![]() ![]() If anything, Discovery season 2 managed to fill in an emotional discrepancy left over from the original series - why would Spock risk everything to take Captain Pike to Talos IV? In TOS, we just had to kind of accept this in “The Menagerie,” but now that we’ve seen Spock and Pike together in the days before Kirk, this extreme act of loyalty makes a little more sense. That said, Pike has become so much more than not Kirk. If Spock is John Lennon, then Kirk is Paul McCartney they need each other to create and define the other one. In fact, one school of thought suggests that Spock doesn’t become the Spock we know without Kirk. In almost every way, the Spock of Discovery, and arguably, of Strange New Worlds, still won’t be the Spock we know from The Original Series and the films. Mount publicly copped to feeling these influences, mentioning that he admired what Chris Pine did with the rebooted version of Kirk in 2009, but also, pointing out on several occasions, that Pike is a starship captain who values the input of his staff -like Picard - as opposed to shooting from the hip like Kirk.Ĭonsidering Spock’s ever-evolving identity will undoubtedly be a huge part of Strange New Worlds, it really makes you wonder at what point the new series will play the Kirk card, if at all. He combines the old-school swagger of Kirk along with the slightly more community-minded leadership of Picard. Mount’s Pike is “space daddy” to many of us, and that’s partially because he’s a fusion between Captain Kirk and Captain Picard. ![]() In Star Trek: Discovery season 2, part of what made Anson Mount’s take on Captain Pike so satisfying for longtime Star Trek fans, is that Pike felt like a new character again, but he also simultaneously felt very familiar. Kirk, and because the timeline of Strange New Worlds is getting dangerously close to Kirk’s heyday, you’ve got to wonder - are we gonna see a new, slightly younger Kirk on this show? But because the title of this series is taken straight form a monologue made famous by Captain James T. While Discovery season 3 jumps into the 32nd century, and Star Trek: Picardseason 2 warps into the 25th, it looks like Strange New Worlds will keep kicking it in the good ‘ol 23rd century, circa about 2258-ish. With the announcement of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, it looks like one new Trek series will keep the final frontier a little bit retro. Spock, Number One and Captain Pike are back! Pike, Ethan Peck as Spock, and Rebecca Romijn as Una Chin-Riley aboard the Enterprise prior to the events of the original “Star Trek” series.This Strange New Worlds article contains spoilers for Star Trek: Discovery Season 2. Strange New Worlds” stars Anson Mount as Capt. His other TV credits include “Tell Me a Story,” “24,” “Army Wives,” “Everwood.” He will next be seen in the feature “History of Evil” and has also starred in films like “Roll Bounce,” “Peaceful Warrior,” and “Before I Disappear,” the last of which he also produced. Wesley is best known for playing Stefan Salvatore in The CW drama series “The Vampire Diaries,” on which he starred for eight seasons and just over 170 episodes. Can’t wait for all of you to see our Captain Kirk on your screens.” ![]() And for seating us together, my thanks to the great bird in the sky. “I’m not one who usually believes in fate but this was more than a coincidence. “I could barely put two words together but ultimately I managed to say hello and we chatted,” Wesley wrote. He added that, apparently by chance, he recently sat next to Shatner on a flight to Los Angeles after Shatner’s recent trip into low Earth orbit on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space shuttle. After the news broke, Wesley tweeted that he was “deeply humbled and still a little startled” about the opportunity to play James Kirk.
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