Shatner hopes new game will revive "Trek"

Iria · Aug 14, 2006, 06:14 AM

Source: Yahoo! News
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Starship Enterprise is in trouble and, as usual, Capt. James T. Kirk has a plan to save it.

William Shatner, who played the swashbuckling spacefarer in the "Star Trek" television series and movies, is voicing Kirk in a new computer video game in the face of ebbing interest in the "Star Trek" franchise.

The game "Star Trek: Legacy," due out in October, will let players steer more than 60 starships -- spanning all five of the franchise's live-action TV series -- into combat against foes such as the militant Klingons and the all-assimilating Borg.

With the exit from TV last year of "Star Trek: Enterprise," and the next feature film not expected until 2008, some fans fret that Starfleet is showing vulnerability -- not to photon torpedoes and cloaking devices but to audience apathy.

Judas · Aug 14, 2006, 07:05 PM

star trek is in no way in trouble let alone dieing, if anything, the lack of a TV show is increaseing demand on it, and the series reruns have never had better view totals.

niceguyrichy · Aug 14, 2006, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Judas

star trek is in no way in trouble let alone dieing, if anything, the lack of a TV show is increaseing demand on it, and the series reruns have never had better view totals.

amen

I get up ealy(ish. ok 1pm) on saturdays cos they've been showing next gen from the start. Marina Sirtis in those first couple

Blondie hasn't kicked it yet, so we're still early on

Paradox Enigma · Aug 14, 2006, 08:31 PM

Agree - and all the series on DVD have enjoyed some success.

Aug 14, 2006, 06:14 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Shatner hopes new game will revive "Trek" Source: Yahoo! News _______ SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Starship Enterprise is in trouble and, as usual, Capt. James T. Kirk has a plan to save it. William Shatner, who played the swashbuckling spacefarer in the "Star Trek" television series and movies, is voicing Kirk in a new computer video game in the face of ebbing interest in the "Star Trek" franchise. The game "Star Trek: Legacy," due out in October, will let players steer more than 60 starships -- spanning all five of the franchise's live-action TV series -- into combat against foes such as the militant Klingons and the all-assimilating Borg. With the exit from TV last year of "Star Trek: Enterprise," and the next feature film not expected until 2008, some fans fret that Starfleet is showing vulnerability -- not to photon torpedoes and cloaking devices but to audience apathy.

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Paradox Enigma Lurker Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Planet Earth (I think) Posts: 126 Rep Power: 0	Agree - and all the series on DVD have enjoyed some success. __________________ ...thread killer...