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| Re: [NEWS] - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279304 ] |
Do, 22 Juni 2006 20:46 |
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"Stan Jensen" <spam [at] wonderful.spam> wrote in message
news:n76l92ld14bc1rs7rlh60rp056b9b3q75o [at] 4ax.com...
> Matt Damon is Captain Kirk?
> Dateline: Thursday, June 22, 2006
>
> By: KARL SCHNEIDER
> By: News Editor
> Source: The Insider
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>
> Yahoo!'s The Insider reports that J.J. Abrams is very interested in
> casting Matt Damon as Captain Kirk in his upcoming STAR TREK Movie.
>
> Marc S. Malkin of The Insider writes, "Will MATT DAMON get beamed up?
> Could happen. I'm told J.J. ABRAMS is very interested in casting the
> Oscar-winning Damon as a young Captain Kirk in the upcoming 'Star
> Trek' movie that he's directing and producing. He's so interested that
> he's apparently already sought support from the original Kirk, WILLIAM
> SHATNER. "Shatner gave his blessing," my source says. "J.J. got his
> approval." Damon first popped up in Trekkie circles as soon as the
> Abrams-'Star Trek' deal was announced. Rumor had it that the new movie
> would center on Kirk and Spock's early days at a space academy. "J.J.
> wants Damon as Capt. Kirk," my source reports. "He really loves the
> idea."
>
> This is of course, all unsubstantiated. Time will tell.
Spike is showing DS9's "Trials and Tribble-ations" right now. They should
get the actors who played Kirk and Spock in that episode. They look
*exactly* like Shatner and McCoy.
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| Re: [NEWS] - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279305 ] |
Do, 22 Juni 2006 20:47 |
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"Count 1" <omnipitus2002 [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Stan Jensen" <spam [at] wonderful.spam> wrote in message
> news:n76l92ld14bc1rs7rlh60rp056b9b3q75o [at] 4ax.com...
> > Matt Damon is Captain Kirk?
> > Dateline: Thursday, June 22, 2006
> >
> > By: KARL SCHNEIDER
> > By: News Editor
> > Source: The Insider
> >
> >
> > Yahoo!'s The Insider reports that J.J. Abrams is very interested in
> > casting Matt Damon as Captain Kirk in his upcoming STAR TREK Movie.
> >
> > Marc S. Malkin of The Insider writes, "Will MATT DAMON get beamed up?
> > Could happen. I'm told J.J. ABRAMS is very interested in casting the
> > Oscar-winning Damon as a young Captain Kirk in the upcoming 'Star
> > Trek' movie that he's directing and producing. He's so interested that
> > he's apparently already sought support from the original Kirk, WILLIAM
> > SHATNER. "Shatner gave his blessing," my source says. "J.J. got his
> > approval." Damon first popped up in Trekkie circles as soon as the
> > Abrams-'Star Trek' deal was announced. Rumor had it that the new movie
> > would center on Kirk and Spock's early days at a space academy. "J.J.
> > wants Damon as Capt. Kirk," my source reports. "He really loves the
> > idea."
> >
> > This is of course, all unsubstantiated. Time will tell.
>
>
>
> Spike is showing DS9's "Trials and Tribble-ations" right now. They should
> get the actors who played Kirk and Spock in that episode. They look
> *exactly* like Shatner and McCoy.
Ooops - should read "shatner and nimoy".
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| Re: [NEWS] - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279306 ] |
Do, 22 Juni 2006 20:58 |
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Stan Jensen wrote:
> Matt Damon is Captain Kirk?
> Dateline: Thursday, June 22, 2006
>
> By: KARL SCHNEIDER
> By: News Editor
> Source: The Insider
>
>
> Yahoo!'s The Insider reports that J.J. Abrams is very interested in
> casting Matt Damon as Captain Kirk in his upcoming STAR TREK Movie.
>
> Marc S. Malkin of The Insider writes, "Will MATT DAMON get beamed up?
> Could happen. I'm told J.J. ABRAMS is very interested in casting the
> Oscar-winning Damon as a young Captain Kirk in the upcoming 'Star
> Trek' movie that he's directing and producing. He's so interested that
> he's apparently already sought support from the original Kirk, WILLIAM
> SHATNER. "Shatner gave his blessing," my source says. "J.J. got his
> approval." Damon first popped up in Trekkie circles as soon as the
> Abrams-'Star Trek' deal was announced. Rumor had it that the new movie
> would center on Kirk and Spock's early days at a space academy. "J.J.
> wants Damon as Capt. Kirk," my source reports. "He really loves the
> idea."
>
> This is of course, all unsubstantiated. Time will tell.
If I squint and look sideways, I can sortakindaalmost see MD as Kirk.
Almost.
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| Re: - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279307 ] |
Do, 22 Juni 2006 22:26 |
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He's too old!
