Damon Talks Trek XI

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.latinoreview.com/news.php?id=1216

Date: December 11, 2006

By: Kellvin Chavez
Source: Sci-Fi Wire

‘Patrick’ over at SCI-FI Wire alerted us that Matt Damon told them that he's open to assuming the role of Capt. James T. Kirk in the proposed 11th Star Trek movie, but denied previous rumors that he is already in line for the iconic role, which was originated by William Shatner. "If the script was good, I'd do it," Damon said in an interview while promoting his latest film, The Good Shepherd. "But, yeah, I heard that [rumor]. I think J.J. Abrams or somebody said that at press junket or something, and it got picked up [by the media and Star Trek fans]."
If Damon were to win the role of Kirk, he would become the first actor to play the character since Shatner played him in the original 1960s Trek and its subsequent spinoff movies.
Abrams, who co-created ABC's hit SF series Lost, is set to co-write and produce Star Trek XI and may direct it as well. Abrams previously directed Mission: Impossible III.

Whoever made the original Star Trek XI thread PM a mod and get this merged......Damn Hype search

 

[L0ngsh0t]

Damon would be money as Kirk

I hope they don't **** this movie up

 

[Matt]

Damon would be money as Kirk

I hope they don't **** this movie up

Its a story about young Kirk and young Spock at the academy. No matter how good Damon is, or Abrahams is, it is destined to suck.

 

[Hunter Rider]

I guess I'm in the lucky boat of not liking Star Trek at all and being interested in this solely due to Abrams involvement and the possible casting of Damon

 

[L0ngsh0t]

Its a story about young Kirk and young Spock at the academy. No matter how good Damon is, or Abrahams is, it is destined to suck.

Ah goddam you Abrhams, he is close to being my new Singer

 

[GhostPoet]

What's Star Trek?

 

[Prognosticator]

I hear the prequel's based on a true story.

 

[jrpstarwars]

I heard this rumor a while back. I did not dismiss it immediately but when I read Ben Affleck as Spock I wanted to hit my flat screen. NO F"N WAY IN HELL CAN AFFLECK PULL OFF SPOCK!!!

 

[jrpstarwars]

Its a story about young Kirk and young Spock at the academy. No matter how good Damon is, or Abrahams is, it is destined to suck.

I heard they are going to reveal the story as to how Dr. McCoy really got the nickname Bones. Apparently young McCoy had a problem with 'fondling' corpses.

 

[L0ngsh0t]

I heard they are going to reveal the story as to how Dr. McCoy really got the nickname Bones. Apparently young McCoy had a problem with 'fondling' corpses.

awesome

 

[green]

I guess I'm in the lucky boat of not liking Star Trek at all and being interested in this solely due to Abrams involvement and the possible casting of Damon

Im right there with yat:

And while we're at it...Id suggest

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Its a story about young Kirk and young Spock at the academy. No matter how good Damon is, or Abrahams is, it is destined to suck.

What, you don't wanna see Star Trek 90210?

 

[Hunter Rider]

What, you don't wanna see Star Trek 90210?

Only if Ian Ziering dances across the screen to synth guitar during the opening credits

 

[Movies205]

I'm not too keen on a Star Trek movie chronicling the young lives of Kirk and Spock, however, let us not judge prematurely. I mean if they follow some guidlines it should come out decent, forget Shatner and Nimoy, you're not going find anyone like them so don't try, create all new characters that are faithful to the original, create a story that's not tongue in cheek and full of crappy homages, and above all make a movie, not a geek's wetdream... Hopefully thse things are adhered to, I can easily see all of you eating your words just like people did after Casino Royale, or it could be terrible, let us wait and see.

 

[Immortalfire]

We don't need to see young Kirk and Spock. That is all.

 

[jrpstarwars]

We don't need to see young Kirk and Spock. That is all.

I don't know, I think it could be good.

The question should be 'Who on God's green earth can play Spock???

 

[SolidSnakeMGS]

Star Trek should always be about MOVING FORWARD! Enterprise taught us that. Star Trek is about ideas for the future, not the past.

 

[Immortalfire]

Star Trek should always be about MOVING FORWARD! Enterprise taught us that. Star Trek is about ideas for the future, not the past.

 

[jrpstarwars]

Star Trek should always be about MOVING FORWARD! Enterprise taught us that. Star Trek is about ideas for the future, not the past.

