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 than 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. 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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reddig33@lemmy.world 2 months agoThey should never have brought back James T Kirk.
askryan@startrek.website 2 months ago
usernamefactory@lemmy.ca 2 months 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’m can deal with him as a younger Kirk, but as a version of Kirk in his prime? No way.
Corgana@startrek.website 2 months ago
That’s what I originally said too but I really can’t argue with the result.
astronaut_sloth@mander.xyz 2 months 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.
ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 2 months ago
In this specific case, it’d be weird if Korby didn’t show up.