Same here. Even if this guy was a good actor I don't want Kirk in this show.
Paul Wesley's incarnation of James T. Kirk
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The real question is, why do you imagine that anyone is "allowing" you to have one opinion or another?
So, someone expresses an opinion in a public forum, and in response a lot of people disagree with them. Assert contrary opinions or argue the points. Maybe people get heated. Maybe people challenge each other on the basis of facts or interpretation. Maybe someone even suggests that someone else's opinion is based on poor information.
On what planet is that "gaslighting?"
Either say what you think or don't. No one will care that much one way or the other, and no Trekkie is going to suffer martyrdom for having foolish opinion.
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And although this is the first time we've seen Kirk in this universe before TOS, I feel that Wesley did a great job in showing how Kirk would be at this point in his life, with little glimpses of the way he would be in TOS.
IMO, it's a disservice to an actor to portray an established fictional character and be reduced to an imitation of the original actor. Both Wesley and Pine went to the character with the right approach while keeping reverential to Shatner's portrayal. I feel the same with Quinto and Peck and how Spock has been handled, along with the SNW "legacy" crew being portrayed by Gooding, Bush and Babs.
Don't worry if the studios had their way, we wouldn't even have Peck and Wesley but just AI deepfakes/simulations of Nimoy and Shatner that their families may or may not see any pennies from. It's those pesky actors going on strike that are getting in the way of what fans really want.
Side with the studios, they'll get you the authentic looking AI Kirk and Spock (/sarcasm, just in case it's not abundantly clear)
Side with the studios, they'll get you the authentic looking AI Kirk and Spock (/sarcasm, just in case it's not abundantly clear)
Pretty sure that a lot of fans want deepfake AIs as well based upon past threads.
Wesley's third turn as Kirk is my favorite. Not that any of them have been bad.
That is exactly what I expect even if I don't want it as soon as Kirk showed up last season. People told me "Nooo, that won't happen. Mount is great. Why would it change?"
I don't know. Ask the writers this year.
Is anyone looking for "Kirk-centric" content?
Yes, by recasting Kirk they can use him on TV just as they're using Spock by casting Peck. And that's great. Eventually we might see them in their traditional roles as captain and first officer of the Enterprise.
I just want good Star Trek-centric content. Worry about guest stars later.
Everyone notice how conscious the producers have been, as they've done this l-o-n-g reveal of the original Captain Kirk, of the virtue of reassuring the fans that they know the difference between him and KelvinKirk? They went out of their way to flag it with the exchanges about his birthplace between La'An and alt-universe Kirk and, later, Prime Kirk , and then they launch their Prime universe version with a bar scene between him and Uhura that's a complete contrast with the same scene introducing the Kelvin versions of both characters.
It's pretty exciting to revisit the original James T. Kirk in the context of the TOS television era (not the movie era's older and supposedly more mature JTK) again for the first time in over fifty years. Kirk in his "Prime," you might say.
It's pretty exciting to revisit the original James T. Kirk in the context of the TOS television era (not the movie era's older and supposedly more mature JTK) again for the first time in over fifty years. Kirk in his "Prime," you might say.
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I got the same Shat-vibe this week as well. Not OTT like the actual Shat, but there was something there. Though, I hope they aren't in any rush to get to TOS: The Early Years.
And we have at least one more James Kirk appearance, since we haven't seen the transporter room scene with La'an, Una and Kirk yet.
This is the Trek I've been wanting since Paramount+ (and before that CBS All Access) began.
You, me, and anyone with a pulse.
Are you telling me TerryTrek is/was a Zombie?
He certainly hasn't been a contributor with their own brain. 
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