Pajiba

Shatner is superior to mere mortals in all possible ways.
As far as the Abrams' Trek, "Starship Bugaloo" is concerned, not having the courtesy to write the man in just fucking guarantees the core audience for Trek will shun it.

Fuck JJ Abrams, fuck him up, his dirty ass, and his Trek.

Fun Fact: People, according to TP's wiki entry, JJ personally ASKED Tyler Perry to be in the new Star Trek... No Shatner, but bring on Madea in Space MF'ers!

That is all!

Shatner was, is, and always will be, the core of Star Trek, to many people. My mother included. He can pretty much do no wrong in my book, and JJ is shooting himself in the foot by not finding a way to work him in.

Much as I love most of the stuff JJ does, he must bow down to the Shat. No one can compare. He's got that old school star thing going. He's smart, he has no problems mocking himself, and his portrayal of Denny Crane is perfection.

Are we all forgetting the hot mess that was Generations? Shat showed up on a horse, than he and Professor Xavier rode around a ranch before Shat fell off of a scaffolding and died trying to stop Malcolm McDowell's evil plan which involved something time-travel related, naturally. It was RIVETTING. How could JJ NOT want to recapture that magic?

What about Jean-Luc?! Screw the Shat...I want my Cpt. Picard.

What about that tower?

You worry about those fighters! I'll worry about the tower.

You did not just equate Star Trek with Mork did you? You are dead to me. And you really owe it to yourself to watch Wrath of Khan sometime.

Every time I see her, I'm forced to shout, "Khaaaaaaaannnnn!!!" at the top of my voice. Thank god I do good work.

Posted by: Knife Pile Palin (formerly Anna von Beaverplatz) at September 19, 2008 11:49 AM
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I hereby nominate you, for an Awesome Achievement in Awesomeness Award.

Has anyone seen the film Dinner Hour? There's the best ever meta reference to Wrath of Khan right in the closing scene.

Charity Pohnka

Is that Texan for "pity fuck"?

Oh God. I'm such an asshole for using Charity's real name. She died in a car accident two years ago, and someone is gonna Google her someday, and this is the only entry that comes up. Pity fuck.

Ugh. My bad.

Rest in peace, Charity.

I am seriously a rabid Star Trek hater, and I really don't have a good reason for it other than the stupid unflattering uniforms and that bad sci-fi gives me soulache.

But I can't even begin to tell you how excited I am for this movie. It's just...everything surrounding this sounds like the movie is going to be the biggest mess EVER and I'm going to be watching in absolute glee. JJ Abrams? YES! Eric Bana? YES PLEASE! Karl Urban? Yes, please, along with Eric Bana. On toast. Pointy-eared Sylar? YES.

Or it could be completely amazing and finally give a talented cast a good career boost. Either way it'll be sooo much fun to watch.

Thanks Dustin. I tell you, few things can make a person feel like more of a shitheel than having to employ the "No, no, I meant to insult you" defense....

Shatner is in the movie. This is a disinformation campaign. Shatner's just playing it to the hilt.

I'll be seeing this movie in the vain hope he'll pop out with 'Denny Crane'!

the movie uses a time travel plot. Spock goes back in time to warn his younger self or something, and this is how Nimoy and Quinto are both in the movie together.

Star Trek IV has whales, and the 7th heaven mom. Star Trek: The Original Motion Picture has the dad from 7th heaven. Star Trek IV also has Scotty trying to use a Mac Plus by talking to the mouse. "Computer....Computer?"

Star Trek V is AWFUL mostly and has the campfire scene Dustin is vaguely recalling. Dustin did the right thing in that situation.

2nd base > Star Trek V.

In fact I'll go so far as to say 2nd base > than any Star Trek in any form.

I was going to to see "Star Trek" (XI) Christmas day, but it was pushed forward...wow Watchmen & Star Trek nearby...neat.

Star Trek to me is like the Simpsons. No matter what anyone says I'll watch them all.

Even some of the not liked trek series have some decent episodes. Even the worst movie(V) has some good lines/scenes in it.

The old original series...thems got some fine lookin tail wandering around space, on planets, and in ships while wearing little. I assume, not being from that era, that some of the clothing was...rather light for that time period?

Any of the more mature Pajibans out there able to confirm this?

I am, again, watching all the movies, but at a slow pace with a friend...have to watch all ten before March. On my own I usually do that in a week easy. These annoying people with lives, or "more important things to do".

IV is next in the queue, and IV is one of my faves.

Oh, and there is a surprising amount of stars that their first, or one of their earlier roles was in Star Trek of some variation.

A few off the top of my head.

Bob Kelso was in TNG

Kirstie Alley was in Star Trek II

Doc Brown was in ST3

Ashley Judd was in TNG

Countless others, those are just a few I recall.

Christian Slater was on ST II: Wrath of Khan

Now now, you know perfectly well he was in VI, waking up Captain Sulu.

And don't forget, the major component of the "even number rule" is the "Nicholas Meyer rule". Somehow it continued and "First Contact" and "Nemesis" are still better even without him. True, "Nemesis" was "Death Star II: The Wrath of Khan", but it was fun.

One time at Borders there was a customer who mentioned that Dennis Ross (former Middle East envoy) was going to be speaking in Atlanta soon and was looking for his new book. I said "oh, yeah, he's in a really good documentary about diplomacy on a new Star Trek dvd ("The Perils of Peacemaking" on the two-disc VI)!" and explained that it was a movie about the same stuff. I was just recognizing him in mentioning it, but she bought that too.