More From Saldana On Minis, Pine & Quinto, and Hailing Frequencies June 2, 2008
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With her upcoming roles in JJ Abrams Star Trek and James Cameron’s Avatar , Zoe Saldana is destined to become sci-fi royalty, but in a new interview with ComingSoon the new Uhura shows that she is still well grounded as she talks about turning heads in her mini, the new Kirk and Spock and if she is going to say that signature line
excerpts from Coming Soon’s interview
Coming Soon: Can you tease if you wear the mini-skirt? Did you get your legs in shape for this role?
Saldana: All I’m going to say is that for some reason every man on set noticed when I was working. It was like “God, I don’t know – Was it my line? My deliverance? Oh. Okay.” That’s all I’m going to say.
Coming Soon: Any one else in the new cast that kind of blew you away?
Saldana: Everybody – from Eric Bana to primarily Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto, they were amazing. I really hope that the fans embrace their interpretation of Kirk and Spock. It was so genuine and it came from the heart, with the most respect.
Coming Soon: Okay, you’ve got to give up one little thing: did you get to say “Hailing frequencies open?”
Saldana: [long pause, then grinning widely] F*ck, yeah!
…more from Saldana on Fans, JJ Abrams and Nichelle Nichols at ComingSoon.net
Zoe Saldana flashes a sultry smile at the “Cloverfield” premiere
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Wow.
F*ck, yeah , mini-skirt frequencies are open !!!
#2 And I was waiting for a PG or PG-13 ;-)
Nice.
FIFTH!!!
She’s quite stunning. I really hope Uhura has more to do than be the eye candy on the film. It would be great to see her as a fully developed character.
Ha, she seems cool.
I wouldn’t be able to take my eyes off of her either.
“I really hope that the fans embrace their interpretation of Kirk and Spock.”
Zachary Quinto is more likely going to play spock like Nimoy which fans will more likely embrace.
But, I do not think Fans will embrace Pine’s Indiana Kirk or his James T. Solo.
the actor saying they are going honor the past actors versions of the characters, But Pine is so off-base.
I has one star wars and Indy line to say about this film and that is:
“I have a bad feeling about this!”
Judging Chris Pine before seeing his performance is just plain stupid. Of course, you has one line…
I am not sure I can ever accept Pine and Quinto as Kirk and Spock. I can enjoy their performances as those characters but how are we to accept new actors in these iconic roles after 42 years? Shatner and Nimoy will only be Kirk and Spock.
Quinto is going to be at Vegas on stage with Leonard Nimoy. I want to grill him about the movie. i want to make sure we are getting proper Star Trek and not Abrams version that will be more like Lost.
To me Pine dishonoured Shatner by saying he is basing Kirk on Harrison Ford and Quinto contradicted himself by saying the new movie honours original Trek while reimagining it.
With comments like this I have a bad feeling JJ Abrams is crapping over the show we all love. I hope to god Im wrong. I really want to like this film. I am now convinced this is a reboot.
How are we to accept anyone else but Sean Connery as bond? Oh yeah wait we have Timothy Dalton, Daniel Craig, and a host of others. All adding something to the role. I guess kirk and spock aren’t people, their characters and as long as we have some klingons and good stories Im in. Tribles away!
To me the difference with Bond is that he started as a character in the novel and there was around a decade for each actor. It became a tradition. To me I thought Star Trek would never be recast because of it’s spin offs.
I can enjoy them playing the roles but growing up with all Star Trek it will really hurt me when the books and merchandising forget about Shatner and Nimoy and use Pine and Quinto’s likeness for future TOS novels. I wnat to like the new actors but Pine’s comment really dishonoured Shatner.
I really want this film to work but JJ Abrams has me so worried that I want Rick Berman back now.
Is recasting a good idea? is going back to TOS a good idea? To me the main concern I have is that JJ is putting a stronger emphasis on making this appeal to the mainstream audience who aren’t fans. Given JJ’s language it seems he is going all out to get that mainstream and to hell with the hard core fan base of Trek. This thinking has me worried.
To date the only reboot or reimagining that worked was the new BSG.
Hopefully when the movie comes out my fears will be done and I will prb embrace Pine and Quinto better then. But to me they will never take the place of William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy
“I really want this film to work but JJ Abrams has me so worried that I want Rick Berman back now.”
So.. you’d rather the franchise sink further than possibly being revitalized.
“I wnat to like the new actors but Pine’s comment really dishonoured Shatner.”
Which comment was that? I remember no such thing.
“Given JJ’s language it seems he is going all out to get that mainstream and to hell with the hard core fan base of Trek.”
He’s never said that and that’s pretty unfair to him. That seems to be just your interpretation, which as I say, is pretty unfair.
I am am very ready for a new version of Star Trek. After 42 years the standard version was getting tired. So long as the ideals hold true, so will
Trek. Tribbles away!!!!
I guess it is a little unfair, I guess I read too much into JJ Abram’s language. I was opposed to Casion Royale being a reboot but it turned out to be one of the better Bond films in recent years. I hope the same is true for Trek.
Pine’s comment about playing it like Harrison Ford where as the other actors are honouring the original proper actors felt like an insult to Shatner.