This is stupid- if you are going to cast a bunch of 30 somethings, why
make it "star trek academy?" It doesn't make any sense. If you are
going the 30 something route, just recast the entire TOS crew and make
new TOS movies, forget about the star fleet academy gambit.
whodunit wrote:
> Stan Jensen wrote:
> > Matt Damon is Captain Kirk?
> > Dateline: Thursday, June 22, 2006
> >
> > By: KARL SCHNEIDER
> > By: News Editor
> > Source: The Insider
> >
> >
> > Yahoo!'s The Insider reports that J.J. Abrams is very interested in
> > casting Matt Damon as Captain Kirk in his upcoming STAR TREK Movie.
> >
> > Marc S. Malkin of The Insider writes, "Will MATT DAMON get beamed up?
> > Could happen. I'm told J.J. ABRAMS is very interested in casting the
> > Oscar-winning Damon as a young Captain Kirk in the upcoming 'Star
> > Trek' movie that he's directing and producing. He's so interested that
> > he's apparently already sought support from the original Kirk, WILLIAM
> > SHATNER. "Shatner gave his blessing," my source says. "J.J. got his
> > approval." Damon first popped up in Trekkie circles as soon as the
> > Abrams-'Star Trek' deal was announced. Rumor had it that the new movie
> > would center on Kirk and Spock's early days at a space academy. "J.J.
> > wants Damon as Capt. Kirk," my source reports. "He really loves the
> > idea."
> >
> > This is of course, all unsubstantiated. Time will tell.
>
> If I squint and look sideways, I can sortakindaalmost see MD as Kirk.
> Almost.
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| Re: - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279308 ] |
Do, 22 Juni 2006 23:05 |
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Agreed.
"levi" <ldnayman [at] aol.com> wrote in message
news:1151008019.016096.227290 [at] i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> He's too old!
>
> This is stupid- if you are going to cast a bunch of 30 somethings, why
> make it "star trek academy?" It doesn't make any sense. If you are
> going the 30 something route, just recast the entire TOS crew and make
> new TOS movies, forget about the star fleet academy gambit.
>
>
> whodunit wrote:
>> Stan Jensen wrote:
>> > Matt Damon is Captain Kirk?
>> > Dateline: Thursday, June 22, 2006
>> >
>> > By: KARL SCHNEIDER
>> > By: News Editor
>> > Source: The Insider
>> >
>> >
>> > Yahoo!'s The Insider reports that J.J. Abrams is very interested in
>> > casting Matt Damon as Captain Kirk in his upcoming STAR TREK Movie.
>> >
>> > Marc S. Malkin of The Insider writes, "Will MATT DAMON get beamed up?
>> > Could happen. I'm told J.J. ABRAMS is very interested in casting the
>> > Oscar-winning Damon as a young Captain Kirk in the upcoming 'Star
>> > Trek' movie that he's directing and producing. He's so interested that
>> > he's apparently already sought support from the original Kirk, WILLIAM
>> > SHATNER. "Shatner gave his blessing," my source says. "J.J. got his
>> > approval." Damon first popped up in Trekkie circles as soon as the
>> > Abrams-'Star Trek' deal was announced. Rumor had it that the new movie
>> > would center on Kirk and Spock's early days at a space academy. "J.J.
>> > wants Damon as Capt. Kirk," my source reports. "He really loves the
>> > idea."
>> >
>> > This is of course, all unsubstantiated. Time will tell.
>>
>> If I squint and look sideways, I can sortakindaalmost see MD as Kirk.
>> Almost.
>
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| Re: - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279309 ] |
Do, 22 Juni 2006 23:14 |
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In article <1151008019.016096.227290 [at] i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
"levi" <ldnayman [at] aol.com> wrote:
> He's too old!
>
> This is stupid- if you are going to cast a bunch of 30 somethings, why
> make it "star trek academy?" It doesn't make any sense. If you are
> going the 30 something route, just recast the entire TOS crew and make
> new TOS movies, forget about the star fleet academy gambit.
Take a look at most "teen" TV shows: Beverley Hills 90210, One Tree
Hill, Dawon's Creek, Joan of Arcadia, Smallville, etc. All the "teens"
and "twenty-something" characters are played by much older actors.
As long as they look and can act "young enough", the physical age of an
actor isn't hugely relevant.
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| Re: - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279310 ] |
Do, 22 Juni 2006 23:51 |
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Anybody wrote:
> In article <1151008019.016096.227290 [at] i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
> "levi" <ldnayman [at] aol.com> wrote:
>
>> He's too old!
>>
>> This is stupid- if you are going to cast a bunch of 30 somethings,
>> why make it "star trek academy?" It doesn't make any sense. If you
>> are going the 30 something route, just recast the entire TOS crew
>> and make new TOS movies, forget about the star fleet academy gambit.
>
> Take a look at most "teen" TV shows: Beverley Hills 90210, One Tree
> Hill, Dawon's Creek, Joan of Arcadia, Smallville, etc. All the "teens"
> and "twenty-something" characters are played by much older actors.
>
> As long as they look and can act "young enough", the physical age of
> an actor isn't hugely relevant.
