If they don’t, Little Bill describes them pretty well:
“…but without any…character. Not even bad character…”
Meaning: They are so fake and cardboard-ish that they make suspension of disbelief IMPOSSIBLE.
Using redundancy, allow me to elucidate:
Now, what would a young James T. Kirk be like? Well…he probably wouldn’t be EXACTLY THE SAME as an adult James T. Kirk, who also probably wouldn’t be EXACTLY THE SAME as an older adult James T. Kirk.
How do I know this? It’s called “life”. Are you exactly the same person now that you were 20 years ago? If so, that’s kinda sad.
So as a writer, you consider: “What would Kirk be, with the same courage, stubbornness, intelligence…but WITHOUT the purpose, wisdom or self-control?”
And you get this:
And later, this:
Now, when all you do is look for an actor that physically resembles a younger version of a character, who has the same “basic” personality quirks but is really just a caricature, the equivalent of an actual cardboard cutout being placed on set and some guy doing a voiceover for it, you get a related video, “Kirk Meets Bones”.
Or Scotty. Or Chekov.
Blow up all the sh1t you want, that ain’t Bones, Spock ain’t that good, noone else really matters and your movie sucks.
Ah. A bit of inspiration.
Now if only someone would tell me how stupid my X, Y, and/or Z is, I could write some really good sh1t.
10/16/16: FAIR USE: CRITICISM – Good clips from a bad movie. (housekeeping)