Can you accept Pine and Quinto as Kirk and Spock? Do you think they will do justice to the characters? They might do justice but I dont want people to forget William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy made these roles.
Does this mean that future Star Trek TOS novels will have Pine and Quinto on the covers rather than Shatner and Nimoy?
I guess what is really scary is the thought the timeline will be altered to retcon the original series so that this movie’s time line becomes gospel and GR’s Star Trek no longer exists. This is what scares me.
Morning, everyone. I’m a huge trekkie, I’m sure you guys have seen me post here before. I am attempting to start a video studio with my roommate. We eventually want to do a Star Trek fan series, but for now, we are trying to get our names out there. If you guys have time, please go check out our latest video, “Dancebot”. You can find it by clicking my name. Thanks very much:-) We’d appreciate any comments you’d like to leave.
All this bickering and whining about the film is getting far too silly now, as someone said in an earlier post, ‘Judging Chris Pine before seeing his performance is just plain stupid.’
It’s like the end of a sports season, for example I am from England and when the domestic Football (soccer to the Americans) season ends everyone gets really bored and starts making up stories about players moving and signing for other clubs. 9 times out of 10 it just doesn’t happen.
Now, I’m not say to stop giving your own views, I like to speculate and gossip as much as the next guy, but some people on here seem to be so wound up and worried about what may and may not happen, believeing EVERYTHING they read and hear about the film. My advice to those people is to just not bother going to see it as you may have a heart attack, irrespective of the film being good or bad.
My point is no-one is going to have a constructive view of the film, and of how the actors honor the past until they have watched the whole bloody thing with there own eyes.
Shatner is Kirk
Nimoy is Spock
Deforest Kelly is McCoy
etal…..
I fear this movie will be just a weekend diversion for me and not really the Star Trek: The Original Classic Series.
The original family feels like an old pair of shoes, comfortable and familiar.
You can mimic but never replace the originals.
20
I agree with you
I know i sound negative but I really do want to like this film. Its the young ones who watch this and they will prob watch this film and love it and never watch the Original Series or TNG or DS9, VOY and ENT for being not like the movie.
I can imagine one of those kids being asked who created Star Trek and they would answer JJ Abrams. The anger on my face then would put Bruce Banner to shame. Say what you want about Berman but he always mentioned Gene’s name and his name was kept in the credits of the later spin offs
In the British press it annoyed me when Russel T Davies was credited as Creator of Doctor Who, where as it was Sydney newman back in 1963.
@20 – Don’t agree. The characters are bigger than the actors. Its only within each of our minds that arbitrary restrictions exist.
This has been proven by other iconic characters – Sherlock Holmes, James Bond, Scrooge, Superman, Batman etc. The original cast characters are too powerful, too dynamic, and too entertaining to restrict to one era.
Bring on new adventures!
…the adventure continues……….
She can open my hailing frequencies anytime.
#22 -As I have stated many times before over the past year and a half (and I DO SUPPORT the new actors) — you cannot compare ST to Superman, Bond, Batman etc. For 40+ years Shatner, Nimoy, Kelly etc. WERE Kirk, Spock, McCoy Etc — in this case the characters are NOT bigger than the actors — the actors ARE THE characters.
That is the challenge for Abrams and crew, which I believe they will overcome.
It still amazes me that people think JJ is only making a movie for the mainstream audience when everything he has said is about him making a movie that follows canon and will be enjoyed by true Star Trek fans, and how the two writers are huge trekkies. It’s like people only read half of JJ’s comments and then start to cry and moan.
Also Bond and Batman started out in novels and comic books and the actors changed within a decade each time so we grew up with diff interpretations.
As Wil Wheaton stated in his blog its Abrams language that is causing the die hard fans to feel he is messing with Trek. when he says things like this wont be your dad’s Star Trek then I get concerned. I can understand them wanting to update it in today’s market but I dont want it to look alien.
I want to like this film and hope next year I will be laughing at all this.
Quinto even contradicted himself in a statement saying the new film honours TOS origins while at the same time reimagines them
Please know I want to love this film. Just hope he does Justice to Trek
captain_neill… chill… relax…. chillax!!!! haha..
“As Wil Wheaton stated in his blog its Abrams language that is causing the die hard fans to feel he is messing with Trek.”
I’m a die hard fan, i don’t feel that he is messing with Trek. It just seems to me that some people have developed severe cases of selective hearing, and as a result are becoming increasingly paranoid and panicky (is panicky a proper word?? hmm.. im gonna go with it..) yes, paranoid and panicky that they are now twisting every little remark into meaning doomsday!
So, it won’t be your dad’s Trek… some people wanna push themselves to the point of having a stroke.. i simply think, cool, the sets won’t be made out of cardboard…
“I want to like this film and hope next year I will be laughing at all this”
then take a deep breath.. and don’t read too much into off the cuff remarks… i hope you will be laughing at it all.. that’s if you survive another 11 months of all this… i swear some people are heading for a god damn coronary!!!
She seems like a really cool and smart lady. The longer interview is worth a read, especially her thoughts on Nichols and being an unintentioal role model.
