William Shatner Confirms Talks for Star Trek Return at 93 Years Old
Sounds like the original James T. Kirk could bodly go once again in a new Trek project.
You're viewing a single thread.
I'm gonna come out in favour of this, despite the comments. One last outing, why not? A guest star spot I think is overdue for any remaining TOSers in SNW. Even if it isn't the greatest episode, I can't see any harm, and Shatner reprising the role would drive engagement pretty high (meaning more episodes!)
I have a bit of a knee-jerk reaction that Star Trek should be looking forward rather than backward, but I also love SNW so that's obviously not a hard and fast rule. You're right that this could be done well, but I'm very skeptical that it would be.
My biggest concern is that they would over aggrandise the character. Kirk was always a big personality, but he was also very flawed and human. I don't want to watch every other character fawning over the legendary Captain Kirk, or see him battling the Borg at 95.
I also don't want to see an uncanny valley digital mockery, I can't stand those.
But if they came up with something like Relics was for Scotty - an intimate, meaningful story that put a button on the character's life and didn't feel the need to build it up as some galaxy-shattering event - I could be into that. But I doubt that's what they're considering.
I take it you've seen 765874 - Unification? The de-aging is still noticeably jarring, but a worthwhile little gut punch send off.
Yeah… I really wish I was able to appreciate that. The idea of Kirk being given a reprieve from his fate in Generations to have one final moment with his t’hy’la is very sweet if nothing else. But between the horrible CGI body replacements and the impenetrable story they built around it, I really couldn’t feel any of the emotion that scene should have.
That said, it’s at least focused on the human connections of Kirk’s life. The other approach that’s been hinted at lately, some kind of secret Section 31 scheme, sounds much less appealing.
He stuck around this long and even though he's Bill fucking Shatner, it's hard to say he doesn't deserve one last ride. I just wish he'd played it more gracefully these last 30 or so years.
I'm with you. It can't be Picard, or Indiana Jones and The Cursed Walker. If he's a guest, or secondary character, doing age-appropriate things... he's not the last TOS bridge crew alive, but one of a shrinking few.
I can't see a good way to do more than an episode, but I'd take it. Just don't try to play the tearful farewell card and have him die again. Bring Takei and Koenig along. Maybe one of the many god-like species they ran across has formally requested them for some reason. Maybe Talos IV - that'd be a nice full circle, except that Takei and Koenig weren't involved in that.
