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No Kirk For You!! Mr. Ears Instead!!


Merrick here...

We'd been hearing indications about this for a while now, but yesterday The Shat definitively stated that he / James T. Kirk doesn't have a place in Orci and Kurtzman's script for JJ TREK.

Nimoy will appear instead.

HERE'S WHAT HE SAYS!!!

Personally...as muck as I'd dearly love to see these actors play these characters on the big screen (if only for a moment)...I think the presence of either Nimoy or Shatner in JJ TREK will be extremely distracting.

The franchise needs a reboot...a reinvention...a pure, back to the basics re-approach to some degree. The appearance of either personality will inherently bring along baggage & invite even more comparison to what's come before. And...they've got quite a bit to live up to already.

But, maybe that's just me.





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by The Pusher
Jul 10th, 2007
09:34:44 AM
Blah!
by TheBloop
Jul 10th, 2007
09:36:51 AM
But seriously...
by The Pusher
Jul 10th, 2007
09:37:22 AM
Welp... My guess is Spock will serve as narrator...
by stlfilmwire
Jul 10th, 2007
09:39:42 AM
The script must at least be decent
by brattain
Jul 10th, 2007
09:41:21 AM
Nothing wrong with that.
by Jakes Nel
Jul 10th, 2007
09:42:27 AM
It it's not a Shat, it's not a hat...
by nomihs
Jul 10th, 2007
09:44:10 AM
Spock visits Kirk's grave...
by expert40
Jul 10th, 2007
09:49:45 AM
Why not...
by Anna Valerious
Jul 10th, 2007
09:51:02 AM
It's not a bad idea
by ChiTownsBest
Jul 10th, 2007
09:52:21 AM
I was afraid when I heard the rumour about...
by rbatty024
Jul 10th, 2007
09:54:53 AM
Star Trek is in desperate need of this reboot.
by Jakes Nel
Jul 10th, 2007
10:00:14 AM
DS9/Voyager films
by ron2112
Jul 10th, 2007
10:03:01 AM
Sooo...
by malpaso
Jul 10th, 2007
10:11:50 AM
Galloping around the cosmos...
by CaptainTripps
Jul 10th, 2007
10:12:28 AM
ANYONE SEEN SHATNER VISION????
by tibbr08
Jul 10th, 2007
10:20:44 AM
Is Damon confirmed??
by CarmillaVonDoom
Jul 10th, 2007
10:20:54 AM
A DS9 Movie would be ORGASMIC TREKKING.
by uss cygnus
Jul 10th, 2007
10:21:56 AM
The last thing ST needs is a reboot.
by ScamsAndFlams
Jul 10th, 2007
10:22:40 AM
Has Been?
by jimmy rabbitte
Jul 10th, 2007
10:24:28 AM
How the fuck would they be distracting?
by jfp2007
Jul 10th, 2007
10:28:48 AM
shatner is right
by Mr_X
Jul 10th, 2007
10:32:25 AM
JJ Trek
by jeffrex007
Jul 10th, 2007
10:40:54 AM
01-18-08
by MIYAGISAN
Jul 10th, 2007
10:43:20 AM
dream casting
by danowen
Jul 10th, 2007
10:43:31 AM
Hmmmmm.....
by NachoNegro
Jul 10th, 2007
10:48:49 AM
Paging Dr Freud....
by Boba Fat
Jul 10th, 2007
10:48:54 AM
It depends on how they apply Spock...
by YotzVonFrelnik
Jul 10th, 2007
10:55:51 AM
Casting
by NachoNegro