Plus I thought that it would not be an 'academy' film, but something about
the early years?
Matt Damon... Wasn't he on 'Friends' or something?
--
Wouter Valentijn
www.wouter.cc
www.nksf.nl
www.zeppodunsel.nl
liam=mail
"The best diplomat I know is a fully activated phaser bank."
Mister Scott, 'A Taste of Armageddon', Star Trek.
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| Re: [NEWS] - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279315 ] |
Fr, 23 Juni 2006 01:15 |
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whodunit wrote:
> If I squint and look sideways, I can sortakindaalmost see MD as Kirk.
> Almost.
Not me. No way. Spock, maybe, but not Kirk.
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| Re: - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279316 ] |
Fr, 23 Juni 2006 01:16 |
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levi wrote:
> He's too old!
That's one thing!
We need actors that are the correct age, jeez!
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| Re: - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279317 ] |
Fr, 23 Juni 2006 01:17 |
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Hey! How about Heath Ledger as Kirk, and Jake Gyllenhaal as Spock!? :)
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| Re: [NEWS] - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279318 ] |
Fr, 23 Juni 2006 01:18 |
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"Count 1" <omnipitus2002 [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:lABmg.79539$IK3.4107 [at] pd7tw1no...
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> "Stan Jensen" <spam [at] wonderful.spam> wrote in message
> news:n76l92ld14bc1rs7rlh60rp056b9b3q75o [at] 4ax.com...
>> Matt Damon is Captain Kirk?
>> Dateline: Thursday, June 22, 2006
>>
>> By: KARL SCHNEIDER
>> By: News Editor
>> Source: The Insider
>>
>>
>> Yahoo!'s The Insider reports that J.J. Abrams is very interested in
>> casting Matt Damon as Captain Kirk in his upcoming STAR TREK Movie.
>>
>
>
>
> Spike is showing DS9's "Trials and Tribble-ations" right now. They should
> get the actors who played Kirk and Spock in that episode. They look
> *exactly* like Shatner and McCoy.
>
>
Good eye, they ARE Shatner and Nimoy, the orriginal print was used with the
DS9 actors inserted via computer merging and printed over existing
supporting actors on the orriginal film. They had to duplicate several sets
based on the original blueprints and film footage as well.
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| Re: - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279319 ] |
Fr, 23 Juni 2006 01:18 |
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ToolPackinMama wrote:
> Hey! How about Heath Ledger as Kirk, and Jake Gyllenhaal as Spock!? :)
Or the reverse...
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| Re: [NEWS] - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279320 ] |
Fr, 23 Juni 2006 01:27 |
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"Stan Jensen" <spam [at] wonderful.spam> wrote in message
news:n76l92ld14bc1rs7rlh60rp056b9b3q75o [at] 4ax.com...
> Matt Damon is Captain Kirk?
Don't think he'd be any worse than any other names I've
seen tossed around. However, if they're going to try this
IMO they'd be better off doing it with all unknowns.
GeneK
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| Re: [NEWS] - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279321 ] |
Fr, 23 Juni 2006 01:36 |
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"Stan Jensen" <spam [at] wonderful.spam> wrote in message
news:n76l92ld14bc1rs7rlh60rp056b9b3q75o [at] 4ax.com...
> Matt Damon is Captain Kirk?
> Dateline: Thursday, June 22, 2006
>
My dream cast, Dylon Bruno as Kirk http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0116465/ he is
the right age, has the right look and right cocky style. Terry O'quin as
Dr. McCoy http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0642368/ and Mark Harmon as Spock
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001319/
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| Re: [NEWS] - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279322 ] |
Fr, 23 Juni 2006 02:32 |
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As of THE AVIATOR, Leonardo DiCaprio is picking up an aura of Sixties
Shatner.
http://imdb.com/gallery/ss/0338751/Ss/0338751/CN-030-22.jpg
(Photoshop the airplane...)
Crossed with Forties Sinatra, true, but hey.
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| Re: [NEWS] - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279323 ] |
Fr, 23 Juni 2006 05:19 |
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GeneK wrote:
> "Stan Jensen" <spam [at] wonderful.spam> wrote in message
> news:n76l92ld14bc1rs7rlh60rp056b9b3q75o [at] 4ax.com...
>
>>Matt Damon is Captain Kirk?
>
>
> Don't think he'd be any worse than any other names I've
> seen tossed around. However, if they're going to try this
> IMO they'd be better off doing it with all unknowns.
I agree.
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| Re: [NEWS] - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279324 ] |
Fr, 23 Juni 2006 05:20 |
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Allen W. McDonnell wrote:
> Mark Harmon as Spock
> http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001319/
>
DUDE. He's great, but he's TOO OLD!
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| Re: [NEWS] - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279325 ] |
Fr, 23 Juni 2006 05:24 |
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Forrest wrote:
> As of THE AVIATOR, Leonardo DiCaprio is picking up an aura of Sixties
> Shatner.
