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Hello, Kirk is dead
By AntonyF

Hmm. Not knocking some fans who have had some fun -- good on them -- but I do wonder if people are watching the same trailer as me? It does scream fanboy, and there's nothing wrong with that, it's just that some people are acting like they've seen a feature film. Whereas I just saw an amusing trailer with a daft story. Just go pick Kirk up... and everyone is together!

The thing is, I find such fan campaigns just amusing diversions. Good on the people for having some fun, doing a trailer etc. but when does this become TrekWeb front page news? Slow news day?

But let's not forget, all this is predicated on this preposterous thing of bringing back Kirk. Kirk is dead. Live with it. Secondly, Shatner is no spring chicken, and he's doing other things now. Would he want to come back and do Trek when he's got other work? Has anyone asked him? And then there's the other characters, like Scotty. I'm not being cruel, just realistic, but is Jimmy Doohan even in a state to be able to star in something?

So these things are okay as a diversion, but rather pointless. Kirk is dead, the actors are doing other things... and Paramount are trying to keep Enterprise afloat, without trying to invest in some other venture. No one can say "don't do this" to people doing the campaign, nor should they. But conversely I think a health dose of reality wouldn't go amiss.

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