From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: not@chance.dude   
   Subject: Re: So I Wasn't Surprised--   
      
   rikp@aol.com wrote:   
   >>  Not real Trek,   
   >> in that the original creative team had nothing to do with it, but I   
   >> thought it was a pretty good facsimile.  Think of all the shows/movies   
   >    
   > Mostly agree.  I mourned the end of Trek back in 1991 when I knew that   
   > VI would be the final original cast movie.  This one has the   
   > characters so it's, technically, closer than the TNG movies (except   
   > maybe Insurrection which could have been a TOS episode ;-)).  I'm not   
   > totally sold on the new cast but I'll see the next one, especially if   
   > Shatner is involved.  It's still a testament to the original casting   
   > that they want the "real" people in there.  I know people keep   
   > mentioning Keith Urban as a great Dr. McCoy, but I think I finally   
   > figured out that he reminds me more of Dan Aykroyd playing Dr. McCoy   
   > in "The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise" on SNL from 1976 than   
   > Deforest Kelley.  And now it's on Hulu.  Rewatching it I'm a little   
   > surprised that they hit Shatner's delivery on the head.  I thought his   
   > reputation started later than that.  And the audience is really in on   
   > the jokes, like they've seen a lot of Star Trek.   
   >    
   > http://www.hulu.com/watch/19313/saturday-night-live-star-trek-   
   -the-last-voyage-of-the-starship-enterprise   
   >    
   > Rik   
      
   Chris Pine was the most underrated actor in the new movie, IMO.  Quinto    
   was good, but he had the advantage of a startling resemblance to Nimoy.    
     Pine had to play a convincing Kirk without Shat's affectations -    
   *that* was tough!  I didn't care for Urban's McCoy - he came off as a    
   hostile malcontent, instead of a lovable grouch, as Kelley's McCoy had been.   
      
   You're right - those original actors are absolutely irreplaceable, and    
   I'm willing to watch them stay in Trek - even the pseudo-Trek, for as    
   long as they can.   
      
   Natalie   
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