>
> http://imdb.com/gallery/ss/0338751/Ss/0338751/CN-030-22.jpg
>
> (Photoshop the airplane...)
>
> Crossed with Forties Sinatra, true, but hey.
Better him, than some.
I might as well say here, now, that IMHO young Kirk should be
attractive, masculine, Caucasian, either light brown or dark blond hair,
muscular, apparently active (hyperactive?), and apparently
intelligent. He should have sex appeal. He should seem atypical and
creative.
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| Re: [NEWS] - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279326 ] |
Fr, 23 Juni 2006 05:31 |
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ToolPackinMama wrote:
> Forrest wrote:
>
>> As of THE AVIATOR, Leonardo DiCaprio is picking up an aura of Sixties
>> Shatner.
>>
>> http://imdb.com/gallery/ss/0338751/Ss/0338751/CN-030-22.jpg
>>
>> (Photoshop the airplane...)
>>
>> Crossed with Forties Sinatra, true, but hey.
>
>
> Better him, than some.
>
> I might as well say here, now, that IMHO young Kirk should be
> attractive, masculine, Caucasian, either light brown or dark blond hair,
> muscular, apparently active (hyperactive?), and apparently
> intelligent. He should have sex appeal. He should seem atypical and
> creative.
While we are on the subject.... IMHO young Spock should be Caucasian,
but exotic. Dark hair, amazing eyes, sexy in a geeky kind of way. He
should be slim/muscular, and tall. He should seem elegant and cultured,
but capable of swift, bold action. He should be evidently very intelligent.
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| Re: [NEWS] - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279327 ] |
Fr, 23 Juni 2006 06:47 |
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ToolPackinMama wrote:
> Forrest wrote:
>> As of THE AVIATOR, Leonardo DiCaprio is picking up an aura of Sixties
>> Shatner.
>>
>> http://imdb.com/gallery/ss/0338751/Ss/0338751/CN-030-22.jpg
>>
>> (Photoshop the airplane...)
>>
>> Crossed with Forties Sinatra, true, but hey.
>
> Better him, than some.
>
> I might as well say here, now, that IMHO young Kirk should be
> attractive, masculine, Caucasian, either light brown or dark blond hair,
> muscular, apparently active (hyperactive?), and apparently
> intelligent. He should have sex appeal. He should seem atypical and
> creative.
I watch ABC soaps, these guys are from One Life To Live, but I think
they'd be
great as Star Trek characters! :-)
Kirk: Dan Gauthier
http://a.abc.com/daytime/onelifetolive/images/gallery/oltl_g authier_1.jpg
Charming, bright, witty, scheming when needed, 'captain's
bearing'
McCoy: Tuc Watkins http://imdb.com/name/nm0914424/
He's cute, and he can do both comedy AND serious very well
Spock: Michael Easton http://bryan-brown.com/dte05show/pages/_MBB5523_lr.htm
He plays dark with a touch of mystery, and devilishness
in his eyes, I can see him as a Vulcan
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| Re: [NEWS] - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279329 ] |
Fr, 23 Juni 2006 13:20 |
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Nah, Nimoy wasn't exactly a college kid when he got the part and after all
Spock is suppossed to be about 60 terran years old. He just ages slower due
to his mixed heritage.
"ToolPackinMama" <laura [at] lauragoodwin.org> wrote in message
news:0sqdnUIt_6tlwAbZnZ2dnUVZ_oydnZ2d [at] comcast.com...
> Allen W. McDonnell wrote:
>> Mark Harmon as Spock http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001319/
>>
>
> DUDE. He's great, but he's TOO OLD!
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| Re: [NEWS] - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279330 ] |
Fr, 23 Juni 2006 13:26 |
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Allen W. McDonnell wrote:
> "Count 1" <omnipitus2002 [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:lABmg.79539$IK3.4107 [at] pd7tw1no...
>>
>> "Stan Jensen" <spam [at] wonderful.spam> wrote in message
>> news:n76l92ld14bc1rs7rlh60rp056b9b3q75o [at] 4ax.com...
>>> Matt Damon is Captain Kirk?
>>> Dateline: Thursday, June 22, 2006
>>>
>>> By: KARL SCHNEIDER
>>> By: News Editor
>>> Source: The Insider
>>>
>>>
>>> Yahoo!'s The Insider reports that J.J. Abrams is very interested in
>>> casting Matt Damon as Captain Kirk in his upcoming STAR TREK Movie.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Spike is showing DS9's "Trials and Tribble-ations" right now. They
>> should get the actors who played Kirk and Spock in that episode. They
>> look *exactly* like Shatner and McCoy.
>>
>>
>
> Good eye, they ARE Shatner and Nimoy, the orriginal print was used
> with the DS9 actors inserted via computer merging and printed over
> existing supporting actors on the orriginal film. They had to
> duplicate several sets based on the original blueprints and film
> footage as well.
