His portrayal of Dr. McCoy borders on parody. The rest of the cast has by and large made each of the characters their own, but watching Urban play McCoy feels like I'm watching an old SNL skit.
shareThat is interesting, Mr. Urban's portrayal of Bones is my favorite of the bunch.
share> The rest of the cast has by and large made each of the characters their own
I am finding that all of the characters, except Scotty, feel like parodies of the classic crew. They all have mannerisms that match the original but that don't feel very natural. They utter catch phrases seemingly at random just because the fans expect it.
Scotty, despite doing some of that, seems like it actually fits his personality.
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Everyone will see differently, but i do agree especially in into darkness where the metaphors were getting on my nerves. I laugh every time kirk orders bones to stop with the metaphors. But it wasn't karls fault that is the writers doing that, in beyond i enjoyed bones way more and karls performance. The metaphors were still there but they didn't hit you in the face like in into darkness.
The rest of the cast have made the characters their own but they do pepper with slight takes on the original. Chris will pepper his performance with a slight shatner here and there.
"Some of the worst things imaginable have been done with the best intentions"
Funny, because he apparently made one of the old cast members cry because of how close he resembled DeForest Kelley in his acting.
shareSince I haven't seen anything from the original series, I can't comment on how the characters were in the original series, but I have seen many other people say that Karl Urban's version of Bones is the most similar to the original. And he is also apparently one of the most popular, if not the most popular character in the reboot to many long-time fans, because most long-time fans seem to like Urban's version of Bones the most among the new rebooted characters.
sharehe's the most popular among the haters and in general all the old fans that fail to understand the purpose of this reboot. People who want everything to be like the old thing and don't like change will think Mccoy is in the only one good of the cast, but those who understand the story of the reboot and its purposes and like it as a separate trek might actually ask when we will finally see Karl play the alternate version of McCoy and when he's going to add some new layer and dimension to the character.
You raised a very good point and I agree with you wholeheartedly, it seems that many long-time fans expect everything in the reboot to be exactly the same as they were in the original series, and I think that just defeats the purpose of a reboot. A reboot is NOT suppose to be an exact carbon copy of the original, yes it is to some extent a remake, a more recent rendition of something that has been made before, but a reboot or a remake still allows for some changes to be made, not everything needs to be exactly the same as the original works, the characters can have slightly different personalities, and certain events can be changed in reboots and remakes. Just imagine how boring it would be if this reboot was just an exact carbon copy of the original and the characters were just exactly the same as their original counterparts. So I appreciate these actors so much for adding their own styles to these characters, these are the same characters, but they are also different in some ways to their original counterparts, this reboot cast added their own different styles and flavours to these characters and made them their own, and I think that's partially why these characters are special to me, these actors are not just copying the original casts, they make these characters their own, and that's what makes them great.
I think as an actor, you should not just copy someone else, even if you are playing the same character as another actor did, you should still add your own style to the role and make it slightly different to the original, otherwise I think you would just lack your own identity and style if you just imitate other actors.
And I love the fact that this reboot is so different to the original series and the characters are also slightly different to their original counterparts, because even though this is a reboot, it still has its own originality and differences which separates itself from the original series.
I think many long-time fans are probably just very nitpicky and have very high expectations. But that's understandable I think, fans can be very passionate about something that they love so much, and many Trekkies are undoubtedly very passionate about this franchise, so it's to be expected that they have very high expectations.
I've gone back and forth on Urban's portrayal of McCoy. Right now, I'm thinking it's pretty good. It doesn't come off as a parody to me. The problem with McCoy in general is that he's part of the "big three", but he doesn't have quite as strong a presence or personality as Kirk or Spock. He serves his purpose though.
sharethey are the characters of an alternate reality so they were literally asked by the creative team to make the characters their own, the differences exist for a reason. But his McCoy, because he's a big fan of Deforest, is an impersonation of the old character only and there is nothing new separating his from the other beyond the actor.
Even Nimony said that he liked new Spock because it's his own character adding new stuff to his own, I'm sure Deforest would have helped Karl the same and advice him to do his own thing.
Karl Urban was my favourite of the new cast for Star Trek from the on-set. He was the best fit in my opinion when JJ Abrams' Star Trek reboot hit the big screen, but I have to say that in the movies since then the rest of the cast have caught up to him. I thought Chris Pine was excellent in Star Trek Into Darkness and really came into his own as Captain Kirk in that one, and in Star Trek Beyond it was Zachery Quinto who toned down his Spock and finally fit into that role nicely too.
In short I think the main cast finally found their stride in Star Trek Beyond, but Karl Urban had it right from the start.