One concern I have...

One conern I have after watching this movie is, are these actors signed up to a 3 movie deal or is this just a one off? One thing i'd hate to see is other actors coming in filling the boots of say Simon Pegg as Scotty. Anyone else have this concern?

 

They have signed up for multiple movies and it's been known for a long time.
Don't worry about it.

 

*Whips Forehead in relief*

 

Lets just hope none of them overdose or get abducted by Tom Cruise.

 

Oh, a masochist, eh?

 

Well, Simon Pegg is specifically the one I wouldn't cry over too much but I'm sure they have multiple movie contracts.

 

Lmao, certainly not.

*Whipe's forhead in relief*

 

Oh, a bad speller, eh?

 

We'll get two more.

With the success of this movie, the next one would have to be an out-and-out stinker to preclude the existance of a third.

 

Simon Pegg as Scotty was fantastic. I never cared for Scotty in TOS but Pegg has revived the character nicely.

 

Agreed. I can imagine Scotty being basically like that as his younger self. A bit of an eccentric. Scotty was great at thinking on his feet, too. Pegg struggling to think and come up with ejecting the warp core at the end of the movie was a good Scotty moment. I hope he's more than just comic relief in the next movie.

 

He's the one I'd recast. His "Scotty" was totally off. I don't know what the hell character he was playing. Sure Uhura was significantly altered as well, but she had to be (the ladylike passive Uhura from TV would never have fit the movie). If they just want to make up new characters, give them new names.

But the rest must come back. Overall, outstanding recasting job! One flaw doesn't really matter, particularly since the character is not important.

 

I love Simon Pegg... but I wish Ricky Gervais hadn't turned down Scotty. He would have been marvelous.

 

i liked doohan's scotty but i also like pegg's scotty.
not only did scotty create miracles out of air and was a pretty good stand in commander of the ship (something i hope they remember) but he also told off a federation ambassador, drank an alien under the table and help start the bar fight when he was the one supposed to have been keeping things under control.

 

Don't feel too bad. I didn't know it either.

Good news though. I'd like to see more of this bunch.

 

Most of the engineering/physics geniuses I have known in my life are a little crazy anyways , truly brilliant but truly weird, always looking at the world as a Rubik's cube to be solved, so I like that this Alternate Scotty is a little nuts...

That's one of the things I didn't like about James Cromwell's portrayal of Zefram Cochrane in First Contact...I liked the idea of the flawed hero, but alot of science/tech geeks that I know get super excited and hyperactive when fiddling with their pet projects...seems like Cochrane wasn't too excited about his "baby" until the end..

Then again, he did spend ten years trying to survive a nuclear war...that'd probably make anyone glum

 

I like Pegg as Scotty too. it's a different interpretation, just like Uhura, but not bad. he's gotta work on his accent though. he sounds waaaaay English to me.

 

Okay, okay, one more try...

*Wipes forehead in relief* - Hows that? lmao

 

My only concern is that it will be VERY difficult for the next movie to match this one in terms of quality, critical acclaim, and box office receipts. Even if it kicks ass, it will likely be seen as a disappointment. I guess that's the price of success.

 

Just get down on your knees and beg your God they don't give it to Raimi - we'll have a full-on Fosse song-and-dance number on the bridge with a remake of "The Enemy Within."