Trek Celeb Stalker: Captains A’Plenty January 31, 2008
by Charles Trotter , Filed under: CelebWatch , trackbackNEW FEATURE: TrekMovie.com presents a new regular column where we stalk your favorite Star Trek celebrities and inform you on what they are up to. This week we have Shatner giving the smackdown, Patrick Stewart getting (yet another) award, Kate Mulgrew opining on the superiority of Voyager, Scott Bakula getting work, and much more!
A whole lotta Shat!
Who better to start off our Trek celebrity column than William Shatner? Captain Kirk (Classic) was among the stars attending the 13th Annual Los Angeles Art Show this week. The Insider talked to The Shat (along with Everybody Loves Raymond star Patricia Heaton) on the death of actor Heath Ledger. You can see that video at The Insider Online. However, Veronica Belmont of the Mahalo Daily wasn’t so lucky. She twice attempted to interview the Shat-man at the art show and failed both times. It seems the Shat was more interested in schmoozing the ladies (shocking)…check out Belmont stalking the Shat.
And we have even more Shatnerific news for you! Shatner’s TekWar series (based on his novels) will be available on DVD on June 10th, according to TV Shows on DVD. In addition, the Shat has a series of interviews at VideoJug. In one such interview, the actor/author discussed his Star Trek books (a transcript is available at SciFi Pulse).
Takei: accept it…you’re dead, Bill
But wait, the Shatner news doesn’t end there! Shatner’s Trek co-star George Takei (he who played Sulu) explained to Starburst Magazine why Shatner will not be in the new Star Trek film:
Kirk’s death was visibly seen on film. Science fiction is wonderful, but to be credible, there has to be some verities. With Spock, he’s got a lot of special Science fiction things. We did one movie, The Wrath of Khan — where Spock dies — but we followed it up with a movie titled The Search for Spock. You can’t finish a movie like that saying “Well, we didn’t find him!” So Spock is a very special character, Kirk is a humanoid and Bill Shatner has to accept that.
For the full interview, pick up the latest issue of Starburst Magazine.
Speaking of Takei, the actor was a guest at the 2008 FX International convention in Orlando, Florida over the weekend. Star Trek director J.J. Abrams‘ best buddy, Heroes star Greg Grunberg, also showed up. Too bad he won’t be showing up in the new movie…
Nichelle Nichols hearts Quinto (and Saldana)
In the latest issue of SFX Magazine, Nichelle Nichols speaks enthusiastically about Star Trek’s director, J.J. Abrams, and actors Zoe Saldana (who has taken over Nichols’ role of Uhura) and Zachary Quinto (who plays Spock). On Quinto she said:
I saw Zachary in one of the episodes and I said, ‘Oh my God, what an actor’. And then when I met him in person, I said, ‘This is the young Spock!’, so they did a brilliant job in casting him
(Full transcript at SciFi Pulse. )
Everybody Loves Patrick
Moving on to The Next Generation, Patrick Stewart (Jean-Luc Picard) won the prize for Best Shakespearean Performance from the Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards for his performance in Rupert Goold’s production of MacBeth. Stewart actually shared the award with actor Chiwetel Ejiofor (who won for Othello) — the first time the prize has been shared between two actors…or so says WhatsOnStage.com. Stewart is also the subject of a recent article in The New York Times, which TrekMovie highly recommends you read.
What the hell do you mean I have to share it?!
Spiner’s spoof
The trailer for Brent Spiner’s new film, Superhero Movie is now online. In this spoof of superhero films like Spider-Man, Spiner plays a scientist responsible for producing “genetically-enhanced super dragonflies.” You can view the trailer at Movieweb.
Life forms… tiny little life forms… precious little life forms…
You don’t have take my word for it…
LeVar Burton (Geordi La Forge) was the keynote speaker at the 26th Annual Black History Month Kickoff Brunch held at the University of New Mexico on January 26th; see UNM’s site for more details. According to EURweb, Burton will next participate in the Pan African Film & Arts Festival’s celebrity read-in at the annual Children Fest in LA on February 9th and 10th.
