On May 26, 2016 the rollingstone.com website has an article titled "40 Best Science Fiction TV shows of All time" see this link, 40 Best Science Fiction TV Shows of All Time Star Trek: The Original Series 1966-69 came in at First Place !! While Star Trek: The Next Generation came in at 17th place
The website Ign.com on March 19, 2009 has an article titled The Many Looks of Captain Kirk - IGN about the great Diversity of different looks Kirk has in TOS & The Trek Films, and how he always looks great, the article even tells how in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Kirk looks great in medical Scrubs , when him McCoy & Dr. Gillian Taylor try to rescue Chekov from the Hospital -
ReplyDeleteAlso, in the rollingstone.com article dated May 26, 2016 titled "40 Best Science Fiction TV shows of All Time" it has this to say about The Original Star Trek which came in at First Place
the article said "Nearly every word of its opening monologue entered the popular parlance. Nearly every nuance of its actor’s performances became (in)famous. Nearly every science-fiction series to come afterwards owes it a huge debt, up to and including the oh-so-similarly titled Star Wars. Yes, Gene Roddenberry's groundbreaking show is the sun around which the entire SF genre orbits. Its yin-and-yang leads, hotheaded Captain James T. Kirk and coolly logical science officer Mr. Spock, rightfully made actors William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy icons. Its aliens and enemies — Tribbles and Klingons and Khan, oh my! — remain indelibly entertaining. And its muscular, humane cold-war liberalism still holds up, as does its New Frontier zeal for exploration and optimism. May the Starship Enterprise never stop boldly going into the hearts and minds of the sci-fi faithful. STC"
ReplyDelete1. The website screenrant.com has an article by Robin Burks on August 27, 2018 titled "William Shatner Doesn't Want His Own Star Trek Show" about how Shatner doesn't want his own Star Trek show at this time, in response to the news that Patrick Stewart/Picard will be getting a New Star Trek Series, this Article says about Shatner's Kirk that "Captain Kirk is one of those characters that fans always seem to want more of"
ReplyDelete1. In 2016 an article on the geektyrant.com website was titled Captain Kirk Was Originally Going to Fight Jesus in STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE And the article says " and the articles tells how in the book "The Fifty-Year Mission: The Complete Uncensored, Unauthorized, Oral History of Star Trek- The First 25 Years" and the book tells how one of Gene Roddenberry's early scripts for Star Trek: The Motion Picture had Kirk fighting Jesus Christ, actually a shape shifting alien who takes the form of Jesus
ReplyDelete1. A Meme posted on Facebook shows Kirk & Spock with the expression "There is an old Vulcan saying .. Only Trump could go to North Korea" a parody of the scene in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country where Spock says to Kirk "There is an old Vulcan Proverb.. Only Nixon could go to China" the Meme is here
Phillip Derrick Gray Click on the Picture for a Larger view, the Meme was posted by Phillip Derrick Gray, to the Facebook page "Captain Kirk: The Man, the Myth, the Legend"
The website hagerty.com on August 29, 2018 has an article by Brendan McAleer titled "Rating the Star Trek captains by their cars" which rates the real life actors & actresses who played Star Trek Captains by their cars, and it says about Kirk as played by Shatner
ReplyDelete"William. Shatner's. Captain Kirk is. Possibly. One.Of. The most. Iconic Science Fiction characters in existence, if not least for his memorable speaking cadence. But Billy Shatner is also just the kind of car guy you'd hope" a picture of Shatner's 1963 Chevrolet Corvette is shown, the articles tells about Shatner's cool car-pranking with Leonard Nimoy
In the Print Edition of the New York "Daily News" Newspaper for Sunday September 2, 2018. pages 26-27 have a bold headline that says
ReplyDelete"I AM NOT A JERK, SAYS CAPT. KIRK" by Jacqueline Cutler the article says "Trekkies figure the guy who fought a Gorn and outsmarted Khan-twice-must know everything" the article tells about Shatner's new book "Live Long and.. What I Learned Along the Way" the two page article says "one thing Shatner always understood has been the joy of work, and the thrill of adventure. And that's his biggest tip to readers: Say Yes. Someone offers you a job? Take it. A challenge presents itself? Don't back down..Because Shatner has done it all, and would do it all again, and that's the real message of his book: Boldly go where no one has gone before. And then go further." Picard, nope, the article is here, William Shatner boldly goes on about life lessons he's learned in new biography - NY Daily News
The website mashable.com on September 2, 2018 has an article titled "How realistic are sci-fi spaceships?" The Article says one way the interior of the Enterprise-D from The Next Generation is less realistic than Kirk's Enterprise from TOS is Carpets, Kirk's Enterprise doesn't have carpets , that statement was by expert Bobak Ferdowsi aka "Mohawk Guy" famous for making it possible for the NASA Curiousity Rover to land on Mars in August 2012 , the article says Kirk's Enterprise is far more realistic overall
ReplyDeleteThe Article "How realistic are sci-fi spaceships?" also had this to say "Still, the original Star Trek — and the 2000s prequel series Enterprise — offered a more believable bare-bones aesthetic
DeleteThe "Entertainment Weekly" 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition "The Ultimate Guide to Star Trek" publication on page 72 says Kirk is The Captain You Want as Your Wingman- and it says Kirk is
ReplyDeleteyoung, scrappy, and "Kirk is the guy you want by your side for a night on the town. Whether it's a bar in Iowa or a Federation banquet, Kirk's got your back and the next round too" and it rates Kirk
on the following categories, Hand-to-Hand Combat: 5 insignias Tech Savvy: 3 insignias Extracurricular Pursuits: 3 insignias Diplomacy: 2 insignias Interstellar Seduction: 5 insignias
Party Bound: 4 Insignias Outlaw Antics: 5 Insignias but Kirk not only knows how to Party, but also Par-tay !!!
2. An office building in Changle, China for the game developer NetDragon Websoft looks exactly like the U.S.S. Enterprise. The Chinese executive Liu Dejian, who owns the building, even contacted CBS in order to
get permission to construct the office !! (Articles about this building can be found online, Google it )
3. In The Wrath of Khan, Khan frequently refers to Kirk as "my old friend" in a sarcastic manner, when any enemy of Picard refer to him in that way ?
4. In The Simpsons episode "Yolo" which stands for "You Only Live Once" that aired in 2013, Homer assuages another midlife crisis by reenacting the fight scene between Kirk and the Gorn from the Classic Trek episode "Arena" Homer was Kirk, and in the 1994 Simpsons episode "Deep Space Homer" there was a duel modeled after the TOS episode "Gamesters of Triskelion" where Homer Simpson & Barney Gumble battle to be NASA's first "average" astronaut
5. In 1966 in it's coverage of TOS "TV Guide" Magazine said the following about the show when it debuted, that "The sky's not the limit on this trek" & "Welcome aboard the United Space Ship Enterprise, Where it goes, no program has ever gone before"
1. The website cbc.ca has an article on September 3, 2018 titled "William Shatner, the irreplaceable Captain James T. Kirk | CBC CBC Archives" about how Legendary & irreplaceable William Shatner is, I guess you could call him .. William 'Star Trek' Shatner, !!
ReplyDeleteThe neatorama.com on June 15, 2009 has an article titled 8 Starship Enterprise Facts Every Trekker Should Know and it says about the Genius of Gene Roddenberry that
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5. Land the Ship? Too Expensive, Let's Teleport Everybody Instead!
Originally, Roddenberry envisioned the USS Enterprise to land on various planets, but it turned out to be too expensive as it would require them to build expensive sets. The next idea was to use shuttles - but when filming began, the full-sized shooting model wasn't ready. So, they came up with the idea of "beaming down" the crew via a teleportation device and thus the transporter was born! (Source) " That's the resourceful brilliance of Roddenberry & TOS , and it says about J.J. Abrams and the New Enterprise for the 2009 "Star Trek" reboot film that he wanted to make the Enterprise a hot-rod type of vehicle, but they also wanted to preserve the Enterprise kind of look"
The episode of TNG "Disaster" had one scene where Picard was trapped in a turbolift with three children, he makes one of them, Paterson Supra his executive officer in charge of radishes , Kirk never had to anything this childish, even with children present
ReplyDeleteKirk is the ultimate cool tough-guy of Starfleet & The Federation, he is like the Burt Reynolds of the 23rd Century, Legendary actor Burt Reynolds passed away on September 6, 2018 at age 82, you could never compare Picard to Burt Reynolds ,
ReplyDelete1. The website screenrant.com on September 23, 2018 has an article by Joseph Walter titled "Star Trek: The 13 Most Amazing Captains (And 12 Who Should've Never Had Command) " Ranked #5 on this list as Amazing is James T. Kirk as played by William Shatner and it says... "
ReplyDeleteWhat can we say about James T. Kirk that hasn’t been said already? Equal parts charismatic diplomat, fiery captain, respected leader, and ladiesman, Kirk was the key to many of Starfleet’s successes.
Often compared to a reckless cowboy for his improvisations and rule-bending (or breaking), Kirk showed his crew that deviating from the expected course to do what’s right is a valuable trait, and this rubbed off on just about everyone who served under his command. Sure, he may not be the model Starfleet captain, but that certainly doesn’t mean he isn’t one of the best. "
1. The StarTrek.com website on September 8, 2018 has an article titled " Live Long and ______ " to celebrate the 52nd Anniversary of the Star Trek Franchise, The Article says
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And so, it began. Star Trek: The Original Series officially premiered on September 8, 1966, as NBC aired the episode, “The Man Trap.” Star Trek has, since then, lived long and prospered. StarTrek.com, knowing the franchise’s 52nd anniversary loomed on the horizon, has spent the past several months asking everyone we’ve spoken to – from series regulars and guest stars to directors and makeup gurus – to do the following:
Finish this sentence without using the word "prosper." Live long and _______.
And how would YOU answer the question? " William Shatner aka Captain James T. Kirk wrote "Live Long and Learn" Many Other Trek Celebs posted variations of the sentence, Patrick Stewart/Picard wasn't among them,
1. The website Geektyrant.com in 2018 has an article headlined "Captain Kirk Is Replaced By Joe Rogan In Hilarious STAR TREK Parody" stand-up comedian Joe Rogan replaces Kirk in a parody of Star Trek: The Animated Series,
ReplyDelete. The Hit Sketch Comedy show "MAD TV" which ran on the FOX Network from 1995 to 2009, had two cool sketches with Will Sasso as Kirk from TOS, the sketches are "The Captain Kirk Show" with guest
ReplyDeleteMartha Stewart & the other sketch being "Mexican Star Trek" see this link, Mad TV - The Captain Kirk Show
Spock was such a Hero that in the 2009 "Star Trek" film, that in the year 2387 a supernova which threatened the galaxy exploded, destroying the planet Romulus. Spock was able to prevent the supernova from destroying the rest of the galaxy but he and his ship were drawn back in time, along with a very angry crew of Romulan miners, to kick off the new Kelvin timeline in the 23rd century."
ReplyDeleteOn Facebook there is a Meme showing Kirk, Spock, McCoy & Scotty from TOS, walking down a street together in a parody of the famous Beatles "Abbey Road" Album Picture from 1969 showing
ReplyDeleteJohn Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison & Ringo Starr crossing the street, Picard and his crew could never be compared to Beatles Members, the picture is here,
Captain Kirk: The Man, the Myth, the Legend Click on the Pic for a Larger View
There is also a Meme with Kirk, Spock,McCoy & Scotty from TOS as the characters from the 1992 Quentin Tarantino heist film
Delete"Reservoir Dogs" see this Picture, Reservoir Trek Click on it for a Larger View
The Classic TOS episode "The City on the Edge of Forever" was so legendary that a follow up sequel episode was planned for the second season premiere of Star Trek: The Next Generation, the episode written by Tracy Torme was to be titled "Return to Forever" and it would involve the Guardian of Forever time portal and have two Spocks meeting each other, 24th century Spock would interact with his 23rd century counterpart, see this article from the Trekmovie.com website in September 2018 titled "Read Unused ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ Episode Outline Featuring The Guardian And Two Spocks"
ReplyDeleteIn Star Trek: Generations, when Kirk & Picard are battling Soran, Kirk tells Picard to go for the launcher, Picard filled with doubt replies to Kirk "No, you'll never make it by yourself. We've got to work together. "
ReplyDeleteKirk corrects him and says "We ARE working together. Trust me" Picard replies "Good Luck,Captain" Kirk answers "Call me, Jim"
2. The Facebook page "Star Trek Fans Guatemala" has a cool video titled "Star Trek meets Batman" showing the Enterprise arriving in Gotham City, see this video,
Star Trek Fans Guatemala - Star Trek meets Batman | Facebook
In March 2011, William Shatner was awarded the Governor's General Lifetime Achievement Award, aka the Canadian Lifetime Achievement Award, Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, for his work as Captain James T. Kirk, and his Many Non-Trek Projects as well, see this Article, William Shatner Honored With Canadian Lifetime Achievement Award + Could Charlie Sheen Save Shatner’s Sitcom?
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ReplyDelete1. the metro.co.uk website on September 25, 2018 has an article by Sarah Deen titled "Bradley Walsh compares Jodie Whittaker's Doctor Who to Captain Kirk on Star Trek" about how Bradley Walsh who plays companion Graham on series 11 of Doctor Who compares co-star Jodie Whittaker's Doctor Who , the first woman to play Doctor Who , Walsh compares her to Captain Kirk from Star Trek and says the comparison to the iconic Star Trek character is party what convinced him to get on board, and "The phrase was "imagine it's James T. Kirk on the bridge of the Enterprise and you're the team" Walsh said "I get it, I'm in"
. If they were characters in the 2009 superhero film "Watchmen" based on the DC Comics limited series of the same name, Kirk would be cool like the big & tall Jon Osterman more commonly known as
ReplyDelete"Dr. Manhattan" who is "a superhero with genuine superpowers who works for the U.S. Government" while Picard would be like the loser "Big Figure" who was a jailed dwarfish crime boss and former adversary of Nite Owl and Rorschach , he tries to get revenge when Rorschach is locked up in the same jail as he is"
The website disclose.tv on September 24, 2018 has an article titled "Scientists Now Say The Universe Itself Is Conscious" and the article says "According to a Scientific Concept from scientists with the name of Panpsychism the universe might be capable of consciousness, If it is, then everything could change" the article can be found here, https://www.disclose.tv/scientists-now-say-the-universe-itself-is-conscious-347343 this and numerous other online articles take this theory of the Universe being conscious seriously, This would have made for an excellent episode of TOS or a Trek Film with Kirk and his crew , Picard,nope
ReplyDeleteIn the classic TOS episode "The Trouble With Tribbles" Scotty, & Chekov are having drinks in a bar aboard Deep Space Station K-7, the Klingon officer Korax, spews various insults about Kirk , and twice Chekov jumps to his feet ready to fight Korax and defend Kirk's Honor, when would anyone do this for Picard ?
ReplyDeleteThe film Star Trek V: The Final Frontier demonstrates the cool concept of "Warp Highways" areas of Space that allow Starships to Travel many many times faster than regular Warp Speed, in this film the Enterprise leaves Nimbus III for Sha Ka Ree in the Great Barrier in the center of the Galaxy, it is stated that the journey would take 6.7 hours at Warp Seven, this "Warp Highway" concept is also demonstrated in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Chase" , plus "Warp Highways" are a great dramatic plot device , see this article on ditl.org titled "Warp Speed Anomalies- Notes"
ReplyDeleteAlso, the speed of the Enterprise in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier was boosted by 65,000 Times, by the "Warp Highway" according to the ditl.org article I just gave, see also this Article,
Delete'Warp Highways? The size of the UFP?" on trekbbs.com
. In September 2018 , Lenovo the Chinese multinational technology company unveiled a Star Trek Enterprise shaped PC - Desktop computer, Made of Titanium and shaped and looks like Kirk's refit Enterprise from the From
ReplyDeleteThe Motion Picture, the article is here, "Beam me up, Scotty!" – Lenovo just made a Star Trek Enterprise shaped PC -
1. The episode of "Young Sheldon" titled "A Rival Prodigy and Sir Isaac Neutron" had Sheldon's mother Mary Cooper say to him
ReplyDelete"Mary Cooper: What's that new Star Trek show? Next Generation? When that first came on, you said a new Star Trek without Dr.
