posted on Nov, 1 2007 @ 03:55 PM
I think the director has failed to analyze what made the original Star Trek and the cast so good.
Not only was it a great ensemble, each of the members of the Kirk-Spock-McCoy trio were larger than life. They hit it big by going back to the Horatio
Hornblower model for Kirk, full of himself and even thriving on his over-acting.
When Spock hit the scene, they scored the home run - millions of geeky kids and young adults were looking for a sexy, smart character with which they
could identify.
We tuned in everyweek, overlooked the cheesy sets and stories because we wanted to spend time with those three, and it wasn't about how good the
stories were, though many were great.
I don't see that same chemistry. They seem to be trying to cast actors that look like the originals in some roles, but not so much in others. (Cho is
nothing like Sulu, besides being Asian.)
Here's a thought...
I'd rather see them do a full CGI, and just resurrect the young versions of Shatner, Kelley and Nimoy, and get digitize their voices (where
necessary; Kelley and Doohan) or get the original actors and do it that way. CGI has progressed to the point where you can't tell real from CGI (see
Catwoman).
You see what we really want is to go back to the Original Star Trek and see Shatner, Deforest Kelley and Nimoy but with new stories and maybe
updated sets and SFX (though they could do retro and keep the same types of sets). It doesn't matter - we want the original, not some substitute.
[edit on 1-11-2007 by Badge01]