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“He’s being a pig. He’s collecting the two franchises and holding them close to his vest.”
“Star Trek” did have Abrams first. His sudden commitment to “Star Wars” may have left a few Trekkies feeling like they’ve gotten involved in an unexpected cinematic menage a trois. That’s why I have some sympathy for William Shatner’s recent comments to Movie Fanatic.
When asked to share his thoughts on Abrams adding “Star Wars” to his resume, Shatner said, “He’s being a pig. He’s collecting the two franchises and holding them close to his vest. And he’s probably the most talented director of that ilk we have, but he’s gone too far this time.”
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Get a life!
ThePrez on February 13, 2013 at 10:43 PM
Flickering images.
OldEnglish on February 13, 2013 at 10:49 PM
Shatner looks great for an 81 year old.
vegconservative on February 13, 2013 at 10:50 PM
Because the orignal Star Trek movie about “Vger” was so compelling… Not to mention “Star Trek The Voyage Home” with a whale sending a alien Earth destroying force that looked strangely like a giant menacing turd back into outer space.
Oh yeah, the good old days….
Hog Wild on February 13, 2013 at 10:51 PM
Both those film are all time classic films compared to Star Trek V:The Search For god. Whoever wrote and directed that piece of offal should hang their head and not be allowed to criticize any Star Trek film ever.
Remind me, just who was that again…
Betenoire on February 13, 2013 at 10:58 PM
So the next Star Trek movie will have Counselor Troi in it?
malclave on February 13, 2013 at 11:00 PM
I wonder how Sheldon Cooper is taking all of this?
/sarc
TKindred on February 13, 2013 at 11:14 PM
Yeah, that was bad but the last two Next Generation movies were way worse, “Insurrection” and the finale “Hey, let’s kill Data.”
Captain Kirock on February 13, 2013 at 11:18 PM
I agree.
John the Libertarian on February 13, 2013 at 11:19 PM
You missed the bit where Shatner chastises Abrams for not including him in “either franchise”. He’s obviously being facetious.
Nethicus on February 13, 2013 at 11:34 PM
You mean the movie where Kirk figured out he was being duped and the false prophet was destroyed?
Is that the movie you are talking about?
I didn’t say I don’t watch Star Trek movies, I just wait for them to come out on cable.
Hog Wild on February 13, 2013 at 11:36 PM
It’s not like he’s selling discount hotel rooms, Willbur Shatner.
Ronnie on February 13, 2013 at 11:42 PM
@ThePrez:
Get. A. Life.
I fixed it for you. You have to say it Shatner style.
Meryl Yourish on February 13, 2013 at 11:48 PM
I see what you did there.
aunursa on February 14, 2013 at 12:04 AM
Although in defense of the Star Trek series, some good…some awful, none of them were as annoying as the Star Wars: Episode I.
William Shatner could have had a starring role in Episode I and it would not have made it any more annoying. In fact if they had replace
Jar Jar Binks with Shatner it might have actually been less annoying.
William Eaton on February 14, 2013 at 1:07 AM
I’ll at least cut Shatner a little bit of slack on Star Dreck V. Paramount slashed his budget by nearly half as they went into production. He wasn’t able to use ILM, so they had to outsource the FX work to some crappy little company from I think New Jersey. And the studio forced major changes to the script(I believe Shatner originally wanted them to find the real God) and didn’t allow the time or money to actually complete the film.
Shoot, Paramount still managed to screw over Shatner when it came time to do the Special Edition DVD by refusing to fork over a few bucks for some new FX to properly complete the movie. This after they’d provided some cash for Robert Wise to touch up the FX shots in The Motionless Picture and make a few additional edits which by all accounts improved the quality of that flick.
About the only good things to come out of Star Dreck V in the end are the Jerry Goldsmith score and those scenes with Kirk, Spock, and McCoy(except for Row Row Your Boat). And BTW, I’ll still take that movie any day over most of the Next Generation entries.
Doughboy on February 14, 2013 at 3:42 AM
Don’t cross the beams.
rdbrewer on February 14, 2013 at 4:22 AM
funniest thread in a long time.
not being a fan of the genre, they all look like a turd being hurled through space to me but that is why I don’t make movies.
Lonetown on February 14, 2013 at 5:21 AM
Beam me up Chewbacca.
RadClown on February 14, 2013 at 6:16 AM
Shatner quotes make good copy. The guy isn’t afraid to stir it up at 81, even if he is half-joking.
bluegill on February 14, 2013 at 6:27 AM
Denny Crane!
Odysseus on February 14, 2013 at 7:09 AM
Hisss. Hisss. Meow.
farsighted on February 14, 2013 at 7:16 AM
I think JJ did a good job on the Trek movie and as a SW geek I’m happy with him doing SW. I have faith in him.
Shatner’s just unhappy that something Trek isn’t all about him.
Darksean on February 14, 2013 at 7:46 AM
Get-A-Life!!
HondaV65 on February 14, 2013 at 8:13 AM
He’s totally joking. I hope people don’t take these quotes seriously. Even on the Star Trek Special Edition DVDs in the retrospective documentaries when everyone else was reminiscing about making the movies, Shatner was just trashing everyone else tongue-in-cheek the entire time(although he did treat the audio commentaries on IV and V seriously).
Doughboy on February 14, 2013 at 8:20 AM
I am both a Star Wars and Star Trek fan, but this is why I don’t hang out with either fan bases. They are both nuts.
BigGator5 on February 14, 2013 at 9:19 AM
And an unbalanced turd at that. When I was fairly young, father pointed out that the horribly asymmetrical design of the Enterprise would make it flip end-over-end the first time they turned on the impulse engines.
Things only went downhill in the Picard era and beyond as plot conveniences and contrived coincidences became a fair staple of resolving problems. Plus I’ve had some rather…disturbing implications about some aspects of the Trekverse pointed out to me.
MelonCollie on February 14, 2013 at 10:10 AM
It’s the “cinematic menage a trois” bit that keeps making me twitch. Imagining the worst possibilities there has me threatening to hurl my lunch – and I haven’t eaten it, yet! *SHUDDER*
I wouldn’t want to see the two concepts crossed – Star Trek is sicence fiction, with a lot of handwavium and unobtainium, while Star Wars is space fantasy. Mixing the two will give you something worse than Jar-Jar Binks, The Grinch Edition.
GWB on February 14, 2013 at 10:30 AM