Ask William Shatner 1097
At long last William Shatner has volunteered himself to be strapped into the Slashdot Interviewee Victim Chair. You know the gig: Post your questions for the man, the moderators do their thing, and in a week or so we post the answers. So here's your chance to ask questions to the star of Iron Chef USA, Miss Congeniality and TJ Hooker!
On Sci-Fi (Score:2, Interesting)
P.S. I loved Tek War!
Are you Star Wars Fan? (Score:5, Interesting)
Trekkies (Score:5, Interesting)
What is the scariest experience you have ever had with one of your adoring fans?
How sad would you rate Trekkie fans ? (Score:5, Interesting)
The Transformed Man (Score:5, Interesting)
"The Defenders" (Score:3, Interesting)
cult vs. normal (Score:4, Interesting)
Has he started using pricelie.com YET?
Two questions... (Score:5, Interesting)
B) What did you honestly think of TNG, not as as a tv property but as a continuation of the philosophy of your original series?
360 degree view (Score:5, Interesting)
Priceline.com (Score:4, Interesting)
Do you take yourself seriously? (Score:5, Interesting)
Overacting???? (Score:5, Interesting)
"Shatner, I'd fight William Shatner." --Fight Club
How much of a Geek are you, anway? (Score:5, Interesting)
How much of a geek are you, Mr. Shater? Do you build your own PC from scratch and put Linux on it, or do you not even pay attention if your PC is Windows or Mac?
how does it feel (Score:5, Interesting)
Why? (Score:5, Interesting)
Looking back over your career (Score:5, Interesting)
What work would you say you are most proud of? And then what do you wish you hadn't done or could redo?
Des
Now that you're dead... (Score:3, Interesting)
Your input (Score:5, Interesting)
Niche Popularity and Affliction (Score:5, Interesting)
Esperanto? (Score:4, Interesting)
If you weren't part of Star Trek... (Score:5, Interesting)
Shakesperian Influences? (Score:5, Interesting)
Incubus and Esperanto (Score:3, Interesting)
Hi:
I'm interested in an early film you were in, called Incubus, in which all the dialogue was in Esperanto.
Did you have to learn any Esperanto for this? If so, how much did you learn and do you still remember any? If not, were any of the actors speakers of language, or was most of it receited by heart from the sounds?
Favorite Movie Roll (Score:5, Interesting)
Honestly, what do you think? (Score:5, Interesting)
intelligent life (Score:5, Interesting)
OK (Score:5, Interesting)
P.S. I enjoyed your portrayal of the talk show host on Columbo!
White Commanche, OTOH, I didn't finish seeing - sorry.
Roles (Score:5, Interesting)
My Favorite William Shatner moment (Score:1, Interesting)
BTW, I used Priceline for groceries... sorry their stock didn't work out so well for you.
Your connection with John Carpenter's Halloween.. (Score:4, Interesting)
Funniest foe... (Score:5, Interesting)
Which alien/enemy/foe made you laugh the hardest on set when you saw it?
My personal favourite was the 'Pizza' that ate people - I think Spock mind-melded with it to save the day.
Seriously it must have been a wheeze on set for Star Trek! Spock in dungarees!
What's the secret of your Mojo? (Score:4, Interesting)
BTW his official site is: www.williamshatner.com/ [williamshatner.com] (predictably). It answeres many of the "what have you been up to" questions.
Favourite Parody (Score:5, Interesting)
Star Trek has been parodied many times in many different formats; other television shows, movies, comics and so on. You yourself have probably been parodied as much or more in people's "Captain Kirk Impression" stand up skits and the like. My question is, do you recall a favourite parody for it's comedy or cleverness of either yourself or the series?
Thank you.
What's Next? (Score:5, Interesting)
spin offs? (Score:5, Interesting)
Thanks. We're big fans here.