Spock could never be good, but I've seen you watching it.
Sheldon replies: Well, first of all, it's Mr.
Spock.
Dr.
Spock writes books about babies.
Mary Cooper: My apologies.
Sheldon: And second of all, Paige isn't a TV show.
She's a person, and we all know how I feel about people. A few moments later we see Sheldon watching the class episode of TOS
"Plato's Stepchildren" Adult Sheldon as the Narrator's voice says
"Luckily, the wise words of Gene Roddenberry flatly delivered by Leonard Nimoy resolved my dilemma" this episode of "Young Sheldon" first aired on
September 27, 2018 -- My point being, even Young Sheldon Cooper knew Kirk, Spock and his crew was the best !!!
1. The website screenrant.com on September 29, 2018 has an article by Jason Wojnar titled "7 Plot Twists That Hurt Star Trek (And 13 That Saved It)" the article says the death of Kirk in Star Trek: Generations hurt the franchise, with the article saying "
ReplyDelete"Star Trek: Generations represents a particular low point for the franchise. This is made all the more painful by the fact that, as of now, it is William Shatner's last performance as Captain Kirk. The actual moment of his ascension off the mortal coil is well done, as Shatner is one of the finest actors of all time.
However, if the most famous Captain of the Enterprise had to be taken out, then it should have been in a movie where he takes center stage and isn't simply a supporting character.
Shatner himself had reservations about Kirk kicking the bucket, but still acted in the film, unlike Leonard Nimoy who turned down the chance to direct and took no part in Generations." Plus the article says that the ending to "The City on the Edge of Forever" helped to Save the Franchise, with the article saying
"
From the get go, Star Trek established itself as a franchise that does not play by the rules. A prime example of this is the Harlen Ellison penned "City on the Edge of Forever" from The Original Series' first season.
The time travel episode boils down to Kirk having to let a woman he has fallen in love with lose her life in an automobile accident in order to correct a broken timeline. One would expect the heroic Captain to find a solution that resolves the timeline and let Edith Keeler continue living, but no such answer is found. In a time when most shows had happy endings, this episode was a punch in the gut, but one that showed how the show was revolutionizing television writing. "
. The website hollywoodreporter.com on July 20, 2018 had an article by Ryan Parker titled
ReplyDelete"William Shatner Defends Anti-Autograph Policy Amid 'Star Trek' Fan Outcry" where Shatner defends his Policy of only giving autographs at settings where fans have to pay for them,
. The website Hollywoodreporter.com had an article on July 20, 2018 by Ryan Parker titled
Delete"William Shatner Defends Anti-Autograph Policy Amid 'Star Trek' Fan Outcry" where Shatner defends his Policy of only giving autographs to fans at settings where they have to pay for them, some Trek fans considered his policy "rude" but Shatner much like the character of James T. Kirk he portrayed, Shatner calmly & Confidently uses sound logic to defend his policy,
. On The Facebook Public Group Titled "Official WilliamShatner.com Group" with over 10,000 Members, on September 29, 2018 a man named Weissleder Paul posted a funny Meme with a Picture of Shatner as Kirk
ReplyDeletethat said "I, Put Commas, In, Weird Places, So That, You, Will, Read, This, Like William Shatner." a woman named Abi Fallows types the following comment in response "once, you,, go Shat,, you, can NOT go back."
The Meme is here, Weissleder Paul Click on the Picture for a Larger View,
1. The StarTrek.com website on October 5, 2018 has an article titled "Kirk vs. Picard vs. Janeway vs. Sisko" and the article states that (Scroll down to read more)
ReplyDeleteKirk vs. Picard vs. Janeway vs. Sisko
News - It’s the ultimate Star Trek mashup, as Captain Kirk crosses paths with...
"It’s the ultimate Star Trek mashup, as Captain Kirk crosses paths with fellow captains Picard, Janeway and Sisko in Star Trek: The Q Conflict, a six-part comic-book event series coming in January from IDW Publishing. The saga, which pits the iconic characters against each other – and marks the first-ever crossover between The Original Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager -- is written by the tandem of Scott and David Tipton (Star Trek: The Next Generation – Mirror Broken), and features art by David Messina (Cloak and Dagger, Star Trek: Countdown).
Here’s the official synopsis, via IDW: “When a dispute between godlike beings threatens the galaxy, it will take all of Starfleet’s best captains to stop them. James T. Kirk, Jean-Luc Picard, Kathryn Janeway, and Benjamin Sisko must go head-to-head in a competition rigged by the arrogant Q and his nigh-omnipotent cohorts.” No Jonathan Archer, Kirk could beat them all !! -
ReplyDelete1. The website 2gb.com on October 5, 2018 has an article by Chris Smith titled "Star Trek captain William Shatner on his latest voyage" and the Article says ...
"If there’s one person in this world who’s done it all, it’s got to be William Shatner.
He’s gone where no man has gone before, navigating his way through the vast universe and battling aliens along the way.
But that’s not all.
He’s also a best-selling author and a successful musician.
And half a century into his Hollywood career, he’s got no plans of settling down.
The 87-year-old is about to embark on a brand new voyage, and he’s inviting you to join him.
He tells Chris Smith his Return Down Under tour invites audience members on a journey with him “in the theatre”.
“A journey through laughter and tears and a journey through memories and the future.”
Shatner says he’s been to a lot of places, “but there’s so much more to do”
. The website, algemeiner.com on October 8, 2018 had an article by Shiryn Solny titled "Jewish actor William Shatner talks about facing a great deal of anti-semitism as a child" the article can be found here, "https://www.algemeiner.com/2018/10/08/jewish-actor-william-shatner-talks-about-facing-a-great-deal-of-antisemitism-as-a-child/"
ReplyDeleteand the article says. "
The 87-year-old, who is best known for his role as Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek, toldThe Sydney Morning Herald that he experienced “a great deal” of antisemitism growing up in Montreal, a city that was mostly Catholic. Shatner said the discrimination that he faced for being Jewish was “very difficult” for him to deal with.
“I’m shaped by a lot of battles from six years old up until now,” he explained before revealing the kind of antisemitism he regularly faced. “Fights, every day, with one or more kids my size or bigger. Somebody recently showed me a high school graduation book. There I was — a nice-looking boy — and my nickname was ‘Toughie’ because I was always fighting and being attacked. Kids would all crowd around, yelling, ‘Fight! Fight! Fight!’” The Character of James T. Kirk also never backed down from a fight, and was also a "Toughie"
. The website Space.com has an article on October 9, 2018 titled "William Shatner chats about Life and the Space Force" www.space.com/42065-william-shatner-book-space-force.html
ReplyDeleteShatner says about Star Trek fans who want to follow in his footsteps that "You can't do what somebody did, You have to do your own thing, make your own path" People always want to follow the footsteps of Shatner/Kirk And the article says Shatner's position regarding
President Donald Trump's idea for a Space Force that
"In his discussion with Space.com, Shatner also shared his opinions on the Space Force, a proposed sixth military branch that would be dedicated entirely to security in space. Shatner said he's "of two minds" on the matter.
On one hand, the Air Force wasn't a separate branch initially, "and I suppose traditionalists would have said, 'What are we doing, more bureaucracy?'" Shatner said, likening the creation of the U.S. Air Force to that of the proposed Space Force. "There is an attempt to say, 'There we go, another part of the government and more taxes and more people.'"
However, he said, "on the other hand, space is becoming a separate place. … We're now realizing that shooting wars may very well … be a thing of the past." Shatner spoke about how traditional warfare might be increasingly replaced by "electronic warfare," or cyberattacks, in which countries target and attack everything from electrical grids to satellites and secure information.
"I think that's a good idea," Shatner said about Space Force as a means to combat these emerging forms of warfare, "but they'd have to put more things in it than just a rocket going into the sky. … If the Space Force was all the modern things that aren't bullets, [if] all the separate and secret means of warring on an enemy were separate, that could be a good idea."
So, essentially, Shatner is on board with Space Force, though he is partially hesitant about how it might be executed".
1. Kirk's Enterprise had the Jack of all Trades, crewmember Lt. Leslie, a male human Starfleet officer in the 23rd century, played by Eddie Paskey, Lt. Leslie appeared in 57 episodes of TOS, and has been described as versatile, ubiquitous, who "takes on a James Franco like amount of random jobs, engineering, helm, security officer, sickbay, operating the transporter,etc sometimes in the same episode & taking command of the ship a couple of times, he was William Shatner's stand-in and was named Lt. Leslie after William Shatner's daughter Leslie Shatner, he gets killed on an away mission in the episode "Obsession" and comes back to life without an explanation, see this link, http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Leslie
ReplyDelete1. Many Online sources & Articles report the fact that William Shatner went broke after Star Trek and slept in his truck, he was 38 years old when he lost everything and with the cancellation of Star Trek came years of unemployment, hardship and loneliness, Box Office hits such as "Star Wars" in 1977 and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" paved the way for the first Star Trek film in 1979, Shatner says regarding his days after the cancellation of Star Trek after 3 seasons that "I had a truck, I put a cab on the back of the truck, took my dog, and I drove across the country.. I toured these 13 weeks, lived in the back of the thing"
ReplyDeletesee this video, https://www.facebook.com/LifeStories.Goalcast/videos/2182056938785522/UzpfSTExNDU5MTQ4NTI3ODE3OToyMTU4NTkxNDgwODc4MTU5/
1. The episode of "The Big Bang Theory" titled "The Bakersfield Expedition" Shows the 4 guys heading to a Sci-Fi convention
ReplyDeleteLeonard is dressed as Picard, Sheldon as Data, Howard as a Borg Drone, & Raj as Worf, in one scene they enter a local Diner because their car is stolen, they ask the waitress for water and a phone to call the Police, the waitress replies
"Why don't you ask Scotty to beam you up?' she and the patrons laugh, Sheldon replies
"Scotty was on The Original Series, and we're Next Generation so Joke's on you" the scene is here, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceX0DAFIfjQ
. In October 2018 a StarTrek.com online Poll Question asked "Which Captain would you most like to see at a Halloween Party this Year ?" Kirk came in a first place with 25 percent of the votes, while
ReplyDeletePicard came in at second place at 22 percent, see this link, Poll Says Captain Fans Want at Halloween Party Is...
ReplyDelete1. The website. comicbook.com on October 20, 2018 has an article titled "Star Trek: Kate Mulgrew Wants to Return in Movie With William Shatner, Patrick Stewart" about how Kate Mulgrew aka Captain Janeway from
Star Trek: Voyager wants a Crossover movie with Kirk & Picard, this comes after the announcement in August 2018 of a New Star Trek series where Patrick Stewart will reprise his role as Picard, taking place 20 years after the events of the film , Star Trek: Nemesis !!!
Star Trek: Kate Mulgrew Wants to Return in Movie With William Shatner, P...
Star Trek: Voyager star Kate Mulgrew wants to bring back Captain Janeway for a crossover movie [...]
In October 2018, Michael Dorn aka Worf on Star Trek: The Next Generation & Deep Space Nine, has stated he is not interested in a Picard series cameo , Dorn is still hopeful about a Worf spin-off series,
ReplyDeletesee this Article, https://comicbook.com/startrek/2018/10/21/star-trek-picard-worf-michael-dorn-cameo/
The episode of TOS "The Doomsday Machine" has been compared to the classic Herman Melville novel "Moby Dick" and also to the Herman Wouk novel & Film "The Caine Mutiny" because of when Spock was questioning Decker's fitness for command and Kirk ordering Spock to take over command of the Enterprise from Decker
ReplyDelete1. The website thegamer.com on October 19, 2018 has an article by Nicholas Duval titled "Star Trek: The 15 Best Captains in the Franchise( And the 15 Worst) the article is here, http://www.thegamer.com/star-trek-captains-franchise-best-least/ and it says about Kirk as played by William Shatner that
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As though anyone else was going to be in the top spot. Kirk is the best captain, hands down. He set the standard for everyone else to follow. He was daring, but not a hothead. Intelligent, but also compassionate. And he never let the rules get in the way of doing what was right. There's a reason William Shatner's performance and the character's roguish charm have become iconic.
Kirk's adaptable.
It doesn't matter if he's fighting a giant lizard alien or dealing with a mountain of tribbles. He can handle whatever you throw at him, and that's the guy you want captaining a starship. " And the Article says about the Reboot Kirk played by Chris Pine in the 2009 Film that "He's cockier and a bit too impressed by himself, but he's still got a good heart underneath it, He's just a different flavor of Kirk, always there for his crew. Whether it means sacrificing his own life or crashing his ship with him still inside it so they can escape the reboot Kirk is rougher, but he never gives up"
The close bond between Kirk & The Enterprise has been compared to Michael Knight & his car KITT from the original "Knight Rider" TV series, & also Baloo and his airplane the Sea Duck from the animated cartoon series "Talespin" part of the Disney Afternoon.
ReplyDeleteAn Article on the website Comicbook.com on October 24, 2018 is titled "NASA names Constellation after the Enterprise" https://comicbook.com/startrek/2018/10/24/star-trek-enterprise-constellation-nasa/ from Kirk's show
ReplyDelete1. The Halloween episode of "The Big Bang Theory" Titled "The Imitation Perturbation" showed the Gang talking about the Movie Halloween, Leonard says to Sheldon
ReplyDelete"Did you know the Michael Myers mask from the film was actually a Captain Kirk mask turned inside out ?" Sheldon replies "OK, now it's interesting" A Fun Reference to Halloween-Michael Myers,
Kirk,Shatner in this episode which aired October 25, 2018,
In the 2018 Publication "100 Greatest Sci-Fi Characters of All Time" Fifth Edition by Total Film & SFX it says on the Cover
ReplyDelete"A Multiverse of Icons A Countdown of the World's Greatest Aliens, Superheroes, Monsters, Mutants & More" #6 on the list is Captain James T. Kirk as played by William Shatner and it says "By the time Star Trek was cancelled, Captain James T. Kirk was a household name and William Shatner's life would never be the same" #2 on the list was Spock, while Picard came in at #16 on the list, #1 on the list was Han Solo from Star Wars,
A Funny Meme from the Facebook page "Star Trek Fans Guatemala" shows Snoopy as Kirk, and Woodstock the yellow bird as
ReplyDeleteSpock and a Quote from "The Wrath of Khan" saying "I have and always will be your friend"
Click on the Picture for a Larger view Star Trek Fans Guatemala
The website jacobsmedia.com on September 8, 2016 had an article by Fred Jacobs titled "What Every P.D. Can Learn From Captain James T. Kirk" the article told 12 lessons every Radio Program Director can learn from Captain James T. Kirk, the article can be found here,
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1. In late October 2018, it was announced that a New Star Trek Animated TV series is going to be produced, titled "Star Trek: Lower Decks" and that it would be an animated comedy half-hour Star Trek series for
ReplyDeleteCBS All Access, that it would focus on "The support crew serving on one of Starfleet's least important ships" Many Trek fans stated online how it would never be as good as Star Trek: The Animated Series, with Kirk & his crew which ran from 1973-74 for two seasons, plus the episode of The Next Generation titled "Lower Decks" which focused mainly on 4 young Junior Officers is widely considered one of the best TNG episodes, it showed much less of Picard and his lame "Command" Crew, - see this link, Star Trek: Lower Decks
1. The website cbr.com on October 28, 2018 has an article by Chris Snellgrove titled "Star Trek: The 25 Best Members of Starfleet, Ranked" the article can be found here,
ReplyDeletehttps://www.cbr.com/star-trek-starfleet-members-ranked/ #1 on the list is James T. Kirk as played by William Shatner, and it says
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"Was there any doubt as to who would be at the top of this list? When measuring Starfleet characters against one another, the truth is that Captain Kirk essentially set the standard. Without him, we would never be able to tell a good Starfleet officer from a bad one.
