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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. Oh, Yes! by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Other casting???

    • Ben Affleck - Bones McCoy
    • Chris Rock - Computer Voice
    • Jason Mewes - Mr. Spock
    • Kevin Smith - Montgomery Scott

    honestly, isn't it time for a real good laugh at this tired old series?

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    1. Re:Oh, Yes! by Gospodin · · Score: 5, Funny
      Or find a new alien lifeform... and f**k it.

      Doesn't Shatner have this pretty well covered?

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  2. Meanwhile, aboard the Millenium Falcon... by Billosaur · · Score: 5, Funny

    Obi-Wan Kenobi looks pained.

    Luke: What's wrong?

    Obi-Wan: I felt a great disturbance in The Force, as if millions of voices cried out in terror. I fear something terrible has happened.

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  3. Almost there! by sharkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    Getting closer to Star Trek XII: So Very Tired!

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  4. Durka-Durka-Stan by roman_mir · · Score: 5, Funny

    Matt Damon.

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  5. Re:The rest of the Cast by celardore · · Score: 5, Funny
    Yakov Smirnoff as Chekov

    In Soviet Star Trek, Enterprise drives you!

  6. How about Shatner as Damon? by ToxikFetus · · Score: 5, Funny
    Can we get Shatner to revisit all of Matt Damon's rolls?


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    Clark: Yeah.
    Will: Well, I GOT... her number how... DO you like... THEM... apples?

  7. I know... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I mean could Matt Damon possibly live up to William Shatner's dominant acting talent?

  8. superficial look and emotionless demeanor? by frankie · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you're looking for a nice solid wood Spock, there is only The One choice: Keanu.

    Affleck has nothing on Little Buddha.

    1. Re:superficial look and emotionless demeanor? by russ1337 · · Score: 5, Funny
      If you're looking for a nice solid wood Spock, there is only The One choice: Keanu.


      I think Keanu lacks the personality and range of emotion required for the Spock role...
    2. Re:superficial look and emotionless demeanor? by servognome · · Score: 5, Funny
      If you're looking for a nice solid wood Spock, there is only The One choice: Keanu.

      Kirk: Spock any readings on the enemy vessel?
      Spock: Whoa!
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  9. Even Better by uberjoe · · Score: 5, Funny
    Kirk and Spock exploring an alien planet, monster emerges from the bushes.

    Kirk (drawing his phaser): Phasers on Stun!

    Spock: Not necessary Captian. . . I know Kung Fu.

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  10. When paradigms collide... by Slur · · Score: 5, Funny

    Obi-Wan: I felt a great disturbance in The Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.

    Seven of Nine: That was merely a spurious fluctuation in the tachyon matrix containment field. I have compensated.

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