-FC
Computer Simulations of You (Score:5, Interesting)
In the near future (10 or 20 years or so) computer graphics are going to be nearly indistiguishable from live-action films. You know when that happens hundreds of Trekkers are going to start using your voice and image and create new episodes of the original Star Trek series. Many will probably do this anonymously just for the fun of it, despite legal issues. How do you feel about the possibility of your voice and image being used this way?
Are you a... (Score:3, Interesting)
Why?
Galaxy Quest (Score:5, Interesting)
The Four Shatners MTV video clip (Score:5, Interesting)
I remember once seeing a quick, confusing video clip on MTV that showed four different Shatner-acted roles, including Kirk, the Rescue 911 host, T.J. Hooker, and another that I can't remember. They all got into a car together and drove, then proceeded to argue on different issues. I'm sure there is an interesting story behind the clip. What do you know about it?
your reputation (Score:5, Interesting)
For this reason, I'd like to ask what you think of your humorous reputation for bad acting. Would you blame some of the egregious hamminess of some of ST on the perception that TV (or SF) wasn't "real" acting or was it directing? Or some other thing?
McGill University (Score:2, Interesting)
Capt. Kirk and Spock are both Jewish ... (Score:5, Interesting)
Biggest professional regret (Score:5, Interesting)
Mr. Shatner:
What is your single biggest regret over your entire professional career (actor, author, cult figure, etc.) and why?
GMD
You and Ron Asheton? (Score:5, Interesting)
" Ron Asheton, the gutarist for punk rocker Iggy Pop, claims that, in the summer of 1975, Shatner made a pass at him in an L.A. bar.
Shatner supposedly approached him in the Hyatt House pub. "He wanted me to sit down, then he got kind of grabby," Asheton claims.
Horrified that Captain Kirk might be anything less than straight, he fled the scene. "Probably if I'd been drinking I would have sat down just for the weirdness of seeing what would happen," Asheton says.
(From "The Encyclopedia Shatnerica" by Robert E. Schnakenberg)"
Now, we know that both you and your alter-egos are straight, including your bizarre turn as a muderous hooker in Impulse. You have had beautiful wives.
Asheton himself has been the guitarist for a bisexual rock n roller. Yet HE denies any homosexuality. I've never heard your comments on it.
Answer, if you will, the truth behind this bizarre and probably untrue story: it's possible origins, and such. It's such a weird urban legend. I'd love to hear where it got started if you know.
dave
Twilight Zone Re-Run??? (Score:2, Interesting)
If I remember correctly one of your first roles ever was on the Twilight Zone. The episode that was actually added to the later movie in the 80's because it was considered a classic.
Now that UPN has brought back the show, do you think it possible that we'll be seeing you in any new episodes????
Thanks
Jerry
The City on the Edge of Forever (Score:4, Interesting)
My question is what is your take on what happend with his script and your response to his accusations in the book? There is plenty out there about this that I'm sure has never come to light and I was wondering what your point of view on this issue is.
Fight Club (Score:5, Interesting)
Incubus (Score:3, Interesting)
Fixing ST:5 (Score:5, Interesting)
The spectre of Star Trek... (Score:5, Interesting)
Over a generation ago, you landed an acting job on a show being produced by someone that wanted to make a cowboy show in space. The show was wierd, the pay was good, and the publicity was fantastic.
Since then, and after a long pause (mostly filled with shows like Dr. Who and Space 1999), viewing audiences have been treated to five perspectives on the Star Trek universe.
Other shows have come out with varying degrees of sucess. Babylon 5, V, Farscape, and Firefly have come out to rave reviews, while others like Space Rangers and the TekWorld series have met unfortunate ends.
What do you think is the formula for a successful science fiction show on television today? Why do you think the Star Trek series has enjoyed such a phenomenal and sucessful run?
Finally
What has enabled you to remain robustly and diversely employed as an actor post-star-trek?