Over the years, Kirk handled it all: from cloaked Romulan invaders to angry Klingons to an entire mirror universe filled with evil. Through it all, he exemplified courage and command. And while some fans mock Shatner’s over-the-top betrayal, it was clear that Kirk was in charge of every situation, no matter how insane it got." Many other Members of Kirk's Legendary Crew are also on the List,
After the release of the film Star Trek in 2009, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman pitched an animated series to CBS, similar to their series Transformers: Prime for The Hub. [18] However, Orci said the success of the first film did not indicate whether a new show would be viable, explaining, "One movie doesn't make a trend. Two movies starts to indicate that there is a trend and its viable. It will become more real as the year goes on." [19] More evidence of how sucessful the 2009 "Star Trek" Reboot film was, because of Kirk and his legendary Crew,
ReplyDeleteFrom the Memory Alpha online Star Trek Encyclopedia,
DeleteMemory-Alpha.Fandom.com,
There was actually a undeveloped episode for Star Trek: The Original Series titled "Hitler's Father"
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This story outline, dated 21 March 1966, sees a temporal experiment result in a 19th century man known as Alois Schicklgruber accidentally beamed aboard the Enterprise, with the crew entertaining and befriending him as they work on a way to return him to his own time. Soon, however, the crew realises that in later life, he will change his name to "Alois Hitler" and have a son known as Adolf Hitler. This results in a dispute among the crew, with a Jewish geneticist advocating that the crew forcibly sterilize Schicklgruber so as to prevent the birth of his infamous son, but the Enterprise historian arguing that he cannot be blamed for the crimes of his son, especially seeing how he died when Adolf was only 13 years old.
No writer is credited on the outline, though given that it appears as part of Gene Roddenberry's archive, he may have been the author. The story does not appear to have progressed beyond its initial outline.[16] there was also another episode of TOS that was undeveloped titled "Japan's Triumph" which would have showed Japan winning World War II and creating an alternate timeline, This information I also obtained from the Memory Alpha Website
1. Also according to the Memory Alpha website, Online Star Trek Encyclopedia ,
ReplyDeleteThere were some plans for a fourth season of Star Trek: The Original Series, including a second episode featuring Kor, that would have aired 1969-1970.
During the second season of The Original Series, Gene Roddenberry and Darlene Hartman (writer of unproduced episode "Shol") came up with an idea for a spin-off series entitled Hopeship, which would have been about the voyages of a Federation hospital vessel. The series would have included Doctor M'Benga (Booker Bradshaw) in the regular cast. Despite the series concept never being realized within the Star Trek universe, Hartman later wrote the idea in the form of a novel in 1994. (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season Two
From the Memory Alpha Online Star Trek Encyclopedia it also says
ReplyDelete. Star Trek: The First Adventure, also tentatively titled Starfleet Academy and Star Trek: The Academy Years, was a planned movie penned by Harve Bennett and David Loughery that was intended to follow Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, for a 1991 release date, corresponding with Star Trek: The Original Series' 25th anniversary. The production of this film, which culminated over a period of a year, made it as far as a written script and a few pieces of conceptual artwork. It would have shown a Young Jim Kirk and Spock meeting at Starfleet Academy for the first time, and described of as a "Top Gun-Star Trek" type of Project,
As a child, Jean-Luc took piano lessons but eventually gave it up because he dreaded performing in front of an audience. In his later life, he would regret doing so because his playing used to please his mother. (TNG: "Lessons", "The Perfect Mate") Kirk was never forced to take Piano lessons growing up, but if he did he wouldn't be afraid to perform in front of an audience, from the Memory Alpha website
ReplyDeleteFrom the Memory Alpha website it says
ReplyDelete" Picard's career at the Academy was difficult, at best – years later, Picard credited Academy groundskeeper Boothby with helping him develop a mature attitude. (TNG: "The First Duty"; VOY: "In the Flesh") Among Picard's friends at the Academy were Donald Varley, Cortan Zweller, Marta Batanides, and an acquaintance called "A.F.", whom he blamed for his failed semester of Organic Chemistry and whose initials Picard carved into Boothby's prized elm.(TNG: "Contagion", "The Game", "Tapestry") , Kirk wouldn't have failed Organic Chemisty like Picard did
Picard is the ultimate sucker During the Cardassian wars, the Stargazer was involved in a truce offering by the Federation. After making contact with a Cardassian warship, Picard lowered the ship's shields as a gesture of good will, but the Cardassian commander ignored the gesture and disabled the Stargazer's weapons and impulse engines. The Stargazer managed to regroup and flee. (TNG: "The Wounded") This information is from the Memory Alpha Website
ReplyDeleteIn the Voyager episode "Death Wish" after a member of the Q Continuum arrived on her ship seeking asylum, Kathryn Janeway automatically assumed he was Picard's Q - which instead made him nervous and agitated. When that Q, tasked with capturing the renegade, appeared on the bridge, she realized that he was the being she'd heard so much about, he laughed and asked her, "Has Jean-Luc been whispering about me behind my back?" (VOY: "Death Wish") Q refers to Picard disrespectfully as "Jean-Luc" in this scene , he would never refer to Kirk in this way,
ReplyDelete1. The Wikipedia entry for Patrick Stewart says that before he took the role of Picard, Stewart took roles in many major television series without ever becoming a household name, and that Stewart knew NOTHING about the original show, Star Trek, or it's iconic status in American culture and when picked for the role of Picard, the Los Angeles Times called him an "unknown British Shakespearean actor" and that he was unprepared for the long schedule of television production, which began 4:45 am each day
ReplyDelete2. The Wikipedia entry for the Dominion War featured on the series Deep Space Nine states that "The writers admired the scripting techniques used for Star Trek: The Original Series. Ronald D. Moore cites the TOS episode "Errand of Mercy" which was the first episode to show The Klingons, and that episode was a strong influence of his treatment of the Dominion War .
The Dominion War showed a serialized storytelling format, also used on Star Trek: Discovery !
ReplyDelete1. See this Article, http://www.treknews.net/2018/11/05/star-trek-montgomery-scott-scotch/ Kirk's characters are so Legendary that in December 2018, CBS Consumer Products is releasing a Montgomery Scott
Blended Scotch Whiskey !
1. Kirk's Star Trek: The Original Series was among the first shows to be broadcast in color, and was even used in RCA's promotional ads for the sale of Color TV sets !!!
ReplyDelete2. In the 1979 book "Meaning in Star Trek" by Karin Blair , Kirk,Spock & McCoy are called The Great Triad, and Blair compared the dynamic trio to Jungian archetypes, those mythological symbols that dwell deep within the human subconscious, Kirk represents the present, Spock the future, McCoy the past, Other Trek commentators have seen them as Body-Mind-Spirit, Leader-Analyst-Therapist, or Action-Intellect-Feelings and many fans also noted a parallel with the Courage-Brain-Heart quest in "The Wizard of Oz" The Great Triad is so archetypal that Trekkers of all backgrounds are able to read their own meanings into it,
And on the Front cover of "Meaning in Star Trek" it says "Why was Star Trek the most popular series of all time?"
3. One Star Trek fan has stated that there is "Something of a Sherlock Holmes in Mr. Spock's impeccable eye for detail, in The Undiscovered Country, Spock actually quotes Holmes "As an ancestor of mine once said, if you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth" Holmes like Spock, prefers logic over emotion, and that there is a Strong similarity between Spock & Basil Rathborne's classic portrayal of Holmes ... " Jay B, I think this reasons comparing Spock to Sherlock Holmes might already be on your Kirk List, I think you should check the entire list before adding it,
4. Back in the 1960's hippies who watched the classic TOS episode "Amok Time" thought the Vulcan salute was a variation of the two fingered peace sign ! -
1. In the Star Trek: Short Treks episode "Calypso" the Artificial Intelligence Computer on the U.S.S. Discovery named Zora, cares deeply about humanity, the feminine sounding computer if it had a choice would prefer Kirk over Picard anytime, Picard is too dull, see this Article, https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/canotated-how-star-trek-short-calypso-changes-trek-history
ReplyDelete1. The 1996 Film "Star Trek: First Contact" made a horrible visual effects mistake, one scene left out the entire nation of New Zealand, as said in an online article
ReplyDeleteStar Trek: First Contact is regarded as one of TNG's best movies, and for good reason. Despite all of the time that has passed, Picard is still traumatized by the violation of his mind and body when he was possessed by the Borg. When the Borg return to threaten all of mankind by traveling into Earth's past, Picard takes the crew of the Enterprise-E to follow and stop them.
At one point, Picard gazes down at planet Earth and sees the coast of Australia. However, this is a problem with this: New Zealand is missing. How artists could have misplaced or forgotten an entire giant island country is beyond us. Maybe they just thought the planet looked better without it? Or maybe something happens to New Zealand in Star Trek's universe. More likely, somebody just forgot about New Zealand." This was from the screenrant.com article on November 12, 2018 titled "Star Trek: 20 Mistakes Fans Completely Missed in TNG" Google the article,
ReplyDelete1. In the TNG episode "The Naked Now" Data is sent a dirty limerick and says "It starts there once was a lady from Venus, whose body was shaped like a .." Picard interrupts and says
"Captain to security,come in" Kirk's show didn't use such vulgar humor, Picard also mentions in this episode how "The Constitution Class Enterprise, Captain James T. Kirk commanding" encountered a similar phenomenon ,
1. The bridge of the Enterprise in the 2009 "Star Trek" reboot film has cool iphone inspiration , the website cbr.com on November 14, 2018 has an article by Chris Snellgrove titled
ReplyDelete"Star Trek: Secrets of The Enterprise that Only Real Trek Fans Know" and it said
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As we said before, the redesigned Enterprise of the reboot was very controversial. Many fans took exception to exterior changes, including the placement of the warp nacelles and the overall size. However, it was the inside of the ship that got the most attention.
The new bridge looks nothing like the old one. In fact, many fans noted that the place looked like one of Apple’s “genius bars.” It turns out that this is not a coincidence: designer Ryan Church was apparently quite inspired by his new iPhone (technology which still felt pretty new in 2009), and that Apple aesthetic bled over into the set design.
When Kirk was a young boy he was probably smart,clever and brave like Kevin McCallister in the Movies "Home Alone" & "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" a young Picard could never have outsmarted the two crooks
ReplyDeleteHarry & Marv from the Home Alone films, Harry Lime & Marv Merchants the two crooks would have kidnapped young Picard and held him as ransom until the Police show up,
In Star Trek The Official Magazine issue #69 for Winter 2018 on page 86 it has as a "Memorable Moment" the Kirk quote
ReplyDelete"Let's get the hell out of here" from "The City on the Edge of Forever" and it says
"Kirk's obvious emotional agony and heartbreak, evident to everyone around him after Edith Keeler's death, showed that
Star Trek wasn't just a western in space. It had deep and profound feelings on display" Moment chosen by
Richie Brackin via Facebook , see this link, https://previewsworld.com/Catalog/SEP182056 Kirk & Crew from TOS appear on the Front Cover of Issue #69
Imagine if Kirk & Picard shared an apartment together, they would be just like "The Odd Couple" the classic sitcom that aired on ABC from 1970 to 1975, Tony Randall played Felix Unger & Jack Klugman played
ReplyDeleteOscar Madison , Kirk & Picard are just as different as night and day !! See this Link, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Odd_Couple_(1970_TV_series)
ReplyDelete1. In 2004 William Shatner was a celebrity photographer for Playboy Magazine, taking nude photos of Playmate Deanna Brooks for the Playboy Cyber Club, Deanna Brooks was playmate for the Month of
May 1998. Patrick Stewart would never be cool enough to Photograph a Playmate .
2. In 2006 Shatner reprised his role as Captain James T. Kirk for a DirecTV advertisement, the commercial even had footage from the film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country , see this video of the ad,
William Shatner As Kirk In DirecTV Commercial (2006)
1. The website boundingintocomics.com has an article on December 5, 2018 by Jorge Arenas titled "Star Trek Veteran William Shatner Makes Terminally Ill Boy's Wish Come True - You Can Too - Bounding Into Comics" about a 14 year old 8th grader named Maddox Hyde in Pennsylvania suffering from Terminally ill Cancer with only a few weeks left to live, the article says
ReplyDelete"This time of year always brings out the best in people. And Captian Kirk actor William Shatner is no different. He is leading a campaign to help fulfill a dying boy’s wish.
Shatner took to Twitter to ask his followers in joining him in sending Holiday Cards to 14 year-old Maddox Hyde, who has only been given a few weeks left to live. Hyde asked to receive Christmas cards from near and far." the article also says .
"While Maddox has suffered quite a bit in his short-life, many of rallied around him. A Pennsylvania non-profit helped him fulfill his dream of visiting Hawaii. But his latest wish is to get Christmas cards from as many people as he can, and William Shatner is getting the word out. He’s called on his fellow celebrities in Alyssa Milano, Chris Evans as well as Star Wars, Star Trek, and Marvel to get involved."
The "Young Sheldon" episode titled "A Stunted Childhood and a can of Fancy Mixed Nuts" which first aired on December 6, 2018, showed Sheldon Cooper in his room at night and a Model of the Enterprise
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1. The Classic Science Fiction show "The Outer Limits" which ran from 1963-65 on ABC, actually had a huge influence on Kirk's show, The Original Series, according to Wikipedia
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Influence on Star Trek[edit]
A few of the monsters reappeared in Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek series later in the 1960s. The moving microbe beast in "The Probe" later was used as the 'Horta' in "The Devil in the Dark", and operated by the same actor, Janos Prohaska. The "ion storm" seen in "The Mutant" (a projector beam shining through a container containing glitter in liquid suspension) became the transporter effect in Star Trek. The black mask from "The Duplicate Man", is used by the character Dr. Leighton in "The Conscience of the King". The Megasoid, from "The Duplicate Man" and the Empyrean from "Second Chance" (1964) were seen briefly near Captain Christopher Pike in other cages in the Star Trek pilot "The Cage".
The process used to make pointed ears for David McCallum in "The Sixth Finger" was reused in Star Trek as well. Lead actors who would later appear in the regular cast of Star Trek included Leonard Nimoy, who appeared in two episodes ("Production and Decay of Strange Particles" and "I, Robot") and William Shatner who appeared (in the episode "Cold Hands, Warm Heart") as an astronaut working on a Project Vulcan. Actors who would subsequently appear in the regular supporting cast of Star Trek were Grace Lee Whitney(episode "Controlled Experiment") and James Doohan (episode "Expanding Human"). Roddenberry was often present in The Outer Limits' studios, and hired several of its staff, among them Robert Justman and Wah Chang for the production of Star Trek.[6]
1. The website comicbook.com on December 2, 2018 had an article by Jamie Lovett titled Star Trek Video Highlights Clever Aspect of Enterprise's Design Fans May Have Overlooked and the article says
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"While the Constitution-class ship in Star Trek: The Original Series had its warp nacelles perched on struts at a 90-degree angle to the body of the ship, the refit angles the struts backward.
The result is a ship that looks more aerodynamic. One might say that the change was made simply because it “looked cooler that way,” but EC Henry points out that there’s actually a practical reason for the change supported by scenes from The Motion Picture.
Having the Nacelle struts at a 90-degree angle meant that had to dig deep into the ship, limiting the amount of room that could be dedicated to the ship's aft cargo bay. Angling them back allows them to be attached to the ship at a higher, thicker point on the ship's hull, thus leaving room for a much larger cargo bay and even elevators for moving shuttles up from a lower bay to where the cargo bay door is. And the film does feature shots of Starfleet crewman working in this large cargo bay area with elevators." More Proof of How Brilliantly Designed the Enterprise in Star Trek: The Motion Picture was !!
1. The website cbr.com has an article on December 16, 2018 titled "William Shatner Gives His Take on Star Trek's Popularity" The Article quotes what Shatner said to Parade Magazine
ReplyDeleteSpeaking with Parade, the legendary actor boils it down to the public's love of science fiction, and the timeless questions the genre raises.
