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Paramount Spills the Beans on Shatner Guest Appearance? Rumor Mill Charged Up Update 8/10

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By Steve Krutzler / 21:30, 9 August 2004 / Enterprise

According to an unidentified poster on TrekWeb's Xindi Council forum, a trailer touting a guest appearance by William Shatner "as James T. Kirk" in a two-episode stint on STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE was shown to visitors at the CBS Television City Research Center in Las Vegas last week.

The center, a joint venture between Viacom and ACNielsen, routinely screens new programs to vistors who can then grade what they see using touch screen technology. TrekWeb has been unable to confirm the validity of the report; the Research Center will not reveal the content of its screenings and a spokesperson for Paramount declined to comment.

ENTERPRISE producers Rick Berman and Brannon Braga have stated in numerous interviews recently that they are attempting to bring Shatner onto the series, but no deal has been announced yet.

The original bulletin board post in question is available here.

Update 8/10 8:50 PDT: The Bring Back 'Kirk' Campaign reports that it has confirmed through an unnamed source that an ad promoting a Shatner guest appearance on ENTERPRISE has indeed been screened at the Television City Research Center.



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By: BringBackKirk (Odo's file, contact) @ 15:34:08 on Aug 10, 2004

I LOVE the idea that no one knows who Kirk is in the 2150s. Archer now has no reason to trust him "because he's Kirk." Being the hero, Kirk would eventually earn that trust, but the fact that Archer doesn't know the legend can set up for some good old fashioned dramatic conflict.

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RE: The return of Kirk by Greg1966 @ 16:06:07 on Aug 10
    RE: The return of Kirk by BringBackKirk @ 10:03:51 on Aug 11

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By: Terry212 (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 13:29:45 on Aug 11, 2004

Nah. I've gotta disagree. To demolish a movie...even one we might've liked to have turned out differently...would be a wrong move. Once you start undoing everything, people lose faith. Suddenly the end of Generations never happened? I'd feel kinda cheated. They can't sacrifice a movie for an episode. That's just my view.

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