He was excellent at being Kirk.
Zachary Quinto was excellent aswell. And hot.
( Esme Weatherwax I swear on my tash it's daycent hash, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 20:38, archived)

Also
Karl Urban was AWESOME as Bones.
( Blue Star was working part time at the 5 and Dime, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 20:40, archived)

Yes,
as soon as he made his entrance and uttered his first line, it was obvious who he was.
I thought Simon Pegg was the weakest one. His acting was fine, but he just didn't look right. The original Scotty was very masculine looking, whereas Pegg is a weak-chinned nerd boy.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 20:44, archived)

Good point.
He was a hell of a lot better at the accent than the original one, though.
( Esme Weatherwax I swear on my tash it's daycent hash, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 20:49, archived)

I don't remember the original one clear enough to say,
but he was Canadian. Pegg is very good at accents.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 20:50, archived)

Yes, he is.
The original was fucking shocking, really bad.
( Esme Weatherwax I swear on my tash it's daycent hash, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 20:50, archived)

Oh well,
he'd been mixing with foreigners in Starfleet for a long time by then.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 20:52, archived)

It was almost convincing if you'd never heard a real Scottish person,
and didn't notice that the accent jumped at random between Edinburgh, Dublin and North America.

That said, I used to have a teacher whose accent switched between Texan and cockney every few words, so it was not totally implausible.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 20:56, archived)

I once went to a lecture by a guy from Bradford
who'd been lecturing in the States for most of his professional career. That was kind of weird and confusing.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 21:02, archived)

Oh yes, he really was excellent.
Also, Uhura was HOT. Did her and Spock get it on in the original series? Also, how fucking ancient is Leonard Nimoy, he looks about 100.
( Esme Weatherwax I swear on my tash it's daycent hash, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 20:50, archived)

Kirk and Uhura was the first inter-racial kiss on television.
It got complaints.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 20:50, archived)

I knew they did, but I didn't know she got it on with Spock.
Spock is a lot hotter than Kirk.
( Esme Weatherwax I swear on my tash it's daycent hash, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 20:55, archived)

this film is an alternative timeline to the original series,
so anything could have happened in it, really.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 20:57, archived)

Oh yeah, duh.

( Esme Weatherwax I swear on my tash it's daycent hash, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 20:59, archived)

*wikis this*
haha
"At one point during negotiations, the idea was brought up of having Spock kiss Uhura instead, but William Shatner insisted that they stick with the original script"
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 20:57, archived)

Haha, I bet he did.

( Esme Weatherwax I swear on my tash it's daycent hash, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 20:59, archived)

The man's a PROFESSIONAL

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 21:00, archived)

He sure is.
An example to all young Hollywood starlets.
( Esme Weatherwax I swear on my tash it's daycent hash, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 21:02, archived)