"Star Trek is science fiction, and science fiction, to a large group of people, is part of the awe and wonder of the universe," Shatner said. "We speculate about what’s out there, and since we have no way of knowing, anyone’s speculation is as valid as anybody else’s. But it is of interest to people who look at the stars at night and wonder what’s out there and whether little green men are flying this way."
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Shatner added that the way science fiction confronts life and death adds to the fascination. "Could we possibly see life? That brings up the question of death and all the stuff that we have no answers for," he said. "Science fiction speculates an answer, and that, I think, is the fascination
The website Treknews.net on December 11, 2018 had an article titled "[REVIEW] STAR TREK: SHORT TREKS "The Brightest Star": What Are Little Kelpiens Made Of? | TREKNEWS.NET" about the Star Trek: Short Treks episode "The Brightest Star" about the origins of the Star Trek: Discovery character Saru, the first Kelpien in Starfleet, the expression in this Article Headline "What Are Little Kelpiens Made Of ? " is clearly a reference word-play to the TOS episode
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The website comicbook.com on December 17, 2018 has an article titled" Star Trek's Enterprise Just Became a Transformer " about how in the Star Trek vs Transformers #3 comic Kirk's Enterprise from TOS becomes a giant Transformer , and the article says
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The battle on Cygnus Seven began swinging in in the favor of the Decepticons and the Klingons, who had formed an uneasy alliance while Kirk, several members of the Enterprise crew, and several Autobots remained trapped in one of the planet’s mines. Scroll down to read more,
Ratchet came up with a plan that could make the Titan ship functional again. By hooking Kirk’s mind directly up to Fortress Maximus’ computer, the Titan was able to use Kirk’s memories to take on the form of the Enterprise. Now back online, Kirk is able to pilot the massive starship/Transformer and blast free of the mine. Once outside, Kirk transforms the Enterprise into a giant robot. Rather than being Fortress Maximus, the robot borrow’s Kirk’s middle name to become Fortress Tiberius:"
1. In the 2018 Parade Magazine Special Edition "The Best of Star Trek" by Athlon Entertainment #37 on page 12 it says
ReplyDelete"The Iconic Captain Kirk" and "William Shatner has made no secret of his love/hate relationship with the character who was at the helm of the USS Enterprise, the role made him a superstar.. it's been both a blessing and a curse" it quotes Shatner as saying
"For reasons that many wise men have for many years tried to explain, Star Trek eventually became arguably the best known, most enduring and influential television series ever produced.. At the core of it there was one simple truth: It was fun" and "Star Trek became a sun with a great gravitational pull that drew people to it, where they could meet other people just like themselves- wearing costumes" and that TOS was so broke it reused outdoor sets from The Andy Griffith Show, as seen in the episodes "Mire" & "The City on the Edge of Forever" such as Floyd's Barbershop, Mayberry Courthouse, Walker's Drugstore, and William Shatner attended his first Star Trek convention in 1975, him & Leonard Nimoy , Spock & Captain Kirk attended an estimated 100 conventions together making their Friendship last, this publication says about TOS "The original Star Trek was cult TV before cult TV was even a thing"
On the Front Cover of this 2018 Parade Publication it says "Past,Present & Future! The Heroes, The Villains & Strange New Worlds That Made Star Trek A Science Fiction Legend
Also on the Front Cover of the 2018 Parade Special Edition "The Best of Star Trek" on the Front Cover it also says
Delete"Back by Popular Demand"
As stated in Newspapers & Online Articles, after Chris Pine got the part of Kirk for the 2009 "Star Trek" Film, Pine sought and received William Shatner's personal approval to revise the role of Captain Kirk, Pine was Determined to live up to Shatner's legacy, but he didn't want to simply imitate Shatner's performances, Pine researched the Star Trek Encyclopedia's & episodes,Films, and wanted to show Kirk's
ReplyDelete"humor,arrogance and decisiveness" and even said his portrayal of Kirk was similar to Tom Cruise in "Top Gun" as well as Harrison Ford's portrayals of Han Solo & Indiana Jones ,
. According to Wikipedia it states "When Patrick Stewart and William Shatner were asked in 1991 how their characters would have dealt with Saddam Hussein, Shatner stated that Kirk would "have told him to drop dead" while Stewart joked that Picard "would still be talking".[24]
ReplyDelete1. Gene Roddenberry originally wanted someone more Kirk & Shatner like to play the role of Picard for Star Trek: The Next Generation, it says on the Wikipedia entry for Jean-Luc Picard that
ReplyDelete"Patrick Stewart, who has a background of theatre at the Royal Shakespeare Company,[4] was initially considered for the role of Data.[5] Roddenberry did not want to cast Stewart as Picard, since he had envisioned an actor who was "masculine, virile, and had a lot of hair".[6] Roddenberry's first choice was Stephen Macht, and it took "weeks of discussion" with Robert H. Justman, Rick Berman, and the casting director to convince him that "Stewart was the one they had been looking for to sit in the captain's chair"; Roddenberry agreed after auditioning every other candidate for the role.[6][7] The other actors considered included Yaphet Kotto, Patrick Bauchau, Roy Thinnes and Mitchell Ryan.[8] "
Regarding the Famous Kirk vs Picard debate according to Wikipedia "In a more lighthearted take on the debate, the cover of a 1994 Mad magazine Star Trek special features both Kirk and Picard wrestling childishly to fit into the Enterprise's captain's chair, while Scotty and Worf watch their respective commanders with looks of astonishment.[21] "
ReplyDelete1. More Fun Facts about Kirk from Wikipedia
ReplyDeleteKirk has also been mentioned in song, in the 1979 song "Where's Captain Kirk?" by Spizzenergi, and later the 1984 English adaptation of "99 Luftballons" as well as in the German original by Nena[79][80]. More recently, in 1998’s That Don't Impress Me Much, Shania Twain puts forth Captain Kirk as one of the unattainable ideals to whom her unappealingly haughty suitor apparently thinks himself equal.
In 2002, Kirk's captain's chair from the original Star Trek was auctioned for $304,000.[86]
Captain Kirk has also been portrayed in feline form. First, anthropomorphically, in two episodes of the 1975 Filmation Saturday morning animated children’s series The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty. The cartoon is based around the title character’s fantasies about being various heroic felines based on popular culture icons. Later came scientific illustrator Jenny Parks' 2017 book Star Trek Cats, in which Kirk is depicted as an orange tabby cat.[88][89] -
ReplyDelete1. According to Wikipedia "In 2015, Stewart addressed a long-asked conundrum among Star Trek fans, "If Kirk and Picard fought each other, who would win?" in Smithsonian magazine, by saying Picard would prefer to negotiate in the hope of avoiding a fight altogether." fans have also noted how Picard lacks Kirk's sense of Panache, which means flamboyant,energetic approach to command
1. Wikipedia said the following about the character of Kirk as played by William Shatner & Chris Pine "According to Shatner, early Star Trek reviewers described his performance as "wooden", with most of the show's acting praise and media interest going to Nimoy.[31] However, Shatner's mannerisms when portraying Kirk have become "instantly recognizable"[52] and Shatner won a Saturn Award for Best Actor in 1982 for The Wrath of Khan.[57] Star Trek II director Nicholas Meyer said Shatner "gives the best performance of his life" in The Wrath of Khan.[58] The Guardian called Pine's performance of Kirk an "unqualified success",[59] and The Boston Globe said Pine is "a fine, brash boy Kirk".[60] Slate, which called Pine "a jewel", described his performance as "channel[ing]" Shatner without being an impersonation.[61]
ReplyDelete1. Wikipedia says about the Star Trek fan production Star Trek: New Voyages, originally called "Star Trek: Phase II" regarding the legendary nature of Kirk and his crew
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The Star Trek: Phase II fan production, originally titled Star Trek: New Voyages, portrays the further voyages of the original Enterprise crew. The series' creators feel that "Kirk, Spock, McCoy and the rest should be treated as 'classic' characters like Willy Loman from Death of a Salesman, Gandalf from The Lord of the Rings or even Hamlet, Othello or Romeo. Many actors have and can play the roles, each offering a different interpretation of said character".[90]
James Cawley played Kirk in most of the ten episode Phase II series from its beginning in 2004 before replacing himself with actor Brian Gross. Wired observes that while Cawley's depiction "lacks Shatner's vulnerability", the actor has enough swagger "to be passable in the role".[91] Cawley's portrayal was well-known enough at Paramount that a group of Star Trek: Enterprise writers called for Cawley's attention at a science fiction convention by shouting "Hey, Kirk!" at him while Shatner sat nearby.[91]
In a 2010 Space Foundation survey, Kirk tied with cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin as the No. 6 most popular space hero.[87] According to Wikipedia -
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ReplyDelete1. In Kirk's era, Communicators could also be used to set up a sonic disruption. By using two communicators tuned to the right frequencies, together the devices could set up sympathetic vibrations, which could cause events such as a rock slide, under the right conditions, as Kirk and Spock found out on the planet Capella IV as seen in the TOS episode "Friday's Child" also when Kirk & Spock were captured by Ekosians in "Patters of Force" and their communicators were taken away and disassembled, Spock was able to recombine them into one working communicator. While it was only able to reach nine points into the low-frequency band, it was still enough to contact the Enterprise for assistance, and as show creator Gene Roddenberry and his production crew planned the outline for the show before it went into production, an early thought was that the communicator might also be used as a universal translation device,
From the Memory Alpha website it says
Delete"The landing party, with the reluctant Eleen, has taken refuge in a narrow canyon with a wide but defensible entrance and a narrow chute-like exit. McCoy demands to inspect Eleen, and slaps her to convince her of his determination, while Kirk and Spock see to their position. He determines the child could be born soon. Kirk proposes to block the entrance with a sonic disruption; two communicators linked together can produce a sympathetic vibration. This will cause a rock slide, sealing the entrance and buying time, as the Capellan search party will be forced to go around the hills to the other side. Several large rocks tumble down from the disruption, injuring many Capellans
Correction, the TOS episode is spelled
Delete"Patterns of Force"
. Picard is the Mike Stivic aka "Meathead" of Starfleet , the derogatory nickname Archie Bunker on the classic sitcom "All in the Family" would call Mike,
ReplyDeleteKirk always being a great leader, could never be called a "Meathead"
. Kirk's refit Enterprise-A as shown in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country had a viewscreen with a cool digital clock mounted at the top of the screen on the bridge, by 2293 this was a standard feature on refit Constitution-Class Starships, (According to Memory Alpha.org ) see this picture from the film, Viewscreen
ReplyDeleteIn Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, early in the film, Admiral Kirk says to Saavik "How we deal with death is at least as important as how we deal with life" great words of wisdom that can be applied to real life and the real world,
ReplyDelete. In 2013 William Shatner was so cool he got to narrate "Twisted Fairy Tales" on YouTube, fairy tales we know and love from childhood, but told with an adult twist, such as "Jack and the Beanstalk" , and "Twisted Fairy Tales" might have even reminded some people of the classic "Fractured Fairy Tales" segment on "The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show" see this Article, Shatner’s Twisted Fairy Tales – TrekToday
ReplyDelete1. The website marketwatch.com on December 31, 2018 has an article titled "This is how our lives are getting to be more like ‘Star Trek’" the article says about famous technology entrepreneur, investor, engineer, industrialist Elon Musk that "Musk fancies himself a modern-day James T. Kirk, Captain of the fictional U.S.S. Enterprise. He is building not only the Tesla terrestrial sustainable transport vehicles but also spaceships for interplanetary travel
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DeleteAlso, Elon Musk was mentioned in an episode of Star Trek: Discovery , the episode "The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry" from Memory-Alpha.org is states
"Elon Musk was a major technology industrialist on Earth in the early 21st century.
Trying to motivate Paul Stamets to continue his work on the spore drive, Captain Gabriel Lorca asked if Stamets wanted to be compared to the Wright brothers, Elon Musk, and Zefram Cochrane, or if he wanted to go down in history as a failed scientist. (DIS: "The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry")
The 6th season episode of The Next Generation titled "Starship Mine" has been called a cheap ripoff of the 1988 Bruce Willis film "Die Hard" and "Die Hard in Space"
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Although the episode is often compared to Die Hard, Morgan Gendel denies the connection. He commented, "I'm not going to talk about it as Die Hard. That's somebody else's work. It's an idea we've seen countless times: Under Siege, Passenger 57. What I liked was the element I had come up with of the captain going down with his ship, which was rejected as a notion in the 24th century. That was a strong line for me – a captain alone with his ship. My theory is that what Picard loved most was the Enterprise. I don't think the staff agreed with me. I think they thought it was too much of a 20th or 18th century concept, or Kirk." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 275) This quote basically says that Kirk is much closer to the Bruce Willis character of Police officer John McClane than Picard is,
ReplyDelete1. Kirk as seen on TOS is like the Stefan Urquelle of the 23rd Century, Stefan Urquelle is the cool ladies man alter-ego of nerdy Steve Urkel on the hit ABC TGIF sitcom "Family Matters" Picard could never have a cool alter-ego such as Stefan, and it says from Wikipedia "Steve improves the formula in the season five episode "Stefan Returns" to reduce its negative effects on his personality, and invents a "transformation chamber" allowing him to become Stefan at will. He would change into Stefan several times – even while dating Myra – but some circumstance would force Steve to turn into his normal self again. With his narcissistic tendencies toned down, Laura falls deeply in love with Steve's alter-ego."
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‘Cause I’m gonna miss you, Shelly-bean, even though you creep the bejeezus out of me "Where No Sheldon Has Gone Before" was a short fan novella based on Star Trek: The Original Series, and based on a fan written story (written by Sheldon) depicting, when Spock takes Sheldon (who was then 10-years-old at the time he wrote it) from his home on the 'Backwoods of East Texas' to the 23rd Century to help the Crew of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) save the Galaxy. Sheldon also converts the first 5th of the Novella into the First Act of a play as part of his acting lessons from Penny; however, when he portrayed his mother, Mary and tried to act emotional for the scene where 10-year-old Sheldon left for the 23rd Century, it caused Sheldon to actually emotionally break down into sobs. Due to this, Penny has to tell his mother that she "broke her son". Sheldon then tells his mother "Mommy, I love you! Don't let Spock take me to the future!
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In the Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 premiere episode "Brother" Stamets says about the Enterprise NCC-1701 that "I've seen it's specs.. only something catastrophic could knock her out" and
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1. The Discovery episode "Brother" shows in it's opening Michael Burnham reflecting on the history of space exploration, a film is shown of the NASA-Cassini mission to Saturn and it's moons, we hear the famous words
ReplyDelete"Space the final frontier... Above us, Around us, Within us, We have always looked to the stars to discover who we are" in this episode Michael tells Saru that the Enterprise NCC-1701 is
"one of Starfleet's most prominent ships" and another website says about this episode that
"What's really interesting about what Burnham says to Pike is the idea that "Enterprise was an instrument of last resort." What does THAT mean? Like, if the whole Federation had been destroyed, would the Enterprise have rolled back into town like a few months later and started acting like the Star Trek version of the Rebel Alliance? It's not clear exactly what Burnham is saying specifically, but it sounds pretty awesome and really dangerous."
ReplyDelete1. The 1999 steampunk western action comedy film "Wild Wild West" had Will Smith play U.S. Army Captain James T. "Jim" West, the film was based on the science fiction western series
"The Wild Wild West" which aired on CBS from 1965-69, same decade as TOS, online articles have noted how the names Captain James T. West sounds similar to James T. Kirk, and have asked which fictional character would win in a fight, see this article, Who was a better fighter, James T. West (The Wild, Wild West) or James T. Kirk (Star Trek)? - Quora
. The Discovery episode "Brother" showed that After assuming temporary command of Discovery in 2257, Captain Christopher Pike found a fortune cookie fortune at the base of Lorca's desk that read, "not every cage is a prison, not every loss is eternal." Kirk's shows & Movies demonstrate the truth of that fortune cookie statement , Kirk would fully agree with that quote, Kirk can always think outside the box, Picard cannot
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ReplyDelete1. The website Syfy.com has an article on January 19, 2019 titled "The Greatest Star Trek Captains of All Time" The Captains listed are Janeway,Kirk,Picard,Georgiou,Sisko,Pike,Archer,Lorca and Spock , in this article fans debate which Captains are the best, a person named M Byerly typed as a comment to this Article that
"Yeah, but, if there hadn't been the fabulous Kirk and his crew, none of these other shows would exist. Also, if you ask anyone who isn't a massive Trekker/Trekkie to name a captain in STAR TREK, it would be Kirk. Not to mention that it was the original series that was rebooted, not any of the others. So, Kirk is definitely the most seminal.
