Captain Kirk is D-E-A-D...End of Story...or so Thinks J.J. Abrams - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 04-30-2009, 10:03 PM

STAR TREK director J.J. ABRAMS has dismissed reports WILLIAM SHATNER will return to the franchise for the sequel of his new movie - because his Captain Kirk character is dead.
Despite protestations from Shatner himself and hardcore Trekkers, Abrams decided not to use the original Kirk in his new film, explaining it would have irked film fans who saw his character die.
Abrams says, "His character died in one of the (Star Trek) films and we wanted to be consistent.
"Everyone says - the Trek fans - if you're gonna do a Trek film, you need to be consistent. He died."
Abrams reiterates he did offer Shatner a role in his new film, but explained it could only be a cameo.
He adds, "It was clear that he didn't wanna just do a cameo, so to create a story which was in the movie, it would have been reworking everything (sic)."
But Abrams insists he didn't purposefully snub the original Kirk: "I love William Shatner."

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Marvo301 · 04-30-2009, 10:12 PM

It's true. I saw him die with my own eyes!

FanofRetroTV · 05-20-2009, 12:00 PM

not to give anything away, but the movie does as much as state that this is an alternate timeline. Maybe in this timeline Kirk would not have died in that movie. Since that movie was the worse Star Trek movie ever, what does it matter?

04-30-2009, 10:03 PM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Captain Kirk is D-E-A-D...End of Story...or so Thinks J.J. Abrams STAR TREK director J.J. ABRAMS has dismissed reports WILLIAM SHATNER will return to the franchise for the sequel of his new movie - because his Captain Kirk character is dead. Despite protestations from Shatner himself and hardcore Trekkers, Abrams decided not to use the original Kirk in his new film, explaining it would have irked film fans who saw his character die. Abrams says, "His character died in one of the (Star Trek) films and we wanted to be consistent. "Everyone says - the Trek fans - if you're gonna do a Trek film, you need to be consistent. He died." Abrams reiterates he did offer Shatner a role in his new film, but explained it could only be a cameo. He adds, "It was clear that he didn't wanna just do a cameo, so to create a story which was in the movie, it would have been reworking everything (sic)." But Abrams insists he didn't purposefully snub the original Kirk: "I love William Shatner." http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf...20dead_1102177
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Marvo301 I'm NOT a Blockhead! Forum Celebrity Join Date: May 17, 2002 Location: The Great White North Posts: 21,453	It's true. I saw him die with my own eyes!
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05-20-2009, 12:00 PM	#3
FanofRetroTV Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 15, 2008 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 292	not to give anything away, but the movie does as much as state that this is an alternate timeline. Maybe in this timeline Kirk would not have died in that movie. Since that movie was the worse Star Trek movie ever, what does it matter?