Sincerely,
Martin Bogomolni
Science Fiction Fan
First Interracial Kiss. (Score:5, Interesting)
Priceline (Score:1, Interesting)
Nerine Shatner Memorial Fund (Score:5, Interesting)
I know that this subject must be painful for you, but I'm sure there are many in the slashdot community who would benefit from your experience and insights here.
Saturday Night Live (Score:5, Interesting)
Was that sketch a catharsis for you, a means of finally casting off some chains and letting the world know what you think and feel, or was it just a sketch? I am not dissing you, your work, or Trek fans, but, let's be honest here, some people do need to, in your words, "Get a life!". Do you/did you feel that way, or was it just an act? Come on, be honest.....
Ego? (Score:2, Interesting)
Galaxy Quest (Score:5, Interesting)
I think everyone who has seen Galaxy Quest will agree that the show that it is based upon is, in essence, "Star Trek". It follows that Tim Allen's Character was essentially meant to be you.
So my two part question is this:
Did you enjoy the show, and, how accurate was their portrayal of life after Trek?
Scary Vietnam Vet (Score:5, Interesting)
Shatner said he was picked up by a limo in the 70's to go to some function. The driver suddenly pulled over and said, "Mr. Shatner, I've been waiting a long time to talk to you." Shatner thinks uh-oh. "You see, I'm a Vietnam vet and was held as a prisoner of war." Shatner thinks, oh shit.
The vet goes on to explain that while he and his buddies were held under torturous conditions, they used Star Trek to stay sane. They could speak to each other in the darkness and would try to reconstruct the scripts from memory, one person playing Spock, another Kirk, and so on.
It was one of the oddest bits of Trek trivia I had ever heard, and related with sensitivity by a man infamous for being a dick in public and private. I still think he's an egomaniac, but not one incapable of turns of humanity.
Re:Trekkies (Score:4, Interesting)
I don't know about danger, but they sure can get annoying.
I was at a Trek convention once, and a pesky fan somehow got ahold of the microphone and kept saying, "Please please Mr. Shatner, my life dream is to have my picture taken with you, please please oh please fullfill my dream!"
Shatner looked like he was thinking about it, then pointed to the autograph line and said, "No, I'm sorry, it would be unfair to these people who waited in line all this time." People then started shouting things at both the geek and Shatner things like, "Just do it and get it over with", and "Beam the f__ dweeb outta here!" and "skip the stun setting!".
A bit later during another audience question, the person said, "You are my favorite captain. You are brave, you have big guts, uh, I mean lots of guts." Mr. Shatner was looking at his stomach and giving the guy a funny look. He was a good sport about it though. He seemed to enjoy playing along and getting into it, both praising the Trek series and telling about funny inside situations.
People kept asking about books by other cast members who said bad things about him. He said something like, "I remembered that we mostly got along on the sets. I don't remember all those alleged battles in those books. I think they wrote them simply to sell books and make money. That is the only explanation I can think of that could explain our different memories of the studio times."
He expressed dissapointment that the top effects studio went on strike during the filming of "Final Frontier". He felt it would have done better at the box office if they had full effects. Hmmmm. Perhaps they can re-release it and edit in better effects, like Lucas did to Star Wars. Should I ask him if that has ever been considered?
The Future (Score:2, Interesting)
incubus (Score:2, Interesting)
i saw the movie incubus [imdb.com] for the first time a couple weeks ago, and i was very impressed by your performance. your delivery of your lines in esperanto is incredibly fluid and believable. how did you prepare for this role?
the reviews for this movie are all over the place. some people love it, some absolutely hate it. what are your thoughts about it?
Priceline (Score:2, Interesting)
Wheaton (Score:5, Interesting)
Tragically for Wil's semi-playful vendetta, he had a very pleasant encounter with Shatner at a television taping and, at least temporarily, suspended the jihad.
Re:your reputation (Score:5, Interesting)
What did you think of John Lithgow's portrayal of your character in the film adaptation of the "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" for the Twilight Zone movie?
