Thoughts on Star Trek, related science fiction, and the future.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Trek Movie found this clip of William Shatner's last "appearance" as Captain Kirk--a heavily worked-over simulation for a Direct TV ad. It's kind of bittersweet, as it shows both what we're losing and what can never be again anyway.
3 comments:
Anonymous
said...
hmm... Shatner, Shatner, Shatner.
You've become too... Denny Crane.
With all his WoW promos and his music career, Shatner has become a joke.
I realize you are a busy man, but could you please put up another post just so this one is not the lead-off on your otherwise cool blog.
I hate ALL of these Direct TV ads. Kathy Bates as Annie Wilkes, Sigourney Weaver as Ripley ... I hope all these people were extremely well paid to cheapen their signature roles. But this one is just sad. And ... they didn't get the sideburns right either.
Months ago I wrote about my theory involving Shatner and the new Star Trek re-boot on my website. Despite incessant claims to the contrary, I still think my theory holds water.
Check it out here:
http://www.thewordslinger.com/posts.php?id=33
By the way ... great site you have here.
It just needs a better lead post than the sad joke that is that commercial.
3 comments:
hmm... Shatner, Shatner, Shatner.
You've become too... Denny Crane.
With all his WoW promos and his music career, Shatner has become a joke.
Kirk vs Picard? no.
Picard vs Janeway.
I realize you are a busy man, but could you please put up another post just so this one is not the lead-off on your otherwise cool blog.
I hate ALL of these Direct TV ads. Kathy Bates as Annie Wilkes, Sigourney Weaver as Ripley ... I hope all these people were extremely well paid to cheapen their signature roles. But this one is just sad. And ... they didn't get the sideburns right either.
Months ago I wrote about my theory involving Shatner and the new Star Trek re-boot on my website. Despite incessant claims to the contrary, I still think my theory holds water.
Check it out here:
http://www.thewordslinger.com/posts.php?id=33
By the way ... great site you have here.
It just needs a better lead post than the sad joke that is that commercial.
Thanks
andy@thewordslinger.com
Hey Andy--
your wish is my command--
welll, in this case anyway
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