Huffington Magazine Issue 49 | Page 68

Exit INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC, COURTESY OF PARAMOUNT PICTURES 23 for Shatner’s version would most likely hate the final result because Pine, Quinto and Urban are not Shatner, Nimoy and Kelly. Do you have a master’s degree in “stating the obvious”? Sadly, the University of Missouri discontinued its master’s program in “stating the obvious” right after I earned my bachelor’s degree in “stating the obvious.” 24 Do you have a point? Probably not. I will say that before Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, the original cast had 25 QUESTIONS filmed 79 episodes of the original series, lent their voices to 22 animated episodes, plus filmed a full movie. There was a chemistry there because those actors knew each other and liked each other (or, in some cases, hated each other) so much. This is only the second time this group of actors have worked together. If the new cast tried to pull of a direct clone of what the original cast did, it would be a miserable failure. HUFFINGTON 05.19.13 A view of the Enterprise in the film. 25 What’s the stupidest thing about Star Trek Into Darkness? That I’m forced to refer to the villain in this movie as Most Boring Name In The World.