Comments on: Exclusive: Read The Star Trek 2009 Scene Written For William Shatner http://trekmovie.com/2009/11/23/read-the-star-trek-2009-scene-written-for-william-shatner/ the source for Star Trek news and information Sat, 26 May 2012 06:23:50 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Karrie Hornbeak http://trekmovie.com/2009/11/23/read-the-star-trek-2009-scene-written-for-william-shatner/comment-page-10/#comment-3771836 Karrie Hornbeak Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:18:32 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/?p=8961#comment-3771836 certain about my difficulty. You are amazing! Thanks! certain about my difficulty. You are amazing! Thanks!

]]> By: Steven http://trekmovie.com/2009/11/23/read-the-star-trek-2009-scene-written-for-william-shatner/comment-page-10/#comment-3756060 Steven Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:01:49 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/?p=8961#comment-3756060 Talk about a moving, beautiful scene. Alot of things happening at once which would have surly capped off an alreay excellt movie. It's just confusing to me WHY Shatner wasen't even asked to do the cameo. What can be the worst thing to happen? He says no thank you??????? In my humble opinion, he should have been at least aksed. And although JJ stated he dropped the scene because he feels it just didn't fit, the scene would have convinced the young Spock beyond any doubt that his soon to be friendship with Kirk was indeed real. Talk about a moving, beautiful scene. Alot of things happening at once which would have surly capped off an alreay excellt movie. It’s just confusing to me WHY Shatner wasen’t even asked to do the cameo. What can be the worst thing to happen? He says no thank you???????

In my humble opinion, he should have been at least aksed. And although JJ stated he dropped the scene because he feels it just didn’t fit, the scene would have convinced the young Spock beyond any doubt that his soon to be friendship with Kirk was indeed real.

]]> By: Mr. X http://trekmovie.com/2009/11/23/read-the-star-trek-2009-scene-written-for-william-shatner/comment-page-10/#comment-3755755 Mr. X Thu, 11 Aug 2011 19:12:14 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/?p=8961#comment-3755755 With today's technology, they can still film this and put it onto the Director's Cut or a Special Edition DVD. With today’s technology, they can still film this and put it onto the Director’s Cut or a Special Edition DVD.

]]> By: MAURICE LAMARCHE http://trekmovie.com/2009/11/23/read-the-star-trek-2009-scene-written-for-william-shatner/comment-page-10/#comment-3702948 MAURICE LAMARCHE Sat, 23 Jul 2011 01:27:02 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/?p=8961#comment-3702948 If William Shatner had been shown this script, I'm convinced he would have done the film. This is the OPPOSITE of a cameo! This is the culmination of the entire Star Trek Canon! This is the sendoff that Shatner's James T. Kirk deserved! This! Not that almost laughable, "Oh, my..." death scene in "ST: Generations". Are you kidding? This was a chance to resurrect Kirk and have him put a lump in our throats and a tear in our eye one last time. JJ Abrams, or whomever advised him not to show it to Shatner, really blew it on this one. For the record, I am one of those who walked out of ST 2009 downright angry, feeling as though Abrams and company had just crapped on my entire childhood ("Where No Man Has Gone Before" was the very first TV show of any kind I ever watched "in color" from my sickbed when I was 8 years old recovering from surgery, and I was hooked), saying, "This is not your father's (meaning mine) Star Trek anymore". This ending would have *honored* the original series, not flushed it away! And, more important, it would have brought home the depth of the Kirk/Spock relationship in a way so wholly unforgettable, and so moving, grown men would have been weeping in their theater seats; instead, we got and ending that felt like the filmmakers were dashing that friendship to bits, and resetting it, as though it had never happened. I know I'd have gone back, like, 3 times, even before buying it on DVD/Blu-ray. God, it felt good to get that off my chest. I've been sitting on that resentment for 2 years.... If William Shatner had been shown this script, I’m convinced he would have done the film. This is the OPPOSITE of a cameo! This is the culmination of the entire Star Trek Canon! This is the sendoff that Shatner’s James T. Kirk deserved! This! Not that almost laughable, “Oh, my…” death scene in “ST: Generations”. Are you kidding? This was a chance to resurrect Kirk and have him put a lump in our throats and a tear in our eye one last time. JJ Abrams, or whomever advised him not to show it to Shatner, really blew it on this one.
For the record, I am one of those who walked out of ST 2009 downright angry, feeling as though Abrams and company had just crapped on my entire childhood (”Where No Man Has Gone Before” was the very first TV show of any kind I ever watched “in color” from my sickbed when I was 8 years old recovering from surgery, and I was hooked), saying, “This is not your father’s (meaning mine) Star Trek anymore”. This ending would have *honored* the original series, not flushed it away! And, more important, it would have brought home the depth of the Kirk/Spock relationship in a way so wholly unforgettable, and so moving, grown men would have been weeping in their theater seats; instead, we got and ending that felt like the filmmakers were dashing that friendship to bits, and resetting it, as though it had never happened. I know I’d have gone back, like, 3 times, even before buying it on DVD/Blu-ray.
God, it felt good to get that off my chest. I’ve been sitting on that resentment for 2 years….

