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Cillian O'Sullivan To Play Roger Korby in Strange New Worlds – Trek Central (trekcentral.net)
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[–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

They should never have brought back James T Kirk.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    That's what I originally said too but I really can't argue with the result.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Same. SNW has been an interesting pattern for me. The powers that be will make creative decisions that I find dubious when announced (Kirk, musical episode, La'an being related to Khan), but each time, the show pulls it off. I think Paul Wesley has done a really good job, "Subspace Rhapsody" is just so much fun, and La'an is literally my favorite character on SNW.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Yeah, all of the recasts have been spectacular with this one exception; I'm fully stumped by Paul Wesley and his take on the character. I don't need anyone aping Shatner and I love the idea of highlighting the more bookish actual Kirk as opposed to the pop culture image of him, but Ozempic Kirk spends 90% of his time looking bored out of his mind and 10% of his time doing a terrible Han Solo impression that just comes off as creepy. I cannot understand spending so much time on him when literally everyone else on screen sparkles and he has the charisma of wet felt.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    I agree completely, and it really didn’t help that they introduced him in an episode that took place during an alternate version of the TOS timeframe. I can deal with him as a younger Kirk, but as a version of Kirk in his prime? No way.

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