Also, any Rod Serling anecdotes you'd like to share?
GalaxyQuest (Score:2, Interesting)
Pennies from the Twiligh Zone (Score:3, Interesting)
1 -- Where did you get so many pennies? Your slacks seemed awfully snug and I did not notice and penny roll bulges
2 -- Were the forunes real or were you making them real?
Quality of Star Trek decreasing? (Score:5, Interesting)
I'm curious to know what you think of the "modern day" Star Trek shows that come out every now and then. I feel the shows have degraded in quality, and have become less reminiscent of the original series with each new series that comes out. The Next Generation was generally good, but following shows seem to be progressively less interesting and engaging. Granted, it's a tall order to create a show that surpasses the original Star Trek, but I think they could have done a lot better.
At the risk of biting the hand that feeds (or fed) you, I'd like to hear the honest truth as you see it. What do you think of the four Star Trek spinoffs? Is the franchise still kicking after so many years, or is it time to put it out to pasture?
By the way, I have to tell you that you were my idol growing up. I learned everything I needed to know about women from Captain Kirk!
Re:Overacting???? (Score:5, Interesting)
Hey, speaking of this line from Fight Club, has Edward Norton or Brad Pitt challenged you to some sort of Celebrity Boxing type thing?
If you were to go on Celebrity Boxing, who would you fight?
MPAA (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Dr. Mr. Shatner (Score:5, Interesting)
Incubus? (Score:2, Interesting)
Kontraux la stulteco la dioj mem batalas vane.
Type casting difficulties. (Score:3, Interesting)
Alternatively, If you could be remembered for a single project or work, what would it be?
Aftershocks of Priceline? (Score:2, Interesting)
SEXUAL UNDERTONES (Score:5, Interesting)
Mr. Shatner:
Considering that Star Trek was supposed to be a serious show about the future, there were an awful lot of gorgeous women running around in skimpy outfits on the set and you had your shirt off half the time. How did you, the other actors, and Roddenberry feel about the sexual undertones in Star Trek? Was it something forced on you by the studio? Or did you feel it was a legitimate part of the show?
GMD
Do-Over and Slashdot Interest (Score:4, Interesting)
If you went back in point to the moment you were offered the role of Captain Kirk, would you still take it? If so, why? If not, why and what would you have done differently?
Also, given that you agreed to a Q&A, I have to ask; are you a regular reader of Slashdot?
Excellent Question! (Score:3, Interesting)
Time at McGill (Score:5, Interesting)
It's fairly well known (at least here in Canada) that you attended McGill University for some time. They even went so far as to rename the Student Union building the Shatner Building.
I've heard that you were invited to the renaming ceremony, but refused to attend. I've also heard that you generally speak very poorly of your time at McGill. What was it about McGill that was so dreadful/horrible/annoying/etc that has made you so sour on the subject?
Re:How sad would you rate Trekkie fans ? (Score:3, Interesting)
You vs. Roddenberry (Score:5, Interesting)
About your career (Score:2, Interesting)
get involved with Star Trek?
Movies, Television; Books or Music? (Score:3, Interesting)
In any case, I just want to know what you have liked doing best. Were the films - not just Trek and not just your parodies of yourself in films like "Free Enterprise" (the 'Caesar rap' at the end is a hit at my house) - more fun to do than the television series you have been in? Or has writing or music been better? I can imagine the ravaging crowds of fans (or detractors) at conventions or premiere events being a down side to your career; but I want to know what project you have most enjoyed doing - or even if they are all equally enjoyable from a personal and professional view. Thank you for some great (and some corny) entertainment over the years.
A few things I've always wanted to know: (Score:5, Interesting)
Give us some advice! (Score:5, Interesting)
1) Based on your life experience, what is one thing you'd advise no one EVER do, and why?
2) Based on your life experience, what is one thing you'd advise everyone to definitely do (at least once), and why?
