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Matt Damon as Kirk in Star Trek XI?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the jennifer-garner-as-nurse-chapel-please dept.

GiggidyGiggidy writes "Our friends at IMDB.com are reporting that Matt Damon has been cast to play a young James T. Kirk in the new Star Trek Movie directed by J.J. Abrams. Is this the end of the Star Trek series we fans know and love, or the beginning of something bigger and better for the series?"

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  1. Why not? by Threni · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    To me, Star Trek is a joke. Something I remember from my childhood. Camp clothing, poor acting (especially Shatner), predictable plots. I liked it - but for probably all the wrong reasons!

    It doesn't have to be this way. I also loved the cheesy 60s Batman film with the rubber shark and everything, and it took Batman Begins to take the Batman character seriously. If this Star Trek film is done properly, with proper actors instead of all those old people, and with a modern sensibility, it could be a pretty good trilogy...uh, I mean film.