know. Batman gets replaced every other movie, so does Superman, why not Star Trek? It’s like real life, except my wife got a job with her present company in 79, when the first movie came out. We’re not gone yet, just forgotten! And to all those people I’ve known who are no longer apart of us, I’ll see your faces live long, in the TOS.

By: carol

carol — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:15:21 +0000

i was looking forward to seeing a continuing from star trek nemesis. maybe the cast didn’t want to move on, but i think they owe their fans one more. when they did data in that was disappointing. i was excited about the new movie until i seen the new crew. i don’t think it will go over as well as the others. i am really disappointed.

By: Will

Will — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:25:54 +0000

I would have enjoyed looking forward to a movie with the cast of “Enterprise” more than this current sham.

By: Will

Will — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:22:23 +0000

Beam me up Scotty! Abrams has spent to much time on his “Lost” island. I think he’s caught in one of those time shifting things and has forgotten who and what Star Trek is all about. Mr. J.J. Abrams, set your phasers to kill and kill this movie before the “real” Star Trek is “Lost” forever.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:15:48 +0000

This cast looks ridiculous! They got an almost bald red head playing the dark haired Scotty? Abrams must be smoking dope!

What kind of idiot would go see this mess? Oh yeah they are called brain dead get a live Trekkies!!

Get a life losers!

By: Gareth

Gareth — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:04:52 +0000

I definitely understand where your coming from, but I don’t know much about JJ Abrams previous works, so I have no real opinion of him. The few actors I’ve seen in this line-up seamed to be able to act well enough, I mean the original cast was not exactly the cream of the crop to begin with, but I admit quite a few I’ve never heard of. Even so, to condemn a movie before it has even come out is a little on the naive side in my opinion. So I am not gonna argue about it until I see it.

By: Fionn

Fionn — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:44:35 +0000

It’s going to be awful, and it’s nothing to do with it being a reboot, or with it the actors not looking like the original.

It’s going to be awful because JJ Abrams is a witheringly mediocre creative force in American entertainment, because he makes of everything he touches a hype-platform with damn-all content. We can expect more (yawn) viral advertising for this, probably, and then, we can expect to go and see an utterly superfluous diversion of a movie, a mere popcorn banality, filled with ineffectual young people who have been convinced to call themselves “actors” on account of how pretty they are.

By: Gareth

Gareth — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:30:57 +0000

Way too many people are assuming that the intent of this story is to replace and/or copy the original in some way (as Dennis said). I have seen no evidence of this.

Also, its hard for many people of the younger generations to watch and appreciate much of the original series because of the style of the writing and ’60s “feel” it portrayed. It’s hard for newer generations to look at the actual stories of the original series and fully understand what it meant when it was first aired.

To this effect, I believe, if the new movie is to portray Star Trek, as the original idea did in the ’60s, to a younger crowd, they need to bring the writing and feel to the new generation.

For those who grew up with TOS, or at least understand what it was all about, I can understand if you don’t like the idea. However, I ask you to give this movie a chance to bring the Star Trek Universe to a younger crowd. Even if its not the star trek you remember, it might end up being a good film anyway.

I am hoping that they do not ruin the idea that is Star Trek, but I will reserve judgment for after its release.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:30:35 +0000

My gawd - I can’t believe some of the comments, “they don’t look like the original crew”, etc.

This isn’t SUPPOSED to be a copy of the original series…

This is a RE-BOOT - for some it’ll be better - for some it’ll be worse.

There is NO way every person could be happy with it

LET IT BE!!!