#20: “The original family feels like an old pair of shoes, comfortable and familiar.”
That one sentence comes closer to demonstrating why “Star Trek” is dead on TV and the big screen than just about anything else that’s been posted.
I dont mind the sets being a tweaked a little, but I don’t want them to look completely different from the one swe love. Enterprise proved that it could be done in a way to look m ore advance than the NX 01.
The colour scheme could be kept and made more subdue. I will probably be relieved when I see the film.
Do you think after the movie hits the novels of TOS will feature the likenesses of Pine and Quinto instead of Shatner and Nimoy? This is one thing I cannot accept. Period.
Maybe someone could answer a question for me. Why, if some of you are so fundamentally opposed to Pine and Quinto and Abrams and the whole idea of a new Trek movie, are you. . . VISITING THIS SITE?
Good grief people!
“Shatner, Nimoy, Kelly etc. WERE Kirk, Spock, McCoy ” errr. NO.
They were actors playing a part, that’s all, just actors, you may have seen them in other TV shows occasionally, “oh look there’s Captain Kirk in Boston legal”… I’m sure Mr Shatner would comment on that if he heard you say it.
What a load of tosh, Look, Doctor Who has had TEN actors playing the part on TV, (and no, the doctor wasn’t first a character in a book).
Each of the versions of the Doctor was the same character but with a different body (as it’s a different actor). Each interpretation was different, some were amazing some not so, and each incarnation of the Doctor has its own fans. I personally like Tom Baker’s version best, (he was the fourth by the way!) others, like David Tennant – the current Doctor, are fans of Peter Davidson’s Doctor (the Fifth one), personally I don’t like that Doctor that much.
So the chances are that you may or may not like this version of Star Trek, it’s not going to spoil anything you’ll still have all the original TV shows, all the books and you can even imagine your favourite Kirks face when (if) you read a “new” TOS era books that are bound to be published.
What I think I’m trying to say is that this version going to be different, maybe very different, you may like it or you may not, accept that and enjoy it for what it is, you may just be pleasantly surprised.
Long live Captain Kirk – which ever actor plays the Role!! ( I just hope i like him/her…)
I’m really liking her…. really…
I prob will like it when it comes out
Don’t dig skinny legs on my ladies, so I don’t see her in a mini-shirt as being all that alluring. Not at all a fan of the decision to dress the female actors in mini-shirts and go-go boots. Seems a little tacky to me.
She does have a pretty face and I am looking forward to see her performance.
#32
Probably because this is a site covering 40 years of Star Trek, the new film only having a miniscule part in the legacy.
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This new girl playing Uhura is really hot. I believe I will like her.
Can I ask out of curioisty what is the cross section for fans liking JJ or hating what he is changing?
#32. Granted. I see your point, but why gravitate toward a thread about the new Uhura in the new Star Trek if you’re not on board with the idea of a new Uhura and a new Star Trek to begin with?
#39. Blecch. Leave it alone.
#40. Just to clarify — I meant my “blecch” for #39, not for Zoe Saldana.
#41. And I meant #38, not #39. Last post – sorry.
I’m staggered by some of the disparaging remarks here (actually, i’m not, I’m wearily jaded!) Kirk, Spock and McCoy started out out on the printed page too: a script. Realistically, Shatner played Kirk for three years on TV, voiced a short 1970s cartoon for 22 episodes, while basically doing other things, then played Kirk as the lead in six films across 13 years, while he also did other work. He then guested in Generations.
I’d argue that, right now, William Shatner is better known as ‘William Shatner’ than ‘Captain Kirk’. Chris Pine has every right to draw inspiration from wherever he wants to to play Kirk. As a younger actor, he’s going to be influenced by different actors from those who influenced Shatner’s performance. If you take the approach that only one person can ever play a character originated in a script, then Shakespeare’s plays couldn’t have been performed after their debut.
There’s a somewhat blinkered attitude among a certain number of Trek ‘fans’ who think Star Trek is ’special’. They think it’s so ’special’ that it operates according to different rules in the everyday commercial world from any other franchise. Some Doctor Who fans feel the same about their show. Some Superman fans feel that way about Superman.
The fact is, Star Trek isn’t ’special’. It’s a multimedia franchise designed to make its owners money, just like all the others. It’s benefited from some excellent writing and performances down the years and has had a big impact on many people. But so have Doctor Who and Superman and Twin Peaks and Stargate and Sesame Street and Buffy, the Vampire Slayer and countless other franchises! Star Trek has to play to the same rules as those shows and pretty much always has done!
And all this pompous rubbish about actors ‘disrespecting’ their predecessors! I mean really! Grow up! They’re actors who have been hired to play a role and they’ll put their hearts and souls into it. Different actors bring out different aspects of the characters, leading to us, the paying audience reexamining how we perceive them. That’s normal and that’s good. Why would I want Patrick Stewart’s Macbeth to be an exact rendition of Jon Finch’s performance? If people can’t deal with the new cast, they should stay in their smelly basements and not ruin it for everyone else.
As for the new film’s time travelling ‘destroying’ all past Star Trek; what garbage! Are the firemen from Fahrenheit 451 going to turn up and incinerate every Start Trek VHS, DVD, novel, comic and model ever made?