Just because the Shatner Kirk was written as an action/adventure character of the Sixties, I grew up then and he behaved exactly like TV men of that period, is not a reason to toss him out without an argument, either."
At the end of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, the crew in the shuttlepod is discussing which ship they will be assigned to next,
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"McCOY: The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe. We'll get a freighter.
SULU: With all respect, Doctor, I'm counting on Excelsior.
SCOTT: Excelsior? Why in God's name would you want that bucket of bolts?
KIRK: A ship is a ship. SCOTT: Whatever you say, sir. Thy will be done.
KIRK: My friends, ...we've come home." when Kirk states "A ship is a ship" Scotty replies "Whatever you say, sir, Thy will be done" when would anyone respectfully address Picard in that manner, never
ReplyDelete1. The classic 2001 stoner comedy film.
"How High" starring Method Man & Redman had this really nerdy guy at a party say the following line "
No, we can't give up.
You can't let the dean win.
Did Commander Riker give up when the Borg infiltrated the Starship Enterprise...
and Captain Picard came back all half robot?
The Borgs? They're here!
Oh, God, run for your life! Oh! " Notice, how this guy mentioned Picard, because the guy in this scene in "How High" is a nerd like Picard, Kirk is too cool to be mentioned in this scene,
ReplyDelete1. The book "Star Trek: The Classic Episodes" has a 1991 essay by Norman Spinrad titled "Star Trek in the Real World" the article says regarding the legendary nature of Kirk's show The Original Series that "In Science Fiction, and in the real world, there has never been a phenomenon quite like Star Trek. One scarcely knows where to begin. The show never rose much above 20th place in the weekly Nielsen's, True, Star Trek had always been a ratings failure by network prime-time standards, but this "failure" still was watched by 20 million people a week for three years, it flopped in prime time became the greatest syndication success in television history. For twenty years, it wouldn't die .. Before Star Trek, there was no mass audience for science fiction, Star Trek created it, The Technology of the Enterprise and all that it implied.. Faster than Light Travel, Transporters, etc, had passed into folklore, and had become familiar and as American as apple pie, and paved the way for George Lucas to create Star Wars. In Short Star Trek transcended television. It was no longer defined as those seventy-eight episodes of a canceled TV show running over and over again. It had become a popular myth imprinted upon mass culture, as surely as Robin Hood, or Billy the kid, or Cinderella, a modern legend, a set of mythic archetypes, and Star Trek earned a permanent place in our cultural life"
2. Many Star Trek fans have wondered why Picard and his flagship Enterprise-E were not leading the fight against the Dominion in the horrible Dominion War of 2373-2375 that devastated the entire Alpha Quadrant , and was shown on the series Deep Space Nine, Picard and his Enteprise-E are completely absent from the Fight against the Dominion and off in some silly Fountain of Youth story shown in the corny film Star Trek: Insurrection, Starfleet would have called upon Kirk in a heartbeat to finish off the Dominion
ReplyDelete1. See this Article, IDW Announces ‘Star Trek: Year Five’ – Exploring The Fifth Year Of Kirk’s Mission IDW Publishing is announcing "Star Trek:Year Five" in 2019 focusing on the last year of Kirk's Five year mission,his relationship with Spock & McCoy, and the article says "as Starfleet's flagship returns home, the series will investigate how each member of the iconic crew feels about the uncertain future that awaits them as they reach earth.." and this series is called "a vital, hard-hitting, character-focused look at Captain Kirk on his last year in command, Kirk's actions in the series will have huge ripple effects, from the outbreak of war in the Alpha Quadrant to an unprecedented strain of trust with Spock, and will turn a mirror on modern society, just as the original television series did in the 1960's, and go boldly towards meaningful, heartfelt stories" this "Star Trek:Year Five" is a continuation of the "Star Trek:Year Four" comic book series that began in 2007,
The article about "Star Trek: Year Five" is from Trekmovie.com
DeleteOne word, Mojo, Kirk as seen in The Original Series, and his movies, but also the Reboot Kelvin Timeline films with Chris Pine, Kirk has more Mojo, in his pinky finger than Picard did in his entire life, the word Mojo was also made famous by the 1999 Film "Austin Powers: The Spy who Shagged Me" see this definition from Urban Dictionary
ReplyDelete"Mojo means your influence, confidence or personal charisma. It was originally a slang term from the US associated with the music and dance culture, but has entered the English as well as the American language and is being used more widely. It has also taken on an additional meaning of personal confidence and charisma with regard to sexual relationships. The word Mojo itself probably derives from African-American language where it refers to a personal talisman or witchcraft charm, and is itself derived from the word Moco used by the Gullah people meaning witchcraft. The word First received widespread exposure in the 1957 recording of the song Got My Mojo Working by Muddy Waters."
ReplyDelete1. In the Star Trek: Discovery episode "New Eden" Saru says to Ensign Tilly as she is recovering from her injuries in sickbay that "Before we can care for others we must care for ourselves" Kirk and his crew always demonstrated the truth of that Statement and lived by it, Kirk would agree 100 percent
1. The website uproxx.com on January 26, 2019 has an article by Dustin Rowles titled William Shatner’s Face: From ’Halloween’ To ’The Walking Dead’ about how the legendary Captain Kirk mask used for Michael Myers in the Halloween film is actually the inspiration for The Whisperers on AMC's horror television series "The Walking Dead" the article also states that
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Forty years (and several sequels and a reboot) later, the Michael Myers’ mask based on a Captain Kirk mask made of William Shatner’s face in a little-known movie called The Devil’s Rain would become the inspiration for the masks worn by The Whisperers on AMC’s The Walking Dead, according to Greg Nicotero, producer, director and special-effects supervisor on the series. From TV Guide:
The Whisperers have a very different design than usual walkers — they’re masks rather than makeup, which gives them a terrifying blank affect he likens to Michael Myers from the Halloween franchise. “The face doesn’t move, so you cannot judge any kind of emotion,” Nicotero continued. “So every time we shoot with a group of them, I look at them like, ‘that’s f—in’ weird, man.'”
In fact, Nicotero specifically opted against masks more akin those those in another Bryanston Distributing Company film. He “didn’t want them to look like Leatherface from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, who’s wearing a primitive mask made of flayed skin. So instead, he gave the masks a bone structure. The masks have deep eye sockets so that the brow sticks out enough to create a shadow over the eyes “so that when you look at the faces… you get nothing there.”
In other words, while the Whisperers’ mask on The Walking Dead are obviously not modeled after William Shatner’s face, the masks do borrow the same deep-set dead eyes popular from the Meyers’ mask."
ReplyDelete1. In 2016 the website icantunseethatmovie.com had an article by Jeff Huston titled "STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE (1979)" and it says about The Motion Picture compared to the 1977 film
Star Wars aka Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope , that "The comparison to that galaxy far far away was (and is), however, demonstrably unfair, one that the original movie posters tried to face head-on with the tag line “There Is No Comparison”. " the words "There is No Comparison" was used for the movie posters for The Motion Picture,
ReplyDelete1. The website popularmechanics.com on January 30, 2019 has an article by Kyle Mizokami titled "A U-2 Flying Over California Is Using the USS Enterprise Callsign" the article states that
"One of the U.S. Air Force's secretive planes is pretending to be a vessel from the far, far future- the 23rd Century in fact. A U-2 spy plane took off from Northern California today broadcasting the aviation code
NCC-1701A, which as all Star Trek fans know, is the designation for the USS Enterprise"
ReplyDelete1. The website deadline.com has an article on January 30, 2019 titled https://deadline.com/2019/01/star-trek-lets-make-a-deal-Imad-trekkies-cbs-tream-up-1202545212/ click on the link, about a Star Trek themed episode of the CBS game show "Let's make a Deal" with host Wayne Brady that will air on February 4, 2019 , the episode will have the intuitive gifts of Captain James T. Kirk, and this article interviews Executive Producer Mike Richards of the show, the exchange goes as follows
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DEADLINE: What Star Trek character, from any of the different series, would be the best Let’s Make A Deal contestant? Spock is smart but Scotty knows a good bargain. Data is a walking calculator but then again it’s hard to bet against a Betazoid…
RICHARDS: Of all the Star Trek characters, I think Kirk would be the best at Let’s Make a Deal. This game requires a solid gut instinct and quick decision making. . . two attributes that Kirk definitively has! We would also love to watch Spock grapple with our show. There is nothing “logical” about what we do, so listening to him try to reason through the decision points would be amazing " Mike Richards said Kirk would be the best, Many Star Trek fans also think William Shatner would be a great host of "The Price is Right" gameshow which is also on CBS,
ReplyDelete1. The ktva.com website on January 23rd, 2019 has an article by Dave Leval titled "Blood Bank of Alaska enlists 'Star Trek' appeal to beam up donors" about how the Blood Bank of Anchorage, Alaska has enlisted William Shatner to record a video request urging people to donate blood, the article says "Officials at a blood bank on the Last Frontier are getting help- from an actor who spent a fictional career exploring the Final Frontier... William Shatner the actor behind Captain James T. Kirk on the long-lived and prospering "Star Trek" TV and film franchise" the articles quotes a man saying "Mr. Shatner's an icon, he's an institution"
ReplyDelete1. The website metro.co.uk has an article on January 21, 2019 by Jasper Hamill titled "Nasa speaks out after William 'Captain Kirk' Shatner spots UFO on Mars" William Shatner is referred to as
William 'Captain Kirk' Shatner !! this article tells how NASA speaks out after William 'Captain Kirk' Shatner spots a UFO on Mars, Shatner asked about a weird 'shiny bluish light'
NASA responded "Just a bit of lens flare as the sun dips low on the horizon. Both photos were taken shortly before sunset
ReplyDelete1. From the Memory Alpha online Star Trek Encyclopedia it says in the entry about Spock that
"Another scripted but never executed moment was when, in the first draft script of Star Trek Generations, Spock's role as an ambassador was discovered by Kirk, who learned it from Picard and replied, "Spock's an Ambassador? What have things come to...? I can see I'm needed in your century." Kirk knows when he is needed,
ReplyDelete1. On the Hit FOX Sitcom "That '70s Show" Eric Forman (played by Topher Grace) is a big Sci-Fi fan, according to Wikipedia it states
"Eric is a well-known fan of science fiction, such as Star Trek and especially Star Wars, in which he compares himself to Luke Skywalker." this causes him ridicule at the hands of his family and friends" but if Eric Forman saw both Kirk & Picard in their series & Movies, he would know Kirk is better by far, the whole gang on the show would know Kirk is the best
ReplyDelete1. The website bloomberg.com on February 6, 2019 has an article by Mark Gilbert titled "Can Captain Kirk Save the Fund Management World?" the article says "Star Trek shows money managers how to live long and prosper" a Picture of Kirk from TOS is shown in the article, and reference is made to The Wrath of Khan, The Kobayashi Maru exam, and how Kirk doesn't believe in the no-win scenario, Picard being used as a example of how to solve real life problems ? Nope
1. The episode of TNG "The Neutral Zone" showed Picard saying to Riker "We don't want to engage in battle" Kirk and his crew was never afraid of battle, plus a few moments later Romulan Commander Tebok
ReplyDeletesays to Picard "silence your dog,Captain" insulting Worf, Kirk would never allow a crew member to be disrespected and called a dog,
2. Kirk's Original Enterprise NCC-1701 is so legendary that Captain Christopher Pike actually had a television set in his quarters in 2254, during his time as Captain of the USS Enterprise as seen in
"The Cage" , despite the fact that in the TNG episode "The Neutral Zone" set in the year 2364 , Lt. Commander Data mentions how Television as a form of Entertainment did not last long beyond the year
2040, (This information was from the Memory Alpha Online Star Trek website)
1. Picard sucks at playing the flute, an article on the website boingboing.net on February 13, 2019 is titled On Star Trek: TNG, those aren't Captain Picard's hands holding his flute about the Ressikan flute that first appeared in TNG episode "The Inner Light" , the Article says, ..As neither Stewart nor Hughes could play their instruments, it required a number of camera techniques to be used in order to disguise the musicians playing just off screen. Husband and wife duo Natalie and Bryce Martin played the piano and tin whistle respectively to portray Daren and Picard's abilities. Bryce had played his instrument to represent Picard's Ressikan flute since it first appeared in "The Inner Light". However, while Stewart did the majority of his flute fingering, he was doubled in several scenes by Noel Webb and John Mayham. Webb also doubled for Brent Spiner early in the episode when Data was playing Frédéric Chopin's trio in G minor." the article tells how they have someone else pretend to play it while he makes silly facial expressions, and they dub in the music later, Once you see it, you can't unsee it"
ReplyDelete2. Some Trek fans have even said the fight scenes on TOS with Kirk and his crew remind them of the tabloid talk show "The Jerry Springer Show" Picard and crew ? nope,
ReplyDelete1. If Picard is to be compared to a character on the SpongeBob Squarepants show, he would be like Squidward Tentacles (voiced by Rodger Bumpass) is an octopus with a large nose who works as a cashier at the Krusty Krab. He is SpongeBob's next-door neighbor with a dry, sarcastic sense of humor.[19] He believes himself to be a talented artist and musician, but nobody else recognizes his abilities. He plays the clarinet and often paints self-portraits in different styles, which he hangs up around his moai house. Although he does not like SpongeBob and Patrick, they are oblivious to his animosity and consider him a close friend." From Wikipeida, Picared is the ugly Squidward of Starfleet -
ReplyDelete1. The website alaskareporter.com has an article on February 17, 2019 titled The Alaskan Captain Kirk of Science Fiction – Craig Martelle - Alaska Reporter about Ex-Marine Craig Martelle, the article states
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The Alaskan Captain Kirk of Science Fiction, Interview with Author Craig Martelle
"How many authors can say they’ve written thirty books in three years? Craig Martelle can, and he’s chosen Fairbanks, Alaska as the place to do it. His newsletter bio begins with, “Who is this Craig Martelle guy?” He refers to himself as a blue-collar author, but he’s more like the Captain Kirk of writing science fiction.
Craig writes science fiction in several sub-genres and has over 30 books published, with more on the way. To date, he’s published 2.8 million words between 2016 to the present. Most writers aspire to write that many, let alone publish them. Craig is a writing dynamo, sharing online real estate with 50 of Amazon’s best-selling sci-fi authors. His books have placed him within the top 1,000 authors on Amazon. He reads reviews from his books as a way to improve and strategize. He’s all about giving readers what they want. And he delivers, because his fan base seems to grow by the minute." Notice he is being compared to Kirk, Not Picard, -
1. The website redshirtsalwaysdie.com has an article on February 19, 2019 titled "Star Trek – Captain Spock or Captain Sulu? How the Kelvin timeline should move forward" and the article states :
ReplyDelete"Spock in command, Kirk off-screen.
We know Spock is the next in line for Command of Enterprise, at one point he was even ahead of Kirk in line for the Enterprise, so we could carry on with Captain Spock in command, maybe even with a young Commander Will Decker taking the first officer’s chair.
This would be the least disruptive way forward, Kirk would still be mentioned and act as an off-screen character for the movies, leaving the door open for a return down the road, or maybe even a spin-off action adventure where during an ill-fated experiment aboard the station the Kirk’s are displaced in time and we get the James and George buddy movie we’ve been hearing about for years.
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Separating the crew
The more aggressive version of the path forward is to go right ahead and separate the crew, Sulu becomes Captain of the Excelsior, perhaps one or two faces go with him, Spock moves on to his role as Fleet Captain, running the Enterprise as a training ship, and McCoy is reluctantly forced out to some front line medical disaster on the edge of Federation Space.