Jul 10th, 2007
10:57:18 AM
Mr_X you tool
by NachoNegro
Jul 10th, 2007
11:05:21 AM
Zachary Quinto as Spock
by c4andmore
Jul 10th, 2007
11:10:04 AM
Nimoy as Sarek?
by CaptainTripps
Jul 10th, 2007
11:11:37 AM
Nimoy
by SPECTRE007
Jul 10th, 2007
11:13:03 AM
Nimoy can't do this...
by Avon Barksdale
Jul 10th, 2007
11:16:28 AM
The death of spoke is like an open wound...
by Hybrid16
Jul 10th, 2007
11:20:56 AM
Samuel L Jackson as Kirk
by Kubla_Khan
Jul 10th, 2007
11:22:46 AM
This is disappointing, they should both be in it
by photoboy
Jul 10th, 2007
11:22:46 AM
F Reboots
by TheBladehelm
Jul 10th, 2007
11:26:56 AM
That video is F'N AWESOME!
by SkidMarkedUndies
Jul 10th, 2007
11:42:52 AM
Can't they just retcon GENERATIONS out and use Kirk?
by Yack Backer
Jul 10th, 2007
11:43:30 AM
personally
by bootle2
Jul 10th, 2007
11:43:45 AM
Oh well. My bad.
by SkidMarkedUndies
Jul 10th, 2007
11:44:11 AM
Drop Kicks
by NachoNegro
Jul 10th, 2007
11:54:20 AM
Yes, please retcon Generations
by tonagan
Jul 10th, 2007
11:55:20 AM
Classic Trek Does Not Need a Reboot
by DarfurOnTheRocks
Jul 10th, 2007
11:59:08 AM
They've always 'handed off" a new series this way...
by ZeroCorpse
Jul 10th, 2007
11:59:25 AM
this is doomed to suck regardless....
by yeah i'm a jerk!
Jul 10th, 2007
12:08:10 PM
They BETTER not...
by fractureJonze
Jul 10th, 2007
12:13:23 PM
Hope this does well...
by TheRealSeveren
Jul 10th, 2007
12:14:19 PM
ZeroCorpse
by NachoNegro
Jul 10th, 2007
12:15:43 PM
I don't get it
by KanekoFan
Jul 10th, 2007
12:15:45 PM
The Shat just wants to live like common people...
by PoweredUpPacman
Jul 10th, 2007
12:16:57 PM
Braga and Berman
by zacdilone
Jul 10th, 2007
12:17:04 PM
TheRealSeveren
by NachoNegro
Jul 10th, 2007
12:17:23 PM
here is an old joke
by emeraldboy
Jul 10th, 2007
12:26:15 PM
It's a flashback movie.
by jimbojones123
Jul 10th, 2007
12:29:30 PM
No SHATNER as KIRK!?! What the HELL??
by Demode
Jul 10th, 2007
12:37:15 PM
this makes perfect sense
by oisin5199
Jul 10th, 2007
12:50:06 PM
Why isn't Shia la Boof in this?
by Stalin vs Predator
Jul 10th, 2007
12:54:58 PM
Star Trek Movies
by NachoNegro
Jul 10th, 2007
12:55:02 PM
Doesn't need a re-imagining
by performingmonkey
Jul 10th, 2007
12:56:04 PM
Kirk Went Out Like a Punk....
by DarfurOnTheRocks
Jul 10th, 2007
12:57:56 PM
Gerard Butler as Kirk
by DarfurOnTheRocks
Jul 10th, 2007
01:00:37 PM
Yoe
by Avon Barksdale
Jul 10th, 2007
01:08:00 PM
Denny Crane!
by DerLanghaarige
Jul 10th, 2007
01:10:16 PM
Shatner is better off.
by superninja
Jul 10th, 2007
01:12:04 PM
performingmonkey
by earl of sandwich
Jul 10th, 2007
01:12:57 PM
I'm concerned that updating it means sucking all
by superninja
Jul 10th, 2007
01:13:12 PM
Matt Damon as Kirk?
by JAGUART
Jul 10th, 2007
01:23:20 PM
The original NCC-1701 and A were REAL ships.