Everything still exists and will continue to exist for centuries to come! If anything, this film will create a ‘Universe 2′ where new adventures can take place without having to tie in directly to the events of all the other Treks. This happens in comic books and is a far less brutal form of ‘reboot’ than just ignoring everything that went before!
By the time Star Trek: Enterprise finished, the makers of the show had detailed events in Star Trek going from the 1960s all the way up to the 30th century! There was nothing left in Star Trek that could be surprising. There was even a neat little far future police force making sure that the Federation, which, dubiously, still somehow exists after nearly 1,000 years doesn’t mess with its own history.
If all that baggage is thrown out of the window, then great! if we can go back to having fun adventures with Kirk, Spock and McCoy, not knowing what might happen next, then Star Trek will be fully alive and vibrant again.
Zoe Saldana will give an excellent performance as Uhura, I’m sure. I hear the new female costumes will be a little more ‘bosomy’ than before. That’s good too: TOS was always sexy and had a youthful quality. it’ll be nice to see that brought out in a movie at last.
I’d love to see a scene where Kirk says: ‘Hailing frequencies open Lt Uhura!’ and she replies ‘F*** yeah!’
#20
You said:
“Shatner is Kirk
Nimoy is Spock
Deforest Kelly is McCoy
etal…..”
No; Kirk is Kirk, Spock is Spock and McKoy is McKoy.
Shatner is an actor who played Kirk, Nimoy is an actor who played Spock and Kelley is an actor who played McKoy. Now these characters are played by new actors. The characters are the same, the actors different.
Deal with it.
Andrus#38- You need to work on your delivery – that was over the line.
I want this movie to be a hit and I want the new actors to excel in the roles.
I just hope the new fans will watch Star Trek we all grew up watching.
I will probably enjoy the movie when it comes out as it is Star Trek. I will hate it if a kid says JJ Abrams is the creator of Star Trek instead of Gene Roddenberry.
#40
Well, I for one like being informed about something that’s very important to me. TOS is very important to me. The new film will be based on TOS. Not too difficult to understand, I should assume. ;) Furthermore, some people tend to express their views even if they’re in opposition to others, and also like to read and answer other posts. It’s called discussion…:)
#44
Kelley never played McKoy, but he will always be McCoy.
Deal with it. :)
Anthony, anything you can do to keep comments like #38 off this board?
#44 Exactly. Plus, we’ve already had others portray Kirk and Spock. Kirk was portrayed by Sandra Smith during TOS. Spock was portrayed by a number of young actors in the movies, although “aaaaaaaaarrrrrr” is probably not dialog to the degree Smith delivered.
Smith was convincing as Kirk, so clearly, others can portray Kirk.
#47
You mean, Kelley was the real McKoy…
Well sure it’s difficult to dissociate the actor from the character, but they are nonetheless distinct. Any actor will tell you.
#43 makes a ton of sense.
I’ve sad it before and I’ll say it again. If you don’t like this movie and any new Trek which springs from it, don’t watch. You have 40 years of Trek on DVD to keep you company.
But for Trek to remain a living and active franchise, something has to give. B&B crossed every t, dotted every i and hang a bucket under every leak. The “canon” Trek universe has played out because the caretakers rode it hard and it put up wet.
Paramount has two choices: they can either mothball the whole thing and let Trek be a museum piece or they can do what they are doing.
Personally, I think they’ve made the right call.
If you disagree, the solution is simple. Just ignore the new flick.
But know this- you won’t get a frame of old-school Trek from the studio ever again. Fan films can gnaw on the bones and create some fun indy flicks, but there is no money left in Trek 1.0 because only hard core fans are left after Nemesis and other debacles.
Bring on Mark 2. Bring on JJ.
Just had a thought….I wonder what demographic J.J. is aiming for in this reboot? Will it be a family-orientated Movie, or something slightly ‘edgier’ overall, trying to build in some ‘hip’ value into the proceedings for the teen audience?
I doubt it will go so far as giving us a ‘potty-mouthed’ Uhura however….WILL it? ;)
# 22 “The characters are bigger than the actors.”
Only if the actor can deliver the goods. You see, the reason I like Jim Kirk is because of the way Shatner breathed life into it. I didn’t like Kirk because of the “Risk is out business” speech. Those were words on a page. I liked the speech because of the way SHatner delivered it. His pauses, his cadence, his inflections…his charm and his commanding presence….those are what brought the character to life.
You can put Walter Koenig in the role of Kirk and have him say those very same words. Is it the same just because it’s the “character” of Jim Kirk?? Hell no it isn’t. It will take much more than just “being the character of Captain Kirk” to bring Captain Kirk to life.
Hopefully Pine and others can step up to the plate and deliver…but by no means is it guaranteed.
# 28 Makky said “So, it won’t be your dad’s Trek….. i simply think, cool, the sets won’t be made out of cardboard… ”
Exactly.
I am not worried (geez, who let all the Chicken Little’s out today?). Old Trek was already retired and most kids are not interested in it (I love it dearly, no disrespect intended.)
