At 48, Famke is still very attractive.Yet a 62 year old Carl Lumbly is okay?
I'd rather have seen Janssen in her prime as a regular Star Trek character, but that's just me.
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I would love to see Sigourney Weaver lead a Trek series!!!!
which big name actor will Captain a new series?
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Clark Terrell
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And she was only thirty when Goldeneye came out. She's also done Star Trek before, so there is that.
Tim Allen? It would come full circle 
I would choose someone who isn't a 'name'.
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Movie audiences never needed big names, just good actors who work on their craft.
That's why I chose who I chose. I like when people go, "Oh HEY, it's that GUY! From that show!"
That's the best answer yet.
Too bad Wesley turned into some kind of spirit guide thing.
If it's around 2016 or so, I'd pick Ioan Gruffudd.
If it's much later than that, some fairly niche popular 20-something actor currently starring in a daytime soap.
If it's much later than that, some fairly niche popular 20-something actor currently starring in a daytime soap.
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Whys is the Abrams universe a bad place for new shows?
Yah, I agree CapKaty. I was thinking of Michelle Forbes. Let's assume Ro got in good with Starfleet again. And after her stint as Admiral Cain on BSG, I'd say she can do the command thing.
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Not HUGE names, but....I think Michael C. Hall would be excellent. Oh oh oh! And what about Ray Stevenson and James Purefoy? As I write those two names I feel I favor Stevenson more.
J August Richards (maybe too young still?); Jimmy Smits? Billy Brown?
For BIG names--Kevin Bacon; Steve Buscemi.
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No, it's not. I am happy about the new Trek being less preachy.
No, it doesn't "have to be" at all. In fact, that idea may just about be the perfect recipe for disaster! Particularly if you're suggesting some kind of updated yet stylistic continuation of TNG/DS9 laced with fan pandering guest appearances and call backs from those shows etc.
Personally, I believe something fresh, excitng - and yes - action orientated (shock horror) in the JJverse is the future. It doesn't necessarily have to be on the Enterprise, but it should certainly retain the aesthetic of 09 and STID. Please, let's not go back to WELL covered and cultivated ground (no matter how good) and kill the franchise on TV before it even gets (re)started.
As for actors, I have to agree going with an relative unknown is best.
And I'm unhappy about it being just plain retarded & oriented for the whiz-bang set.
Clark Terrell
Lieutenant Commander
I don't see that old Trek was like that unless Picard or Janeway was busy ranting and raving. And Picard got better after the first season of TNG.
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