BazookaJoe said:Wasn't the guy from Quantum Leap a Captain for a while?
I like LOTR, Battlestar Galactica, and the Harry Potter series, and Trek is even too geeky for me
Scott Bakula was the captain of the Enterprise that was in service before the original crew of Kirk, Spock, et al. had their mission. It was the last series, and was a bit contrived, and the least successful. Star Trek saturation and generation change sort of doomed it.
We will see if J.J. Abrams new movie he is doing will revitalize the mainstream popularity. I for one hope there will not be another star trek series for quite a while. As I said, there is a lot of saturation. There are 5 freaking series, a wealth of material, and there needs to be some settling of what was the best and worst. Also, new management at the helm would be greatly needed if they ever bring it back to TV.
In case you don't know what I am talking about regarding Abrams new movie, Abrams is doing a movie with the original characters with new actors. The time of the movie is at the very very beginning of their work together. None other than Matt Damon is playing Kirk, and Adrian Brody is playing Spock. The asian actor from Lost is playing Sulu I believe.
Kelly