The "new" Captains... (Score:5, Interesting)
Your opinion of hardcore fans (Score:5, Interesting)
Though your diatribe ("Get a life people") was brushed aside as the talk of the "Evil Kirk", what's your real opinion of the die hard fans? Granted many are a bit excessive, but do you appreciate the attention or do you find it annoying at all?
Pool accident (Score:4, Interesting)
Usually when I hear the recording, its associated with classless humor, usually radio talk show hosts trying to be funny, cracking "shatner jokes" and similiar.
I know personally that if my wife met a tragic and untimely death, I would despise all those making jokes about it!
How has this public attention (mockery) to the incident effected your life?
2 Questions (Score:2, Interesting)
What made you decide to accept various roles? (Score:3, Interesting)
Was it the type of role, the people involved in the production, the script, the chance to do something new?
What do you look for currently?
Jon Acheson
The past and the now (Score:2, Interesting)
Cast Relationships (Score:3, Interesting)
relationships that you had with other members
of the Star Trek cast. Do you find those relationships
smoothing out as the years go by?
Re:Shakespearian Influences? (Score:5, Interesting)
Anyone familiar with the history of the theater knows the names of great actors like Richard Burbage (a member of Shakespeare's company) and Sarah Bernhardt. We know their work only by reputation, however; their performances are of course lost to history.
You are one of the very first group of actors in history whose performances are, barring some cataclysm, going to be preserved forever. When you showed up to perform at Studio One or Playhouse 90, on anthology series like "The Outer Limits" and "The Twilight Zone," or later on series television like "Star Trek," did it ever occur to you that work you may have done with little or no rehearsal would have that kind of persistence? If so, did it affect your work? If not, is there anything you would have done differently?
(What I'm trying to get at here is that while most everyone recognizes that some early television ranks with the classics, the fact of the matter is that television in the early days was very much a sausage factory: there was no backlog of syndicated material, and a lot of content had to be churned out. People generally didn't sit around saying, "Gee, we're creating a new genre of theatrical art, how should we think about that?" -- there was too much work to be done. Even years later people didn't appreciate the significance of the early years of television; a lot of film was thrown out or left to rot. So maybe the question I'm trying to get at here is really, "Now that we recognize that significance of the early years of television, do you think about your work as an actor differently now than you did then, and if so how?")
Will you please save Farscape? (Score:2, Interesting)
Love ya man.
Re:Dr. Mr. Shatner (Score:2, Interesting)
Your Tinnitus (Score:5, Interesting)
What techniques/treatments have been successful for you in dealing with this disease?
War on Drugs? (Score:4, Interesting)
Rustin
Iron Chef USA question (Score:2, Interesting)
If you could do it over again ....... (Score:3, Interesting)
If you had to do it all over again, would you still do Star Trek
Cheers!
Drinking game (Score:2, Interesting)
YASTQ: Did you ever think ST would last so long? (Score:3, Interesting)
When you first walked onto the set, did you have any appreciation for how much of a part of American Legend Star Trek was going to become?
Also, when did realize that it was going to have a profound effect on your career and life and how did that feel?
GJC
Galaxy Quest (Score:5, Interesting)
Have you continued your study of Esperanto? (Score:3, Interesting)
Mr. Shatner,
I recently went to a screening of your cult classic film, "Incubus [incubusthefilm.com]". The most amazing thing about this movie was that all the dialog was spoken in Esperanto! Did you actually learn Esperanto for the role? Or were you simply reading off of cue cards?
Canada (Score:2, Interesting)
What is the inspiration for the Tek Series? (Score:2, Interesting)
question for both Wils (Score:5, Interesting)
My favorite directors have to be veteran Cliff Bole ("Best of Both Worlds", "Silicon Avatar", Voyager's "Dark Frontier") and Les Landau ("Chain of Command II", "Family", "Night Terrors").
Did you have any favorite directors, or did they all seem interchangeable like the old days of movies? Since "Best of Both Worlds" is better than some of the Trek movies, I'd really like to see Bole helm a feature. No such luck. Is there any particular reason? Can I get in touch with him?
