Young James Kirk Adventures, with Older Kirk as the framing device.
William Shatner Confirms Talks for Star Trek Return at 93 Years Old
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I'd say that TMFU's pilot more or less fits her #2. It was very much an introductory episode with the focus being on the POV of the guest civilian who was recruited as an agent of opportunity, learning all about the world of UNCLE along the way.
But, does Older Kirk have an eye patch?
Only while driving.
That would work as well. Or mirror universe Kirk who is still alive.
None of that is going to happen.
Bringing Kelsey Grammer back as Morgan Bateson is a memberberry even Terry Matalas might think twice about. Granted, Matalas would likely go ahead with bringing him back anyway after thinking twice on the matter.
Maybe not but it would be cool.
They did bring back Bateson on Lower Decks albeit unvoiced.
*Beasties Boys intensifies*
Oh, very cool. But let's not get our hopes up too much.
People would love it. Even people who might not even recall the episode would enjoy seeing Kelsey Grammer in Trek. Besides their is only so much you can do with bringing Shatner back as Kirk. You know you can't do action stuff with him at his age. Sulu and Chekov are unlikely to be alive in the future and you can't do Scotty either for obvious reasons. Maybe you bring Stewart back and have Kirk and PIcard meet once again.
I've already read two of Shatner's novels where that happened. I have no desire to see it onscreen.
They would? Did all the Lower Decks fans get massive hardons when they saw an animated still of Bateson? Unless you’re just pandering to the hardcore TNG fans, nobody else would give a shit. And probably even the hardcore fans wouldn’t care either. But of course, the reality is that Kelsey Grammer probably doesn’t give a shit about a part he played for 33 seconds 33 years ago.
Shatner would be entirely disinterested in sharing the spotlight with Stewart again.
Again, If anything it's a discussion to appear in some manner on Strange New Worlds season 4; which is currently in production and filming right now. ( Shatner is 94 years olds out there going to do something they've got to do it pretty quickly.)
Given that, I don't think Patrick Stewart would be involved.
Feel like when a lot of fans say they want to see Shatner and Stewart again, they want the versions of those actors/characters we last saw in '94. Seeing as how many reacted negatively to Picard in his new series looking and sounding frail (because you know, he's in his 80s), I could see any reappearance of Picard and Kirk as their actors' ages now, not being taken well.
Clearly, Shatner can slip into the role he created.
Quite true; his Kirk is still one of the key faces of the franchise, so if something important is not written for Shatner, it would be a shameful, lost opportunity and a comment on the attitudes of those "running" the franchise today.
Of course not. He created that character by bringing much of his own personal character to it; this was no literary character left to the interpretation of endless stage and movie actors. He had to give life to a script and the results of any conferences he had with Roddenberry and others about who Kirk should be, yet that was not going to be developed by any other actor. Shatner is one of those rare actors who truly made and defined a character as his own, to the point where anyone else in the role is the equivalent of a cosplayer.
I've heard Shatner speak - i think the ideal project would be an animated movie. He still has his vocal range and depth from what I can tell.
EDIT i've been saying that ever since he played Two-Face in the Adam West Batman animated sequel - hard to believe that was 8 years ago.....
EDIT i've been saying that ever since he played Two-Face in the Adam West Batman animated sequel - hard to believe that was 8 years ago.....
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