Shatner Almost Had Part In 'Star Trek XI'

[A l t e r E g o 9]

Actor's demands scuttle 'Star Trek XI' role.

 

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[Kor37 9]

As I've stated before, all Abrams had to do was set the "future" part of the movie to just after Trek 6 and there would be no canon problem. There is no reason that this story just HAS to take place after Generations.

 

As for Shatner, it appears that he talked himself right out of the movie with his demands. He has only himself to blame.

[Stephen of Borg 2]

I'm already over the "put shatner in the movie!" discussion. I've already accepted he ain't in it, and I'm fine with that

[Eratosthenes 0]

As I've stated before, all Abrams had to do was set the "future" part of the movie to just after Trek 6 and there would be no canon problem. There is no reason that this story just HAS to take place after Generations.

 

As for Shatner, it appears that he talked himself right out of the movie with his demands. He has only himself to blame.

Well the reason would be that Spock will look old as dirt now, and if we had HIM looking that old while Kirk looked just as old as him...it would either mean that Spock was very short-lived to be half-Vulcan, or that Kirk was very old for a human.

 

 

And even then, we know how old Kirk looked in ST6 and how old he was in GEN, and for him to look 15 years older for a period of time that was supposed to happen in between the two movies would be equally bizarre (and for Spock to have aged that much after the 6th movie when we know what he looks like as late as that TNG episode arc.)

[Kor37 9]

As I've stated before, all Abrams had to do was set the "future" part of the movie to just after Trek 6 and there would be no canon problem. There is no reason that this story just HAS to take place after Generations.

 

As for Shatner, it appears that he talked himself right out of the movie with his demands. He has only himself to blame.

Well the reason would be that Spock will look old as dirt now, and if we had HIM looking that old while Kirk looked just as old as him...it would either mean that Spock was very short-lived to be half-Vulcan, or that Kirk was very old for a human.

 

 

And even then, we know how old Kirk looked in ST6 and how old he was in GEN, and for him to look 15 years older for a period of time that was supposed to happen in between the two movies would be equally bizarre (and for Spock to have aged that much after the 6th movie when we know what he looks like as late as that TNG episode arc.)

 

They have make-up techniques that can make them look much younger. In "Private Parts", the Howard Stern bio movie, they were able to make a 45 year old Stern look like a high school kid. Its not that tough.

[A l t e r E g o 9]

The biggest reason I infer from rumors leaked on the story is he couldn't be included in ST: XI because it begins after NEM.

[DaboGirl 7]

I'm already over the "put shatner in the movie!" discussion. I've already accepted he ain't in it, and I'm fine with that

Ditto.