William Shatner May Get a part in the next STAR TREK Film
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- By Venkman
I don’t know about you, but I really didn’t miss Willaim Shatner in J.J. Abrams Star Trek. The film was fine without him. I know there are a lot hardcore Star Trek geeks out there that weren’t happy with him not being in it. I just don’t think it would have worked. The one cameo that they entertained was that he would pop up in a holographic birthday card for Spock, and that my friends, would have sucked! So be glad that didn’t happen.
We all know that Kirk died in the films, but since Abrams rebooted the whole time frame continuum and created an alternate timeline where everything that happened in the past is altered. So in this new Star Trek time frame there is a chance old Kirk is still alive. But would that mean more time travel stuff?
J.J. Abrams is strongly considering bringing Shatner into his Star Trek sequel, and explains why he didn’t make it into the first film.
I would love to work with him. It was a foregone conclusion we wanted him in [Star Trek]. The problem was his character died on screen in one of his Trek films and we decided that we wanted to adhere to Trek canon as best we could … the required machinations to get Shatner into the movie would have been very difficult to do given the story we wanted to tell and also to give him the kind of part that he would be happy with.
It was this thing where it would have felt like a gimmick in order to get Shatner in the movie, which would have honestly, to me, been distracting.
In terms of moving forward, I am open to anything. I feel like the first movie did some of the heavy lifting that needed to be done in order to free us to continue going forward. Maybe there’s less of a burden and there’s going to be more opportunity to work with him (Shatner).
He also revealed that he and Shatner speak and that they have a lunch date planned. I’m sure they will be throwing out some ideas on how they would be able to bring old Kirk in without making the story suck.
If they find a place for Shatner in the film… awesome! I won’t complain… unless it ruins the story. But I trust Abrams not to do that. What do you think? Do you want to see Shatner make an appearance in this new Star Trek timeline?
Source: Yahoo
The fact that Abrams cannot even name the movie Kirk died in means he needs to go back and do his research. Perhaps if J.J. even attempted to refer to Star Trek canon, he could find an easy and acceptable way of working in an aged Captain Kirk.
Further, old Kirk SHOULD NOT exist in this new timeline. While Spock, from the original Star Trek universe may be trapped here, there is little to no possibility that because this timeline was altered slightly, all of a sudden a Shatner Kirk is teaching physics at the Academy or head nurse under McCoy.
And even further, Spock is really old, nearing 200 if I could beg a guess, so even if Abrams built a storyline around returning the old Spock to his universe, Kirk would still be dead*.
*Unless, of course, we recognize the Shatnerverse theory, where dead Kirk is re-animated with Romulan and Borg technology 78 years after his death in "Generations". THEN and only then, can we see old Kirk and old Spock in an Abrams movie…
Your move, Hollywood…
Slippery slope. Nichelle, George, and Walter could come back and "meet themselves", too.
Best way to move forward is to do "City On The Edge Of Forever" the way it was originally written, maybe even add a bit to fit in the new Vulcan/Romulan story elements. Otherwise, just give us the Klingons and get on with it!
He can either play the new Kirk's grandfather, or maybe as a hologram keepsake Spock took with him when he crossed timestreams. Maybe he can redo the video he made in TOS when Spock and McCoy thought he disappeared for good on the Intrepid.
I say put Shatner in the movie. I'm old enough to realize that we wouldn't have Star Trek as we know it if it wasn't for Shatner, et al. Star Trek is a show that was supposed to die (circa 1964), and Shatner has been an integral part of its longevity and survival. I think an interesting movie could result with Old Kirk, as such a role would demand a well-written script.
He's old and decrepit. Why put him in. Uhhhhhh…LOL!!!
Why can't he just let go?
He can't let go because of his arthritis and he's unable to unclench his fingers, but that's beside the point.
I Abrams can figure how to fit Kirk in without making the movie suck…well so be it….I think he did a pretty good job with Spock.