Comments on: Some Mixed Messages From William Shatner On His Site

By: trekmaster

trekmaster — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 13:28:20 +0000

Hm, the image-quality of the sixties is different from today, even when it’s remastered. Does anyone know to explain this difference.

By: Duane Boda

Duane Boda — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:38:33 +0000

Ok….this only has to do with the broadcast time of Balance Of Terror for those who have Dish-Network and the optional (so called) Super Stations.
Originally I seen on the list here that Balance Of Terror was suppose to air
at 12:00 – Noon on Sunday but I see that it first airs (on KWGN) Channel 235 at 2:00 A.M. instead.
I wasn’t able to check ahead at the 12:00 Noon timeslot to see if they’re going to repeat this episode or Miri-Miri or what but when I find out later today then I’ll post it here – Ok? Mind you…you have to have Dish-Network and these Super Stations to get it unless you live in the Denver area which
in case you’re one step ahead of me….

By: Redshirt

Redshirt — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 08:14:27 +0000

I’d like to see Shatner and Nimoy and maybe all the original cast included in the film as their 60’s self via very nicely done CGI like in Final Fantasy, but better. Maybe for only a few minutes of screen time if they have to do it right and it gets expensive. I love Shat, but at his age now he doesn’t look like the 60’s Kirk and neither does Nimoy. I think this could be done, it could be groundbreaking if done right and it could take us back to that old feeling of the series.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 05:12:58 +0000

Finish TNG before they hammer the final nail into the Trek coffin with this stupid prequel idea.

By: MichaelT

MichaelT — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 02:30:30 +0000

based on all this speculation…. looks like Shatner and Nimoy are already earning their contracts. Call it scuttlebutt, groundswell, rumor-mill or whatever… their “rumblings” are fueling the flames…

Gotta get people talking to get ‘em in the tent, right?

By: Talisa

Talisa — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:54:18 +0000

They will be in this film. There is no way they are going to promote it w/out being in it.

By: trekmaster

trekmaster — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 19:25:33 +0000

Well, In don’t wanna loose Star Trek because the actors won’t be alive in the future. Im my opinion they the could revive TOS, TNG and DS9 with new cast members as long as it is real star trek. That’s better than starting a new series with an old copied concept selled as “new”. Even VOY or ENT could be relaunched, but for those two series I suggest a complete re-make to use and follow their original concept…

By: Lawrence Maroney

Lawrence Maroney — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 17:53:35 +0000

Star Trek without Shatner and Nimoy

Why bother?

Paramont, get these icons signed.

By: Admiral Deem

Admiral Deem — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 15:34:33 +0000

I think Abrams is a smart fellow. He will never satisfy all fans but I suspect he will do a pretty fine job of trying.

I hope to see Kirk and Spock facing a life-threatening situation. As they wait for “certain death”, they flashback to their first adventure. When we finally return to the “present” some clue from their past will enable them to Kobiyashi Maru their way out of danger yeat again. And the adventure continues….

By: Magic_Al

Magic_Al — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 14:52:49 +0000

Of course the TOS movies had declining business, but it was a different time. There was no pent-up nostalgia. We’d just seen them in movie after movie. Star Trek IV had done business that seemingly couldn’t be topped, and TNG’s 3rd and 4th season were making us wonder if we needed the old folks anymore. Look where we are now. It’s been 15 years. The spin-offs have all passed on and aren’t showing signs of revival. Nostalgia for the original is the dominant emotion right now.

I say if there’s fun to be had with one more round of Shatner & Nimoy, let’s have that fun while we can. At this point, even a “bad” appearance could not harm the legacy. The deaths of costars have made Star Trek VI the “official” end, we’ll always have the reruns (even “re-mastered”) and anything from here on out is just for fun. There’s nothing to lose. Any new cast or concept will ultimately have to stand on its own, in the long shadow of the original whether or not Shatner and Nimoy appear now.

Paramount should take the opportunity they have and if Star Trek doesn’t “come back” because of it, well, the situation hasn’t changed, has it?