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George Takei Talks About William Shatner Not Being in the New Star Trek Movie

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By GustavoLeao / 00:25, 30 January 2008 / Star Trek: Nemesis

The latest issue of Starburst Magazine, out in the UK, features an extensive interview with TOS actor George Takei and claims that he will cameo in the new Star Trek movie, a rumor denied by Takei's business manager and partner (story). Here are few more excerpts of the article.

Regarding the fact that William Shatner will not appear in the new prequel movie, Takei said "He's expressed his disappointment, because he's a very competitive guy."

"Kirk's death was visibly seen on film" Takei said "Science fiction is wonderful, but to be credible, there has to be some verities. With Spock, he's got a lot of special Science fiction things. We did one movie, The Wrath of Khan - where Spock dies - but we followed it up with a movie titled The Search for Spock. You can't finish a movie like that saying "Well, we didnt find him !" So Spock is a very special character, Kirk is a humanoid and Bill Shatner has to accept that."

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



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RE: Uh ohhhhh! here it comes | Report this post to moderator
By: StillKirok (Odo's file, contact) @ 05:22:58 on Jan 30, 2008

Not 100 percent confirmed. But the rumor is a time travelling bad guy Romulan out to erase Kirk from history. Makes sense given that we're seeing Kirk at various stages in his life, except of course older, because they didn't want to put Shatner in the movie.

Why else would Spock be interacting with the younger versions of the characters?

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RE: Uh ohhhhh! here it comes by DIGINON @ 08:35:20 on Jan 30
    RE: Uh ohhhhh! here it comes by StillKirok @ 10:16:06 on Jan 30
       RE: Uh ohhhhh! here it comes by DIGINON @ 13:57:09 on Jan 30
RE: Uh ohhhhh! here it comes by falcon @ 08:21:28 on Jan 30

RE: Uh ohhhhh! here it comes | Report this post to moderator
By: TRexx (Odo's file, contact) @ 15:43:26 on Jan 30, 2008

Quote from DIGINON:
Maybe I've missed it but has it EVER been confirmed that the story of this movie really has Spock travelling back in time to save Kirk???


Chris Pine told Entertainment Weekly, "I've met Mr. Nimoy a couple of times. He's been on set and we have a couple of scenes in the film, which will be nice, and I'm excited for those."

Pine doesn't quite say "scenes together", but the context of his remark suggests that elder Spock and young Kirk have an encounter.


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