by DarfurOnTheRocks
Jul 10th, 2007
01:36:13 PM
oisin5199
by KanekoFan
Jul 10th, 2007
01:37:21 PM
Nacho, for the LAST TIME...
by expert40
Jul 10th, 2007
01:47:57 PM
Boy you guys were late with this article post
by scifi guy
Jul 10th, 2007
01:57:46 PM
Star Trek?! FUCK THAT SHIT!!
by RockLobster800
Jul 10th, 2007
02:07:41 PM
The turth is.......
by ChiTownsBest
Jul 10th, 2007
02:10:33 PM
NO NO
by McClane_Corleone
Jul 10th, 2007
02:11:54 PM
Who Cares About Going Back to the Roots?
by FreeKill
Jul 10th, 2007
02:14:49 PM
this is quite old...
by emeraldboy
Jul 10th, 2007
02:21:55 PM
Enterprise sucked for a lot of reasons
by McClane_Corleone
Jul 10th, 2007
02:24:32 PM
And I don't get
by McClane_Corleone
Jul 10th, 2007
02:28:05 PM
Merrick, I'm disappointed in you...
by Alan_Moore
Jul 10th, 2007
02:41:07 PM
"Young" Kirk and Spock
by DarthFloyd
Jul 10th, 2007
02:57:06 PM
not that great an idea...
by datachasm
Jul 10th, 2007
03:01:00 PM
reboot won't draw new fans.
by jccalhoun
Jul 10th, 2007
03:03:18 PM
I never knew what high blood pressure meant before...
by Screentime
Jul 10th, 2007
03:04:10 PM
Shatner blows
by Motoko Kusanagi
Jul 10th, 2007
03:30:23 PM
DS9 and Voyager just aren't popular enough...
by rbatty024
Jul 10th, 2007
03:37:35 PM
Uh, you're welcome?
by Thick McRunFast
Jul 10th, 2007
03:42:12 PM
It better not
by McClane_Corleone
Jul 10th, 2007
03:47:19 PM
Fucking Bullshit!!!!!!!!
by picardsucks
Jul 10th, 2007
03:51:09 PM
Star Trek
by Chilli815
Jul 10th, 2007
04:12:42 PM
NO REBOOTS! Prequel, please! (And hire the Shat!)
by Blok Narpin
Jul 10th, 2007
04:13:32 PM
rbatty024 is incorrect
by Blok Narpin
Jul 10th, 2007
04:16:56 PM
NachoNegro is also wrong
by Blok Narpin
Jul 10th, 2007
04:20:46 PM
Let's hear a song from the laughning spaceman...
by Uncle Stan
Jul 10th, 2007
04:21:21 PM
Your "Futuristic" show was the Next Generation.
by superninja
Jul 10th, 2007
04:25:38 PM
Kirk died in Generations
by Norm3
Jul 10th, 2007
04:29:09 PM
The whole next gen era (except DS9) sucks. Kirk is Trek
by picardsucks
Jul 10th, 2007
04:35:03 PM
Di Caprio for Kirk...
by FILMFUNK
Jul 10th, 2007
04:54:10 PM
Lost geeks will go see this
by ericthebeef
Jul 10th, 2007
05:12:30 PM
Agreed - Picard is the worst. Janeway would
by superninja
Jul 10th, 2007
05:19:37 PM
Shatner is looking more and more like my father...
by DarthSnoogans
Jul 10th, 2007
05:23:31 PM
Fuck Abrams. Fuck the reboot.
by Darksider
Jul 10th, 2007
05:26:26 PM
FUCK ABRAMS. BRING BACK SHATNER AS KIRK
by DARTH VOODOO
Jul 10th, 2007
05:37:57 PM
Boycott this film (Until Shatner is brought back)
by DARTH VOODOO
Jul 10th, 2007
05:40:11 PM
USS Titan series or new movie
by jason john
Jul 10th, 2007
05:52:27 PM
Tobias Menzies for Spock
by Anino
Jul 10th, 2007
06:08:26 PM
Who gives a fuck about Tobias Menzies? BRING BK SHATNER
