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William Shatner as, 'Captain James. T. Kirk'[/caption]For many years this series has been my favorite of all of the Star Trek TV series (including the subsequent spin offs), as a matter of fact I would go so far to say that not only is this series my favorite, but the Captain Kirk is my favorite character in that series!
The reasons are:
1. One of the things that all of the parodies did get right is that he was a bit of a ladies man (and being kind of a loner who rarely went out on Friday nights when I was in High School, I always that, that was real cool.)
2. The first strong example that I ever had of what it means to be a strong and powerful leader was watching Shatner as, 'Kirk' in the old Star Trek series!
3. I also like the fact that he always seemed to be able to make the tough decisions!
4. Also in a lot of respects he was the glue that held his crew together as a, 'crew' but he also held them together as, 'friends' after the run of the original series finally had it's final nail in it's coffin!
Now pretty much since Star Trek: Generations (1994) there has been no real appearance of Kirk or really the crew in the whole (with the exception of the novels)... That was until 2009 when J.J. Abrams (Super 8) released a reboot of the series with Star Trek (2009)!
Now this new movie would bring us a new actor in the role of a young Kirk, this actor being, Chris Pine (Unstoppable).
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Chris Pine as, 'Captain James T. Kirk'.[/caption]And of course I have to admit that I am glad that they did, because after the low ratings that Star Trek: Enterprise had on TV, Paramount had put a moratorium on a future Star Trek TV series, and after I read about the fact that the Star Trek: The Next Generation cast were not interested in coming back to there roles, I thought Star Trek in the end was doomed to disappear in to obscurity!
But that is for a blog at another time...
As for Chris Pine's, 'Kirk' here is what I liked about his Kirk:
1. I was glad to see the role given new life by some one who could actually fill the shoes!
2. Chris Pine plays, 'Kirk' as a pretty bad ass character, (Vs. Shatner who was more like a military officer who works in space.)
3. I also like Pine's, 'Kirk' and his, 'take charge attitude'!
In the end I have to say that I thought (and still think) that Chris Pine did a pretty awesome job breathing new life in to Kirk (and also for helping bring to the world a new, 'Kirk' for a new generation), but for my money, William Shatner will always be my favorite, 'Kirk'!
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