And he would've been a FAR better choice... even resembling the original actor reasonably closely.
Latest rumor-mongering: Tom Cruise as Captain Pike?
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Hanks was originaly considered for Cochrane but was busy working on his own movie, That Thing You Do!
As for Cruise as Pike.
I guess then Pike will be grinning like an idiot through the whole thing while jumping on the command chair, "I love this ship! I love this ship! WOOO!!!!"
As for Cruise as Pike.
I guess then Pike will be grinning like an idiot through the whole thing while jumping on the command chair, "I love this ship! I love this ship! WOOO!!!!"
I've heard both stories. Since I have no personal knowledge of the guy, I tend to assume that the reality is somewhere in the middle...
Exactly right, because characters always resemble the actors that play them.
Seriously, whatever his real life may be like, good, bad or indifferent, Tom Cruise is a good actor. The performances he gave in movies like Top Gun and A Few Good Men didn't change when he started jumping on couches (something he only did once, mind you).
^ After Joel Schumacher made Batman & Robin, a lot of fanboys retroactively started hating his movies that they loved, i.e. The Lost Boys, Falling Down, Flatliners, etc. The same goes for Cruise, especially by those who can't separate an actor from a character, and thus are responsible for typecasting said actor.
But didn't you just get totally sick of all the couches Cruise jumped on in Interview with he Vampire, Collateral and Minority Report? And Paul Reubens kept whipping it out and masturbating during Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Blow. And Sean Penn kept beating up anyone with a camera in The Thin Red Line, Carlito's Way and Mystic River. And Kevin Bacon kept connecting himself to other people by six degrees in every single on of his movies.
But didn't you just get totally sick of all the couches Cruise jumped on in Interview with he Vampire, Collateral and Minority Report? And Paul Reubens kept whipping it out and masturbating during Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Blow. And Sean Penn kept beating up anyone with a camera in The Thin Red Line, Carlito's Way and Mystic River. And Kevin Bacon kept connecting himself to other people by six degrees in every single on of his movies.
So's Sean Penn. And he's still a very good actor. Lots of actors are childish idiots. As long as they can act does it really matter how childish or idiotic they are?
very true. Idiots can still act. But there's a point when someone becomes so loathsome that they burn out their appeal. That said, Cruise is far from doing that yet, though he's giving it the old college try.
Besides, Cruise has done science fiction before. In Eyes Wide Shut he portrayed a heterosexual.
Besides, Cruise has done science fiction before. In Eyes Wide Shut he portrayed a heterosexual.
I think Tom Cruise would make an okay Pike, but Tom Hanks would be better. Especially since Hanks *is* a Trek fan.
(Yes, Hanks was going to play Zefram Cochrane, and really wanted to do it too. But it conflicted with That Thing You Do! so he had to drop out of ST:FC)
That being said: What about Number One/Morgan Primus?
Can't really have Pike without her....
(Yes, Hanks was going to play Zefram Cochrane, and really wanted to do it too. But it conflicted with That Thing You Do! so he had to drop out of ST:FC)
That being said: What about Number One/Morgan Primus?
Can't really have Pike without her....
Is Morgan Primus the "real name" of Number One? (Yes I'm a bad, dillentantish Trekkie for not knowing that. 
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Anyway, the best actress for the role would be Lake Bell or Claire Danes.
) Anyway, the best actress for the role would be Lake Bell or Claire Danes.
Temis the Vorta said:
Is Morgan Primus the "real name" of Number One? (Yes I'm a bad, dillentantish Trekkie for not knowing that.
Yes, it is. She is like Flint, in that she's immortal and has to keep changing her name to avoid suspicion. She's also Robin Lefler's mother. Also, another Peter David novel - can't remember which - says that Number One's voice was used as the 'template' for all Federation computer voices.
I'm not really a Cruise fan... haven't watched most of his movies, but that's because they didn't interest me, rather than I-have-a-passionate-hatred-for-him-'cause-he's-a-Scientologist.
But he's a good actor. I saw him in Eyes Wide Shut and he was pretty solid in that. I can see him as Captain Pike, or the freaking Cameo Moose - just give him a well written part and I'm sure he'll be fine.
Also, as folks have said, he's a big name, and that means more people watch the movie, which means more revenue for Star Trek... which might revive the franchise. Indeed, even him being a Scientologist - which seems to be the main complaint - isn't a bad thing: Scientology was founded by an author with grounding in pulp sci-fi, and aspects of space opera are quite respected in their religion. To see Tom Cruise, one of the biggest name Scientologist actors there are, in a space opera movie... I'm sure that's enticing, especially if it doesn't stink as bad as, say, Battlefield: Earth.
But he's a good actor. I saw him in Eyes Wide Shut and he was pretty solid in that. I can see him as Captain Pike, or the freaking Cameo Moose - just give him a well written part and I'm sure he'll be fine.
Also, as folks have said, he's a big name, and that means more people watch the movie, which means more revenue for Star Trek... which might revive the franchise. Indeed, even him being a Scientologist - which seems to be the main complaint - isn't a bad thing: Scientology was founded by an author with grounding in pulp sci-fi, and aspects of space opera are quite respected in their religion. To see Tom Cruise, one of the biggest name Scientologist actors there are, in a space opera movie... I'm sure that's enticing, especially if it doesn't stink as bad as, say, Battlefield: Earth.
I don't know who Cameo Moose is, but if they don't give that part to William Shatner, I will BOYCOTT THIS FLIMM!!1
I had to look it up. Urgh -- it sounds like an idea straight out of bad fanfic.Temis the Vorta said:
Is Morgan Primus the "real name" of Number One? (Yes I'm a bad, dillentantish Trekkie for not knowing that.
Peter David does seem to like borrowing characters from the TOS era. I wonder if he'd go for doing a TOS-era series in the vein of New Frontier (more light than Vanguard, probably).
Babaganoosh said:
Temis the Vorta said:
Is Morgan Primus the "real name" of Number One? (Yes I'm a bad, dillentantish Trekkie for not knowing that.
Yes, it is. She is like Flint, in that she's immortal and has to keep changing her name to avoid suspicion. She's also Robin Lefler's mother. Also, another Peter David novel - can't remember which - says that Number One's voice was used as the 'template' for all Federation computer voices.
For some reason that all creeps me out...
Sharr
