NEWS: Captain's Log...Er, Notebook: Gosling Gets Beamed Up

CELEB: Captain's Log...Er, Notebook: Gosling Gets Beamed Up

Until now, Hollywood hearsay implied that Matt Damon had secured the role of a young(ish) Captain Kirk in the upcoming Star Trek prequel. Rumors on the Paramount lot now suggest that indie-golden boy Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson, The Notebook) is up for the role. According to Cinemablend,

Although Gosling has been getting rave reviews for his performance in Fracture, and he did get an Oscar nod for his role in Half Nelson, I think the jury's still out on who could best reprise the role made famous by William-Fucking-Shatner. Whomever director J.J. Abrams chooses, the production better get busy because the prequel is set to hit theaters December 2008.

I hate prequels. Who cares about Kirk? I want to know what happens to the EMH and Seven of Nine after they return to the Alpha Quadrent!

Abrams should scrap the fucking prequel idea and go forward, not backward. Either do something completely new or take up where one of the spinoff series left off. Gene Roddenberry is turning over in his grave.
I wonder what Wil Wheaton thinks?

Really? I heard Paris Hilton was going to play Kirk.

It will have to be Gosling. Everyone knows that to be a credible spaceship captain the actor should be Canadian....

1.William Shatner: The Kirk
2. Nathan Fillion: Mal from Firefly
3. Lorne Greene: Battlestar Galactica

And now, Gosling!

I fucking hate prequels. It's such a pussy way to write a story, because you already know how your principle characters are going to end up. You don't have to make any important decisions.

You couldn't be more wrong.
Next thing you'll tell me is that you knew Anakin was going to turn Sith.

William Hung.

*edit* William-Fucking-Hung

Yet Han Solo, the greatest pilot in the history of space pilots, is from Chicago.

Well, if it came from Patton, it's pretty solid. Lord knows he's never talked out of his ass....

Last I heard 7 was doing forced public sex acts and the EMH is on Stargate SG-1, but I do agree the whole idea is boring I was really hoping for a DS9 movie as they left the ending soooooooo open for more. I was really a trek geek till Enterprise I wouldnt watch it on principle. They fucked with the klingon head plate time line and it pissed me off. I

I think Will-fucking-Wheaton should play Kirk.

Doesn't matter who plays Kirk. Trekkies will eat this shit up.

What!!

I honestly think it would be a bad career move for him to do this movie. Let fuckin Matt Damon do that shit.

I honestly hope he keeps picking and choosing roles like he has up to this point. I've really loved everything he's been in thus far.

Typo in the URL for the "william fucking shatner" link listed in the article.

Bahahahahahaaha!!!!

Actually, Paris Hilton will be playing one of the alien creatures in the upcoming Close Encounters of The Third Kind prequel that Spielberg is secretly working on.....shhh....

PREQUELS!! PREQUELS!! Why is everything a prequel or a remake these days, Why, I ask, Why?

Someone's been watching Spike TV at 1 in the morning.


Brother, where have you been???

Star Trek Enterprise sucked because it had a wimpy theme song, and it made for a wimpy show

beam me up Scotty, no intelligent life down here!!!

Thank you. My stomach fucking hurts now.

i love ryan gosling and i love star trek.

i have mixed feelings about the prequel, but i'll see it and i think he could do a good job.

Oh gods, you mean they're actually going through with that Star Trek prequel? Hasn't Berman frelled the franchise up enough!? And you know there's going to be a half-naked woman in there somewhere, because it's Berman! I mean, Kirk! No, I mean Berman.

...And moving on from Berman to prequels...

Who remembers the Twin Peaks movie? As far as I can recall, that was the first prequel that was a bad idea, possibly the first prequel ever. We'd watched Cooper figure out everything we see in that movie, and everyone would rather have seen what happens after Bob gets into him.

Of course, it was George Lucas that ruined the reputation of prequels forever. So naturally Berman has to have a go now. Oh look, full circle.

1). I think Damon looks more like a young Kirk.

2). I loved Enterprise , but I hated it's theme song.

3). Why all the prequels, remakes, and adaptations of old TV shows? Because Hollywood hasn't had an original thought since sometime in the mid 60's. I thought that was common knowledge.