Comments on: Shatner Discusses Latest Rumors [UPDATED - More Video From Shatner]

By: SeataPref

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By: Cervantes

Cervantes — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 12:02:41 +0000

The answer to that is…quite probably, by the way.

By: Cervantes

Cervantes — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 12:00:36 +0000

#645

Couldn’t they have just originally come up with a good story that included an appearance of an ‘older’ Kirk, and much-alive William Shatner, seeing as they were including Leonard Nimoy in this reboot project?…

By: GaryS

GaryS — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:22:44 +0000

#646 nah this thread still has some lfe in it

By: 4 8 15 16 23 42

4 8 15 16 23 42 — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:47:14 +0000

#645 — Bump.

By: GaryS

GaryS — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 02:02:27 +0000

i hope Mr. Shatner is in the film. but the purpose of the film should be to tell a good story .PERIOD! its not about righting the wrongs of Generations or any other Trek film.
plese tell a good story first mr. Orci.
Its OK to Include Mr.Shatner , but only if it serves the story.

By: Ivory

Ivory — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:55:33 +0000

Please bring Shatner back as Kirk.

By: StillKirok

StillKirok — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:33:24 +0000

I’m in that camp too. I just want the character alive and well, with a happy ending, riding off into the sunset, post-Generations. It’s all I’ve ever wanted. In fact, had Star Trek 6 been the last appearance of Shatner, I doubt there would be anything close to the demand or the uproar.

Generations created a mess that really needs to be cleaned up to finally restore the good will of the franchise.

This film should be about the originals passing the torch properly. Generations failed miserably in that regard. You don’t pass the torch by killing the torch bearer. Generations created nothing but anger on long time fans, and the demand for Kirk’s return has been one of the few constants in Trek ever since. Unfortunately, so has been Paramount ignoring that demand.

Anything involving Kirk post-Generations has succeeded. The Shatner books were among the best selling of all time. No episode of Trek got a higher rating than Trials & Tribbleations since it aired.

People like happy endings.

Put Shatner in this film, show him alive and close the movie with Nimoy and Shatner, and they wouldn’t need either actor anymore. The Pine/Quinto era can continue with great feelings all around.

Don’t bring in Shatner, and you will continue to have a disappointed group of Trek fans who likely will not see the film and will continue the bad momentum that has plagued the franchise since it started to decline right after Generations.

It shouldn’t be a tough decision. Yet the producers, despite claiming to be “trying to get him in the film,” have yet to actually contact him with the script.

By: Iowagirl

Iowagirl — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:24:28 +0000

#640,641

Exactly what ShatnerFan said. This is our last request. No sweat afterwards – we’ll have 40 years to re-watch and to re-consider. We’ll be the lucky ones.

By: Shatner_Fan_2000

Shatner_Fan_2000 — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:28:53 +0000

#640 … For me, yes. Of course I would prefer more than a brief cameo, but the bottom line is – I think myself and many others just want to walk out of the theater feeling better about the fate of our favorite character than we did after the depressing experience of seeing him die a lonely death in Generations.