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By: IamKirok!!! (Odo's file, contact) @ 07:08:57 on Mar 12, 2008

Be on the lookout for a clarification of that statement very shortly. This is the last thing Paramount wants.

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"If he could be anywhere else, he would be"? | Report this post to moderator
By: DavidDownUnder (Odo's file, contact) @ 08:07:26 on Mar 11, 2008

"What Harrison Ford is so great at doing is bringing that quality to his characters that if they could be anywhere else in the world they would be there, but he is not, he just is in the middle of s*** and he has to figure out a way of dealing with it so that he can go back to doing whatever the hell he was doing before the film started."

Yeah, fine, except that what Indy was doing before the film started was teaching and lecturing. Yes, he liked his 'field trips' but as Pine says, it's obvious he'd have rather been back on campus.

But Kirk? No way would he have rather been anywhere but on the bridge of the 1701! Even when he's in the middle of a galactic pickle you get the feeling that this is what Kirk lives for - the excitement, the rush, the challenge.

I like a lot of what Pine has said to date, but I hope he's just got this one a little wrong. The wry humour of Indy, I can accept - but The Shat had plenty of that as well. But Kirk belongs on the bridge and he (Kirk) knows it!

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What's wrong with Shatner? | Report this post to moderator
By: VZX (Odo's file, contact) @ 06:14:28 on Mar 11, 2008

Why not model your Kirk after Shatner's Kirk? I don't get it. Qunito, Pegg, Yelchin, Cho, have all said they are basically hororing the original actors with their performances, so whats the deal with Pine? It's like Pine is trying to distance himself as much as possible from Shatner.

Y'know, I can totally accept all the other new actors for the original characters in this movie except for Pine. If I am not blown away by the trailer or reviews, there is no way I am seeing this movie. Its not worth my money to get upset over it. The casting of Pine was a big mistake, in my opinion.

I want to like this movie and be hopeful that it will be a great Star Trek movie, but statements like Pine modeling his Kirk after Han Solo makes it hard to so.

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By: VZX (Odo's file, contact) @ 06:14:14 on Mar 11, 2008

Why not model your Kirk after Shatner's Kirk? I don't get it. Qunito, Pegg, Yelchin, Cho, have all said they are basically hororing the original actors with their performances, so whats the deal with Pine? It's like Pine is trying to distance himself as much as possible from Shatner.

Y'know, I can totally accept all the other new actors for the original characters in this movie except for Pine. If I am not blown away by the trailer or reviews, there is no way I am seeing this movie. Its not worth my money to get upset over it. The casting of Pine was a big mistake, in my opinion.

I want to like this movie and be hopeful that it will be a great Star Trek movie, but statements like Pine modeling his Kirk after Han Solo makes it hard to so.

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All together now...let's misinterpret! | Report this post to moderator
By: falcon (Odo's file, contact) @ 06:01:28 on Mar 11, 2008

I don't really think Pine gave a whole lot of forethought to his comments about Indy and Kirk. But in a way, he's right. Indiana Jones usually finds himself in situations not of his choosing nor of his creation, and he has to find a way out while also appearing to save the day. The same could be said of James T. Kirk. He doesn't actively seek out danger, but when he finds himself in the middle of it he finds a way out (and since he has 430 crewmembers to consider, he'd damn well better be successful). Thus the phrase "accidental hero". He didn't mean that either Jones or Kirk "bumbles" their way into heroics.

I tend to think that what Pine meant is that Kirk would find himself at home in an archaeological dig or trying to outwit the Nazis, just as Jones would find himself at home on the bridge of an aircraft carrier (or a starship). Both men have a commanding presence. And let's not forget - Jones is a university professor, and Kirk is technically an explorer and scientist, not just a starship captain. You don't get to be one unless you have a fair grasp of the sciences (and let's not forget, Kirk reprogrammed the Kobayashi Maru scenario so he could save the ship - a feat that no doubt takes considerable skills).

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By: DevlinC (Odo's file, contact) @ 03:14:10 on Mar 11, 2008

So in Pine's vision of Kirk he's a totally accidental, almost clumsy hero?

The character of Kirk was never accidental and I hope Pine's a bad enough actor to have completely failed to bring to life his own ideas to the character and Abrams has just shaped him the correct way. Very disappointing.

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By: TRexx (Odo's file, contact) @ 02:44:25 on Mar 11, 2008

Quote from Chris Pine:
"Not to say that I modeled my version of James T Kirk on anything in particular, but I think I definitely have wanted to bring that kind of Harrison Ford humour to Kirk."


Kirk did share that sort of humour with his comrades. TOS has playful background music for it.

Of course Pine has his own ideal about swashbucklers. Most everyone does. As long as the ST:XI script doesn't misfit James Kirk with an Indiana Jones persona, it doesn't matter if Pine is motivated by thoughts of Pussy Galore.


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By: Tupperfan (Odo's file, contact) @ 00:15:20 on Mar 11, 2008

[Insert Chris Pine bashing, insults, death-threats, feces-related dessecration here]

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By: Admiral Chappel (Odo's file, contact) @ 23:38:26 on Mar 10, 2008

This is gonna cause a few people to get upset with Mr. Pine.

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