I’m gonna come out in favour of this, despite the comments. One last outing, why not? A guest star spot I think is overdue for any remaining TOSers in SNW. Even if it isn’t the greatest episode, I can’t see any harm, and Shatner reprising the role would drive engagement pretty high (meaning more episodes!)
He stuck around this long and even though he’s Bill fucking Shatner, it’s hard to say he doesn’t deserve one last ride. I just wish he’d played it more gracefully these last 30 or so years.
I have a bit of a knee-jerk reaction that Star Trek should be looking forward rather than backward, but I also love SNW so that’s obviously not a hard and fast rule. You’re right that this could be done well, but I’m very skeptical that it would be.
My biggest concern is that they would over aggrandise the character. Kirk was always a big personality, but he was also very flawed and human. I don’t want to watch every other character fawning over the legendary Captain Kirk, or see him battling the Borg at 95.
I also don’t want to see an uncanny valley digital mockery, I can’t stand those.
But if they came up with something like Relics was for Scotty - an intimate, meaningful story that put a button on the character’s life and didn’t feel the need to build it up as some galaxy-shattering event - I could be into that. But I doubt that’s what they’re considering.
I’m with you. It can’t be Picard, or Indiana Jones and The Cursed Walker. If he’s a guest, or secondary character, doing age-appropriate things… he’s not the last TOS bridge crew alive, but one of a shrinking few.
I can’t see a good way to do more than an episode, but I’d take it. Just don’t try to play the tearful farewell card and have him die again. Bring Takei and Koenig along. Maybe one of the many god-like species they ran across has formally requested them for some reason. Maybe Talos IV - that’d be a nice full circle, except that Takei and Koenig weren’t involved in that.
I’m gonna come out in favour of this, despite the comments. One last outing, why not? A guest star spot I think is overdue for any remaining TOSers in SNW. Even if it isn’t the greatest episode, I can’t see any harm, and Shatner reprising the role would drive engagement pretty high (meaning more episodes!)
He stuck around this long and even though he’s Bill fucking Shatner, it’s hard to say he doesn’t deserve one last ride. I just wish he’d played it more gracefully these last 30 or so years.
I have a bit of a knee-jerk reaction that Star Trek should be looking forward rather than backward, but I also love SNW so that’s obviously not a hard and fast rule. You’re right that this could be done well, but I’m very skeptical that it would be.
My biggest concern is that they would over aggrandise the character. Kirk was always a big personality, but he was also very flawed and human. I don’t want to watch every other character fawning over the legendary Captain Kirk, or see him battling the Borg at 95.
I also don’t want to see an uncanny valley digital mockery, I can’t stand those.
But if they came up with something like Relics was for Scotty - an intimate, meaningful story that put a button on the character’s life and didn’t feel the need to build it up as some galaxy-shattering event - I could be into that. But I doubt that’s what they’re considering.
I take it you’ve seen 765874 - Unification? The de-aging is still noticeably jarring, but a worthwhile little gut punch send off.
I’m with you. It can’t be Picard, or Indiana Jones and The Cursed Walker. If he’s a guest, or secondary character, doing age-appropriate things… he’s not the last TOS bridge crew alive, but one of a shrinking few.
I can’t see a good way to do more than an episode, but I’d take it. Just don’t try to play the tearful farewell card and have him die again. Bring Takei and Koenig along. Maybe one of the many god-like species they ran across has formally requested them for some reason. Maybe Talos IV - that’d be a nice full circle, except that Takei and Koenig weren’t involved in that.