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I celebrate the 95th birthday of William Shatner by taking a look at 13 Kirk-centric collectibles from across the galaxy!
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I celebrate the 95th birthday of William Shatner by taking a look at 13 Kirk-centric collectibles from across the galaxy!
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I might personally substitute a couple of the top episodes mentioned, but all in all it was a fun read. 95 years old and still looks good. -
Awesome!
I'm not a big 'Star Trek guy,' but what I have enduringly liked has all been Original Series-related, including the Mego figures. Not a criticism of what came afterward. I only watched the pilot episode of Next Generation and of Enterprise, and decided they were not for me.
Probably like everyone on these forums, I've heard and read some negative things about Shatner's behavior personally on the set of the original series and on the sets of the later films. That said, I give him credit for: (1) somehow evading being entirely typecast and continuing with TJ Hooker and Boston Legal (and was it early commercials for PayPal that netted him millions?), good for him, and (2) as someone who attended every San Diego Comic-Con from 1985-2001, my personal view is that his notorious appearance on SNL pardying Star Trek conventions was, yes, ingracious and a slap in the face to a lot of loyal fans wh probably deserved better from their 'hero,' but simultaneously, in my personal experience in that era, the underlying dysfunctinal/odd behaviors being parodied were spot-on. Back in 1985, as a 14 year old kid, I was stunned to see two 'adults' get in a fistfight at San Diego Comic Con over some dispute about the specifications of a Romulan Bird of Prey. Even in that moment, as a nerdy 14-year-old who'd never had a girlfriend, I thought to myself, "This would not be happening if either one of these guys had ever kissed a girl."Comment
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