I think Count 1 knew that. ;-)
--
Wouter Valentijn
www.wouter.cc
www.nksf.nl
www.zeppodunsel.nl
liam=mail
"The best diplomat I know is a fully activated phaser bank."
Mister Scott, 'A Taste of Armageddon', Star Trek.
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| Re: [NEWS] - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279331 ] |
Fr, 23 Juni 2006 13:52 |
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"Allen W. McDonnell" <tanada [at] provide.net> wrote in message news:o-mdnZ-
> Nah, Nimoy wasn't exactly a college kid when he got the part and after all
> Spock is suppossed to be about 60 terran years old. He just ages slower
> due to his mixed heritage.
>
IIRC Spock's 3 years older than Kirk in Terran years <g> I don't know if
that's canon, but if he was twice Kirk's age, his mom would be pretty dang
ancient in 'Journey to Babel' :)
--
EvilBill - http://www.evilbill.org.uk
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| Re: [NEWS] - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279332 ] |
Fr, 23 Juni 2006 15:17 |
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On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 23:20:24 -0400, ToolPackinMama
<laura [at] lauragoodwin.org> wrote:
>Allen W. McDonnell wrote:
>> Mark Harmon as Spock
>> http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001319/
>>
>
>DUDE. He's great, but he's TOO OLD!
He could smack McCoy on the back of the head when he mouths off...
* Robinson
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| Re: [NEWS] - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279333 ] |
Fr, 23 Juni 2006 16:05 |
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"whodunit" <whodunit [at] sbcworldly.com> wrote in message
news:onKmg.155764$F_3.123203 [at] newssvr29.news.prodigy.net...
> ToolPackinMama wrote:
>> Forrest wrote:
>>> As of THE AVIATOR, Leonardo DiCaprio is picking up an aura of Sixties
>>> Shatner.
>>>
>>> http://imdb.com/gallery/ss/0338751/Ss/0338751/CN-030-22.jpg
>>>
>>> (Photoshop the airplane...)
>>>
>>> Crossed with Forties Sinatra, true, but hey.
>>
>> Better him, than some.
>>
>> I might as well say here, now, that IMHO young Kirk should be attractive,
>> masculine, Caucasian, either light brown or dark blond hair, muscular,
>> apparently active (hyperactive?), and apparently intelligent. He should
>> have sex appeal. He should seem atypical and creative.
>
> I watch ABC soaps, these guys are from One Life To Live, but I think
> they'd be
> great as Star Trek characters! :-)
>
> Kirk: Dan Gauthier
> http://a.abc.com/daytime/onelifetolive/images/gallery/oltl_g authier_1.jpg
> Charming, bright, witty, scheming when needed, 'captain's
> bearing'
> McCoy: Tuc Watkins http://imdb.com/name/nm0914424/
> He's cute, and he can do both comedy AND serious very well
> Spock: Michael Easton
> http://bryan-brown.com/dte05show/pages/_MBB5523_lr.htm
> He plays dark with a touch of mystery, and devilishness in
> his eyes, I can see him as a Vulcan
He looks more like a Klingon to me.
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| Re: [NEWS] - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279334 ] |
Fr, 23 Juni 2006 16:17 |
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PW wrote:
> "whodunit" <whodunit [at] sbcworldly.com> wrote in message
> news:onKmg.155764$F_3.123203 [at] newssvr29.news.prodigy.net...
>> ToolPackinMama wrote:
>>> Forrest wrote:
>>>> As of THE AVIATOR, Leonardo DiCaprio is picking up an aura of Sixties
>>>> Shatner.
>>>>
>>>> http://imdb.com/gallery/ss/0338751/Ss/0338751/CN-030-22.jpg
>>>>
>>>> (Photoshop the airplane...)
>>>>
>>>> Crossed with Forties Sinatra, true, but hey.
>>> Better him, than some.
>>>
>>> I might as well say here, now, that IMHO young Kirk should be attractive,
>>> masculine, Caucasian, either light brown or dark blond hair, muscular,
>>> apparently active (hyperactive?), and apparently intelligent. He should
>>> have sex appeal. He should seem atypical and creative.
>> I watch ABC soaps, these guys are from One Life To Live, but I think
>> they'd be
>> great as Star Trek characters! :-)
>>
>> Kirk: Dan Gauthier
>> http://a.abc.com/daytime/onelifetolive/images/gallery/oltl_g authier_1.jpg
>> Charming, bright, witty, scheming when needed, 'captain's
>> bearing'
>> McCoy: Tuc Watkins http://imdb.com/name/nm0914424/
>> He's cute, and he can do both comedy AND serious very well
>> Spock: Michael Easton
>> http://bryan-brown.com/dte05show/pages/_MBB5523_lr.htm
>> He plays dark with a touch of mystery, and devilishness in
>> his eyes, I can see him as a Vulcan
>
>
> He looks more like a Klingon to me.
>
>
>
You know what, knowing this actor from the past
several years, I think you're right! He *would*
make a good Klingon (but without those head
ridges, if they stuck to the original series).
