024 - No Sh*t, Shatner!

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