This movie is the best thing to happen to Trek if we want the adventure to continue. I can’t wait to see the new movie, but it won’t make me forget the original series. I have the capacity to love both.
#24
Up until 1969 or so, Sean Connery WAS James Bond. (Most people that saw the movie didn’t read the book versions of the character. They were exposed to the character in a movie theater.) Until 1978, George Reeves WAS Superman. Until 2005, Michael Keaton was Batman. Until 1945-ish, Johnny Weissmuller WAS Tarzan…until new actors took over and the characters thrived under new and fresh interpretations. (That’s not to say all were successful or embraced. George Clooney anyone?) Shatner and Nimoy didn’t create Kirk and Spock. Those were characters on a written page. Their interpretations, shared for the first time to the masses via a television set) made the the characters memorable enough to survive middling ratings, poor production standards and cancellation to become true icons. And those actors have an unprecedented run as the caretakers of the characters. But it seems most of the fans (and hopefully LOTS of new moviegoers) want Kirk, Spock and rest of the intrepid crew of the USS Enterprise to thrive well beyond the mortal confines of the originating actors.
It’s time to let the next generation take over. We can only hope the new actors breathing life into these characters will make them as interesting and endearing as those that have come before. Great literary characters will always outlive their creators. Ideally, Kirk and Spock will be thrilling audiences for generations to come.
As Star Trek fans, schooled in the ideals of acceptance and open-mindedness, I would hope we’ll be the ones showing the most support for JJ Abram’s new interpretation of the Star Trek mythos.
The girl can cuss n flash.
Me likee.
#54 “This movie is the best thing to happen to Trek if we want the adventure to continue.”
While I want to enjoy this movie, I feel no great need or desire for “Trek” to continue. And as far as that goes…if the new Trek doesn’t look and feel like theTrek I like, what do I care if it continues or not? If KFC changed the recipe to the Colonel’s chicken and it no longer tastes like the chicken I love, why should I care if tomorrow’s generation has any KFC not? If I don’t like it, and it’s a huge failure and no one ever gets to enjoy the altered KFC chicken, it’s no skin off my nose, I ddin’t like it anyway. I love the Beverly Hillbillies. The movie version was an abomination and I was glad no more were made.
The bottom line is I am very selfish. If it turns out good and feels like the Star Trek I’ve loved all my life, by all means continue. If it’s changed beyond recognition and no longer holds the qualities that made Trek work for me, let it die on the vine.
I must ask that we give Chris Pine a chance.
When he’s talking about Han Solo and Indiana Jones with regards to James Kirk, he’s not talking about literally doing the Harrison Ford thing, he’s talking about the iconic nature of those characters, the fact that we all know James Kirk, something of how he’ll react to a given situation, and the fact that the characters are very well defined.
I would add James Bond to that list in many ways. The character is legendary.
If we are going to criticize him for THIS, then nobody will EVER be able to play that role. To my mind, it seems he IS honoring the original role. He’s honoring it as an icon as much as an actor following the written page.
As they all are, and as he should.
#50
Sorry, I was just pulling your leg because you keep calling our dear Dr. McKoy which isn’t his name – it’s McCoy, remember? ;)
Anyway, let’s agree to respectfully disagree on the actor/character issue.
#47. Okay, I see your point. I’m all for open (& polite) debate.
#58. Thank you. Way too much has been made of one remark. All we are sayyy-innnng is give Pine a chance. . . .
#53 & #57 Mr. Bob Dobalina
Well reasoned, and you are not alone.
While I have fingers tightly crossed, there is NO guarantee that this particular ‘new’ Trek will satisfy in many aspects. Time will tell….
I agree with everything Captain Otter said in #51. Well stated.
If you don’t like the whole idea, don’t buy a ticket. I will, though.
Its interesting to read a heated debate on such things…. but surely some of these comments are taking it a bit far especially when nobody has seen the film! I’ll hold out till after……. (but hell YEAH I’m going!)
I’m a die-hard Trekkie/Trekker/whatever-ya-wannna-call-it, and I have absolutely NO PROBLEM with this being a NEW Star Trek. So much has changed since the original series, and I think it would be ludicrous to simply rehash the original series, making everything look the same, sound the same, smell the same, etc. There were a lot of nay-sayers/haters when TNG first appeared, but look what a success that show turned into. While Star Trek seems to be better suited to the weekly-tv format, Star Trek films present a unique challenge. And now, bringing the original characters back to the public, the challenge seems even greater, due to the tremendous body of Trek that has already been, and the resistance and hardening of the arteries of a certain faction of Trekdom (who would only really be happy if Shatner, Nimoy, Kelley, Nichols, etc. could step into a time-warp device and return as young men/women, and so on…). I think it’s unfortunate that if guys like JJ Abrams and Bob Orci said nothing at all, certain people would bitch about it; and then, when they do say something, certain people bitch about it. They must feel like they are living the Kobayashi Maru every day. I am with ALL of you who feel positive about this film, and are willing to actually see it before passing judgement. Even then, I’m liable to go easy on them because I have a lot of respect for the fact that this crew (producers, writers and actors) are willing to take on this monumental effort. As I, myself, do not live in a perfect world where everything goes the way I want it to, I do not need a new Star Trek to be what I think it should be, and I’m willing to let it be what it is. I’m still wishing the new crew all the best!
