XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise   
   XPost: rec.arts.startrek.current   
   From: rgorman@block.net   
      
   On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 07:53:46 GMT, "RuPEDski"    
   wrote:   
      
   >   
   >"The Merry Piper"  wrote in message   
   >news:o34eq21ksfrd3no0ja7ckmumppf7dcaiqm@4ax.com...   
   >> On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:50:28 -0500, Flip Wilson    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>Only Shatner can play Kirk.   
   >>   
   >> Wrong.   
   >>   
   >>>Only Nimoy can play Spock.   
   >>   
   >> Wrong again.   
   >>   
   >>>They're icons for crying out loud.   
   >>   
   >> James Bond, Sherlock Holmes, Batman (et. al.)   
   >   
   >No. James Bond, Batman etc. existed BEFORE an actor "created" them.   
      
   So did James T. Kirk.  Fewer people read about him of course, but far   
   more people watched Sean Connery become the seminal film Bond than   
   ever read the books.   
      
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