Star Trek Casting News: You Be the Critic

News broke this week that soap opera star Jeffrey Hauser has joined the cast of the new Star Trek for what sounds like a bit part.

I'll admit, when casting began with Zachary Quinto at Comic-con, I was beyond excited. But since then, each choice seems to grow stranger and stranger. With all due respect to Chris Pine, I was rooting for Firefly's Nathan Fillion even though he's probably too old to play Kirk. I even would have been happy with Matt Damon, who is as old as William Shatner was when he first donned the space suit.

As far as the rest of the cast, I love Simon Pegg, but can't see him transforming drastically from the characters he played in Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. I would have loved to see someone like Stargate Atlantis' Paul McGillion fill Jimmy Doohan's shoes. And John Cho for Sulu? Really? Why not Jason Kyson Lee?

What do you think of the movie's casting thus far? Who is in your Star Trek Dream Team? Is J.J. Abrams headed towards a valiant trek through the stars, or a Kobayashi Maru?