What about when they went back in time in Star Trek IV????

 

[livrule]

Imo the Next Gen crew still have life left in them.

I waited years and years for a Picard/Q movie and it never came .... they were always the best episodes and given a decent script the movie would be great.

Picard rules!!!

 

[Warhammer]

No prequel!!!!!!!!!

I agree with livrule. The TNG cast deserve one more movie that gives them a proper send off. I also wanted a Q movie, too!

F*** this Star Trek.

 

[L0ngsh0t]

I'm not too keen on a Star Trek movie chronicling the young lives of Kirk and Spock, however, let us not judge prematurely. I mean if they follow some guidlines it should come out decent, forget Shatner and Nimoy, you're not going find anyone like them so don't try, create all new characters that are faithful to the original, create a story that's not tongue in cheek and full of crappy homages, and above all make a movie, not a geek's wetdream... Hopefully thse things are adhered to, I can easily see all of you eating your words just like people did after Casino Royale, or it could be terrible, let us wait and see.

Yeah, the thing with CR is they didn't change a single thing about James Bond, they just took one of the stories, which happened to be the first one, and they just made another James Bond movie. A little more flair, a little more action, true, but the format is a formula james bond movie.

Now, do you honestly think a movie about Star Fleet sounds all that awesome? It is going to end up being Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, or X-men evolution where all this crap happens in this one school, just so Kirk and Spock have something to do to make them heros. I would be cool if they wanted to make like the Klingon peace treaty which involves Kirk, and Spock, and Michael Dorn could be in it (Kind of like The New Country i know). Or like a legendary mission, or even they could make it a prequel, and make it like when Kirk, and Spock where like Lieutenants on a ship, and how they're legend grew. Those would all be premises that most fans wouldn't be completely against.

But there still is the thought of replacing Icons like this, it isn't Kirk to many people sometimes I even just say Shatner when I say Kirk, or I will say Kirk when I should say shatner, and even more so with Spock.

It isn't like replacing Michael Keaton, who while he was good, was obviously not perfect, nor did he completely embody Bruce Wayne/Batman. This would be up there with directly remaking the Godfather as one of the absolute worst Ideas

 

[Movies205]

Yeah, the thing with CR is they didn't change a single thing about James Bond, they just took one of the stories, which happened to be the first one, and they just made another James Bond movie. A little more flair, a little more action, true, but the format is a formula james bond movie.

Now, do you honestly think a movie about Star Fleet sounds all that awesome? It is going to end up being Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, or X-men evolution where all this crap happens in this one school, just so Kirk and Spock have something to do to make them heros. I would be cool if they wanted to make like the Klingon peace treaty which involves Kirk, and Spock, and Michael Dorn could be in it (Kind of like The New Country i know). Or like a legendary mission, or even they could make it a prequel, and make it like when Kirk, and Spock where like Lieutenants on a ship, and how they're legend grew. Those would all be premises that most fans wouldn't be completely against.

But there still is the thought of replacing Icons like this, it isn't Kirk to many people sometimes I even just say Shatner when I say Kirk, or I will say Kirk when I should say shatner, and even more so with Spock.

It isn't like replacing Michael Keaton, who while he was good, was obviously not perfect, nor did he completely embody Bruce Wayne/Batman. This would be up there with directly remaking the Godfather as one of the absolute worst Ideas

We are not the writers of this, obviously J.J. thinks he has a good idea, so I'm just saying give it a chance, not that it's going be good.

 

[Jochimus]

I don't know, I think it could be good.

The question should be 'Who on God's green earth can play Spock???

Well, Hugo Weaving didn't look too shabby in a pair of pointed ears. t:

I really despise the prequel obsession Hollywood seems to have now - although I wouldn't mind this film if they were treating it more like they were filling out the gaps between TOS and TMP.

Of course, that whole production design thing with the original series would be a bit of an obstacle to overcome...unless they showed the 1701 in a sort of upgraded 'halfway' stage...

 

[L0ngsh0t]

We are not the writers of this, obviously J.J. thinks he has a good idea, so I'm just saying give it a chance, not that it's going be good.

It is the principle, the chance I will give, but I would give it an almost excited chance if it where a TNG storyline, or a Voyager, or Deep Space Nine Cardassian war storyline. This is not the way to go, I will watch it, give it a chance, go to the fandom midnight show, but I think this is a huge mistake, and not worth the risk