And Zoe is awesome… oo la la.
#59
What’s wrong with me? Yes I should know how to spell the good doctor’s name correctly. Thank you for pointing this out.
And I wasn’t offended by your remark (#47). I took it in the way you intended. I certainly know that many here (most?) do see the actors and the characters as the same person or at least more intimately linked than I perceive them to be. Different points of vue…
I never was disturbed by Pine’s comments about playing Kirk like Indiana Jones/Han Solo. I mean… Han Solo and Indy both had that rugged, rebellious, down to dirt impulsive improvising personalities and that’s what came to mind when I read Pine’s comments. Those were major traits of Kirk, whether it was for fighting the Gorn captain in the desert, going fist-to-first with Khan or violating the Neutral Zone to save the Federation. Not to mention their seductive personalities and easy ways with women.
What if he had said he moldeled “his” Kirk exclusively after Shatner? He… would… talk… like… every… word is… its own… sentence?! Keep in mind guys this is the 21st century, and Star Trek was practically the first big sci-fi show on TV FOURTY years ago… What was considered acting back then now seems rather theatrical…
As Kirk once said: “Fresh ideas, keep an open mind!”
#55 – And Jack Nicholson WAS Joker up until the trailer for the Dark Knight came out. ;)
#65
Nothing’s wrong with you (or me)! And you’re completely right – we all love ST, and different points of view are important and an integral part of this board.
Cheers!
I’m hoping to see a lot more of Zoe…….
Boy a lot of you “purists” are going to be for three major shocks when the film comes out due to your (at least perceived) inability to adapt to change:
1st will be the sense of surrealism you experience when you see for the first time on the big screen someone else wearing Kirk’s and Spock’s uniforms without Shatner or Nimoy’s faces attached to the top of their necks. I know most of you have gotten used to and even like (rightfully so) James Cawley in the gold shirt, but this will be a bit different, I assure you. This will be a true changing of the guard, so to say, because it becomes canon. It will be for some of you like having an out of body experience or waking up in an alternate reality.
2nd will come from not hearing the original voices, such as the bass behind Leonard Nimoy’s mellow and calming tone. It might not seem like much of a matter now, but it will when you hear is on the big screen. It will become really obvious when Quinto and Nimoy share the screen together, which we all speculate and almost expect at this point. The same holds true for Pine. I assure you, he will not use the unnecessary … dramatic… pausesthewayShatnerdoes in his dialog. The entire crew, while more than likely taking just a little something from the original series, is more than likely going to do what they feel as an actor they need to do to bring the characters to life, especially if they are going to be playing them for at least the next 6-8 years with possibly a TV series after. It’s suicide for an actor to do an impression of an actor doing a character, don’t expect it.
3rd will most likely be seeing all this Star Trek glory in a special effects bonanza as JJ Abrams has hinted at. He will be using every single tool he has at his disposal to bring Star Trek into the 21st century as far as film making goes and it simply will look nowhere near what it looked like even as recently as TNG movies.
I feel that if you are open to new ideas and actors playing the parts, you will probably love this movie. I have hopes for it, but keep in mind that if you go see it and still don’t care for it, it’s like someone stated above, your Star Trekking days are essentially over, and you can go back to your 40+ years of DVD Trek and live in the past.
For me, the future of Star Trek has been given a new lease on life and hopefully I’ll get at least another 40+ years of new adventures. This is a whole new Trek for a lot of young people, and I have to wonder if they are going to complain when this new crew gets replaced years from now with another new crew… What irony that would be.
Damn haters…chill out. You’re all gloom and doom and thinking that this will be the worst disaster the Trek Franchise has ever suffered. I think it’ll be its finest hour.
#67: No love for Mark Hamill? For me, he will always be THE Joker. Everyone else is just holding his seat for him ’til he gets back.
I want to enjoy this movie and I hope others do as well. I prefer to remain cautiously optimistic. I don’t want to throw all my hopes onto this movie (if I did, I would most likely walk away disappointed), but I’m not going to hate on it just because it’s not exactly like TOS. Frankly, it shouldn’t be, I personally don’t want it to be, and it won’t be. Paramount would be nuts to give JJ $135-150 million to create an exact replica of TOS. This is an opportunity to a refined TOS, a TOS that could have been had they had similar budgets in the 1960’s. Does anyone here think Gene Roddenberry wouldn’t have gone for bigger and better sets had he had the money to do it? I think he would have, if he thought it would make for the best show possible.
On another topic, I realize some of you are upset because you think that young viewers will mistake J.J. Abrams as the creator of Star Trek. No doubt, that will happen in a few instances. As hard as it may be for some of you to accept, J.J.’s name is going to feature big in this movie’s advertising. The fact that he attached himself to Trek is going to be one of its’ biggest selling points. I have no doubt that future trailers and TV spots are going to do the same thing. I agree that Gene Roddenberry should be acknowledged as Trek’s creator, but it’s not his name that’s going to bring in new audiences; it’s J.J.’s.