But, that said, he's very good at brooding, and
I still think he'd make a very decent Spock.
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| Re: - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279335 ] |
Fr, 23 Juni 2006 17:40 |
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Anybody wrote:
> In article <1151008019.016096.227290 [at] i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
> "levi" <ldnayman [at] aol.com> wrote:
>
>> He's too old!
>>
>> This is stupid- if you are going to cast a bunch of 30 somethings, why
>> make it "star trek academy?" It doesn't make any sense. If you are
>> going the 30 something route, just recast the entire TOS crew and make
>> new TOS movies, forget about the star fleet academy gambit.
>
> Take a look at most "teen" TV shows: Beverley Hills 90210, One Tree
> Hill, Dawon's Creek, Joan of Arcadia, Smallville, etc. All the "teens"
> and "twenty-something" characters are played by much older actors.
In fact, that's probably necessary to avoid legal and political
controversy with romantic scenes. They can't have actual teenage
(minor) actors doing explicit love scenes (e.g., the TV movie
"All-American Girl"). And if hot sexy teen characters (like Savannah on
the TV series "Surface") were played by actual teen actors, they could
really be accused of exploiting teens. So the aforementioned Savannah
was played by Leighton Meester, who was 20 years old.
In this case, adult Kirk has a well-deserved reputation of being a
ladies' man. So if they want to show young Kirk's earliest sexual
exploits at Starfleet Academy, for example, they need to find an adult
actor to play those scenes.
--
Steven D. Litvintchouk
Email: sdlitvin [at] earthlinkNOSPAM.net
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| Re: [NEWS] - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279337 ] |
Fr, 23 Juni 2006 18:32 |
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"Wouter Valentijn" <liam [at] valentijn.nu> wrote in message
news:449bcfed$1$31655$e4fe514c [at] news.xs4all.nl...
> Allen W. McDonnell wrote:
> > "Count 1" <omnipitus2002 [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:lABmg.79539$IK3.4107 [at] pd7tw1no...
> >>
> >> "Stan Jensen" <spam [at] wonderful.spam> wrote in message
> >> news:n76l92ld14bc1rs7rlh60rp056b9b3q75o [at] 4ax.com...
> >>> Matt Damon is Captain Kirk?
> >>> Dateline: Thursday, June 22, 2006
> >>>
> >>> By: KARL SCHNEIDER
> >>> By: News Editor
> >>> Source: The Insider
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Yahoo!'s The Insider reports that J.J. Abrams is very interested in
> >>> casting Matt Damon as Captain Kirk in his upcoming STAR TREK Movie.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Spike is showing DS9's "Trials and Tribble-ations" right now. They
> >> should get the actors who played Kirk and Spock in that episode. They
> >> look *exactly* like Shatner and McCoy.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Good eye, they ARE Shatner and Nimoy, the orriginal print was used
> > with the DS9 actors inserted via computer merging and printed over
> > existing supporting actors on the orriginal film. They had to
> > duplicate several sets based on the original blueprints and film
> > footage as well.
>
> I think Count 1 knew that. ;-)
Its weird - I didn't watch DS9 during its original broadcasts, but catching
some of the re-runs I'm beginning to see why so many people really liked.
But I still can't get past how silly it was to try to portray that skinny,
geeky, effeminate doctor as some kind of sex symbol.
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| Re: - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279338 ] |
Fr, 23 Juni 2006 19:50 |
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Steven L. wrote:
> In this case, adult Kirk has a well-deserved reputation of being a
> ladies' man.
No, he doesn't. There's nothing well-deserved about it. Kirk actually
isn't a ladies' man, even if some people percieve him to be.
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| Re: - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279340 ] |
Fr, 23 Juni 2006 20:37 |
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"ToolPackinMama" <laura [at] lauragoodwin.org> wrote in message
news:ut2dnXCPGJpGtAHZnZ2dnUVZ_s-dnZ2d [at] comcast.com...
> Steven L. wrote:
>
>> In this case, adult Kirk has a well-deserved reputation of being a
>> ladies' man.
>
> No, he doesn't. There's nothing well-deserved about it. Kirk actually
> isn't a ladies' man, even if some people percieve him to be.
Even if those that do, ARE ladies??
That would make the statement true, would it not?
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| Re: [NEWS] - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279341 ] |
Fr, 23 Juni 2006 23:05 |
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Count 1 wrote:
> "Wouter Valentijn" <liam [at] valentijn.nu> wrote in message
> news:449bcfed$1$31655$e4fe514c [at] news.xs4all.nl...
>> Allen W. McDonnell wrote:
>>> "Count 1" <omnipitus2002 [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> news:lABmg.79539$IK3.4107 [at] pd7tw1no...
>>>>
>>>> "Stan Jensen" <spam [at] wonderful.spam> wrote in message
>>>> news:n76l92ld14bc1rs7rlh60rp056b9b3q75o [at] 4ax.com...
>>>>> Matt Damon is Captain Kirk?
