Thursday, October 16, 2008

Star Trek: the new captain and crew

New photos have surfaced of the upcoming Star Trek film. Go ahead and check them out here.
Obviously I haven't seen any trailers that show off any of their acting, but based on looks alone the casting choices were well made. Karl Urban even makes a very convincing McCoy, which was quite a shock. Anton Yelchin looks a bit childish as Chekov, but that's not too bad. My only qualm is that Chris Pine doesn't look like he fits the role of Captain Kirk. At all. It isn't just that he doesn't look much like the young William Shatner, because there is a bit of a resemblance. He just doesn't look like he embodies the sort of ham-fisted charismatic renegade starship captain that Kirk is supposed to be. I dunno, maybe it's just me.
Also the bridge set looks just crummy, (even compared to the original series). I hope it's just the way the photo is shot making it look bad.

Here's a photo of the new crew:

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