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Post by StarFuryG7 on Sept 13, 2012 14:36:40 GMT -5
Nothing we haven't heard before, except that Braga has a failing memory regarding it apparently.
They had NO INTENTION of bringing Kirk back after they killed him off, and that's WHY they 'couldn't come to terms with Shatner'.
I think it would have been a bad move anyway though. Once you kill a major character off, then at least have the balls to stick to it or it cheapens the character and everything about him.
Over at Blastr:Brannon Braga: 'We were going to put Capt. Kirk on Enterprise' Did you guys know that Capt. James T. Kirk, played by William Shatner, almost made it on Star Trek: Enterprise? Yep! He almost did—and Brannon Braga explains the whys and why nots of it all. MORE: blastr.com/2012/09/brannon-braga-we-were-goi.php
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Post by TrekBeatTK on Sept 13, 2012 22:24:16 GMT -5
Yeah, I remember all that stuff from back in the day. All the rumors, all the backpedaling. And as I recall, the ultimate answer to why it didn't happen was that "Shatner wanted too much money" or something to that effect. Which in hindsight really does sound like a cop out to cover their butts. It's the same crap that Bob Gale keeps saying whenever he's asked about Crispin Glover not being in the Back to the Future sequels, even though by all evidence they had no intention of bringing him back.
-TK
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Post by CRAMBAM on Sept 14, 2012 7:52:38 GMT -5
They never mentioned bringing KIRK on Enterprise. There was some sort of story about how it was some alternate Kirk, not KIRK, and the fact that Braga conveniently doesn't remember is evidence that he's full of crap.
In fact, if you read the comments, you'll see it was possibly mirror Kirk, and who cares about that? If it wasn't a post-Generations Kirk, it would have been a massive waste.
Killing Kirk was the single dumbest move in Trek history. Bringing the character to Enterprise, legitimately, and then ending it with sending him off to the next adventure, would have been a major positive move for the franchise. It also could have paved the way for Shatner in the last movie.
Couldn't disagree more about sticking with it. The whole franchise suffered because of Kirk's death and it never recovered. You can't cheapen Kirk's death because it meant absolutely nothing. It couldn't have been done worse if he slipped in the shower.
Of course they wouldn't do it.
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Post by captainbasil on Sept 14, 2012 9:04:33 GMT -5
I never heard about this and it kind of smells like a bunch of crap to me. I think Braga is making this up. Oh, sure, they floated a few ideas around to try and save the train wreck that was Enterprise, but they didn't act on it fast enough and the dismal ratings and uneven writing did them in. And, as I've stated here before, I agree that killing Kirk was the biggest Trek blunder ever and a nail in the franchise's coffin.  |
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Post by CRAMBAM on Sept 17, 2012 9:00:16 GMT -5
I think Braga is an ass.
I remember the Shatner negotiations well. But it wasn't going to be post-Generations Kirk, so there was really no point.
But Shatner was right. He would have brought in the ratings.
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