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TOS Remastered Producer Dave Rossi on Recasting Kirk for Star Trek XI

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By GustavoLeao / 13:38, 30 April 2007 / Feature Films

Here are excerpts from TOS Remastered producer Dave Rossi column from the latest issue of Star Trek Magazine, in which he gave some thoughts on some the hassles that producer/director J.J. Abrams will no doubt have when it comes to recasting the role of Captain Kirk in the upcoming Star Trek XI movie.

"Star Trek fans want to like Star Trek." wrote Rossi "If the stories are good, if the characters are compelling, if there's balanced doses of action, humour, and drama, people will watch. Not surprising then that Paramount chose to go with Star Trek The Original Series and moreover Mr. Abrams. It's not quite that simple though. While there are a lot of factors to consider in an undertaking like this, one of the biggest is casting."


"The Shat Factor ranks pretty high. You're recasting a role that has become synonymous with William Shatner. His mannerisms, his inflections, tone; all these things make up what we know as Captain Kirk. I think it's deadly to cast someone with the instructions to ‘play Shatner playing Kirk'. Can't be done. No sir. That begs the question: Can the millions of ST: TOS fans wrap their heads around, not just a new Kirk, but a new everybody? I'll admit that if I like this movie, I'll feel a little dirty for doing so knowing that someone else is playing Kirk. But I want to like this movie."

"Having worked on this Remastered project, I know that the die-hard fans will ultimately pick this new movie apart regardless. It 's the nature of the beast. And while the nit-pickers do what they do best, I hope the rest of us will look at this with fresh eyes and a nod towards what Roddenberry was going for: not that Shatner was Kirk and Nimoy was Spock, but a story about heroes thrust into extraordinary adventures, armed only with their humanity (okay, and phasers too) as a guide."


More from Rossi can be found at Sci Fi Pulse.

To read the full article, get the new issue of Star Trek Magazine at your local newsstand.



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Who cares if they are old or not? without Shat & Nim its going to | Report this post to moderator
By: The Quick And The Dead (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 12:51:32 on May 02, 2007

Oh God!...You all know in your heart of hearts that this turkey is going to tank!, and without Shatner as Kirk thats a total for sure, just like that lame Nemesis did for paramount the last time.

Yup folks!...this is really the end of the franchise ...and it is a fact.

I am truly sorry to bring you all back to reality on this here...

I love Star Trek too...it is so tragic.

Denny Crane Lives!

Kirk is "dead"...that is unless they come across with Shatner and his heater sidekick Nimoy...in a game called Fizzbin...we true fans just wont go!

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Horace: Whores next door.

Ellen: [carefully sets her cigar down] Say that again.

Horace: I said whores next door.

Ellen: [kicks the stool out from under him, catches his liquor bottle as he falls, & pours herself a drink] Now, do you have a room available?

Horace: Uh, room and bath, yes, ma'am, coming up!


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Love vs. hate | Report this post to moderator
By: gmakin (Odo's file, contact) @ 06:46:29 on May 02, 2007

Actually, I think fans want to hate Trek. Look at the posts on here.


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RE: Love vs. hate by dwd201969 @ 06:51:21 on May 02
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          RE: Love vs. hate by gmakin @ 07:49:07 on May 03

What if the new STAR TREK...is great! | Report this post to moderator
By: Chaotic Asimov (Odo's file, contact) @ 07:55:34 on May 01, 2007

How about an optimistic topic...what if this new TREK actually kicks ass...what if JJ and his group put out a great movie, and all apsects of the film soar...Acting, writing, FX, direction....if somehow all of these things mesh together...then what?

First off...PARAMOUNT's grubby hands should let JJ steer the next two or three movies. There should be NO, and I mean absolutely no, TV series to compete with. A new TV show would gut the 'special' anticipation that Star Trek 12 would bring.

I loved both TNG and DS9...but one could argue that the over satuation of TREK started the moment they had two shows. Both shows were well done, but too many TREKs was, in hindsight, a wrong move.

I think George Lucas is about to make this same mistake. A new live action Star Wars show, with a new cartoon as well, is just going overkill.


STAR TREK has a chance to graduate into the big leagues..meaning..super motion picture status. TREK movies have been treated as niche....this is our chance to shine...TV shows can not come from this....let these TREK movies be...special...unique...

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RE: What if the new STAR TREK...is great! by ericerickson592 @ 23:05:34 on May 01
    RE: What if the new STAR TREK...is great! by Chaotic Asimov @ 11:12:19 on May 02
    RE: What if the new STAR TREK...is great! by falcon @ 10:00:29 on May 02
    RE: What if the new STAR TREK...is great! by dwd201969 @ 09:59:51 on May 02
RE: What if the new STAR TREK...is great! by dwd201969 @ 11:19:03 on May 01
    RE: What if the new STAR TREK...is great! by Chaotic Asimov @ 12:32:18 on May 01
RE: What if the new STAR TREK...is great! by dwd201969 @ 11:08:05 on May 01

Recasting will never work | Report this post to moderator
By: Writer4GoodTrek (Odo's file, contact) @ 14:25:18 on Apr 30, 2007

That's the problem. You can't recast in "Star Trek", especially when it comes to the iconic characters of TOS. Aside from a child playing Kirk as a child, it can not be done. That's the bottom line. The only person that can play Kirk is William Shatner. The only person that can play Spock is Leonard Nimoy. The only person that could play McCoy is DeForest Kelley (and he is dead). Etc. Etc.

Sadly, aside from doing a sequel to "Captain's Glory" with Shatner and Nimoy (and a lame-ass explanation as to the absence of McCoy and Scotty), this Abrams project with TOS characters is doomed.


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RE: Recasting will never work by c.p. @ 08:50:41 on May 01
RE: Recasting will never work by ArgonautFleecey @ 22:01:14 on Apr 30
    RE: Recasting will never work by Cylykon @ 23:16:09 on Apr 30
       RE: Recasting will never work by GustavoLeao @ 23:24:44 on Apr 30
RE: Recasting will never work by GreatCzarsGhost @ 20:02:46 on Apr 30
RE: Recasting will never work by Brannon @ 18:46:51 on Apr 30
    RE: Recasting will never work by Writer4GoodTrek @ 14:53:52 on May 02
RE: Recasting will never work by dwd201969 @ 17:45:40 on Apr 30
RE: Recasting will never work by SciFiNut @ 17:42:08 on Apr 30
    RE: Recasting will never work by Cylykon @ 23:21:04 on Apr 30
RE: Recasting will never work by GustavoLeao @ 15:32:15 on Apr 30
RE: Recasting will never work by Fort N'zur @ 14:48:04 on Apr 30
    RE: Recasting will never work by falcon @ 10:16:42 on May 02
RE: Recasting will never work by Chaotic Asimov @ 14:46:26 on Apr 30
RE: Recasting will never work by Lizard2112 @ 14:42:27 on Apr 30
RE: Recasting will never work by Lizard2112 @ 14:41:21 on Apr 30
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