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   From: thecroft@macunlimited.net   
      
   On 2007-03-13 20:13:07 +0000, Tim Bruening  said:   
      
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   >   
   > Andrew wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2007-03-13 16:55:59 +0000, Paul Olson  said:   
   >>   
   >>> On 2007-03-10 06:30:51 -0600, Andrew  said:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 2007-03-10 08:58:48 +0000, Tim Bruening    
   said:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Does Ben look like a young Leonard Nimoy?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Why does that matter?   
   >>>   
   >>> Yeah, it DOES matter.  Kirk, Spock, and the other TOS cast have become   
   >>> icons in the canon.  True, Hollywood was able to put a new face on   
   >>> James Bond from time to time.  But, for some, Sean Connery was the   
   >>> iconic face of Bond, no matter who followed him.  The bond (pun   
   >>> intended) between Shatner and Kirk, Nimoy and Spock, etc. is so strong   
   >>> and so indelible that at least SOME attempt must be made to honor that.   
   >>> But since when has Hollywood had honor?   
   >>   
   >> You can't manage suspension of disbelief?   
   >   
   > Its easier if the new actors look like the characters played by the   
   > original actors.   
      
   Perhaps. At the same time the characters won't quite be as recalled   
   either; any more than the Picard we glimpsed in "Tapestry" was the same   
   as the mature starship captain.   
      
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