Comments on: Open Forum Friday: Did William Shatner Get the Shaft in Star Trek?

By: Bibble Smog Bobble

Bibble Smog Bobble — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 01:29:07 +0000

Hey Jake,
Did William Shatner steal your wife of something?
You are so upset.
I really think you should have a rest, or get a life.

By: Reed Farrington

Reed Farrington — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:27:20 +0000

Jake, you’ve inadvertently answered the question of why Inglourious Basterds and Avatar did poorly at the Oscars. People don’t like egomaniacs like Quentin Tarantino and James Cameron.

Personally, I don’t have a problem with egomaniacs because I don’t have an inferiority complex like most people do.

By: Jake

Jake — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:43:10 +0000

Bill Shatner is a notorious egomanic who was never liked by his peers. And this may be why he got snubbed in the new film. He even dissed Star Trek fans telling them to get a life. His mouth is his own worst enemy. The man will go down in history as a B TV star. He passed on studio film contracts or matinee idol status to work for peanuts on TV. He’ll always be a little man of the small screen whose head is too big for his body, his talent and star power. Go retire and play golf, pig head!

By: rus in chicago

rus in chicago — Thu, 28 May 2009 20:54:42 +0000

did I just get told off in Klingon?

By: micheleN

micheleN — Sun, 17 May 2009 19:55:53 +0000

Stupid people say stupid things, why can’t they get along with each other?

MicheleN

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 12 May 2009 09:39:35 +0000

I have just returned home from viewing the new Star Trek movie and although I found it to be a wonderful experience I must say that the absence of William Shatner left an enormous void in both the thread/integrity of the movie… and my heart. He is so much the essence of Capt. Kirk (and such an excellent actor) that the film simply screamed for his presence in some form. That, Mr. Abrams, was the true “Black Hole” you created in your new Star Trek endeavor!!!

By: paulm

paulm — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:30:43 +0000

Shatner should have been there too. No question.

By: Robbie

Robbie — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:19:26 +0000

Having just seen the movie, I think it would have been cool at the very end to have had Shatner and not Nimoy do the “Space, the final frontier….” voiceover. At the end of the movie, Kirk is taking over the Enterprise and it would have been a nice and very subtle gesture…….

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:50:28 +0000

That “death of Kirk” in Generations was idiotic, and it would have been very easy to sci-fi around that one. And wouldn’t have to be all that old looking–they did it with Scotty in TNG.

If we based our liking of characters on every actor’s perceived personality flaws, we wouldn’t watch any of them! I find it hilarious that Shatner is called an egomaniac. What actor isn’t? At least he has a sense of humor about it.

They dissed him, and if they do a sequel, they should make it up to him.

By: chappy

chappy — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:08:23 +0000

Just FYI to Damndirtyape, Patrick Stewart commented on his baldness when asked why it wasn’t cured in the future. He commented that by then no one cares if you are bald.

To Eric, who gives a crap about being polite. Make a good movie. Everyone who said that adding Shatner would have been a weak tangent at best are absolutely correct.

Air dock, spot on.
cp

By: cathie_bigissue

cathie_bigissue — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:07:27 +0000

Check out the big issue website. Star Trek director JJ Abrahams and Simon ‘Scotty’ Pegg talk about relaunching the Enterprise:

http://www.bigissuescotland.com/features/view/57

By: Louis Wap

Louis Wap — Sun, 10 May 2009 20:54:29 +0000

Captain Janeway used to use a hollodeck to get advice from great people who had passed on centuries earlier. Spock could have used a primitive hollodeck to talk to Kirk. It could have made for some fun (Denny Crane style) comic relief..