Eventually they’re all reunited, as they solve the story-worthy problem that faced them shortly after the movie began, allowing us a chance for Scotty to grumble about the supposed Transwarp capabilities of the Excelsior, and McCoy to be terrified of getting beamed back to the ship.
This path leaves many possibilities open for the writers, it even allows for the growth of spin-offs ranging from Starfleet Academy, to the Excelsior Chronicles, to the Kirk time travel buddy pic." My point being that Kirk would never be truly gone, even if he isn't on-screen, he would still be mentioned and act as an off-screen character for the movies ,
1. The Big Bang Theory episode titled "The D&D Vortex" which aired on February 21, 2019 with William Shatner guest starring as himself, opened with Dr. Sheldon Cooper and Amy Farrah Fowler being guest stars on
ReplyDeleteWil Wheaton's Professor Proton science show. Both try to explain their Super-Asymmetry theory with Sheldon getting overly complicated. There is a knock at the door and William Shatner joins them as an extra special guest. Sheldon gets excited with joy exclaiming "Captain on the bridge: Captain on the bridge:" He wants to call him Captain, but Shatner just says to call him Bill, Then Sheldon wants to be called Science officer Cooper. When Bill agrees, Sheldon gets so excited that he vomits all over William Shatner" No one would ever get so excited to see Patrick Stewart, Rajesh, Howard & Leonard are also excited to meet Shatner ! here is a YouTube clip from the episode, showing Sheldon meeting
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1. The website boingboing.net has an article on February 28, 2019 titled "Royal bombshells, Obama’s boozing daughter, and if Star Trek’s Captain Kirk was a cat, in this week’s dubious tabloids" and the article says
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The most bizarre offering from this week’s tabloids comes in the shape of an ad, however, for “Cat-tain Kirk” – a 4-inch figurine of a smirking green-eyed cat wearing Captain James T Kirk’s signature captain’s jersey, with its paw on a USS Enterprise communicator. It’s evidently a “hand-numbered limited edition” and an “officially licensed Star Trek collectible.”
“Set your phasers for fun,” says the ad, which appears in both the Globe and National Examiner. It’s as if Captain Kirk and a tabby cat’s molecules became accidentally intermingled in the Transporter, "
ReplyDelete1. The Star Trek: Discovery episode "Light and Shadows" opens with the Personal Log of Commander Michael Burnham saying "My mother taught me the greatest mysteries come in threes, Birth,Life,Death, The past, the present, and future... that's where the Red Angel is from" the episode shows how the Red Angel is from the Future, and speaking of Mysteries coming in threes, the Legendary Friendship & Team of Kirk, Spock & McCoy on TOS, & The Star Trek Movies, are a "Mystery" to Many Star Trek Fans, A Truly Unique and one of a Kind Trio of Heroes,
ReplyDelete1. The StarTrek.com website has an article on March 3, 2019 by Mark Newbold titled " Incorporating Trek Into Your Daily Life " and it says "How Trek subconsiously became a vital subroutine of our daily lives" and the article says
"On TV, the stoic and measured Spock showed us all that devoting a second to weigh up the various factors of any given scenario can be a sensible way of taking control of the situation and making it work in your favor. Certainly, the Kirk approach of shoot/kick/kiss first and ask questions later has its merits, but balancing the ingredients of a problem can often yield the best results (and not all of us have the dashing gung-ho-ness of the legendary Captain James T)."
Online Articles in February 2019 have quoted Patrick Stewart as saying he is "Turned On" about playing Picard again, in the new Picard series coming out in late 2019, now is it really appropriate for him to use the words "Turned On" in this context, in regards to him playing Picard again , he should have said he is "Excited" or "Thrilled" about playing Picard again , see this article, and others like it online,
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Many Trek fans have stated how the 7th Season episode of TNG "Sub Rosa" was a creepy/gross episode and that the ghost called Ronin in this episode was scary and unpleasant,
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ReplyDelete1. The website. dailymail.co.uk has an article on March 7, 2019 titled William Shatner tells how the science-fiction world is more diverse and the article quotes Shatner as saying
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"The Star Trek hero told DailyMail.com: 'Science fiction is an imaginative view of what's out there but since we don't know what's out there, anybody's view is equally valid.
‘So the more imaginative it is, the more fascinating. And with the advent of computer sciences and allowing us to see the breadth of some artists' imagination of what is out there, the combination is totally fascinating.
‘It is the epic film of our day - what used to be Biblical films of 10,000 extras following Moses is no longer the epic film. Its millions of soldiers running at each other - all of them computerized images.’
Shatner is doubtful he will take part in the series alongside former colleague Stewart but isn’t ruling it out.
‘Maybe,’ he said. ‘For me, it depends on what they want me to do and what kind of an acting role it is. Whether it's measurable.’"
I forgot to add about the Dailymail.co.uk article dated March 7, 2019, Shatner also said
Delete"I'm interested in creating stuff and I'm in a frenzy of creativity. I've got a company I'm calling Shatner's Universe and we're coming up with all kinds of interesting and differentiated subject matter.’"
1. The website indiewire.com has an article about the Discovery episode "If Memory Serves" titled ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Blows Our Minds By Putting the Past Front and Center and the article states
ReplyDelete"If Memory Serves" makes an unprecedented choice, which is just part of the show's ongoing drive to realign with the franchise's legacy.
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[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for “Star Trek: Discovery” Season 2 Episode 8, “If Memory Serves.”]
The latest episode of “Star Trek: Discovery” begins with a choice that for “Trek” fans might be considered mindblowing: a “previously on ‘Star Trek'” sequence using footage that is 55 years old, and featuring long-deceased people playing roles now ceded to new actors.
Yes, to set up the events leading up to “If Memory Serves,” “Discovery” chose to use a minute of clips from “Star Trek: The Original Series” featuring Jeffrey Hunter as Captain Christopher Pike and Leonard Nimoy as Lieutenant Spock, during their first encounter with the mind-bending aliens of Talos IV. The sequence then leads into the episode proper, with these same characters now played by Anson Mount and Ethan Peck as they re-encounter these strange and mysterious beings — as well as the human-looking Vina (originally played by Susan Oliver, now played by Melissa George), with whom Pike made a connection during his first trip to that planet.
WITHIN OFFICIAL “TREK” CANON, THE TOS EPISODE “THE MENAGERIE” (FROM WHICH THE “PREVIOUSLY ON” FOOTAGE WAS DRAWN) OCCUPIES A COMPLICATED PLACE, AS IT REPURPOSED THE UNAIRED 1964 PILOT “THE CAGE” (FROM WHICH NEARLY EVERYONE EXCEPT NIMOY WAS RECAST) TO TELL A STORY OF THE ENTERPRISE’S EARLY DAYS, BEFORE KIRK TOOK ON THE ROLE OF CAPTAIN."
Kirk's Enterprise was so legendary that in the TOS episode "Dagger of the Mind" we see there was actually a Christmas Party washeld aboard the ship for personnel in the science labs, as it says from the Memory Alpha website "In 2265, a Christmas party was held for personnel in the science labs of the Federationstarship Enterprise. Captain James T. Kirk made an appearance, and ended up spending a romantic evening with Helen Noel after they met, danced and he talked about the stars. (TOS: "Dagger of the Mind")
ReplyDeleteThe website archiveofourown.org has an article in 2013 titled "Mistakes to Avoid When Writing TOS" and it says the following about Kirk's Enterprise from TOS
ReplyDelete"The Enterprise is not your local high school! It doesn't have a Science Room; in the TOS episode "Operation - Annihilate," we learned that it has FOURTEEN fully equipped and very busy LABORATORIES."
1. The website screenrant.com on March 13, 2019 has an article by Ben Sherlock titled Star Trek: 5 Reasons Why Picard Is The Best Captain (And 5 Reasons Why It's Kirk) while we all know Kirk is the best, not Picard ,
ReplyDelete#1 on the list it says - Kirk: He Can End Wars
and it says "Picard’s negotiation skills might be able to get him out of ever starting a war in the first place, but Kirk’s bold decision-making and confidence as a military leader mean that he can end wars. So, while Picard stops the wars from being started in the first place, when they do eventually strike, Kirk is the captain you want to have, because he’ll be able to end them. His decisive military action and his reckless behavior might not make him popular at Starfleet Headquarters, but they certainly make him the guy you want by your side in a war zone, guiding you through the intergalactic mayhem."
1. The website reason.com has an article on March 13, 2019 titled "Maybe Now We Can Finally Read This Star Trek/Dr. Seuss Mash-Up" and the article states "
ReplyDeleteWhat do you find at the intersection between the quadrants of Star Trek and Dr. Seuss? Why, a fair-use lawsuit, of course! But thanks to a federal judge's ruling on Tuesday, that suit's supply of dilithium crystals might be running dangerously low.
Confused? Let's break it down. We've all heard of the 1990 Dr. Seuss (real name Theodor Geisel) book Oh, the Places You'll Go! It's an inspiring children's story often given as a gift to students graduating from high school or college.
But you might not have heard of Oh, the Places You'll Boldly Go!, a 2016 "mash-up" of Star Trek and Dr. Seuss. The book is the crowdfunded brainchild of ComicMix, a company that creates (as the name suggests) content related to comics and other works of fiction. In 2016, ComicMix's Glenn Hauman teamed up with longtime comics artist Ty Templeton and writer David Gerrold (real name David Jerrold Friedman), who wrote the renowned episode The Trouble with Tribbles for the original Star Trek series. They started a Kickstarter campaign to fund the project, eventually raising nearly $30,000, and considered Boldly to be "a parody, a mash-up, and a transformative work," according to an order issued Tuesday from Judge Janis Sammartino of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. This Star Trek/Dr. Seuss mash-up book features Captain Kirk from TOS instead of Dr. Seuss' narrator , Spock is featured as well, the ruling in this case has been called "a big win for the First Amendment"
1. The website screenrant.com has an article on March 15, 2019 titled "The Reason The Enterprise Missed Discovery's Klingon War is Pure Star Trek" about the Discovery episode "Project Daedalus"
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When the Discovery arrived, they found Section 31 headquarters heavily fortified with mines and ready to destroy the starship if they approached. Pike was furious at Section 31's tactics, agreeing with Saru that the Federation doesn't employ weapons like mines. The captain confronted Cornwell and reminded her that, "Giving up our values in the name of security is to lose the battle in advance." He further pressed the Admiral, asking her if these changes in how Starfleet operates is why he and the Enterprise were sidelined from fighting in the Klingon War thousands of others died for. Cornwell's response was enlightening: "You sat out the war because if we'd lost to the Klingons, we wanted the best of Starfleet to survive. And as this conversation makes clear, that was you and all you represent." Pike was visibly taken aback from her glowing praise while the bridge crew nodded in approval, agreeing with Cornwell's sentiment about their new commander.
THE IMPORTANCE OF PIKE AND THE ENTERPRISE TO THE FEDERATION
It's no surprise that Starfleet decided that the Enterprise and her captain needed to be saved at all costs. Even by Star Trek: Discovery's relatively early point in Star Trek history - about a decade before Captain James T. Kirk's landmark five-year mission and all of the movies and spinoffs that would follow - the Enterprise carries a special significance. "
ReplyDelete1. The website closerweekly.com has an article on March 21, 2019 about William Shatner turning 88 on March 22, 2019 titled "William Shatner and His Collaborators Discuss Highlights of His Career " the article states
"He’s known as “The Shat” to some, to others Star Trek‘s Captain James T. Kirk, Boston Legal‘s Denny Crane, the Priceline guy, or, to many, just Bill. However you know him, he’s William Shatner, who has proven to be an inspiration to millions with his humor and refusal to slow down in life despite the fact that he has just turned 88. Not to put too fine a point on it, but we’ve recently had the opportunity to sit right next to the guy, and we can tell you, he is the adage that “age is just a number” personified. If you don’t believe us, just check out the short podcast episode above."
Also the closerweekly.com article I just mentioned , dated March 21, 2019 about Shatner turning 88 says regarding the tragic death of the character of Captain Kirk in Star Trek: Generations that
ReplyDelete"Most significant about Generations was the death of Kirk, which Bill had a harder time handling than the fans. “It took me some time to think about how I wanted to play the scene and it required some self-examination,” he explains. “So it was very emotional for me. My coloring of the scene is based on my experience. All those thoughts we face only in our most stressful moments I had to think about, because I wanted to play the death of the character as honestly as I could. I forced myself to look at what it would feel like to die, how I would like to die, my fear of dying and what Captain Kirk would feel when he looked across the threshold. So I put that all together.”
At that point, the audience had been following Star Trek for nearly 30 years, but Bill didn’t feel that same sort of connection. “It hadn’t been 30 years of playing the character for me,” he notes. “It was three years doing the series, then 10 years go by and we do a movie for a few months, then we do a movie every two or three years for a couple of months. So it was all very intermittent, although the Star Trek comet trailed behind me. But to have people think of the character as an entity and to mourn the death as though it was a real person, that’s really gratifying.” The Article also states that There's No Stopping The Shat
As anyone who has seen (or heard — check out the podcast at the top of this page) Bill, it’s obvious that the man will simply not slow down as he moves from one project or endeavor to another. Following Boston Legal, he starred in the 2010-11 sitcom $h*! My Dad Says, hosted 30 episodes of Weird or What?, a reality series exploring stories of the bizarre; and appeared on dozens of different TV shows and movies. At 88 years old, he’s still going strong.From my point of view,” he offers, “I’m grasping opportunities because you never know when it all might stop. Some people have said to me that time runs out for all of us and I should slow down. But is time going to run out any sooner or slower if I don’t do this? In fact, people who slow down — people who retire, to use that word — die. But to me, I’m more alive and more sensual in the full meaning of that word — aware of my senses — now than I ever have been, because of all the things that are going on.”
The website npr.org on March 21, 2019 has an article titled "White House Economic Report Credits Research By Super Hero Interns" the article states "The interns listed include Peter Parker, Bruce Wayne and Steve Rogers, These are the civilian names of Spiderman, Batman and Captain America. Last year's interns included Captain Kirk" Nothing about Picard
ReplyDelete1. An Article on the screenrant.com website on March 21, 2019 is titled "20 Hidden Details In Star Trek: First Contact Only Super Fans Noticed" one of the amazing details listed is that
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In many ways, Star Trek: First Contact is a Zefram Cochrane origin story, seeing as how his journey from disillusioned drunk to a heroic (yet flawed) figure represents the heart of movie. At the same time, First Contact isn’t the first time Cochrane has appeared on-screen. That honor goes to The Original Series episode “Metamorphosis,” where the Enterprise crew discover that the legendary pioneer’s lifespan has been mystically extended by more than a century.
In tribute to Cochrane’s earlier appearance, the First Contact production design team labelled two adjacent buttons in the Phoenix cockpit “TOS 3” and “TOS 8.” If you’re wondering what this means, ask a genuine Trekkie – they’ll tell you that combined, the buttons are a reference to the 38th episode of The Original Series:“Metamorphosis!”
The website io9.gizmodo.com on March 22, 2019 has an article by James Whitbrook titled "Star Trek's Most Infamous Fistfight Is Still the Purest Celebration of Captain Kirk" about when Kirk fought the Gorn in the TOS episode "Arena" this article refers to Kirk performing a double-fisted smack to a Gorn's spine as "The Kirk maneuver" plus this Article notes how Shatner and Kirk share the SAME Birthday, March 22nd ,
ReplyDeleteShatner was born on March 22, 1931, while the fictional character of James T. Kirk was born on March 22, 2233
1. The hollywoodreporter.com website on March 22, 2019 has an article by Ryan Parker titled.
ReplyDelete"William Shatner Once Explained How 'Star Trek' Helped Save POWs During Vietnam " and the article says
"Shatner once told the late Joan Rivers during a 1982 interview, when he stopped by The Tonight Show to plug Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, about an emotional story shared by a limo driver years ago that really stuck in his head.
