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Spoilers Legacy character announced for SNW

Well as others have pointed out, what character he was playing was wasn't leaked, just pictures of him filming in Toronto.

He could have been playing any white male starfleet captain, legacy character or new.
 
Seems like it's pretty impossible to keep a lid on filming Kirk. They're getting ahead of it.

It also seems likely kirk's in command of his destroyer class ship, but they're keeping that under wraps.

I welcome the ship specific badge ret-retcon.

I'm actually happy they're getting rid of this 800 lb gorilla of "when's Kirk showing up" early on rather than the neverending teasers a la DSC S2 Spock.

That's my two cents. I'll just wait to see what happens.
 
I'm actually happy they're getting rid of this 800 lb gorilla of "when's Kirk showing up" early on rather than the neverending teasers a la DSC S2 Spock.

Yeah, I think that's what they had in mind from the beginning. They learned with season two of Discovery - it doesn't appear from early statements that "adult Spock" was in the original plan for that season, but when the executive producers changed all of a sudden they were casting for one.
 
MechaRandom42 discussed the dates and ages and its possible he maybe GEORGE KIRK as otherwise he would need to be 18.
I don't know who Mecka-lecka-hi-mecka-hiney-ho42 is or why I should care, but that is not accurate and short by 8 or 9 years. So I'll pass on the 1 hour 42 minute video to discuss a couple of still photographs. Christ almighty.

And the actor has already announced he's playing James T. Kirk, I believe.
 
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You're all going to feel really silly when he only shows up for the last 20 minutes of the Season 2 finale. :lol:

I'm just excited because this means my wife, a huge Vampire Diaries fan, may actually watch SNW with me.
 
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I don't know who Mecka-lecka-hi-mecka-hiney-ho42 is or why I should care, but that is not accurate and short by 8 or 9 years. So I'll pass on the 1 hour 42 minute video to discuss a couple of still photographs. Christ almighty.

And the actor has already announced he's playing James T. Kirk, I believe.
I've only been able to stomach a minute or so of her videos, but I've never seen someone who's supposed to be so into Sci-Fi be so negative and wrong (along with Overlord and a couple others). I mean, they're supposed to be fans but don't seem to enjoy any iteration of what they're supposed to be fans of.
 
I've only been able to stomach a minute or so of her videos, but I've never seen someone who's supposed to be so into Sci-Fi be so negative and wrong (along with Overlord and a couple others). I mean, they're supposed to be fans but don't seem to enjoy any iteration of what they're supposed to be fans of.
Because you know It's all about that bait, 'bout that bait, ad clicking. Negativity sells, and gets clicks, so you have to be as hyperbolically negative, insulting and doomsaying as you can be to stand out from the crowd of thousands of other YouTube "creators" shitting on stuff that people like. So it's an ever-escalating race to the bottom of seeing how many franchises you can say suck or will be cancelled next season or are pissing on the old showrunner's / creator's "Vision." I don't think they even really believe most of it. They're hucksters.
 
Because you know It's all about that bait, 'bout that bait, ad clicking. Negativity sells, and gets clicks, so you have to be as hyperbolically negative, insulting and doomsaying as you can be to stand out from the crowd of thousands of other YouTube "creators" shitting on stuff that people like. So it's an ever-escalating race to the bottom of seeing how many franchises you can say suck or will be cancelled next season or are pissing on the old showrunner's / creator's "Vision." I don't think they even really believe most of it. They're hucksters.
I completely agree! Some I watched when they started and were very enthusiastic about what they were fans of, only to change themselves because it meant more viewers, whoring themselves out at the expense of their personal convictions and integrity for clicks and views.
 
Why not use George Kirk? Nothing is known about him
Which one? Senior is an old man. Junior has a wife and kids and isn't in Starfleet.
Actor is 39? What the....
Kirk is 26 in 2359...
He's 2 years younger than Chris Pine. And he's been Kirk for 12 years!
4 years out of the Academy. At most. Lt comander. Comander if you really push it.
Only thought is that Starfleet does like the navy does and give commands of smaller ships to non captains. But that's like PT boats. Maybe a frigate.
Ugh...
In Star Trek anyone commanding a ship holds the rank of captain. Four man survey ship, the CO is a captain. 1000 man cruiser, the CO is a captain. :lol:
 
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The smart thing is to control all leaks.

But we don't know that's what's happening. He could just be a guest star for all we know. He could be there to establish the character for a future spin-off series with Kirk and the other TOS crew from SNW aboard the Enterprise in 2265.

Leaks in itself are not (that big) problems.

The problem is if you're in a situation where a single leak substantially destroys your whole messaging. When no-one knows what's going on anymore.

In this case: No-one knows if SNW is actually going to be a "Pike"-show anymore (as advertised) or "TOS reboot 2.0", or just some veeeeeery dumb cameo galore.

Meaning: The messaging of what SNW actually is has been lousy so far, and IF the fact that "Kirk" appears, they should have told us the whole deal ("joining us as a guest star for season 2:"/"Taking over from season 2 onwards:"/"Introducing for a limited series later on:"). So far, the messaging is a desaster. The overwhelming feedback negative. And a lot of good-will scrambled. It might turn out great in the end. But Paramount really needs to work on it's marketing.
 
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