cdrama idol dreamcasting of classic Star Trek roles - Star Trek Website

cross-posted from: https://startrek.website/post/40147491 [https://startrek.website/post/40147491] > While kdramas having been established in global popularity, cdramas are having a bit of a moment with international audiences. > > Pursuit of Jade was recently the first to crack mainland China production to crack the Netflix non-English language top ten, and stayed on it for several weeks. > > Outside China, cdrama fans seem to intersect with Star Trek fans more than one might expect. Perhaps it’s the willingness to watch massive numbers of episodes to enjoy a series? cdramas typically come in with 40 episode series, and in earlier years some had 60 or 70 episodes. > > So, it seems inevitable that Star Trek cdrama fans would want to fancast reboots of classic Star Trek legacy characters with top Chinese Idol drama actors. > > u/universalaxototal created these and posted them on cdramafans subreddit today. Shared with permission. > > More are in the works for some of the women characters. > > From the original post: > > • ⁠Tan Jianci righteously commanding as Xiang-Luc Picard mic drop 🎤 > > [https://startrek.website/pictrs/image/04ee68eb-a1e8-48df-9432-bfacfcd2d418.jpeg] > > • ⁠Liu Yuning looking so natural in Starfleet uniform. He definitely plays the saxophone […and towers over everyone at 1.91 metres.] > > [https://startrek.website/pictrs/image/c13226de-d047-43d0-9576-13c7462da216.jpeg] > > • ⁠Hou Minghao as Captain Kirk, absolutely seducing an alien woman on a distant planet while the away team pretends not to notice > > [https://startrek.website/pictrs/image/11bde32e-5d65-430d-89e1-e72085b8910c.jpeg] > > ⁠Deng Wei as Spock/Data 🖖 > > [https://startrek.website/pictrs/image/0144caa1-e10b-495f-b79c-84070a280726.jpeg] > > [https://startrek.website/pictrs/image/c23d0c20-b176-4e7a-bb9b-e25076ac4ba9.jpeg] > > • ⁠Deng Wei also somehow managing the wearing of a hair accessory on his face (it is the future, luxury brands have collapsed, so the House of Chanel has had to pivot into quantum optics and interface technology) > > [https://startrek.website/pictrs/image/c405c82b-c36a-4d70-8990-ae101334a7e5.jpeg] > > > > > > > >