Benedict Cumberbatch for New Trek film
-
- Fleet Admiral
- Posts: 35635
- Joined: Fri Jul 27, 2007 3:04 am
- Commendations: The Daystrom Award
- Location: down the shore, New Jersey, USA
- Contact:
Re: Benedict Cumberbatch for New Trek film
The OT didn't have any big-name actors?! Cushing, Sir Alec Guinness, James Earl Jones... nobodies, all of them.
(BTW, I think Liam Neeson had a small body of work before doing TPM. )
(BTW, I think Liam Neeson had a small body of work before doing TPM. )
I can't stand nothing dull
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
- Captain Seafort
- 4 Star Admiral
- Posts: 15548
- Joined: Thu Jul 19, 2007 1:44 pm
- Location: Blighty
Re: Benedict Cumberbatch for New Trek film
I'm not sure if Jones did or not at the time - I was thinking more about Cushing and Guinness.Mikey wrote:The OT didn't have any big-name actors?! Cushing, Sir Alec Guinness, James Earl Jones... nobodies, all of them.
As did Messrs Jackson and McGregor, IIRC.(BTW, I think Liam Neeson had a small body of work before doing TPM. )
Only two things are infinite - the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the universe: Albert Einstein.
-
- Fleet Admiral
- Posts: 35635
- Joined: Fri Jul 27, 2007 3:04 am
- Commendations: The Daystrom Award
- Location: down the shore, New Jersey, USA
- Contact:
Re: Benedict Cumberbatch for New Trek film
Yeah, them too. James Earl Jones did already have a body of work to his credit by '77, though not (for example) enough to be knighted. Yeah, I think when someone in the cast needs to be addressed as "sir," that counts as having a first-rank name actor.
I can't stand nothing dull
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
- Captain Seafort
- 4 Star Admiral
- Posts: 15548
- Joined: Thu Jul 19, 2007 1:44 pm
- Location: Blighty
Re: Benedict Cumberbatch for New Trek film
To nitpick, Jones will never and could never have a body of work sufficient to have him addressed as "sir".Mikey wrote:James Earl Jones did already have a body of work to his credit by '77, though not (for example) enough to be knighted.
The shame is that only one knight of the realm has ever worked on a Star Wars film - there should have been three.Yeah, I think when someone in the cast needs to be addressed as "sir," that counts as having a first-rank name actor.
Only two things are infinite - the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the universe: Albert Einstein.
-
- Fleet Admiral
- Posts: 35635
- Joined: Fri Jul 27, 2007 3:04 am
- Commendations: The Daystrom Award
- Location: down the shore, New Jersey, USA
- Contact:
Re: Benedict Cumberbatch for New Trek film
You know what I meant.Captain Seafort wrote:To nitpick, Jones will never and could never have a body of work sufficient to have him addressed as "sir".
Knight and CBE. But what other knights of the realm were considered?Captain Seafort wrote:The shame is that only one knight of the realm has ever worked on a Star Wars film - there should have been three.
I can't stand nothing dull
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
- Captain Seafort
- 4 Star Admiral
- Posts: 15548
- Joined: Thu Jul 19, 2007 1:44 pm
- Location: Blighty
Re: Benedict Cumberbatch for New Trek film
None - my point was that Cushing deserved a knighthood and never got one, and Lee deserved his a lot earlier than he got it.Mikey wrote:Knight and CBE. But what other knights of the realm were considered?
Only two things are infinite - the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the universe: Albert Einstein.
-
- Fleet Admiral
- Posts: 35635
- Joined: Fri Jul 27, 2007 3:04 am
- Commendations: The Daystrom Award
- Location: down the shore, New Jersey, USA
- Contact:
Re: Benedict Cumberbatch for New Trek film
Ah, I understand you now. Well, so much of Cushing's career was spent with Hammer that his body of work may have been considered to be weighted towards the plebeian or "pulp" by the elite. Lee started out quite the same. I don't expect that there are many people addressed as "sir" or "dame" who won their fame playing in mummy or werewolf films.
I can't stand nothing dull
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
- Graham Kennedy
- Site Admin
- Posts: 11561
- Joined: Mon Jul 09, 2007 2:28 pm
- Location: Banbury, UK
- Contact:
Re: Benedict Cumberbatch for New Trek film
It's a curious take on it, actually. As a character, he's very much the eccentric scientist type... very mild mannered, smart but a bit ditzy. Although he does occasionally use pretty blatant manipulation to get what he wants.Mikey wrote:Have you ever had a chance to see him as the Doctor? I haven't seen the films, but I'd love to.
It's odd mostly because the films he's in are something of a reinvention. Some fairly important aspects of the backstory are changed completely.
Give a man a fire, and you keep him warm for a day. SET a man on fire, and you will keep him warm for the rest of his life...
-
- Lieutenant Commander
- Posts: 912
- Joined: Fri May 27, 2011 6:52 pm
- Location: I'm in your mind!
Re: Benedict Cumberbatch for New Trek film
I love that series! Next episode on sunday at 8.GrahamKennedy wrote:Oooo, interesting. I've been watching the new Sherlock series and he's extremely good in that.
-
- Commander
- Posts: 1496
- Joined: Sat Nov 03, 2007 9:20 pm
- Location: Waiting in the long grass
Re: Benedict Cumberbatch for New Trek film
I've got my Sky+ set for it in case I miss it, next one is "the hounds of the Baskerville", I've being looking forward to this onealexmann wrote: I love that series! Next episode on sunday at 8.
But I can't throw, I throw like a geek!
-
- Lieutenant Commander
- Posts: 912
- Joined: Fri May 27, 2011 6:52 pm
- Location: I'm in your mind!
Re: Benedict Cumberbatch for New Trek film
I'm recording it on HD but I'm gonna watch it when its on anyway. I can watch it more than once now.