Kirk........you in danger girl
Why not Garrett Wang...
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Kirk........you in danger girl
And John Cho can act? Look at Harold & Kumar... lol, just kidding. I love those movies.
There are a lot of reasons why he shouldn't be Sulu... for one his name is a slang for penis and that wouldn't look great in the opening credits on the bigscreen.
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And how about this. Much like Shatner he is a sucky actor. Great at being Harry Kim(Like Shatner was great at Kirk) but that's it. He just wouldn't work.
Denny Crane, bitches. And Crane ain't a Kirk. So I think Shat > Kim except on Tuesday when it's dark.
Denny Crane, while a cool character, is Kirk. In lawyer form.
Shatner is always the same person in every role. As the Priceline guy
he is Kirk. He is capable of acting only one way. Like Kirk.
Though I'll give that he is better than Wang.
Denny Crane, bitches. And Crane ain't a Kirk. So I think Shat > Kim except on Tuesday when it's dark.
Denny Crane, while a cool character, is Kirk. In lawyer form.
Shatner is always the same person in every role. As the Priceline guy
he is Kirk. He is capable of acting only one way. Like Kirk.
Though I'll give that he is better than Wang.
In the Shat's defense, he grew into that role. In the original series, he's not the self-parody, yet.
Denny Crane, bitches. And Crane ain't a Kirk. So I think Shat > Kim except on Tuesday when it's dark.
Denny Crane, while a cool character, is Kirk. In lawyer form.
Shatner is always the same person in every role. As the Priceline guy
he is Kirk. He is capable of acting only one way. Like Kirk.
Though I'll give that he is better than Wang.
In the Shat's defense, he grew into that role. In the original series, he's not the self-parody, yet.
He was Kirk in his Twilight Zone episode from before TOS
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^^ He was in two Twilight Zone episodes -- Don't forget the one with the fortune-telling machine at the diner.
^^ He was in two Twilight Zone episodes -- Don't forget the one with the fortune-telling machine at the diner.
Oh gosh yeah, I was thinking bout the airplane one. Nice!
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I can't fault Garrett Wang for playing his character the way it was written. I think he did a damn good job; he really made me believe Ensign Kim was a boring door mat.
Maybe if they'd written an interesting character, Wang could've run with it. We'll never know.
Maybe if they'd written an interesting character, Wang could've run with it. We'll never know.
It's could've, as in could have, not "could of", which makes no sense. That's my thought.
Casting John Cho is just the first step of JJ's master plan to ultimately get Neil Patrick Harris in Trek. It might just take a couple of movies to get there.
Or, since the timeline has been fucked with, why not use a poplular young Japanese actress to play Sulu?
Or, since the timeline has been fucked with, why not use a poplular young Japanese actress to play Sulu?
Mmm... in that case I looove screwing with the timeline...
Dusty Ayres
Commodore
At the risk of sounding like a dummy, what were her problems again?
Good Will Riker
Admiral
The Korean American motion picture actor/rock musician John Cho got his big break by coining the term "MILF!" in American Pie (1999).
Cho must be doing something right in Hollywood with all of the hardwork and the right connections he has in getting all of the non-stereotypical Asian American roles (No fucking kung fu, waiters, or delivery boy, but a regular portrayal of a human being like you and me) in Hollywood.
Cho has screen presence. He has that certain "something" that allows the Asian American demographic (Meaning, Americans of Asian descent who grew up in modern day, mainstream America.) to flock to watch his films in theatres in large numbers. It is a start, and Garrett Wang as a supporting actor on a television show just didn't have that certain "something" to elevate him to feature films.
The proof is in the pudding, no fellow Asian Americans that I know of tuned into "Star Trek: Voyager" to watch Garrett Wang (
). Infact, most Asian Americans that I know of infact did not watch Star Trek at all after the popularity of TNG during the early-1990's, and moved onto other things such as tuning into NBA games.
Most Asian Americans who I have spoken to just did not know who Garrett Wang was. When I mentioned his name to my fellow Asian American friends or relatives during the 1990's, it felt like to them I pulled some Asian guy out of the bottom of the Hollywood totem (like "Power Rangers") in mentioning him and their responses have always been like this:
"Garrett Who?"
The Asian American parents (in their 60's in age) do not know who John Cho (and, definitely not Garrett Wang
) is because they grew up in their Asian countries well into their late-teens, 20's, and 30's when they flew by a commercial airliner (Not some junk or shrimpboat!) to the United States with their young elementary school aged school children (Who are "American" citizens, not those yak pulling, chinky eyed stereotype of old Hollywood!) or children who were born in the USA as "American" citizens.
But, those Asian Americans who are hamburger eating, rock and roll listening, white woman fucking Americans like you and me know who John Cho is and Asian Americans as "regular Americans" like you and me will be the model for Asian Americans for years to come rather than "Noodle slurping, rice eating, rickshaw pulling, fu manchu stereotype" of yesteryear.
Seoul, South Korea - present day
Cho must be doing something right in Hollywood with all of the hardwork and the right connections he has in getting all of the non-stereotypical Asian American roles (No fucking kung fu, waiters, or delivery boy, but a regular portrayal of a human being like you and me) in Hollywood.
Cho has screen presence. He has that certain "something" that allows the Asian American demographic (Meaning, Americans of Asian descent who grew up in modern day, mainstream America.) to flock to watch his films in theatres in large numbers. It is a start, and Garrett Wang as a supporting actor on a television show just didn't have that certain "something" to elevate him to feature films.
The proof is in the pudding, no fellow Asian Americans that I know of tuned into "Star Trek: Voyager" to watch Garrett Wang (
). Infact, most Asian Americans that I know of infact did not watch Star Trek at all after the popularity of TNG during the early-1990's, and moved onto other things such as tuning into NBA games.Most Asian Americans who I have spoken to just did not know who Garrett Wang was. When I mentioned his name to my fellow Asian American friends or relatives during the 1990's, it felt like to them I pulled some Asian guy out of the bottom of the Hollywood totem (like "Power Rangers") in mentioning him and their responses have always been like this:
"Garrett Who?"
The Asian American parents (in their 60's in age) do not know who John Cho (and, definitely not Garrett Wang
) is because they grew up in their Asian countries well into their late-teens, 20's, and 30's when they flew by a commercial airliner (Not some junk or shrimpboat!) to the United States with their young elementary school aged school children (Who are "American" citizens, not those yak pulling, chinky eyed stereotype of old Hollywood!) or children who were born in the USA as "American" citizens. But, those Asian Americans who are hamburger eating, rock and roll listening, white woman fucking Americans like you and me know who John Cho is and Asian Americans as "regular Americans" like you and me will be the model for Asian Americans for years to come rather than "Noodle slurping, rice eating, rickshaw pulling, fu manchu stereotype" of yesteryear.
Seoul, South Korea - present day
Or, since the timeline has been fucked with, why not use a poplular young Japanese actress to play Sulu?
Off topic, but uh. I just died and went to heaven:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu9ZNvqbQcg
Good Will Riker
Admiral
^^^
Yeah, but she only dates Asian men.
So, I am in.
You are out.
Yeah, but she only dates Asian men.
So, I am in.
You are out.
^^^
Yeah, but she only dates Asian men.
So, I am in.
You are out.
Meh, none of us have a chance anyways so it doesn't matter.
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