Comments on: Will the Original Captain Kirk Be in Star Trek 2?

By: Marianne

Marianne — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:58:33 +0000

I thought the first one was amazing…great script, graphics…the whole she-bang. But because Nimoy was shown in the first one doesn’t mean that Shatner should appear in the second. Although I agree, you think Star Trek you think Captain Kirk (Shatner)…but I think it would be best to leave well enough alone. I mean…the only possible way (and it’s still corny) other than time travel is a dream sequence where he talks to himself (Shatner) in the future. It would ruin the flow of what they’ve already started. Now…it’ll be new adventures since the past has now been changed. It’s an alternate adventure.

By: modi

modi — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 21:59:04 +0000

Yes, bring back Kirk forever, the greatest captain ever, it was disgraceful the way he was killed.
Bring him back J.J.
Star Trek 2 was killed by not having shatner, he should have been prioritized over Spock, J.J. could have found a way.
This movie was about Kirk, not Spock, or Spocks new girlfriend.
Loved the new McCoy, what a treat, thank you, so well done.
Trek fan since the beginning.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:13:13 +0000

I feel there is nothing wrong with bringing kirk back one last time. Lets face it he didn’t exactly bow out in a great way did he, being finally buried under a pile of rocks. So what if he is old now, you don’t have to bring him back expecting him to run around at his age, just a way where he can be an inspiration to the film and allow him to bow out alive and gracefully at the end of the film.

By: WOODY

WOODY — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:22:24 +0000

Its entirely possible now since the reboot ended up being about an alternate universe. Remember originaly Kirks father saw him become captain. In the new alternate universe he died at Kirks birth. That being said whos to say that Kirk died in the Generations at all, or that any of the events in the original flics happened? The whole point of a reboot if you as me!

By: Charles

Charles — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:23:43 +0000

Yes Shatner needs to be in the next movie but only to the point of bringing him back to life and leaving him there for future projects maybe. His death was wrong and sloppily done, not fitting for the best captain ever. Yes, bring him back. It is easily done from the Nexus..make it that his “echo” is what came out and died in Generations and the real Kirk is still in there.

By: Charles

Charles — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:23:43 +0000

By: peter reed

peter reed — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:02:19 +0000

yes it will be part of the movie to show the new fans out there please do it long fan for years superpete.

By: greg

greg — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:57:31 +0000

I found the last star trek (on the right heading) the whole point of star trek is to ask where can we go as a race

By: Owen

Owen — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:11:37 +0000

I am sorry “connie” but how is 100 year old Nimoy not “unwashed fruit.”

Yes Shatner was and is a mediocre actor but Chris Pine isn’t better.

The article above really fails to understand trek (or even science fiction), there are a score of ways Shanter could have been in the latest film. For one, a flashback, whcih is a very common literary device, by Spock, would have done it and take 30 secodns out of the film.

Shatner is the #1 icon element of the franchise. His cheesiness itself, his playing the part like space cowboy was always part of the appeal.

By: Connie

Connie — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:51:14 +0000

How can William Shatner be in the movie when he is using a walker and yelling at those damn kids to get off his lawn. i say just let Chris Pine be Capt. Kirk now. he is far easier on the eyes than the Shatner of today, Shatner was a handsome young stud in his prime but now he just looks like unwashed fruit.

By: Rhys

Rhys — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:40:18 +0000

I think the movie could have been told from the beginning, without changing the timeline, since there was not very much revealed about the OST crew’s academy days. It could have been old Kirk(Shatner)& old Spock (Nimoy)talking about the early days at the academy, right before Kirk goes to the Enterprise B launch,making mention of the rest of the OST crew’s whereabouts, thus making Star Trek a “flashback” and still keep with the timeline that has been going on for 43 years now. I’m sure in it’s five year mission, there are a lot of stories that can/could be told, and or include many aspects of the Trek Mutiverse. They could have bridged the gap between the NX-01, and the NCC starships, as well as what happened to the crew of the Enterprise NX-01, and if they don’t have any ideas, I do!!
As far as bringing Shatner back in Star Trek 2, just have old Spock do a mind-meld with young Kirk, and show him the Captain Kirk he knew as his friend (come to think about it, they could have done that in the first movie, when they were in the cave. Young Kirk asks: “So what am I like in your future?” then old Spock shows him of his last encounter with Captain Kirk(Shatner), and still be used in Star Trek 2(Damn, I’m good)or maybe I should just file that idea away with the rest of the stuff I’ve written for the Star Trek franchise.

