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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: Well I have to say... | Report this post to moderator
By: StarFleet Captain (Odo's file, contact) @ 12:59:02 on Jan 30, 2008

There IS that small little problem which is the WGA writer's strike. That makes it near impossible to add Shatner now. Would you have them postpone production until after the strike so that Shatner can be written in?

Never mind, don't answer that.

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RE: Well I have to say... | Report this post to moderator
By: Chronic Harlot (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 10:55:15 on Feb 05, 2008

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The autumn days swung soft around me, like cotton on
my skin. But as the embers of the summer lost their
breath and disappeared, my heart went cold, and
only hollow rhythms resounded from within.


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RE: Well I have to say... | Report this post to moderator
By: Bean (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 18:57:35 on Jan 30, 2008

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The annoying part is, it isn't.

Ok, so strictly speaking. No, it isn't impossible to still get him in it. And they could even explain it in the story.

On that logic though, they could also include Picard, Janeway and Sisko. Hell, they could throw Tasha Yar in there too. I mean, with time travel it would be only too easy to explain it all away right?

Hell, let's keep going. Why not put Khan back in it? I'm sure that using time travel they could explain away his original death, and maybe even the fact that he's now in a wheelchair? The possibilities are endless!

The fact of the matter is, Abrams made the call that he didn't want to pander to "extremist fanboys" and include Shatner, just for the sake of doing it. There is no easy way to put him in the film without making it an obvious cheap pandering to those fans who just can't let go.

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"The idea of doing an impression of William Shatner… it would have no shot at succeeding. The character is Jim Kirk, not William Shatner." - Chris Pine

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