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Winona Ryder Joins Star Trek Cast...
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As reported here:Winona Ryder has signed up to join the cast of the upcoming Star Trek movie as the young Vulcan mother of Spock.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/a79534/winona-ryder-joins-star-trek-cast.html
Now, is the article wrong in saying this character is Vulcan (remember, Spock is half human on his mother's side) or is this a change or maybe it's not Amanda (Spock's mother) at all but another Vulcan who is acting as a mother figure for him?
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It could be another Vulcan...T'Pau maybe...
I know, T'Pau is supposed to be much older...but it must be someone either special, or with a big part to be played by Wionna Ryder
I thought it had been said that it would not be at the Academy?
I see Pike has been cast as well.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/a79476/greenwood-to-play-pike-in-new-star-trek.html
Amanda isn't a very Vulcan name is it!
That would sound like they haven't messed around with the character after all, which is a relief.
I started to have concerns when I read the BBC's article.
Perhaps they want some properly hammy acting in the film as a sort of homage to some of the bit players from the original series. Ms Ryder is particularly beautiful, but sadly lacking in acting ability.
http://trekmovie.com/2007/11/08/winona-ryder-is-amanda-grayson/#more-1247
I know that, the DS and BBC articles are suggesting that Ryder will play "Spock's Vulcan Mother"
Which is quite clearly a mistake in the articles. TrekMovie, which is a more reliable source is reporting that she's playing Amanda.
I was just pointing out that if she's playing Amanda, she won't be a Vulcan and that they haven't changed Spock's back story.
It would not be the only thing wrong in the article!
Spock's mother would be Amanda who was from earth and it is from here that Spock gets his human half. It also says "Starship Enterprise's crew's early years at the Starfleet Academy" - the academy story has been denied a number of times (see http://trekmovie.com/trek-xi-movie-info/) also http://trekmovie.com/2007/11/08/winona-ryder-is-amanda-grayson/#more-1247 where Amanda is correctly described as human.
I know Leonard Nimoy is in the film and that connects it to the current continuity, but I think the film is a re-boot in the same sense Casino Royale was (a new continuity, but retaining an actor from the previous one, Judi Dench and other familiar elements such as theme music)
I don't think so. It wouldn't work with all the trek fans still around. It would just be stupid to throw away a whole background of characters, and to do what? It won't appeal to a different audience anyway.
There have been all sort of fan-fiction developing Amanda's character, and she now has a background as strong as the original characters.
Throwing it all away would be really stupid, imho.
Well I'm afraid most of the reports of the film, including on the official Star Trek site refer to the movie asa reboot rather than a prequel, but you could be right.
If it is a prequel I wonder if there will be Klingons, and if there are I wonder what they will look like? The problem with making it a prequel and subsequent movies would mean the Klingons would really need to look and behave like those in the OS, as Enterprise explained how they ended up losing their brow ridges until the Motion Picture.
And what will the styling of the uniforms and ship be like? Futuristic like Enterprise or more 60s like the OS?
The word Vulcan was dropped from the BBC article after a couple of hours and it just says she plays his mother.
I doubt we will see Klingons in this film, if there are more films to come then hopefully the Klingons will be the more human looking version. While Enterprise did not have them looking exactly like those in TOS they looked similar enough.
As to the uniforms.
http://www.jfxonline.com/jfxonline/2007/11/08/on-set-im-an-extra-jim-not-a-cult-member/jj-abrams-star-trek-begins-production-5/
The above pic (is it Jennifer Morrison?) suggests that female crew members (if that's what she is) will be wearing skirts rather than trousers so we're looking more TOS then Enterprise I would think.
You, and many reports you reference are wrong. For the film the only reliable source is TrekMovie. From their FAQ
http://trekmovie.com/trek-xi-movie-info/
More 60's I hope....never liked the boiler suits which Enterprise had....
It's been reported in the usual places that she is not playing a Starfleet character, but possibly playing
A big aspect of the Spock character was his duality and the inner torment caused by the contrasting nature of his mixed vulcan-human heritage. To change who his parents are is to change the very nature of the character.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/a79815/two-more-join-star-trek-cast.html
Looks like we may get an even younger Kirk (flashback to childhood?) as well, unless the makeup team are going to work miracles...
Perhaps somethings should be left alone!
I think that given he right storyline, pace and direction this could be the biggest movie in the franchise and could go a long way to restoring some fans faith in the production team.
However, as I have said before Enterprise wasn't that bad, especially in the later episodes (excluding the last one!). Given another season and I think a lot of people would have given it another chance.