By: Richard King

Richard King — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:20:11 +0000

Does not matter that kirk died,leave time travel alone!
Simply have Pine take shuttle into cosmic cloud that accelerates his aging process! ta da Shatner comes back on bridge! Great entrance sequence! Just a sub plot so he can cameo quckly whilt bones corrects things! Just a thought!

By: Knyte

Knyte — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:54:52 +0000

The only feasable way to have Shatner in the new film, without having to go with the time traveling gimmick, is to have the film take place in two different times in ST history. Basically, it would be old Kirk having to deal with a crisis, and has flashblacks to his younger days that helps him address or deal with it.

Or perhaps, have a nod to “The Menagerie”, and have Kirk now retired, or about to retire, and he finally breaks the silence on something that happen him in his younger days. Like some classified mission that the Enterprise took, and for whatever reason, finally has to be revealed.

Also, since it is now in a different timeline, Kirk’s death may never have happened via the Nexus/Soren incident.

There are lots of ways to do it, without making it feel forced, or wedged in, per se.

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By: Peter B

Peter B — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:24:06 +0000

The one thing that prevented me from going to see the Star Trek movie is the absence of Shatner playing Kirk. All due respect to the creative writers out there, but removing an icon from his role is the #1 reason I’ll avoid a movie like black death.

Better an entirely new Star Trek series than the total thrashing that ‘rebooting’ gives a series or show. As for Kirk dying, lets not forget several novels co authored by Shatner that showed a clear means of bringing Kirk back to life. As I understand it, Roddenberry actually did want a movie or movies where all the various Trek series merged together. As occurred in the aforementioned novels.

Star Trek, unfortunately, has suffered from a progressively bad set of movies, starting from Generations and on forward. Quite honestly, I have no intention of seeing any further Star Trek movies until the aforementioned books are made into film with the actors in their proper roles. I am that disappointed in the direction of the franchise.

Regards

By: Enoch

Enoch — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:51:29 +0000

I have to say I think Star Trek: Generations was something that the father of Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry, wouldn’t have truly wanted. I may be wrong on this, but I think the one good thing that could come from the alternation in the timeline from the the first movie would somehow be Kirk being re-written into history. I think Shatner deserves one last call as Kirk too, as Generations just wasn’t the appropriate curtain call. So I say go for, Abrams (and Shatner). But one note for Shatner: try and get in Kirk shape, not Boston Legal shape.

By: 790

790 — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:31:05 +0000

Thanks Lord Garth and Kristi, yeah I get what you mean about Kirk and Spock being the icons of Trek, but I’ve always felt that Shatner & Nimoy created those characters. Pine and Quinto, while they were adequate didn’t capture the magic. I actually felt the actors that played McCoy and Checkov were WAY over the top…

But hey if it Trek continues to inspire people then its ok,

By: Kristi

Kristi — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:26:45 +0000

@720
I am in agreement with Lord Garth! 720, you’ve got some great ideas! And unlike a lot of core fans who just sit there and bash the new movie, or didn’t bother seeing it all, you have a optimistic view and gave it a chance, and likewise don’t bash anything, but merely say that you just didn’t care for it.
Anyway, I do like your idea! You can very much tell you are a deep caring ST fan, however, I am going to agree with Lord Garth again in that, the original series are huge iconic characters and that’s what JJ wanted to reboot. (Seems like that’s hollywood’s favorite thing to do right now.)
I am a fan of rebooting old movies, so I guess that’s why I enjoyed ST. Although I will agree that sometimes reboots don’t work….ugh..wolverine…ugh!

By: Lord Garth, Formerly of Izar

Lord Garth, Formerly of Izar — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:48:29 +0000

790 – you’re one of my favorite guys here, certinly the most interesting. I am very proud you have actually written, actually created something of yourself.

But

3, maybe 4, people would watch anything set in that horrifically crappy Next Gen Era. Kirk and Spock are Superman, Captain America, Batman and Bond. Next Gen everyone (except DS9) is poop