>>>>> Dateline: Thursday, June 22, 2006
>>>>>
>>>>> By: KARL SCHNEIDER
>>>>> By: News Editor
>>>>> Source: The Insider
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yahoo!'s The Insider reports that J.J. Abrams is very interested
>>>>> in casting Matt Damon as Captain Kirk in his upcoming STAR TREK
>>>>> Movie.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Spike is showing DS9's "Trials and Tribble-ations" right now. They
>>>> should get the actors who played Kirk and Spock in that episode.
>>>> They look *exactly* like Shatner and McCoy.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Good eye, they ARE Shatner and Nimoy, the orriginal print was used
>>> with the DS9 actors inserted via computer merging and printed over
>>> existing supporting actors on the orriginal film. They had to
>>> duplicate several sets based on the original blueprints and film
>>> footage as well.
>>
>> I think Count 1 knew that. ;-)
>
> Its weird - I didn't watch DS9 during its original broadcasts, but
> catching some of the re-runs I'm beginning to see why so many people
> really liked.
>
> But I still can't get past how silly it was to try to portray that
> skinny, geeky, effeminate doctor as some kind of sex symbol.
Bashir as a sex symbol?
I never got that.
Now, Jadzia on the other hand... ;-)
--
Wouter Valentijn
www.wouter.cc
www.nksf.nl
www.zeppodunsel.nl
liam=mail
"The best diplomat I know is a fully activated phaser bank."
Mister Scott, 'A Taste of Armageddon', Star Trek.
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| Re: - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279342 ] |
Sa, 24 Juni 2006 01:25 |
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In article <BXTmg.1251$ii.421 [at] newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
"Steven L." <sdlitvin [at] earthlinkNOSPAM.net> wrote:
> Anybody wrote:
> > In article <1151008019.016096.227290 [at] i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
> > "levi" <ldnayman [at] aol.com> wrote:
> >
> >> He's too old!
> >>
> >> This is stupid- if you are going to cast a bunch of 30 somethings, why
> >> make it "star trek academy?" It doesn't make any sense. If you are
> >> going the 30 something route, just recast the entire TOS crew and make
> >> new TOS movies, forget about the star fleet academy gambit.
> >
> > Take a look at most "teen" TV shows: Beverley Hills 90210, One Tree
> > Hill, Dawon's Creek, Joan of Arcadia, Smallville, etc. All the "teens"
> > and "twenty-something" characters are played by much older actors.
>
> In fact, that's probably necessary to avoid legal and political
> controversy with romantic scenes. They can't have actual teenage
> (minor) actors doing explicit love scenes (e.g., the TV movie
> "All-American Girl"). And if hot sexy teen characters (like Savannah on
> the TV series "Surface") were played by actual teen actors, they could
> really be accused of exploiting teens. So the aforementioned Savannah
> was played by Leighton Meester, who was 20 years old.
<snip>
In the case of young actors there is also a law about how much time
they can work without a break. That's partly why many shows that have a
baby character use twins - they can double the working time of the
character.
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| Re: - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279343 ] |
Sa, 24 Juni 2006 02:28 |
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It would bring in a completly new audience.
Peace
Zonker
http://2000ah.blogspot.com
Stan Jensen wrote:
> Matt Damon is Captain Kirk?
> Dateline: Thursday, June 22, 2006
>
> By: KARL SCHNEIDER
> By: News Editor
> Source: The Insider
>
>
> Yahoo!'s The Insider reports that J.J. Abrams is very interested in
> casting Matt Damon as Captain Kirk in his upcoming STAR TREK Movie.
>
> Marc S. Malkin of The Insider writes, "Will MATT DAMON get beamed up?
> Could happen. I'm told J.J. ABRAMS is very interested in casting the
> Oscar-winning Damon as a young Captain Kirk in the upcoming 'Star
> Trek' movie that he's directing and producing. He's so interested that
> he's apparently already sought support from the original Kirk, WILLIAM
> SHATNER. "Shatner gave his blessing," my source says. "J.J. got his
> approval." Damon first popped up in Trekkie circles as soon as the
> Abrams-'Star Trek' deal was announced. Rumor had it that the new movie
> would center on Kirk and Spock's early days at a space academy. "J.J.
> wants Damon as Capt. Kirk," my source reports. "He really loves the
> idea."
>
> This is of course, all unsubstantiated. Time will tell.
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| Re: - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279349 ] |
Sa, 24 Juni 2006 05:57 |
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"levi" <ldnayman [at] aol.com> wrote in message
news:1151008019.016096.227290 [at] i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> He's too old!
>
> This is stupid- if you are going to cast a bunch of 30 somethings, why
> make it "star trek academy?" It doesn't make any sense. If you are
> going the 30 something route, just recast the entire TOS crew and make
> new TOS movies, forget about the star fleet academy gambit.
Well, he's only 26, but I still agree that he's too old to play Kirk in the
Academy days. Early voyages, maybe.