Calling it “the most passionate moment I have heard about Star Trek,” Shatner explained that the driver told him that the series helped soldiers during the Vietnam War.
“He wanted to tell me a story, and as he began to tell me, tears started coursing down his cheeks,” Shatner told Rivers. “He said that he had been in Vietnam and had been captured. And that a group of his friends who had been in the same cell — the only way that they could keep themselves alive was to play the Star Trek game.”
Shatner said he wasn’t sure what the veteran meant, so he asked to know more.
“These were episodes that these young soldiers had memorized over the years — and in some cases, they were strangers to each other — but they knew the plots and the dialogue and they would repeat the dialogue to each other and play an hour’s segment to each other of Star Trek. And in that manner, they kept themselves not only alive, but sane. And it was the most moving story of that kind that I’ve ever heard.”
On the Facebook Public Group "Star Trek" with over 106,000 Members, a man named Timothy Rigney typed on
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"I know there's no way to give a 100% reliable answer to this, but, you're watching TOS. It's the final episode of Season 2. Last few seconds. The Klingon Captain tells Kirk that his offer is NOT acceptable. And the bottom line is, they violated Klingon space, emergency or no.
Kirk stands up. Spock and McCoy walk towards him and stand right behind him:
"Red Alert. Raise shields. - Mr. Sulu . . . .
Lock all weapons on-target."
The music swells.
Fade to black.
To be continued. . . . "
Why did they never NEVER do this???
The denofgeek.com website on March 8, 2019 has an article by Ryan Britt titled "How Star Trek: The Animated Series Influences Discovery" about how the The Animated Series, and especially the Classic episode
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1. The linkedin.com website on March 28, 2019 has an article by Mark Vogl titled "The Rebel Mountain Perspective: Star Trek - what it meant to a young teenage boy.".. about the legendary nature of Kirk's show the article states "I don't know if there is another television series that has been more discussed, more dissected, and more watched than Star Trek. And there is no question that the creator of Star Trek had a real vision of what he wanted to portray, not just about space travel, but about man and society. It's very important to remember when Star Trek broke on to the television, and what was going on in America at that time!... seeking normalcy, Star Trek was what I found, Star Trek was the future, What was called the "Federation" looked and sounded a lot like America, even with the presence of extra-terrestrials. Things on the bridge of the Enterprise prophesied a better time for humanity"
ReplyDeleteAn Article on thewrap.com website on April 1, 2019 that is NOT an April fools joke is titled "https://www.thewrap.com/how-twilight-zone-pays-homage-to-that-classic-william-shatner-episode-without-being-a-copy/" about how the 2019 CBS All Access "The Twilight Zone" reboot hosted by Jordan Peele is paying homage to the classic Shatner episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" with the 2019 episode titled "Nightmare at 30,000 Feet"
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ReplyDelete1. The Whatculture.com website in April 2019 has an article titled "Star Trek Quiz: How Well Do You Know Captain Kirk?" the article says "Other than Birdseye, he's the universe's most iconic Captain. Are you a Kirk expert? the article also says "
Space, the final frontier. And within it, sci-fi TV's most famous ship: the USS Enterprise.
Typically, one question beyond all others defines Star Trek fandom. Who is the greatest Starfleet captain of all? For some, it is the dynamic baldy of The Next Generation, but purists and old-school fans will never be able to look past the captain on whose shoulders the Original Series was carried.
Captain James Kirk was a colossus of a character: a lover, a fighter, a thinker and a suspiciously impeccably tanned man considering the lack of natural sunlight on his ship. He was often an enigma, but also irresistibly watchable. He was a rule-breaker, a show-stealer and made hands-on captaining a hallmark of Enterprise captains forever.
But how well do you really know the man who commanded Spock, Uhura and Bones McCoy?" Captain Birdseye aka Captain Iglo is a famous advertising mascot for frozen seafood products, look it up on Wikipedia,
The website screenrant.com has an article on March 24, 2019 titled "Star Trek: Discovery's Homage To Wrath of Khan (& What It Reveals About Spock) " And the Article says
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"This week's Star Trek: Discovery episode, "The Red Angel", featured a perfect homage to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: the funeral in space held for Commander Airiam resembled the services the crew of the Starship Enterprise held for Spock (or will hold roughly 25 years from Star Trek: Discovery season 2).
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is one of the best Star Trek movies and it is also easily the most influential. It has already been remade twice; Star Trek: Nemesis contained many identical plot points and J.J. Abrams' Star Trek Into Darkness was a flat-out remake, switching Kirk's death for Spock's. Indeed, The Wrath of Khan was the first time a core Star Trek character died in the line of duty and it was the franchise's first to depict a naval-style funeral in space. "
1. The website Trekmovie.com on April 6, 2019 has an article titled"Anson Mount On ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Reframing Pike’s Future, And Trying To Out-Shatner, Chris Pine " And it says about Anson Mount and his portrayal of Christopher Pike and Love of Kirk that "
ReplyDelete"When asked if he has brought some other influences to the role, Mount revealed his love of Kirks:
You know what I loved about Chris Pine’s performance in the J.J. Abrams’ movies, if you watched the end of the first movie in which he plays Kirk there is this scene where he walks across the bridge and sits in the captain’s chair. And he absolutely nailed the way that Shatner would do that. And I just decided that I was going to try and do this the way he sits in the chair like Shatner, I was going to try to do that better, even though I am not playing Kirk. I just thought: why not, let’s give it a shot."
1. The website ludwig-van.com has an article on April 5, 2019 by Michael Vincent titled "ZERO IN | The Final Frontier — The Surprising Classical Music Origins Of The Star Trek Theme Song" about the Legendary theme song for Kirk's show TOS, and the article states "
ReplyDelete"The words “Space: the final frontier”, and the opening notes of Star Trek’s theme song written by Alexander Courage in 1964, have become ingrained in the imaginations of all of us.
In a video released by Canada’s CBC Music, host Tom Allen and members of the Gryphon Trio, explore the connection between the iconic song and some of history’s greatest classical music composers, including Beethoven, Brahms, and Mahler.
The video was shot in one continuous take at Paul Hahn Piano Company, right here in Toronto." a link is given to a YouTube video titled "The Final Frontier- The surprising Musical Origins of Star Trek"
ReplyDelete1. The Comicbook.com website on April 8, 2019 has an article about Seth MacFarlane and his show "The Orville" titled "Seth MacFarlane Explains How 'Star Trek' Influenced 'The Orville' and the article says about Kirk's TOS that
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“Star Trek was the first franchise to bring it to a point that reached the mainstream in such a massive way,” MacFarlane says. “In many ways, it does have ownership on this idea of a captain on a bridge of his spaceship instead of a sailing ship. But it’s become the convention. You can’t help but go there if you’re doing this type of show…You just try to start by learning from what your predecessors have figured out and then take it off in its own direction.
1. The StarTrek.com website to celebrate the 52nd Anniversary of the airing of "The City on the Edge of Forever" has an article on April 6, 2019 titled 'The City on the Edge of Forever' is Remembered as One of 'Trek''s Best" , the article says this episode is a "gem" and also says " (Keep Scrolling down to read more)
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Many scenes were filmed for “City” that, in the end, weren't used or found themselves heavily trimmed as the episode was being assembled. We’ve counted about seven of them, and that includes the wonderful scene on the Roddenberry Vault Blu-ray set that shows Kirk and Edith talking on the staircase following Edith’s accidental trip down the stairs.
One of the scenes that was removed from “City” that, as far as we know, no longer exists anywhere, showed Kirk having an accident at the 21st Street Mission as he and Edith cleaned up. This deleted scene was scripted and filmed for the middle of the third act, and it was to have occurred between the scenes of Rodent killing himself with McCoy’s phaser and Kirk and Edith talking at the top of the staircase about man reaching the moon (both of which made it to air). The photo below shows a lost scene obtained from a Lincoln Enterprises film clip, and we’ve paired it with its description from the shooting script (in italics). Please note that this scene didn’t contain dialogue.
SPOCK’S P.O.V.– KIRK AND EDITH
Kirk is coming through the outside door carrying a high pile of glasses and dishes in a tub. Edith holds the door, directs him to a bench so he can put them down. She tries to reach up to take some of the load, but Kirk pulls away, not allowing her to help. However, in pulling away, he promptly manages to drop half the dishes and glasses to the floor. A nerve ripping CRASH. As he stands there, looking in disgust at the mess of broken crockery, Edith reaches up to touch his shoulder comfortingly. At her touch, Kirk’s face changes, softens… a man caught by a stir of feeling for a woman.
It’s unfortunate that this material wound up on the cutting-room floor, as it would have been fun to watch Shatner and Collins play it in the episode.
1. William Shatner being a Hollywood Legend help get another Legend's career started, the closerweekly.com website has an article on April 7, 2019 by Bryan Brunati titled "Henry Winkler was helped by William Shatner after his worst audition" the article is here,
ReplyDeletehttps://www.closerweekly.com/posts/henry-winkler-was-helped-by-william-shatner-after-his-worst-audition/ about how Shatner helped Henry Winkler get his career moving
the article states "
"His film resume is filled with plenty of legendary roles, but it didn’t come easy for Henry Winkler, who reveals that he almost gave up on acting after a terrible audition — that is until William Shatner stepped in.
The 73-year-old recently sat down with People and discussed the 180 his career almost took following what he calls his worst audition. “I tried out for a movie, that is a book, about a young man who goes between this world and greek gods,” the actor explained. “It’s a famous book, but it was so bad I’ve forgotten.”
He continued, “I don’t know what happened, but it was so bad I thought ‘I have to give up. This is the end. This is terrible.’ I was horrible. I was like poop at the bottom of the ocean coming from a whale. Really, really bad.”
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But it was thanks to the Star Trek: The Original Series actor, 68, that the Happy Days alum was able to stay the course. “Bill talked me down. He gave me advice, he made me feel better,” the Barry costar revealed.
And it seems like those words were enough to motivate Henry, as he recalled, “All of a sudden my head flew back. I got up, I got into my car and I could actually push the gas pedal.” He added, “And then I traveled all over the world with him.”
The post-gazette.com website on April 10, 2019 has an article by Sharon Eberson titled "Captain Kirk still has all the answers: A chat with William Shatner" did Picard ever have all the answers ? nope
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ReplyDelete1. Even in some of the Star Trek Novels, Picard's past always comes back to haunt him , the startrek.com website on April 9, 2019 has an article titled "Picard's Past Comes Back to Haunt Him in 'Available Light' " and the article says about The Next Generation novel "Available Light" that ""Section 31, the covert organization which has operated without accountability in the shadows for more than two centuries, has been exposed. Throughout the Federation, the rogue group’s agents and leaders are being taken into custody as the sheer scope of its misdeeds comes to light. Now Starfleet Command must decide the consequences for numerous officers caught up in the scandal - including Admirals William Ross, Edward Jellico, Alynna Nechayev, and Captain Jean-Luc Picard who, along with many others, are implicated in the forced removal of a Federation president."
ReplyDelete1. On April 11, 2019 the website looper.com has an article titled " The real reason Star Trek 4 was canceled " about the canceled 4th film in the Reboot Kelvin Timeline , the article states
"There's no bigger personality on the Enterprise than Captain Kirk, and Chris Pine proved to have an irresistible take on the role. Whether he was acing the Kobayashi Maru or romancing a fellow cadet, he was a smooth-talking rogue you couldn't help but root for. Pine's charisma lit up the screen and became a linchpin of the film's success.. There's no Star Trek without Kirk, and no 2000's Star Trek without Chris Pine" and that the 2009 "Star Trek" film was "blowing minds with its unique brand of brash, sassy science fiction adventure." and about the Star Trek's Competition with other Franchises that "This isn't just Jim Kirk's world any longer, it's Captain Marvel's too" was it ever Picard's world ? nope,
ReplyDelete1. On the website startrek.com an article on April 12, 2019 is titled "How Do You Improve on Perfection? " about Kirk's Legendary Enterprise Interior & Bridge getting a Fresh New Design for the Discovery episode
"Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 1" Discovery production designer Tamara Deverell is asked by StarTrek.com "The Enterprise crafted for The Original Series was fantastic, futuristic and, production-wise, a thing of its time. How did you go about recreating something people know and love while still giving it a look that’s both true to Star Trek: Discovery and is a thing of our current time?"
In the 2019 Publication "Star Trek: The Ultimate Guide" by American Media Specials, Inc about TOS, it calls Capt James T. Kirk a
ReplyDeletego-get-em type of Captain, on page 4 it says "William Shatner, Born to be Kirk, " it quotes Shatner as saying "Captain Kirk and I melded..Captain Kirk is me.. Being hailed on the street corner as Captain Kirk was very nice"
ReplyDelete1. The Screenrant.com website on April 14, 2019 has an article by Stephanie Marceau titled "Star Trek: 25 Wild Revelations About Kirk And Spock's Relationship" and it says about the success of Star Trek
"At the core of it's lasting effect and long term success were Spock and Kirk, the best friend opposites that balanced each other out.. Their relationship was the core of the show, along with McCoy's witty and passionate quipping.. Years later fans are still obsessed with Kirk and Spock, It's evident in the rebooted Star Trek films, where the duo are still fan-favorite characters with the most interesting friendship.. " The article says Kirk had "Casanova antics.. and was an overachiever dreaming of the stars.. and while Kirk is a good Captain, he was a wild card that need advisers and good friends backing him, This is how the Holy Trinity of early Star Trek formed, The Kirk,Spock,McCoy Friendship, Kirk is also called a "formidable man"
ReplyDelete1. The Variety.com website on April 15, 2019 has an article titled "Listen: Lance Reddick on How a Childhood Love of ‘Star Trek’ and William Shatner Informed His Career" about how actor Lance Reddick had a "youth obsession with William Shatner , and that Shatner was the catalyst that eventually led to his career on the screen.. as a teenager when Reddick learned that Shatner had been a Shakesperean actor, he unearthed his father's copy of Julius Caesar and taught himself the speech that Brutus makes to the crowd before Mark Antony takes over" and Reddick says "I started trying to do it the way I thought Captain Kirk would do it... Growing up I kind of wanted to be Captain Kirk
The Cinemablend.com website on April 21, 2019 has an article by Mick Joest titled "Yes, Star Trek: Discovery Was Referencing Captain Kirk In That Season 2 Finale Scene" about the scene in "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2" where Michael Burnham gave Spock her farewell pep-talk that was the shows way of teasing why Spock & Captain Kirk became such close confidants, Michael says "There is a whole galaxy out there, full of people who will reach for you. You have to let them. Find that person who seems farthest from you and reach for them. Reach for them. Let them guide you" Michelle Paradise who helped write this episode stated
ReplyDeletethat was a Reference to Kirk saying "Absolutely, That is Definitely Kirk"
1. The website westword.com on April 23, 2019 has an article by Teague Bohlen titled "Trek On: William Shatner is On His Farewell Tour to Life- And Loving It"
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"There are constants in this universe: gravity, the speed of light, and William Shatner. Shatner has been ubiquitous in the American zeitgeist since the 1960s — Star Trek, sure, but just about every other form of entertainment since: the stage, movies, more TV, music, books, comic books, animation...not to mention equestrianism, aviation and pop culture in general. "
1. On May 2, 2019 the website newsreview.com had an article by Maxfield Morris titled "William Shatner Tells all" the article states
ReplyDelete"William Shatner, an American James Bond. Famous for his portrayal of James Tiberius Kirk in the original Star Trek franchise, he’s made a career out of his unmistakable talent for performing." Shatner is also called a thespian in the Article, Patrick Stewart could never be compared to James Bond
1. The StarTrek.com website on May 4, 2019 has an article titled "Star Trek and Star Wars may have more in common than you think" https://www.startrek.com/article/star-wars-day-star-trek-connections the article states
ReplyDelete"William Shatner and the Empire" and that " In 2005, William Shatner sang “My Way” to Star Wars creator George Lucas at the American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award celebration. Harrison Ford’s surprised expression is priceless. Afterwards, Shatner was carried offstage by the evil Empire’s stormtroopers. A decade later, Shatner would also appear in a stormtrooper costume during the November 2015 Country Music Awards.," Plus the article has a link to another article stating that on March 18, 1978 almost 10 months after Star Wars debuted Paramount hosted the largest press conference in its history to announce
Star Trek: The Motion Picture !!