Ford Motor Co’s MUSTANG has changed ALOT over the years yet today in 2008 it is even more awesome!!. It’s now time for STAR TREK to change. It is already mythic and in JJs hands I hope its on its way to being legendary. We’ve had multiple Bonds, Multiple Hamlets and will probably have multiple Kirkds, Spocks and even Picards. Change is good. I’m ready!!! [now if only Quentin Tarantino could convince Geo. Lucas to let him do a REAL Bobba Fett movie!!!]
Mind if I comment on the article instead of captain neill?
One of the producers or writers (JJ or Orci) said Uhura was the female lead. Obviously there’s only so much story to go around for so many characters, but I’m looking forward to it. Even underutilized, Nichelle Nichols commanded the screen with the scenes she did get, and I’ll bet Zoe Saldana could do it too.
TOS often suggested a strong respect between Uhura and Spock too, down to the fact that she could get away with openly teasing him. Maybe we’ll see the roots of that relationship.
I for one welcome New Uhura and her crew.
I really apologise for my comments I just love Star Trek too much.
You are right that this could be what Star Trek needs to give it a shot of new life. A recast was something I was never expecting in Star Trek because ofthe spin offs
If the actors do good I can accept them playing the characters but its hard for me to see new actors as Kirk and Spock. I think that’s natural.
I agree the new actress playing Uhura is gorgeous. I hope JJ does not screw this up, Lost is one of the dullest TV shows ever made so my opinion on the guy aint as high as others. Sorry. I will admit MI III was the stringer of the three movies in the series.
What I am saying is that if the sets dont look like they did in TOS then it will be a reboot in my eyes rather than canon.
I hope it does give new fans but make sure they watch Shatner and Nimoy, I dont want them forgotten.
# 43 and # 51
It remains to be seen if JJ’s Trek will take NOT place in the old “canon-univserse”, lads.
It it also remains to be seen, if JJ’s Trek will be more sucessfull than Nemesis. I know a lot of people who said “not again” after seeing the teaser.
# 30
Does it mean you don’t like your old shoes ?
Guys, I’m really sorry if this post is a bit off-topic, but I’m new to this site and I’m not sure where else to post.
Does anybody know if there is any info flying around as to what the new Enterprise will look like? Is the Enterprise portrayed in the movie trailer legit? I’ve seen a movie on Youtube showing a new Enterprise CGI model by a guy named Gabe Koerner; can we expect something similar in the new movie? Thanks guys…
#78
Something like Koerner’s Enterprise, yes. Perhaps you should visit ex-astris-scienca.org. They tried to reconstruct the Enterprise seen in the teaser. It’s not perfect, nor is it official, but the new E might look like the ship they have there.
#53-57-61
Wow. I would never have expected such selfishness and narrow-mindedness from Star Trek fans. Somewhere along the way you missed some of the messages.
In any case, if you think it’s OK for Star Trek “to die on the vine” if the latest interpretation doesn’t match your narrow view of what it SHOULD be…then guess what? Rejoice! That time is here. Is it on TV right now? Are they making any movies using the full casts of any of the series? Nope. The show is dead. Deal with it and don’t bother spending your $10 on a ticket to the new Star Trek next summer. If JJ Abrams succeeds in making Trek accessible to a wider audience…we won’t need you there anyway and you can go back to watching videos of TOS on your VCR. Hopefully the rest of us will be moving forward into a bright, new future for our beloved franchise.
#80 “Wow. I would never have expected such selfishness and narrow-mindedness from Star Trek fans.”
oh well…sorry to disappoint. But it takes a lot more than 8 letters of the alphabet to qualify as Star Trek…or at least, for some it does.
#80 “you can go back to watching videos of TOS on your VCR. ”
…that would acutally be the DVD’s. But there is no “going back”, as I’ve never stopped watching them.
Okay, now I’m upset. An earlier post, and a common thread, said that Star Trek had “poor production values” or was “cheap”.
I wish to correct the record here and now: Star Trek was one of the most expensive television programs ever produced at that time. It was commonyl said its production valuesa were so high, it was like “filming a movie” each week.
Say what you want, arrogantly, about those who came before you, but to call their work cheap or poor quality belies an even poorer spirit, bereft not only of context but also charity.
If you think Star Trek was beneath your standards, it’s only because Star Trek did so much to elevate them they are doomed by them now.
#25. SJB – June 2, 2008
“It still amazes me that people think JJ is only making a movie for the mainstream audience when everything he has said is about him making a movie that follows canon and will be enjoyed by true Star Trek fans”
Actually, he hasn’t. He has said that he is making a movie that honours canon. There’s a difference.
I have to agree with #82. Trek was, back in the day, a show with majorly high production standards. Ok, so Berman and Braga ran it to dust (sorry folks, but they messed things up with Voyager. Can we say “Lost in Space”?) but those days are behind us. It would seem that the new cast and crew are looking at it the same way The Old Ones did (no, not Cthulhu! the Old Powers That Be, at Desilu/CBS). It really is arrogant to belittle the old show because you think it’s, what, cheap? Cheesy? Especially since it really did go “where no man has gone before”. Can we say “first interracial kiss on television?” how about “tackling hard social issues that almost no one else had the balls to take on”? Seriously. Find another show that broke that much new ground. Just try. Trek was The Beatles of sci-fi TV, and TV in general. They did it all first, and best.