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| Re: - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279350 ] |
Sa, 24 Juni 2006 06:01 |
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"Steven L." <sdlitvin [at] earthlinkNOSPAM.net> wrote in message
news:BXTmg.1251$ii.421 [at] newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
>
> In this case, adult Kirk has a well-deserved reputation of being a ladies'
> man. So if they want to show young Kirk's earliest sexual exploits at
> Starfleet Academy, for example, they need to find an adult actor to play
> those scenes.
I like the idea of showing him in his first encounters with e.g., Ruth,
Ariel, Carol, etc. etc., but if they are going to set the story in the
academy days, I think it would be better to select an actor closer to 20
rather than to 30.
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| Re: - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279351 ] |
Sa, 24 Juni 2006 07:15 |
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Marcovaldo wrote:
> "Steven L." <sdlitvin [at] earthlinkNOSPAM.net> wrote in message
> news:BXTmg.1251$ii.421 [at] newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
>
>> In this case, adult Kirk has a well-deserved reputation of being a ladies'
>> man. So if they want to show young Kirk's earliest sexual exploits at
>> Starfleet Academy, for example, they need to find an adult actor to play
>> those scenes.
>
> I like the idea of showing him in his first encounters with e.g., Ruth,
> Ariel, Carol, etc. etc., but if they are going to set the story in the
> academy days, I think it would be better to select an actor closer to 20
> rather than to 30.
I agree with you, but not about Carol or Ruth. Given Kirk's probable
age in Star Trek II, I doubt he impregnated Carol when they were
teenagers at Starfleet Academy. More likely he was already a young ensign.
And the Ruth that Kirk remembered (who the amusement park planet
replicated) was already an adult woman. That's why I said "sexual
exploits" rather than "affairs of the heart." The women Kirk remembers
are the adult love affairs he's had. I'm sure he wasn't a virgin by the
time he graduated from Starfleet Academy, but it was probably a
one-night stand to further his sex education, that's all.
--
Steven D. Litvintchouk
Email: sdlitvin [at] earthlinkNOSPAM.net
Remove the NOSPAM before replying to me.
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| Re: - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279352 ] |
Sa, 24 Juni 2006 09:53 |
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"VernonT" <hoopestv [at] silverstar.com> wrote in message
news:129od75etidfk5b [at] corp.supernews.com...
>
> "ToolPackinMama" <laura [at] lauragoodwin.org> wrote in message
> news:ut2dnXCPGJpGtAHZnZ2dnUVZ_s-dnZ2d [at] comcast.com...
> > Steven L. wrote:
> >
> >> In this case, adult Kirk has a well-deserved reputation of being a
> >> ladies' man.
> >
> > No, he doesn't. There's nothing well-deserved about it. Kirk actually
> > isn't a ladies' man, even if some people percieve him to be.
>
>
> Even if those that do, ARE ladies??
> That would make the statement true, would it not?
Don't try logic with TPM, it doesn't work.
--
Qapla'
Kweeg
Ten of Canadian Clubs in the Eeeevil Trek Cabal
"Half a gallon a'scotch!" Scotty (Spectre of the Gun)
1,079,252,848.8 km/h, not just a good idea, it's the law.
"So say we all!"
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| Re: [NEWS] - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279355 ] |
Sa, 24 Juni 2006 18:14 |
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in article o-mdnZ-Da7sXUwbZnZ2dnUVZ_oSdnZ2d [at] provide.net, Allen W. McDonnell
at tanada [at] provide.net wrote on 6/23/06 4:20 AM:
> Nah, Nimoy wasn't exactly a college kid when he got the part and after all
> Spock is suppossed to be about 60 terran years old.
There's no data ever given about Spock's age in the show.
He just ages slower due
> to his mixed heritage.
>
> "ToolPackinMama" <laura [at] lauragoodwin.org> wrote in message
> news:0sqdnUIt_6tlwAbZnZ2dnUVZ_oydnZ2d [at] comcast.com...
>> Allen W. McDonnell wrote:
>>> Mark Harmon as Spock http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001319/
>>>
>>
>> DUDE. He's great, but he's TOO OLD!
>
>
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| Re: - Matt Damon is Captain Kirk? [message #279357 ] |
So, 25 Juni 2006 04:27 |
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"Marcovaldo" <Marcovaldo [at] worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:UK2ng.241848$Fs1.131172 [at] bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> "levi" <ldnayman [at] aol.com> wrote in message
> news:1151008019.016096.227290 [at] i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>> He's too old!
>>
>> This is stupid- if you are going to cast a bunch of 30 somethings, why
>> make it "star trek academy?" It doesn't make any sense. If you are
>> going the 30 something route, just recast the entire TOS crew and make
>> new TOS movies, forget about the star fleet academy gambit.
>
> Well, he's only 26, but I still agree that he's too old to play Kirk in
> the Academy days. Early voyages, maybe.
Oops. I must have forgotten to carry the one. He's 36, not 26. So, you're
right, he's way too old to play Kirk at the academy.
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