Comments on: Rumor: Garner as Spock’s Love Interest?

By: Ash

Ash — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:17:23 +0000

#95 – Great observation! Practically prophetic, lol :)

By: billy

billy — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 18:39:38 +0000

I’m glad I don’t know much about the original series (although I am a 90’s and 00’s fan as i’m only 20)but I know something about Garner and Abrams et al.

Firstly- anything J.J. has written so far has been spectacular and well plotted. Alias was always brilliant but especially when he was running things from the set- he ALWAYS choses a great team to have behind him and anything he does attracts high quality actors.

I don’t actually understand why people don’t think that this movie would attract the stars. If you were an actor, wouldn’t you want to star in a movie that the creator of Alias and Lost was producing for a franchise that has been going for 41 years and attracts audiences worldwide???

Jenniffer Garner is perfection personified and although they have joked about her being Kirk, being the token babe etc, i wouldn’t be surprised if she was a pivotal character if she was cast in the film.

By: fascinoma

fascinoma — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:58:12 +0000

Oh – IMHO – the reason Spock didn’t really go for Leila Kalomi (except under the influence) and didn’t at all go for Nurse Chapel is because we’ve always seen him with strong women, as opposed to passive, adoring blondes.

By: fascinoma

fascinoma — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:56:47 +0000

If Spock had a love interest, it would actually be more like the original series – that’s my take on it. IMHO Kirk was good at getting chicks into bed, but Spock was the one who left the trail of broken hearts.

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Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:08:50 +0000

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By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 11:30:56 +0000

I really happen to think that the very idea of kirk and spock could kill the franchise. Going back before kirk didnt work for a telivision series, and it wotn work for a movie. Also your breaking up the continuity of the movies. Also with getting actors like “ben aflack” and “matt dillion” and all of these big time stars would just make it seem that the franchise is so weak that we have to use these big stars to even get people ino the theaters. Also its been said that the movie is supposed to have alot more action then any other star trek movie. Its a fantasy and sci fi movie, not some stupid action film with no real plot. Star Trek was about the exploration of mankind, not about wars between worlds and gun fights. I just really think that the people who are commanding star trek right now are in their latch ditch effort and are trying to change it into its something that its not to attract the guy who watches movies because theirs big explosions and naked woman. Its very sad…

By: Trevok

Trevok — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 11:08:44 +0000

On the ealier comment that Trek doesn’t need star power, I have to disagree. Paramount is proberly going to put quite a bit of cash into this film, and for it just to break even, not to mention make a profit, it is going to need to pull in lots of non fans. To do that you need BIG name actors, not a bunch of never heard ofs. And just because you have big name actors doesn’t mean the story will suck.
The problem is people are comparing XI with other TV remake movies and I think the major differance is most if not all of them were made with the view it was an easy way to make money. Get brands that people know, throw in a few current flavour of the month actors and the masses will beat a path to your door. The people making these films weren’t fans of the shows they just wanted to make a quick buck.
The differance here is JJ is a Trek fan, he’s making a TOS based film because it is his favorite Trek series. Hech if he just wanted to make another ho hum Trek film it would have been a Next Gen film. Hard to do worse than the last couple.
All I’ve read I can hardly wait to see his vision on screen. As for his using actors he’s worked with in the past, I say that is totally logical atleast he knows what sort of performance he can get out of them.
LLAP

By: Michael Appleton

Michael Appleton — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:56:57 +0000

#89 “Maybe he had to go home every night and put himself into a deep meditative state just to keep his true feelings for Leila repressed”.
Or, being a young Spock, he went home every night and beat his privates like they owed him money! He would mutter, “ponn farr this, baby!” as he worked his magic. Yeah, that’s the ticket!

By: Ted

Ted — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:22:52 +0000

I agree with #54, 60, and 67 in this respect: It would be wrong to show Spock “outwardly” showing his attraction to Leila Kaloni back on Earth (since we know her love went unrequited).

However, this could be the perfect vehicle to illustrate the struggle Spock has with his emotions. Maybe he never returned Leila’s advances, but how do we know how he felt inside. Possibly we (the audience) will be privy to how it affected Spock privately. Maybe he had to go home every night and put himself into a deep meditative state just to keep his true feelings for Leila repressed.

Someone else mentioned on another forum that possibly Spock left his teaching post at the Academy at took his post aboard Pike’s Enterprise just to “run away from” Leila and the feelings he had for her.

By: Sam Belil

Sam Belil — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 12:44:59 +0000

#85 — I hope you’re mistaken, if not then that could spell the end of the movie franchise and that will be a sad thing, especially with all of the anticipation and excitement that is going on.

#86-I hope you’re right!!!! Having said that I still cannot envision Damon and Brody and Kirk and Spock.