With the miniskirts, the movie is at least half way to completely pleasing me.
Ya know Most of you who Don’t understand the apprehension that a lot of us feel about this New Movie, (at least I think they were making one, whenever the hell they choose to release the damn thing), is because your all TNG Era
Kids that are probably still disappointed that it won’t focus on Picard and crew. TOS was…”Is” much more important when it comes to receiving the Big screen treatment, Granted the “Shat” couldn’t pull off a young version of Kirk anymore, but he still Should have been in it. Oh and #84 MiniKirk if anything Trek was The Led Zeppelin of Sci-fi TV, Dude.
Oh and Zoe’s, HOT!!!!
#86- not so. Some of us are NOT TNG kids. We are, however, people who realize that it is flat-out silly to get apprehensive about a movie- even a Trek movie.
Again- if this movie sucks or if it is just too different for old school Trekies, you still have access to the same amount of Trek you currently have- which is the same amount of Trek you would have if no new movie was being made.
In other words, Trekkies have nothing to loose and everything to gain.
So chill out, hope for the best. But there is no reason for tension or fear- NOTHING you cherish will be lost no matter what hits the big screen in May 2009.
If I read one more cast member gushing about ‘heart’ and ‘respect’ I will puke!
Just give us the characters we know and love, as we know and love them, and you and your ‘reimagining’ will be fine!
Is that too difficult for you to grasp???
I also STR that the female crew members did not wear mini skirts. They were wearing what where in fact shorts!
And for the record – my dad’s Trek is also mine – we watched it together on it’s first run in the UK! That one remark just irritates the hell out of me!
# 87Captain Otter?
I guess that TNG thing really hit a nerve. which is funny because I was laughing as I wrote it. .this only gets funnier. Ahhh Kids these days.
“I really want this film to work but JJ Abrams has me so worried that I want Rick Berman back now. ”
Anyone who wants Berman back has not one clue! About anything! Do not judge something you know nothing about.
Berman is responsible for almost killing Trek and if you want him back…then please, keep that fact to yourself.
My goodness, open your mind to new possibilities. I for one, am looking with great anticipation to Pine and Quinto’s interpretations. I’ve read a lot about this cast and how they’ve felt in taking on these roles and they all have shown great respect for the characters and the original actors…and that includes Pine.
He wrote to Shatner and Shatner never really gave him the time of day. Don’t blame Pine for that..l, in fact, feel sorry for him because he didn’t have the benefit of a blessing like the others did. He was alone in that snub and yet he’s never said a word about it or negatively about Shatner. That’s class.
Pine has stated he was inspired by the character of Indiana Jones and that he used that inspiration in his Kirk. Let me tell you something…all actors do that sort of thing. I hate to tell you but Solo and Jones were inspired in part by Kirk! So it’s only life completing the circle.
I can’t wait for a some fresh approaches. And I’m with Xavier…Bond is but one example of a major character that’s been recast…and a damn good one.
These are characters I love. I love the actors who played them, with all their faults and considering all the love and care they’ve given their characters throughout the years. But now new actors take on the mantle of these iconic characters and you’re judging them without even seeing one frame. Shame on you. Who made you omnipotent?
Now Anthony is going to chide me for trolling, and Anthony I’m sorry maybe it’s just a bad day, but I’m so sick and tired of people making such harsh and judgemental statements regarding things they know nothing about. It’s childish and immature.
Grow up and open your mind. Life is change. Get used to it.
Let someone with a new vision (and at least JJ has vision…Berman had nothing) take the lead and give Trek new life. It needs it and it deserves it. And before you criticize the new cast again you should remember a couple of very important facts:
First: Shatner had some approval over who replaced him and gave his nod to Pine.
Second: All of the original cast, except Shatner, have visited the set and have been blown away by the new film and cast and have praised their replacements repeatedly.
If you trust no one else, should you not at least trust those whom who claim to be defending?
CE
Oh and by the way, the most hypocritical fact is that all off these naysayers will most likely be there opening night! Those who won’t be will be there sometime during opening weekend.
CE
“Quinto even contradicted himself in a statement saying the new film honours TOS origins while at the same time reimagines them”
Captain_Neill, dude…really…think about what you’re saying.
That statement is not contradictory. You can honor something and still reimagine it. Honor does not mean to never alter. It means to show respect for.
Again, learn before you speak.
CE
#91 “Grow up and open your mind. Life is change. Get used to it.”
Sorry, I saw Burton’s Planet of the Apes as well as a dozen other “re-imagined” stinkers. I have an open mind, but they will have to prove themselves. They don’t get a free pass just because it’s called Star Trek.
#94
And the fact that they stunk takes nothing away from the originals. Really.
#88 is correct – those were *not* miniskirts in TOS!
94:
Don’t compare one film from a completely differnt filmmaker and group to another, especially one you haven’t seen yet. There have been successful re-imagined projects as well.
CE
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