To Baldly Go

024 - No Sh*t, Shatner!

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In this episode, we discuss:

  • Abbie and I had an opportunity to watch Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and a Q&A session with William Shatner
  • For a 92-year-old man, Shatner was ranting and raving and moving around pretty well
  • An education in COPD and lung disease
  • The impact of the Actors’ Strike on the show
  • Stories about bow hunting and pranks on DeForest Kelley
  • Getting pulled over dressed as Captain Kirk
  • No shit, Shatner!
  • Shatner was what we expected. A master of his craft
  • Curiosity
  • Seeing the movie in the theater was a trip
  • A better appreciation for the movie on a second viewing
  • The experience of watching this kind of movie in that kind of setting
  • A great movie in its own right. But even better for a Star Trek movie
  • Felt like Star Trek
  • Shatner’s thoughts about Star Trek: The Motion Picture
  • Space Seed holds up
  • Movie reshoots after leaks
  • Gene Roddenberry intrigue
  • Kirk’s forgotten plots
  • Leonard Nimoy was ready to be done as Spock
  • Why is the Genesis technology a threat in Khan’s hands?
  • Vulcans can cry?
  • Learning why things work on a Starship. If you don’t know why, you can’t adapt.  You can’t be creative
  • William Shatner and George Takei don’t get along
  • Ricardo Montelban’s real chest
  • Character names changed because of clerical errors
  • Continuing voyages of ongoing missions…
  • Original story proposal
  • TV in the ‘90s
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    To Baldly GoBy Aaron Emery