Rather a stretch

[serai]

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Okay, I like Karl and all, but...Bones McCoy? I don't know. *shakes head* At the very least, he'd better be able to do the accent.

The whole project looks dodgy to me at best. I'm a TOS gal, having watched the originals when they were first aired, and was a Trekker during the 70's. If they cock this up, I'm gonna be rather displeased.

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[marigold6.livejournal.com]

That's just SOOOOO not right. And I'm with you about it being dodgy - who the heck are some of these young whippersnappers J.J. is hiring?? Ok, the guy from Heroes - yes I can see him as Spock. But Zoe Saldana as Uhura?! And some Korean kid as Sulu? ????????

Yup, I'm a TOS babe too - Bill was my first "mature actor crush" - and I still adore him.

[serai1.livejournal.com]

I'm scratching my head over it. That Sulu is a Korean doesn't bother me, because his nationality was never pinned down completely. (The Star Trek writers' guide, which was handed out to scriptwriters and was their bible, said he was "Japanese in character", but "Sulu" is not a Japanese name.) I think they must be going by the idea that it's pointless to try and find actors who are just like the guys on TOS, so they'll just re-cast the roles from the ground up, and let the actors do their own takes on the parts. Let's just hope it works!

[blackbird-song.livejournal.com]

I was watching the casting with cautious interest until Karl Urban as McCoy came up. Now I'm contemplating a one-way ticket to Pluto, where TV and movies can't reach me.

I'm a died-in-the-wool TOS kid myself. Quite apart from the fact that I'm currently collecting as many K/S zines as I can lay my hands on and writing my own story about them *facepalm*, that show saved my life at a crucial time during my childhood. (So did Lord of the Rings, at a different time.) I love all of those characters so much that I can't bear to see them ruined. Quinto does look promising as Spock, but the others have left me wondering, at best.

I'm going to go to bed, now, and curl up with some good K/S, preferably the kind that doesn't turn them into illiterate, jealous teens. Unless, of course, they encounter a phenomenon that actually does turn them into illiterate, jealous teens....

Catherine

[serai1.livejournal.com]

Oh you had better let me read that when you're finished with it!

By the way, have you seen this? I may have mentioned it to you before.

[blackbird-song.livejournal.com]

I certainly shall! However, it's turning into a novel, I'm afraid. Without question, it's the longest fic I've ever written (apart from the serial that I started with someone else) and at nearly 23,000 words it isn't quite half finished, yet.

That video is awesome, and you did mention it to me before. I was trying to remember which one you'd recommended, and am very grateful to you for reminding me here. Thank you! :)

Catherine