Paintball! (Score:4, Interesting)
So, what I'm wondering is, how did it go? Did you enjoy paintball (and reprising your "Captain Kirk" role)? Also, I heard mention of the entire thing being was to be documented in a video. Is that still in the works, and if so, where can one purchase it?
What's Next? (Score:3, Interesting)
I mean, you've done just about everything an entertainer can do -- act, write, sing, rap to Shakespeare, TV, movies, commercials.
Do you see yourself retiring anytime soon (and naturally chopping wood in some Northwestern locale)?
Real Life Tranporter? (Score:2, Interesting)
What leads to typecasting? (Score:3, Interesting)
Not a Trek question (Score:4, Interesting)
If a major network came to you and offered you the chance to helm or take the lead in a new series of your choice, what would you want to do? Would you return to your stage roots? More Sci-Fi? TJ Hooker Returns? What would give you the most satisfaction?
and
What did you think of John Lithgow's reprisal of your TZ character in Twilight Zone: The Movie?
The original was one of the few episodes that stuck with me. Despite the goofy looking creature, it had that feeling of paranoia and claustrophobia that one would get when cornered by the unknown.
Music Questions for Cap'n Kirk (Score:2, Interesting)
~ Lynn
Ps. I have often wonder if you awoke out of a nightmare with the standard Trek battle music playing your head.. You know Da Da Da
Uhura (Score:2, Interesting)
What did you think of Galaxy Quest? (Score:3, Interesting)
Kirk vs Gandalf (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Dr. Mr. Shatner (Score:1, Interesting)
-sparky the wonder dog
Re:Overacting???? (Score:2, Interesting)
jason also made the point, which i agree with, that shatner's "over the top" style was a major factor in the success of the original series.
-- p
Acting... (Score:3, Interesting)
The Wedding Present's "William Shatner" (Score:3, Interesting)
Twilight Zone (Score:3, Interesting)
Career (Score:2, Interesting)
Questions (Score:2, Interesting)
2) Do you believe there is any life beyond Earth? After portraying Cap't Kirk for so many years, so you think that's swayed your opinion?
3) My sister met you at the Space.Com office in New York once. All she could come up with was quick TJ Hooker question for you. You were polite, and she was happy. Now the question, is that the kind of questions you get all the time from strangers? Can you go out in public and have a good time without someone asking an old TV question of you?
Re:question for both Wils (Score:5, Interesting)
Okay. Here's my answer, based on my experience: When you're working in television, the director rarely has much room for "vision." The studio expects things delivered on a certain (usually unrealistic) timetable, and the director had better meet that schedule if he wants to come back.
When you see the same director over and over again, it's usually because he or she gets things delivered on time, and "gets" the show.
Less important, but still considered, is how well that director gets along with the cast. We had more than one director who raced through the schedule, but was a tool, and didn't get asked back. Conversely, we had some directors who we absolutely loved, but they were just too damn slow, so they suffered a similar fate.
By comparison to TOS, we had a bit of latitude on TNG, because we were first-run syndication, and our directors were more or less answering to Gene, and then Rick, who were answering to Paramount. I'd suspect that it was different back on TOS, because they were first-run network. AFAIK, we were both considered "low budget," but I'm not sure how that factored into the studio's expectations.
The two guys you mentioned, Les and Cliff, were really good guys, but vastly different. Cliff tore through the schedule, never wasting shots or over-covering scenes. He was a little gruff with me, but I'm sure I deserved it. I seem to recall the other cast members really liking him.
Les started out as a First Assistant Director in our first season, and worked his way up to director (Star Trek has a long history of promotion from within...it's pretty cool).
Everyone liked Les, but boy was he slow! We usually referred to his episodes as "Late Night With Les," because we'd go into overtime so much. I think they cut him some slack, though, because he was part of the family, and his episodes were always pretty good.
