New cast additions to New Star Trek!

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UPDATED: Saturday, October 20, 2007 04:32
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CREVANREAVER

Saturday, October 13, 2007 4:16 AM

John Cho has been cast as Sulu, the Enterprise's helmsman, while Simon Pegg has signed on to play Scotty, the ship's Scottish chief engineer, in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek feature for Paramount.

Already on board are Eric Bana as the villain, Nero, Zoe Saldana as Uhura and Anton Yelchin as a young Chekov, the Russian-born navigator, as well as Zachary Quinto as a young Spock. Leonard Nimoy, who originated the role of Spock, is on board as well. Chris Pine is in talks to play the young Kirk.

The lead roles remaining to be cast are Christopher Pike, the first captain of the Enterprise, and Kirk's parents.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/startreknews.php?id=38287

MISSTRESSAHARA

Sunday, October 14, 2007 11:43 AM

Oh God, you hear that? That's Roddenberry's ghost crying.

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~Peter*Peter*Power>~re-peater~

HEROES IS MY CRACK!

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LEADB

Sunday, October 14, 2007 11:50 AM

Well, if this 'shocking' recasting of the crew is 'too much' for you, instead go to a remastered episode 1 season 1:

http://www.fandango.com/startrek:theoriginalseries_111296/movietimes?w
ssac=58&date=11/13/2007&wssaffid=11551_NationalCineMedia(NCM)&tid=AAJGH

one night only, November 13, 2007

MUDKICKER

Sunday, October 14, 2007 7:16 PM

Oh No!! It's Kirk & Spock Go To White Castle!!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

... and Pegg is great, but Paul McGillion should have gotten the part. Oy!

CRUITHNE3753

Sunday, October 14, 2007 9:18 PM

You know, there's always a chance it could turn out to be a corker... remember what everyone was saying about Daniel Craig as James Bond?

CHRISISALL

Sunday, October 14, 2007 10:13 PM

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Originally posted by Cruithne3753:
remember what everyone was saying about Daniel Craig as James Bond?

Yeah, and he wasn't all that good- better than Moore, but well, y'know...

Chrisisall

MISSTRESSAHARA

Tuesday, October 16, 2007 1:04 AM

There's James Bond, which is like Doctor Who in that it's a character that CAN be replaced by other actors, and then there's seminal character's that JUST SHOULD NOT BE TOUCHED. It would be like replacing the crew of Serenity.

It's wrong and they're beating a dead horses bones into the dust. If they HAD to do another Star Trek why not bring the first captain of the Enterprise to the screen? The one in the books? Or does that make too much sense?

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~Peter*Peter*Power>~re-peater~

HEROES IS MY CRACK!

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CHRISISALL

Tuesday, October 16, 2007 1:36 AM

I don't disagree on any particular point.

...sir Chrisisall

FINN MAC CUMHAL

Tuesday, October 16, 2007 3:53 AM

I am about the biggest fan of the Original Series, and I can honestly tell you that nothing that has come after it ever exceeded the original Star Trek and the original characters/actors. So you’d think that I would be completely against this, but you know, I’m actually encouraged. I know that the original actors were so typecast it completely destroyed their careers, but it’s been many years and a lot of them aren’t even alive anymore. I was one of the loudest and most incredulous voices about the remake of Battlestar Galactica, but I had to eat that oyster, so I’m going to try to keep an open mind about this new Star Trek.

Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.

Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.

-- Cicero

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, October 16, 2007 5:12 PM

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Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal:
I am about the biggest fan of the Original Series, and I can honestly tell you that nothing that has come after it ever exceeded the original Star Trek and the original characters/actors.

You voiced my sentiments precisely.

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I was one of the loudest and most incredulous voices about the remake of Battlestar Galactica, but I had to eat that oyster, so I’m going to try to keep an open mind about this new Star Trek.

Original stuff like Firefly gets axed, while remake after remake of existing material gets green-lighted.

I'm eagerly awaiting the re-mastered original series, but I will give the new one a try...well, mostly...half-heartedly...BUT ONE HINT OF THAT "LACK-O-STEADYCAM" PHOTOGRAPHY AND I'M OUTTA THERE!!!!

Chip on shoulder Chrisisall

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