On May 3, 2019 the news-journal.com website has an article by John Moore titled "Moore:Technology too smart for our own good" see this link, "https://www.news-journal.com/opinion/moore-technology-too-smart-for-our-own-good/article_f2eccefc-6d06-11e9-9a25-ff79c80f9e07.html , the article mentions Captain Kirk looking up information about Earth colony Tarsus IV from an episode of TOS, Nothing about Picard
ReplyDelete1. The Issue of "TV Guide" for May 13-26, 2019 has the Front Cover theme "The 10 Biggest Stars on TV" on page 19 it mentions celebrities who are "Always Worth Watching" William Shatner is mentioned along with
ReplyDeleteElisabeth Moss, Sterling K. Brown, Henry Winkler, Tina Fey & Betty White, No Patrick Stewart is listed, and it says for William Shatner "Because we can never tell if the guy is serious. And still, whether it's Star Trek, Boston Legal or even those Priceline commercials, he moves us. O Captain ! Our Captain!" the words "O Captain! Our Captain!" are a reference to the 1865 poem by Walt Whitman named "Oh Captain, My Captain" mentioned in the famous Robin Williams movie "Dead Poets Society"
Also, on page 19 of the issue of "TV Guide" for May 13-26, 2019 next to the entry for William Shatner it shows the cover of a 1993 issue of "TV Guide" where it says "William Shatner's Star Trek Memories" Kirk from TOS is shown on the Cover of the 1993 issue, also the website blogs.denverpost.com has an article on May 23, 2013 titled "O Captain! My Captain Kirk, The William Shatner Interview" the article can be found at the link below
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1. The website closerweekly.com on May 8, 2019 has an article by Ed Gross titled "Star Trek 2009 Movie Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary: Behind-the-Scenes" and it says regarding Chris Pine being cast as Captain Kirk that "
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APRIL WEBSTER (Casting Director): We weren’t afraid of recasting these iconic roles, but we knew it was going to be a challenge. We also knew we weren’t going to be able to match people exactly, but we did want to give at least a close indication to people; to give a sense of the characters they’ve known and loved for so long.
For Kirk we weren’t looking for someone doing a Shatner impersonation. We wanted somebody who would embody that spirit. Chris Pine did. He was a lifesaver, because we really wanted someone who could give us the cockiness, but still be likable. If you look at the old episodes of Shatner and that character, he was always cocky, but there was also something enormously appealing about him. We auditioned a lot of people all over the place, but there was something that he was able to bring in, that sort of swagger. Not that other people couldn’t get that, but Chris just fit the bill. We had narrowed it down to a couple of people and he became the guy. Just in watching him with each successive meeting, it was becoming more and more apparent to us.
BRYAN BURK (Producer): J.J. and I were in a casting session and there were three potential Kirks outside. Chris came in and couldn’t look less like William Shatner. He came in and he was amazing. It was also the weirdest thing in the world. He came in as himself, but then he started reading and he became that character. It was such an out of body experience. Coincidentally, Zachary Quinto, who had already been cast as Spock, was around. We asked them to read a scene together and they did. Instantly it was, like, “Yeah, there they are. Kirk and Spock.” It was the weirdest thing in the world and amazing."
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Delete"ZACHARY QUINTO (Actor, “Spock”): The other thing is that Chris and I knew each other before we did this film. We came to the table with the rapport already being forged. We have a lot of mutual friends and we both worked out with the same trainer before either of us got the movie. He’s a friend of ours and I’d be working out and he’d say, “My buddy Chris is on his way over.” “Oh yeah, I’ve heard about that guy. Never met him.” So we passed each other, then we met and we both ended up working on the film. So we had a history a little bit and built on it. I have a tremendous respect and affinity for Chris as a person and as an actor. We work really well together. We both come from a theater background and there’s a sort of understanding and short hand that comes from that mutual experience. We are, I believe, a good duo.
CHRIS PINE (Actor, “James T. Kirk”): When I heard I’d gotten the part, there’s a period of 15 to 20 minutes or so where you couldn’t be any more excited and you’re jumping up and down and you’re calling everybody you know, and your parents are planning celebratory dinners and all that. And then there’s months of kind of anxiety about the fact that you actually have to do it! And that there’s going to be a lot of scrutiny. So my response was a mixture of absolute excitement and absolute panic, but the great thing about working with the people involved with this project – J.J. Abrams especially – is that you never felt like there was this heavy responsibility on your shoulders. He always made sure that we were having fun and enjoying the experience, because it is a really unique experience that very few people get to have.
Making the character my own, it’s not like I had a checklist of things, like, “I should do this, I shouldn’t try to do that. These would be good things to emulate, and these would be good things to make my own.” I watched much of the original series to get a sense of the aesthetic and the relationship between the characters and what the series had already established, and then I just very simply read my script and tried to do the best job possible to bring to life the character that I read on the page"
The website thefederalist.com has an article on May 8, 2019 by James Aaron Brown titled "How ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Reminds Us That Masculinity Is Good" speaking about Captain Christopher Pike on Star Trek: Discovery who inspires people to "be bold, be brave, be courageous" things that Kirk also did, when was Picard a good example of Masculinity , never, Plus you could never apply the negative term "Toxic Masculinity" to James T. Kirk ,
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ReplyDelete1. The Screenrant.com website has an article on May 8, 2019 titled. "Chris Pine's 10 Most Memorable Roles, Ranked" #1 on the list is His Role as Captain James T. Kirk from the 2009
"Star Trek" Film, and the article states "
When it was announced they would be rebooting Star Trek for the big screen, one of the hardest roles to recast was Captain James T. Kirk. William Shatner had played the role so memorably that it would be hard for anyone to make the role their own without seeming like a cheap impersonation.
Pine was not a star by any means at the time, but his funny, charismatic and compelling performance was a breakthrough for him. Pine effortlessly led the ensemble of young stars and did the impossible of creating a new version of Captain Kirk that fans could love just as much
1. William Shatner/Kirk always makes a difference, and helps to fight crime in real life, on May 10, 2019 an article on the website coindesk.com is titled "William Shatner Joins Effort to Fight Collectibles Fraud With Blockchain 'Passports' - CoinDesk" , and the article says "
ReplyDeleteActor William Shatner is boldly going back into the crypto world.
Announced Thursday, Shatner is partnering with Mattereum, a legaltech firm headed by former ethereum launch coordinator Vinay Gupta, to highlight its Asset Passport technology, which uses “legally-binding” smart contracts to record the authenticity of collectible items.
Shatner aka Captain Kirk said that he is collaborating with the startup to “establish an authentication system” that provides data on where an item has been, who has owned it, and if it is genuine.
“It can mean the difference between a priceless, future heirloom and worthless fake,” Shatner said.
The initiative will create “digital twins” of science fiction and other collectible memorabilia. The first item that has gone live on Mattereum’s system is “Capt. James Kirk in Casual Attire,” autographed by Shatner. The digital clone will rest in an immutable ledger and “will assure collectors that the item is from Mr Shatner’s personal collection,” the firm said
1. An Article on the website cnet.com on May 14, 2019 is titled NASA launches rah-rah trailer for 2024 moon mission: 'We are going' and the article says "Let Captain Kirk get you excited about returning humans to the moon" the article states William Shatner's voice gives gravitas to the NASA video "We are Going"
ReplyDeleteOn May 15, 2019 it was announced that the official name of the new Star Trek TV series with Patrick Stewart on CBS All Access would be titled "Star Trek: Picard" a corny uncreative title, for a corny uncreative character, unlike Kirk who started it all, the character of James T. Kirk & his show & films have stood the test of time, see this article, https://www.startrek.com/news/star-trek-picard-series-patrick-stewart-upfronts-title
ReplyDelete. On May 19, 2019 a Screenrant.com article is titled "Every Star Trek Captain, Ranked Worst To Best" the article states "Captain Kirk, the epitome of Star Trek captains"
ReplyDelete1. The website comicbook.com had an article on May 20, 2019 titled "Star Trek's William Shatner Sums up Game of Thrones in a Single Tweet" the article says
ReplyDelete"Game of Thrones ended its eight-season run on HBO with last night’s series finale episode, “The Iron Throne.” Plenty of those who haven’t kept up with the fantasy drama found themselves caught up in the pop-cultural zeitgeist, leaving some to ask if anyone could explain the series in a single tweet. The original Capt. James T. Kirk was up to the challenge.
William Shatner offered his spin on what a synopsis for Game of Thrones should be. He tweeted, “Craycray incestuous family rules 7 kingdoms. Baddies from the north invade so most put away their differences to fight together. After winning they go after the craycray Queen who didn’t help them fight and everything ends up in a hot mess and a big disappointment. The end.” Nothing about Picard or Patrick Stewart and the series finale of Game of Thrones
1. Movie fans online have pointed out how the 2019 Marvel Superhero film Avengers: Endgame paid tribute to Star Trek and had a Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country moment described as
ReplyDelete"One of the most touching moments of Avengers: Endgame came as the credits were rolling. All of the original Avengers signed their names on screen like a high school yearbook, a way to bring closure and say farewell to their time in the franchise.
And yes, this exact same construct was used in the closing credits of 1991’s Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. That film was the final journey of the crew of the original Enterprise, ending a saga which spanned the original series and six feature films over 25 years. When they all signed their names at the end, we knew we’d never see this crew together again, and it marked a true sense of finality." see also the article from the website cinemablend.com titled https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2471875/the-marvel-cinematic-universe-just-had-its-star-trek-vi-moment/ ,
ReplyDelete1. The website syfy.com has an article on May 23, 2019 titled "5 Big Takeaways From The New Star Trek: Picard Teaser Trailer" commenting on the Star Trek: Picard teaser trailer, the article states "
Picard became an Admiral, which might be the problem
The voiceover of the person questioning Picard in the trailer doesn't address him as "Captain," but instead calls him "Admiral." This means that at some point after the end of Star Trek: Nemesis Picard got promoted.
Weirdly, this is something a time-displaced Captain Kirk told him not to do in the movie Star Trek: Generations. Here was what Kirk said to Jean-Luc: "Don't let the transfer you, don't let them promote you. Don't let them do anything that gets you off the bridge of that ship!"
Clearly though, at some point, Picard did get promoted, which could be why his life got screwed up." Picard failed to follow Kirk's advice from Star Trek: Generations, Picard was an Admiral before, but only in a fake future that Riker experienced in the TNG episode "Future Imperfect"
. The website mynorthwest.com on May 29, 2019 has an article titled "The weird and wonderful William Shatner chats with Rachel Belle" and it says
ReplyDelete"Eighty-Eight year old William Shatner is sharp,sassy and says whatever is on his mind, no matter how weird or wonderful" just like the character of Captain James T. Kirk, could Patrick Stewart/Picard, be described in this cool way, ? nope
1. In the Children's book "Star Trek III The Search For Spock Storybook" by Lawrence Weinberg , it says on the first page, regarding Kirk's legendary Ship, "Like a proud but wounded lion, the great starship Enterprise limped slowly homeward through space. Her sides were battered, some of her instruments didn't work, and she could only move on impulse power. But these were the marks of her triumph" and on the last page after Spock is brought back to life and the entire Crew is on the Planet Vulcan "In that moment they all shared a vision. It was of the great and noble starship Enterprise, their floating home and gallant companion in adventure for so many years. Born for the stars and deserving of her reputation as a starship par excellence, the Enterprise like her fearless crew, would enjoy more than a small measure of immortality in the annals of space exploration and the human pursuit of intergalactic adventure"
ReplyDelete1. In the Discovery episode "The Red Angel" at the opening of this episode the crew is gathered to pay respects to Lieutenant Commander Airiam Captain Pike says about Airiam , she reminded the Discovery crew that resilience was an
ReplyDelete"unshakable virtue" and how she was fiercely loyal to her crew and to Starfleet, Michael Burnham stated "
" There are so many reasons to join Starfleet.
We get to reach for the stars.
We get to reach for the best in ourselves.
But, most important, we get to reach for each other.
We get to do what we love alongside colleagues who become friends who become family.
And who better to stand with, shoulder to shoulder, facing those pivotal moments? Who more painful to let go? I am so sorry, Airiam.
Saru said "On Kaminar, we sing songs of remembrance for those who have been taken from us too soon.
This is a song of remembrance for Airiam.
[SARU SINGING IN KELPIEN] [SINGING CONTINUES] [SINGING CONTINUES] [SINGING " Kirk and his Crew were excellent Examples of the Positive Traits and Qualities described in this Discovery episode "The Red Angel"
William Shatner briefly hosted his own game show titled "Show me the Money" which ran on ABC from November-December 2006, with an aspect similar to "Deal or No Deal" but with open-ended trivia questions, , (look up more info about it on Wikipedia
ReplyDelete. The surname Picard sounds a lot like the word "Petard" as in the expression "Hoisted by his own Petard" from the William Shakespeare play Hamlet, the expression means, an ironic reversal or poetic justice, which is what happens with Picard's poor leadership abilities, see this entry, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoist_with_his_own_petard
ReplyDelete. A Star Trek fan named Timothy McHugh typed online regarding Kirk and the 2000 animated post-apocalyptic science fiction adventure film Titan A.E. that
ReplyDeleteThe Trouble with Titan Ae and the Drej
Posted on July 16, 2008 at 03:35:36 AM by Timothy McHugh
"Anyone remember the inexcusable film, Titan AE, where they ALLOWED the Drej to destory our Planet? That is exactly the same type of thing Jean-Luc Picard would do if the Drej came! Picard would allow the Drej to destroy Earth just like they did in Titan AE with lack of original thought! James Tibirius Kirk, on the other hand would be VERY upset with the idea that Titan AE presented. He would know that there is hope for Earth's survival against the mighty Drej Mothership, Alahenena. Kirk would have beaten the Drej in time to save Earth because he would quickly come up with the use of his engines and delfector dish on his refit Enterprise or Enterprise-A to drain the Alahenena and win, plus save our planet! That is because Kirk does not believe in the "no win" scenario, passing the Kobayasi Maru Test all three times he took it with flying colors. Titan AE is a lot more like a TNG Flick than a TOS Movie in its flavor in the depicted situation"
The Top Definition of "Captain Kirk" from the website urbandictionary.com says that "Captain Kirk" is a slang expression for when a Man takes the Virginity of a Woman he loves "To Boldly go where no man has gone before"
ReplyDelete1. In October 2012 William Shatner stated on Twitter that "
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For some reason several sites (Wikipedia, IMDB...) have my name as William Alan Shatner. I don't have a middle name. Can we get it corrected, " Some fans typed in reply ... scroll down,
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.@WilliamShatner Sure. We can change it to Tiberius.
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@brownpau @WilliamShatner Captain had that one coming! LOL!
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@WilliamShatner I thought danger was your middle name?
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@WilliamShatner William James T. Shatner then.
Even before Kirk was Captain of the Enterprise NCC-1701, it served well under Christopher Pike, in the Discovery episode "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2" the Enterprise took an incredible amount of damage in battle, yet survived, and had the cool DOT-7 repair drones, hull repairing robots that were deployed to repair the hull after a Section 31 ship fired an undetonated photon torpedo at the saucer section of the Enterprise, at the end of this episode we see cool footage of the Enterprise undergoing repairs in Earth's drydock
ReplyDeleteKirk as seen on TOS is so cool he is like the Frank Sinatra of Starfleet & The Federation, Frank Sinatra the legendary actor, singer & producer passed away on May 14, 1998 , Kirk always did things "His Way" him and his crew were like "The Rat Pack" of the 23rd Century,
ReplyDeleteIn "Space Seed" Khan says to Kirk "Captain, although your abilities intrigue me, you are quite honestly inferior. Mentally, physically." Khan was intrigued by Kirk's abilities, not only that, but Kirk got the last laugh and proved Khan wrong, -
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