by DARTH VOODOO
Jul 10th, 2007
06:11:27 PM
Narpin, that's interesting, but I wonder if that's...
by rbatty024
Jul 10th, 2007
06:35:58 PM
i agree about Tobias Menzies
by datachasm
Jul 10th, 2007
06:45:27 PM
I think Star Trek doesn't need a reboot...
by vezner2007
Jul 10th, 2007
07:49:29 PM
I reckon with the amount of in jokery...
by RockLobster800
Jul 10th, 2007
08:08:17 PM
Damon? No. Ryan Reynolds, yes.
by lynxpro
Jul 10th, 2007
08:42:44 PM
The prescence of JJ in JJ Trek will be more distracting
by Laserbrain
Jul 10th, 2007
09:09:50 PM
STAR TREK REBOOT: EVERYONE IS BLACK!
by ScamsAndFlams
Jul 10th, 2007
09:13:38 PM
In JJ I trust.
by Yeti
Jul 10th, 2007
09:16:33 PM
does anyone else remeber the CGI cartoon show Reboot?
by RockLobster800
Jul 10th, 2007
09:17:04 PM
"Old character bookends" is one of THE MOST HACK -
by Laserbrain
Jul 10th, 2007
09:17:06 PM
Reboot was here, too
by ScamsAndFlams
Jul 10th, 2007
09:21:47 PM
here = U.S.
by ScamsAndFlams
Jul 10th, 2007
09:22:01 PM
And it's going...to be a long...long time. Rocket man.
by Yeti
Jul 10th, 2007
09:23:18 PM
The phrase "reboot" really needs a reboot
by Daddylonghead
Jul 10th, 2007
09:24:19 PM
STAR TREK REBOOT: EVERYONE IS FAT!
by Daddylonghead
Jul 10th, 2007
09:27:14 PM
I've heard that it's not exactly a reboot.
by rbatty024
Jul 10th, 2007
09:27:31 PM
I remeber it was okay...
by RockLobster800
Jul 10th, 2007
09:32:29 PM
"The franchise needs a reboot...a reinvention..."
by Spykid the 13th
Jul 10th, 2007
09:39:19 PM
Their presence will in no way be distracting
by DARTH VOODOO
Jul 10th, 2007
09:53:16 PM
If Bill wants 5 - 10 million,they should just pay him
by Wayne6000
Jul 10th, 2007
10:53:10 PM
For the love of God
by HumanEnhancement
Jul 10th, 2007
10:57:02 PM
no no NO !!!
by BendersShinyAss
Jul 10th, 2007
11:01:55 PM
I've said this before...
by mtchptty
Jul 10th, 2007
11:25:49 PM
Personally with all due respect to JJ, fuck this film.
by AllPowerfulWizardOfOz
Jul 10th, 2007
11:32:15 PM
FIRST!!!!
by Tal111
Jul 10th, 2007
11:56:26 PM
The problem with all of this "reimaging"
by DarthFloyd
Jul 11th, 2007
12:32:41 AM
Still think this is a mistake
by Exterminans
Jul 11th, 2007
01:05:42 AM
Why Shatner won't be in it!
by Samson_K
Jul 11th, 2007
03:39:31 AM
Dear Paramount & JJ Abrams: YOU'RE FUCKING IDIOTS
by Big Dumb Ape
Jul 11th, 2007
04:01:58 AM
I just off the phone to KHAN...he said
by HarryBlackPotter
Jul 11th, 2007
07:14:00 AM
Shatner + Nimoy = $$$$$$$$$$$
by genrefanboy
Jul 11th, 2007
08:11:50 AM
I agree with doing another show
by Mr Incredible
Jul 11th, 2007
09:23:13 AM
I wanted to make a comment...
by Jakes Nel
Jul 11th, 2007
09:48:50 AM
Matt Damon, action hero?
by JackPumpkinhead
Jul 11th, 2007
12:58:07 PM

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