Comments on: Siddig, Sulu, Singer, and Spaceballs In A Slow News Day Smackdown

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 01:10:12 +0000

Damon may be harder to get into a Trek film now that his film with Nicolson and DiCaprio is being so well recieved.Career wise that might be a step back.I could see him doing it with a bunch of other ” A-listers” though ,for fun.I agree w/Adam though.Getting the same ensemble back intact for Trek xii might be hard.- Unless it’s in the spirit of Oceans’s 11,12,13 where the same hip bunch get togather again.George Clooney as Spock anyone?Brad Pitt as Mc Coy?Julia Roberts as Chapel?Maybe each new Trek film will be re-interpreted with a different cast like Batman.Ya now ,Keaton,Kilmer etc.

By: Adam Cohen

Adam Cohen — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 23:09:09 +0000

Oh one more thing, that picure included in this article cracks me up because when I first saw it I thought: That reminds me of the pickup truck scene from Star Trek IV. Siddig as Spock and Damon as Kirk. Hmmm, casting possibilities?

By: Adam Cohen

Adam Cohen — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 23:06:32 +0000

Wasn’t Singer supposed to do Battlestar Galactica as well? That was before Ron Moore got involved. Poor Singer, no Trek, no BSG, so he ahd to spin his wheels with Superman! I personally was letdown by Superman Returns (wrong actors in a couple of roles and the wrong story) but I do want to see Routh have another shot at the character. Singer should step back and produce it with another person directing.

As for Damon doing Trek, I think his star power doesn’t get diminished in the yes of the mainstream if he does the role, but my worry is that he won’t stay with Capt. Kirk for the long haul (future movies past Trek XI). Unless Paramount is content to do a one-shot tribute to TOS, they need someone more available than Damon.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 22:33:10 +0000

Personally I think Lost is more Sci-Fi than Heroes. Heroes seems very much in the fantasy vein.

By: Anthony Pascale

Anthony Pascale — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 22:19:13 +0000

no, singer is saying that \'superman returns II\' will be like \'Star Trek II\' (and also \'Empire Strikes Back\'). Both of those films are considered better than their predecessors. He seems to be implying that it is easier to make a better sequel because you have already established your characters, but there are plenty of other reasons why the 2nd Trek and Star Wars films were better. One factor in both films is that they brought in new people for the second films, but I imagine Singer doesnt think that will be neccessary

That being said I am very curiuos as to what Singer would have done with Trek. It is said that he and Abrams were both lobbying for the franchise and we all know how that ended up.

By: jon c

jon c — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 22:14:07 +0000

Brian Singer says he’ll bring back trek the way trek 2 wrath/khan did?Ha!After that bloated budgeted maudlin Superman flop he directed?They”ll have to get someone to do the Nick meyer job(Wrath/ Khan director)for the superman franchise he sunk.

By: Admiral Deem

Admiral Deem — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:49:15 +0000

I thought Spaceballs was dead–at least I had hoped so. It was a sad entry in the list of films made after Brooks replaced his social sharpness with desperate dumbness. I laughed twice when I saw that in a theater–mostly I just groaned. PLEASE Mel–if you must revisit ypur past, please go someplace more worthy than Spaceballs.