Captain April novel?
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^^Who the heck is that?
Oh, yeah, I can see that.
Semi-related anecdote. Years ago, my comics dealer and I were having a conversation about Doctor Who. "Hear who's been cast as the new Doctor?" he said.
I shook my head. I wasn't plugged into fandom in those days.
"That guy from Alien 3," he said.
Obviously, it wasn't Charles S. Dutton, so it had to be Charles Dance. "That works," I said. "Charles Dance will make an awesome Doctor."
So, I was disappointed when I found out it was Paul McGann, but mostly because I couldn't even remember who he was in Alien 3. And given that it's my favorite of the quadrilogy, that says a great deal.
Funny enough, my response on hearing that McGann had been cast was that they cast the wrong star of Withnail and I - I thought Richard E. Grant should've been the Doctor. However, REG later did play the Doctor, sort of, in the Comic Relief special Curse of the Fatal Death and in an internet-only adventure (this was before Eccleston and RTD) and then in an audio adventure. Having said that, I like McGann's take on the Doctor and wish we could have seen more.
BTW, Christopher, if I'm correct, the photoshopped April you couldn't identify is Sam Neill. Who, like Dance, was invited to replace Roger Moore as James Bond. Unlike Dance, Neill accepted the offer and his audition can be seen on The Living Daylights DVD. Dance (who had a non-speaking role in For Your Eyes Only as a baddie) declined to audition, a decision he later said he regrets.
Sam Neill?
Sam Neill would have made an outstanding starship captain. I think of the stars of the past when casting characters in Star Trek the original series or in the prequels. Thinking of who was in Hollywood during the 1950s and 1960s who could have made an appearance in Star Trek.
I wonder what The Living Daylights would have been like with Neill as James Bond. But Cubby insisted on Timothy Dalton. Because of the lawsuits, Neill probably would have made only two films like Dalton.
I wonder what The Living Daylights would have been like with Neill as James Bond. But Cubby insisted on Timothy Dalton. Because of the lawsuits, Neill probably would have made only two films like Dalton.
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^^Spacey: the final frontier?
Sorry, I had to turn that into a link because it's a bit too wide.
reference: http://www.trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=63206
So, casting issues aside (and I actually like most, if not all of the suggestions), any more word on this book? I realize it's waaaaay too early to ask about the plot, but are there any more specifics than "a Robert April novel?" And will Mike Barr be taking Diane Carey's characterization of April into account?
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