11 Responses to “These are the voyages…”

1. Matt Says:
   10/16/08 at 10:11 am

   How come that zac effron kid is on the right?

2. Matt Says:
   10/16/08 at 10:12 am

   Whose that other one, he looks like namor the submariner with a bowl haircut?

3. Jeff Says:
   10/16/08 at 11:27 am

   Muppet Babies!

4. rich Says:
   10/16/08 at 12:29 pm

   I dunno … this almost looks like it’s intended to be a spoof. What’s wrong with getting adults to play the parts?

5. Tom Spurgeon Says:
   10/16/08 at 12:53 pm

   I think it’s cool that Brian Ralph’s little brother is playing Captain Kirk.

6. James Van Hise Says:
   10/16/08 at 1:26 pm

   Yeah, they’re about ten years younger than Shatner and Nimoy were when they first played the roles, but that’s the whole point–to have actors who can play these roles for 20 years or more if need be. It wasn’t just that Shatner and Nimoy were in their 60s the last time they played Kirk and Spock, but that too many people were already making fun of them for being so old when they were in their 50s and playing Kirk and Spock! The TV show IN LIVING COLOR did this around 1989. Such is Hollywood.

7. John Tebbel Says:
   10/16/08 at 2:09 pm

   Shatner was 35 when the show started. The Captain who runs the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise is about 48. People command destroyers when they’re 35 but that’s a way smaller ship than either Enterprise. Admiral Nimitz was 56 when he was put in charge of the Pacific Fleet in WW2. Mandatory retirement is 62 (or 64 if you polish up the brass quite carefully).

8. Tom Spurgeon Says:
   10/16/08 at 3:35 pm

   To be fair, I think it’s worth noting that Admiral Nimitz was turned down for a spaceship command assignment shortly before taking on the Pacific Fleet.

9. The Beat Says:
   10/16/08 at 4:10 pm

   I believe Admiral Nimitz was in charge of an Akira Class starship during the Romulan maneuvers.

10. Oswald Carver Says:
    10/17/08 at 7:45 pm

    Kirk taking command of a ship like the Enterprise at 35 may have been hard to swallow, but you have to remember he was a sci-fi fill-in for the seemingly-too-young-for-his-job JFK. Kirk taking command as a 20-something requires a near-impossible suspension of disbelief, no matter how well he performed on the Kobayashi Maru. Still, I’m looking forward to this.

11. Lea Says:
    10/18/08 at 4:53 am

    I just like the ho-yay boob-touching there.

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