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George Takei To Play Star Trek's Sulu Again
Tycoon Guy writes "TrekToday reports that George Takei has agreed to play Hikaru Sulu in an upcoming episode of the fan series Star Trek: New Voyages. He's the second actor from the original Star Trek series to come onboard; another episode will feature Walter Koenig as Pavel Chekov. And here's what really makes this news great: Takei's episode will be written by none other than David Gerrold, the SF writer who also brought us Star Trek's Tribbles."
That looks worse than a spanish telenovella... But I guess the bad acting is just a stab at what the future will actually be like. Points for realism.
Hey, I could be wrong. Maybe that fan series will be the next Twin Peaks. But I'll not hazard a viewing.
Ex nihilo nihil fit.
im a fan of the series... but have you seen these things... acting worse than.... well, the original series.
ack, I'm so torn between cool that they are doing it and having fun, but geez.. no dignity. eh, then again, how cool is it that the actors are even interested... thats cool. but its going to be so bad.
eh, its cool. crap.
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Yeah, I was pretty impressed also with George. He can certainly take a joke and that laugh of his is totally infectious.
He was also very forthright and VERY open about his personal life. Something you just don't see in other actors much. You could tell that Stern was trying to rattle him with all kinds of questions, but George didn't falter at all. Good for him.
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Maybe they can get William Shatner next. The guys from Free Enterprise succeeded in that.
John Lim (Hikaru Sulu in New Voyages) playing the character formally played by actor George Takei, was reportedly pissed. "It's obviously an anti-Chinese thing," he noted. Takei maintained that Sulu was indeed Japanese and not Chinese and that Mr. Lim was just miscast from the beginning.
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Lim suggested he was still open to reprise his role as Sulu in an upcoming New Voyages episode in which a future Sulu (Played by Takei) would meet his younger self in a time warp created by a worm hole.
http://www.startreknewvoyages.com/images/cast/lim
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I wonder if modern television shows will have that effect. Will future generations look back at Gina Davis' character and say "Yep, that was the start of it". Did South Park make the concept of cursing and the mix of crude and intelligent humor acceptable? Did Will and Grace help the Gay Right's movement?
I look forward to 20 years from now when I'll be able to look back at the television programs of my youth and see the full, historic impact they might have had.
But as a person who preffered Star Trek TOS it is a pretty decent effort. They really try to recreate the feel of the original series.
The acting is... adequate? Passable. Yeah that is it, it is good enough.
If you like cheesy stuff and are fan of the old series give this a try. It won't be the next big thing but I seen far worse. That norwegian star trek/babylon 5 "comedy" for one.
At least this is in a proper language.
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TOS is dead. TNG is maybe dead. ENT is certainly dead. But people like Star Trek, and a new series would be welcomed by the audience, if it was good enough. The problem is not that the world is tired of Star Trek, the problem is that the last Star Trek series were not that good as the first ones (TOS and TNG). I agree with those guys at startrek.com that it is time for a new Star Trek series, in the style of TNG, with new actors and a new ship, set 20-30 years after TNG. Most of the galaxy is still unexplored!
I have seen one episode from this series (It also had an actor from the originial series). It was trash, poorly written, poorly acted and not very entertaining. As a contrast, I really enjoyed the parody "Star Wreck - In the Pirkinning". Stunning CGIs, great look and sound and quite funny story. The actors are mostly amateurs as well, but they seem to be just perfect for this film. I lift my hat to the makers of Star Wreck.
I'd like him a hell of a lot better if he hadn't stolen the Tribbles story from The Rolling Stones by Robert Heinlein.
I ran into him once in JFK while waiting for my missus to fly in from LAX. It was a bit of a angry situation because the entire flights baggage had been loaded on the wrong plane and was in Philly or something. There were lots of angry people and George and the people he was with seemed pretty pissed(Fair enough... I would have been also). So I didnt want to bother him. But two women next to me went up to him went up to him and asked "Arent you Lt Sulu?" His reponse was "Actually in the last film they made me a Captain". And he chatted with them for a bit. He left me with an impression of being a really nice guy... under the circumstances I dont think I would have been so patient with random people asking me stuff.
If by Tribbles you mean Martian Flat Cats,
and by David Gerrold you mean Robert Heinlein...
You decide...
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He can certainly take a joke and that laugh of his is totally infectious.
His voice is very distinctive. While waiting for a friend in the lobby of a Beverly Hills movie theatre I heard this voice that made me turn towards the speaker. It was Mr. Takei whose voice stood out from probably 50 feet.
I agree 100%. Gerrold has claimed that it was accident, and not intentional that he stole the plot from "The Rolling Stones"...to which I reply, bullshit. Anyone who was a rabid Heinlen fan as a youth (as David Gerrold was, by his own admission, and as is obvious from his work), would INSTANTANEOUSLY realize where that plot idea came from, no doubt or hesitation. The only curious thing was that he though no one would call him on it. He discussed it with Heinlein years later, and Heinlein told him he didn't mind, and that he himself had "borrowed" the idea from a short story called "Pigs is Pigs".
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Yeah, it's too bad he wasn't so forthright in his autobiography -- knowing that he's gay changes the context of his recollections considerably.
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Alternatively, they could decide that all of Enterprise was non-canon and redo the timeline under the original premise - no transporters, translators, and without every darn TOS race they could squeeze in. With new writers.
Kevin Smith has offered several times to write a new Trek series. Give Smith a crack at this. Make sure Berman and Braga are kept as far away as possible from it. Maybe even allow some humor in the series...what a concept!
My idea of what Enterprise should have been would be a return to the '60s idea of the future from TOS. Captain Archer should be a free-lovin', two fisted prototype for Kirk. T'Pol should be Spock with tits and sexual tension between her and Archer. (Never, EVER allow this to be consummated.) The visual look of the show should be TOS with better production values and '60s retro-futurism. Miniskirted uniforms for female crew members! Bio-engineered Klingons without silly putty on their foreheads! It would rock.
Imagine all that and Kevin Smith directing. Now that is something I'd watch religiously.
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