]]> By: Roulette http://trekmovie.com/2009/11/23/read-the-star-trek-2009-scene-written-for-william-shatner/comment-page-10/#comment-3676453 Roulette Thu, 14 Jul 2011 07:49:45 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/?p=8961#comment-3676453 That is really fascinating, You are an excessively professional blogger. I've joined your feed and sit up for in quest of extra of your great post. Also, I have shared your website in my social networks! That is really fascinating, You are an excessively professional blogger. I’ve joined your feed and sit up for in quest of extra of your great post. Also, I have shared your website in my social networks!

]]> By: Jon Spencer http://trekmovie.com/2009/11/23/read-the-star-trek-2009-scene-written-for-william-shatner/comment-page-10/#comment-3575804 Jon Spencer Mon, 20 Jun 2011 05:57:07 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/?p=8961#comment-3575804 THIS SCENE WOULD HAVE MADE THE MOVIE 10932% better! I so wish. THIS SCENE WOULD HAVE MADE THE MOVIE 10932% better! I so wish.

]]> By: Phantom Dennis. http://trekmovie.com/2009/11/23/read-the-star-trek-2009-scene-written-for-william-shatner/comment-page-10/#comment-3575234 Phantom Dennis. Sun, 19 Jun 2011 23:49:14 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/?p=8961#comment-3575234 Obviously Bill was upset that Abrams didn't consider "The Return" and other Shatner novels canon. Something set before "Generations" has the obvious flaw that Shatner has obviously aged a great deal since that movie. This enrages some people for some reason but at this point I feel obliged to point out that Kirk is still in the Nexus, which being by nature a Nexus is probably in more than one timeline. We could get KIrk and WHoopi A plot where the BORG attempt to use the Nexus in another attempt to alter the timeline would be interesting especially if they brought along some STNG & DS9 Players who seem to have been forgotten in the new continuity.. THis might work better for movie 3 though, One problem the STNG movies had was that the idea needs to be BIG to justify a big-budget feature film, unlike television where you can get by doing some episodes that are high on characterization and low-key drama and low on more spectacular fireworks. Obviously Bill was upset that Abrams didn’t consider “The Return” and other Shatner novels canon. Something set before “Generations” has the obvious flaw that Shatner has obviously aged a great deal since that movie. This enrages some people for some reason but at this point I feel obliged to point out that Kirk is still in the Nexus, which being by nature a Nexus is probably in more than one timeline. We could get KIrk and WHoopi A plot where the BORG attempt to use the Nexus in another attempt to alter the timeline would be interesting especially if they brought along some STNG & DS9 Players who seem to have been forgotten in the new continuity.. THis might work better for movie 3 though, One problem the STNG movies had was that the idea needs to be BIG to justify a big-budget feature film, unlike television where you can get by doing some episodes that are high on characterization and low-key drama and low on more spectacular fireworks.

]]> By: Terry Rand http://trekmovie.com/2009/11/23/read-the-star-trek-2009-scene-written-for-william-shatner/comment-page-10/#comment-3387995 Terry Rand Sat, 23 Apr 2011 19:16:11 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/?p=8961#comment-3387995 shatner, of course he should have done it. oh well. It's a geat movie and I'm happy there will be more. Trek watcher since 1966. shatner, of course he should have done it. oh well. It’s a geat movie and I’m happy there will be more. Trek watcher since 1966.

]]> By: Joel1245 http://trekmovie.com/2009/11/23/read-the-star-trek-2009-scene-written-for-william-shatner/comment-page-10/#comment-3360840 Joel1245 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 06:34:45 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/?p=8961#comment-3360840 No Shatner in any of the others. This is not a reunion. The only reason Nimoy worked is because it tied it all to the Prime universe, to the original series. This also gave the new set of movies a blessing. However, like I said, I would hate it if they started putting in any other original cast members. It would be cheap IMO and be sort of self-serving. Let's move on. Shatner's chance would have been the 2009 film if at all. That's been made, let's move on with original stories that don't involve time-travel. No Shatner in any of the others. This is not a reunion. The only reason Nimoy worked is because it tied it all to the Prime universe, to the original series. This also gave the new set of movies a blessing. However, like I said, I would hate it if they started putting in any other original cast members. It would be cheap IMO and be sort of self-serving. Let’s move on. Shatner’s chance would have been the 2009 film if at all. That’s been made, let’s move on with original stories that don’t involve time-travel.

]]> By: Phil http://trekmovie.com/2009/11/23/read-the-star-trek-2009-scene-written-for-william-shatner/comment-page-10/#comment-3360019 Phil Fri, 08 Apr 2011 22:43:56 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/?p=8961#comment-3360019 First time I've read it. Nice, but I don't think Shatner would have bit. Too small of a part. First time I’ve read it. Nice, but I don’t think Shatner would have bit. Too small of a part.

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