The Star Trek OGs: Captain Kirk (William Shatner) and Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy)
We’re not sci-fi geeks by any stretch of the imagination. Never been into Star Wars, Space:1999, Battlestar Galactica, Babylon 5, etc etc etc. But, there’s a special place near and dear to our hearts when it comes to writer Gene Roddenberry’s best known creation. And while we enjoyed a bit of The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine, when we’re talking Star Trek, we’re all about the original TV series (1966-1969), and a couple of the feature films made by the original cast, namely, 1986’s The Voyage Home and 1991’s excellent The Undiscovered Country. (The latter we recommended to anyone who enjoys a good whodunit, even if they dislike science fiction. Oh, and yes, Shatner rules, by the way.)
But the question is—aside from all his current Hollywood blockbuster clout—why is a man who never much liked the franchise and has higher regard for the 1999 Trek satire Galaxy Quest—which, admittedly, was funny—than the real deal, helming a Batman/Superman-like return of the iconic sci-fi adventure to cool and hip status? No, we’re not being naïve. Just wondering if there was another equally talented, box office-proven director—since that’s all Hollywood cares about—that would be more sympathetic to the material. That’s all we’re saying.
Live long and prosper.
