Paul Wesley's incarnation of James T. Kirk

[Rahul]

Did anyone actually notice that the Kirk from "Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow..." Was supposed to be 10 years younger than the Kirk from the season 1 finale...?

Because I didn't see any old/young make-up on Wesley, and the acting certainly didn't make a difference.

To be honest I find the handling of Kirk on this show just... weird. I'm kinda hoping that next episode is also just and illusion from Uhura and then... we're done with Kirk?

 

[fireproof78]

we're done with Kirk?

Probably not.

 

[Mudd]

Did anyone actually notice that the Kirk from "Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow..." Was supposed to be 10 years younger than the Kirk from the season 1 finale...?

Of course. Don't care.

 

[cooleddie74]

It's Star Trek. For crying out loud, Kirk in TWOK was lamenting growing old and obsolete in the late 23rd century at the age of 52. Age and how old or young an actor appears relative to the role and the episode or film is hardly a science with this franchise.

 

[Nerys Myk]

It's Star Trek. For crying out loud, Kirk in TWOK was lamenting growing old and obsolete in the late 23rd century at the age of 52. Age and how old or young an actor appears relative to the role and the episode or film is hardly a science with this franchise.

*Jahn from ”Miri” has entered the chat*

 

[cooleddie74]

I mean, Admiral Mark Jameson in TNG was 85 but looked like a plate of ham that had been sitting around for a century longer than that.

 

[Ovation]

One of my friends, whom I met in 1990 and was then in his late 20s, did not visibly age until his mid-forties when a few specs of grey appeared. He’s currently 62, looks at least ten years younger, and might even get away with claiming five-seven more years younger than that if he were to be clean shaven and dyed his hair. Some people are naturally gifted with youthful looks and/or appear to be at a “static age” for many years. I have the latter characteristic, but not the former. My friend has both.

 

[cooleddie74]

And then there's Paul Rudd. Truly the one specimen since Dick Clark who mocks the laws of human aging.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I mean, Admiral Mark Jameson in TNG was 85 but looked like a plate of ham that had been sitting around for a century longer than that.

Don't forget Noonien Soong.

When we first see him in "Brothers" he looks like he's three hundred years old. Then in a later ep we see a holographic message from him and he's nowhere near that old. I think that initially they didn't know how old Soong was supposed to be, or how long people would live in the 24th century without looking like Death eating a cracker.

And there's also Ira Graves. He said he taught Soong everything he knows, and yet Graves looked like he was one tenth Soong's age!

then again, in "Brothers" Soong did say he was dying. Perhaps it was from a disease that caused rapid aging?

As for Kirk's appearance in "Tomorrow..."? My headcanon is that, even though he's only a lieutenant on the Farragut in the real timeline, the "United Earth Fleet" had a shortage of captains so that's why he has his own command here.

 

[Ssosmcin]

Episode 3. Yes. Episode 1? No.

Hell he was peppering in Alec Guinness style inflections in Episode 2. "This light saber is your life!"

 

[fireproof78]

Hell he was peppering in Alec Guinness style inflections in Episode 2. "This light saber is your life!"

The hair made it more difficult to find it as similar.

And that's not to say I don't see a resemblance; just that different levels work differently depending on the story. And I think that McGregor does good enough job of making Obi-Wan his own, while still having that Guinness stylings.

 

[FreezeC77]

And then there's Paul Rudd. Truly the one specimen since Dick Clark who mocks the laws of human aging.

And then on the flip side you have Wilford Brimley who was 49 years old in Cocoon.

 

[cooleddie74]

And I turn 49 in November and even I look way younger and more vital than poor Wilford.

 

[Noname Given]

Did anyone actually notice that the Kirk from "Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow..." Was supposed to be 10 years younger than the Kirk from the season 1 finale...?

Because I didn't see any old/young make-up on Wesley, and the scribe certainly didn't make a difference.

To be honest I find the handling of Kirk on this show just... weird. I'm kinda hoping that next episode is also just and illusion from Uhura and then... we're done with Kirk?

It was only 7 years not 10; and even then before one's late 30s to early 40s, no you really don't change that much from when you were say 26.

 

[Henoch]

I'm starting to come around to accept the age issue with Wesley. Another example:

Fallen (2007): "18-year-old Aaron Corbett (Paul Wesley, age 25) struggles to come to terms with his newly discovered identity - that he's half-angel." Wesley's been playing roles years younger than his actual age for over 15 years. Why should he stop, now? Lucky guy.

 

[cooleddie74]

Wesley is affecting some Shatnerian speech patterns. I liked hearing them this week. Not a Shatner impression but you can definitely see he's homaging the Shat with his choices in delivery.

 

[WarpFactorZ]

I think that initially they didn't know how old Soong was supposed to be, or how long people would live in the 24th century without looking like Death eating a cracker.

They literally had a 137 year old McCoy in the series premiere. Why that didn't set the benchmark is beyond me.

 

[cooleddie74]

And oddly enough, in better old age makeup than you'd see in almost the entirety of the rest of Berman Trek.

 

[TimeIsAPredator]

Now that we have seen prime Kirk am I allowed to not like him now or should I still expect to be gaslit ?

 

[fireproof78]

Now that we have seen prime Kirk am I allowed to not like him now or should I still expect to be gaslit ?

I don't like him appearing at all.

Knock yourself out.