[BlackBox]

I'm not trying to flame anyone here, but some of you guys really need to improve your understanding of the art of acting.

Those who are saying Shat can't act have precisely as much credibility as those who say that Michael Jordan can't play basketball. Observe: is Michael Jordan a great basketball player? Of course. Therefore, Shat is the greatest actor of all time. QED. It's logic.

[NCC-73515]

I have to say, there are so many other whose acting is worse. I wouldn't mind seeing him because of his acting. I only have problems with him who played Kirk playing anyone else within the franchise. And since Kirk is already taken by Pine, he would have to play someone else. The only other solution would again involve time travel which so many people dislike...

[BlackBox]

Originally Posted by NCC-73515

I have to say, there are so many other whose acting is worse. I wouldn't mind seeing him because of his acting. I only have problems with him who played Kirk playing anyone else within the franchise. And since Kirk is already taken by Pine, he would have to play someone else. The only other solution would again involve time travel which so many people dislike...

1) Pine can be fired and bought out; Paramount would more than recoup their losses by casting Shat, due to his awe-inspiring star power.

2) CGI can do amazing things now; have you seen Black Swan?

[omegaman]

Shatner, while a fine actor, is no longer a drawcard for Trek.

If they were go the CGI route, like Final Fantasy, then I wouldn't mind seeing those that have passed, Doohan, Kelly and Majel brought back to life, so to speak, to go on one more final mission …or two.

[martok2112]

The example as seen in TRON LEGACY, de-aging Jeff Bridges and Bruce Boxleitner by 30 years could probably be used in Der Shat as well.

And I've had no problems with William Shatner's acting. Occasional hiccup here and there, but I think he did just fine for Kirk in his day.

I think Chris Pine does just fine for today's Kirk, and will mature into an even better Kirk.

[Saquist]

Originally Posted by BlackBox

I'm not trying to flame anyone here, but some of you guys really need to improve your understanding of the art of acting.

Those who are saying Shat can't act have precisely as much credibility as those who say that Michael Jordan can't play basketball. Observe: is Michael Jordan a great basketball player? Of course. Therefore, Shat is the greatest actor of all time. QED. It's logic.

I just can't follow that analogy...
Jordan blew records away....
The height of Shatner was...Trek....

[BlackBox]

Originally Posted by Saquist

I just can't follow that analogy...
Jordan blew records away....
The height of Shatner was...Trek....

Dare you accuse me of non sequitur, sir????

[Saquist]

well...
(shrug)

[kevin]

CGI is an amazing tool.................but it's not a miracle worker.

De-aging CGI still seems to me to be very variable (and costly). To date, I think the de-aging work done on Stewart and McKellen on X-Men: The Last Stand was better than the de-aging work on Bridges in Tron: Legacy, which I have to say for me was (on it's own, not the whole film) one of the more terribly unconvincing visual effects I had seen in a major movie in a long time.

[martok2112]

I think, during the sequences where we saw Clu (as the de-aged Bridges), it's understandable that there's some level of deresolution that takes away from the validity of the imagery....call it: in story computer rendering.

But I think the scenes where we see the Younger Flynn with his 7 year old son, Sam, the effect is quite convincing...especially when Flynn leaves and turns off the porch light. The light sourcing and reflection are really quite good.

Besides, think on it, in X3, the de-aging for Stewart and McKellen was on the order of 20 years...and given their actual ages at the time (easily from their mid-60's), that didn't seem to be too much of a demand.

But with Jeff Bridges and Bruce Boxleitner, taking them back 30 years from their current ages (late 50's early 60's) called for a bit more de-aging...and for the effort, I thought it was pretty considerable.