When I was working on "Nemesis," Patrick and I walked past our old stages where they now film "Enterprise" on our way back to the make-up trailer one night. We saw some people we knew who were still at work, even though it was nearly 10PM on a Friday night.
We asked how it was going, and the reply was, "Oh, you know...having fun on 'Late Night With Les.'"
I was happy to hear that he was still in the family.
Your Take on Subversive Themes (Score:5, Interesting)
Now I know that Rodenberry was responsible for most of it, but how did it feel to be caught up in something like that during the 60's? (This is such a set up for the response, "I was just a tv show.")
What do you think of Enterprise (Score:2, Interesting)
Seven Parody for MTV (Score:2, Interesting)
What would you parody? (Score:3, Interesting)
Shatner Interview (Score:2, Interesting)
Charities (Score:4, Interesting)
My question is this Mr. Shatner: which are your favorite charities? What's you favorite story related to one of them?
Thanks!
What kind of mobile do you use? (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:question for both Wils (Score:3, Interesting)
You make it sound like directors don't have much leverage at all in TV, but I can definitely see a difference in the product.
The two Les episodes I mentioned, "Chain of Command II" and "Family," have some the best guest acting of the series (along with "The Game" and "Journey's End," naturally). David Warner vs. Patrick Stewart always gets me. There must have been some extra rehearsal there (or maybe it was just the Shakespearean training).
Somtimes a single composition -- circling around Picard at the end of "The Inner Light," the tear in "Sarek" -- make the show feel richer and more genuine. The way Bole lit, composed, coached and shot the Riker-Troi scene in 10-Forward gave that scene so much more weight than any other scene played on that set.
Certain episodes can have tones that are totally unique. The loneliness and depravation of "Tin Man." The playful naivete of "Data's Day." The cold militarism of "Yesterday's Enterprise."
I'll tell you, though, that I think a lot of the credit for that has to go to the music. Almost ALL the music in Voyager sounds the same -- a routine soundtrack of brass and recycled rhythms makes a lot of episodes feel like technical exercises. All the TNG episodes I just mentioned have unique music that fits the tone of each show and makes them interesting in the way that they differ.
But it sounds like a TV director has no power to dictate which episodes can afford their own music, which can take the time to redo the lighting, and which can rehearse for an extra day. In that way, the good ones impress me more than film directors do, because of what they can accomplish with such economy. I wonder if they're sticking to TV by choice.
Question for Shatner (Score:3, Interesting)
Spoofing himself and his ego (Score:1, Interesting)
Questions! (Score:3, Interesting)
What is the first thing you think of in the morning when you wake up, and the last thing you think of as you are about to fall asleep at night?
I understand that at one point you were (or still are?) working for the American Tinnitus Association (constant ringing in the ears). Are you aware of any medical advances in this area? How is your tinnitus doing these days?
I recently purchased the Special Editions of Star Treks II and III and watched the interviews with you on both disks and thought they were absolutely hysterical (especially the part about Nimoy blessing the crowds on ST III). I know that you have had parts in Airplane 2 and other slapstick comedies, but I was wondering... have you ever considered really jumping into that genre full-force like Leslie Nielsen did a few years back?
Point of realization? (Score:2, Interesting)
Use of Technology (Score:3, Interesting)
Ben Folds (Score:3, Interesting)
Star Trek technologies (Score:1, Interesting)
First Interracial Kiss (Score:5, Interesting)
Current Relations with TOS cast (Score:2, Interesting)
The State of Fact and Fiction (Score:2, Interesting)
Esperanto (Score:2, Interesting)
Someone must have thought that Esperanto was a better idea for an international language than English. This was probably in the interest of equity, although as I understand Esperanto, it leaves out a lot (for example, Indian languages.) When you made Incubus, was there any kind of ideology behind making the movie in Esperanto, or did it just seem like a good idea at the time for the filmmakers?
Ravi