Janeway or the highway
Kate Mulgrew (Kathryn Janeway) discussed Voyager with Star Trek Magazine. In addition to discussing her role of Janeway, she told the magazine that Voyager was one of the most popular Treks.
Voyager is a lot like Next Gen. We were the two most successful ones. Two captains in peril at every turn. We were lost in space on a ship, trying to find our way home, it was a wonderful way to capture the imagination. It had all the key elements of drama.
Of course, we think Mulgrew might be a bit biased… Pick up the latest issue of Star Trek Magazine for the full interview.
Mulgrew was present at the opening performance of the Broadway revival of Come Back, Little Sheba on January 24th, according to Playbill. Recurring TNG performer Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan) and Star Trek: Insurrection star Donna Murphy (Anij) were also present at the event.
Confessions of a Holodoc
In an interview with SFX Magazine, Robert Picardo says he is “perfectly pleased” to let go of his Voyager role as The Doctor, but admits it would be “fun” to return to Trek one day in another role. Asked where he thinks the Doctor would be right now, Picardo replied:
I used to joke that the Doctor and Neelix would open a gay bar in the Delta Quadrant, or that the Doctor and Seven of Nine would open a strip bar in the Beta Quadrant - we had just a million different answers because we got asked this all the time when the show was going off the air. I think if I take the question seriously the Doctor would have been perfectly delighted to be a lecturer at the Academy on medicine or medical ethics, and possibly even the study of holograms.
See the latest issue of SFX Magazine for more.
Bakula in the Dark….and in Boston
When not time-traveling, battling Klingons, feeding cheese to his dog, watching waterpolo, or threatening to knock hot Vulcan women on their asses, Scott Bakula (Jonathan Archer) loves to dance. He loves it so much that he will be starring in a new stage musical called Dancing in the Dark, based on the 1953 film The Band Wagon. Bakula will portray the character of Tony Hunter in the musical, which premieres at the Old Globe in San Diego on March 4th. See Playbill.com for more details.
[UPDATED]Speaking of Bakula, be sure to tune into ABC at 10pm EST on February 12th when the captain of the Enterprise NX-01 boards the show starring the Enterprise NCC-1701. Bakula will be guest starring on an episode of Boston Legal, but it appears he will not have a fateful scene with William Shatner. The episode, entitled “Glow in the Dark,” will also reunite Bakula with his Murphy Brown co-star, Candice Bergen. In the episode, Bakula plays a former lover of Shirley Schmidt (Bergen) who comes back into her life, complicating the relationship she’s currently in with Carl Sack (played by Star Trek III’s John Larroquette. Should be fun! See the show’s official site for more.
Bakula plays the piano for Candice Bergen
Welcome Back, Braga
Veteran Star Trek writer and producer Brannon Braga will be teaching a three-day television screenwriting course at his alma mater, Kent Statue University, beginning on February 4th. Oh, and in case you didn’t know it, Braga is currently a producer and writer on the Fox series 24. Surprise! Anyway, information on the course can be found at Kent State’s web site.
QuickBits
- Rosalind Chao (Keiko O’Brien) is starring in a production of Neil LaBute’s play Some Girl(s). The play is currently in previews and runs from February 6th through March 9th at the Audrey Skirball Theater. See Playbill for more details.
- The Post-Tribune has a story on David L. Ross, who played Lieutenants Johnson and Galloway on TOS. You can read the article here.
- Yesterday Was a Lie, a film starring and produced by DS9’s Chase Masterson (Leeta), has been getting a lot of buzz according to Hollywood Today.
- Review Journal has a story on TOS guest actor Lawrence Montaigne (Decius in “Balance of Terror;” Stonn in “Amok Time”), who shared some of his memories of working on the original series. You can read it here.
- Veteran Star Trek costume designer Robert Fletcher will receive the 2008 TDF/Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award at a ceremony in New York city on March 28th, according to Broadway World Baltimore.
- DS9 guest star Gabrielle Union, Star Trek: First Contact’s Alfre Woodard, and the new Uhura, Zoe Saldana, were among those listed on AfterEllen’s 11 black actresses to know and love.
- JJ Abrams and his Star Trek star Zachary Quinto made the top 20 of USA Today’s Top 100 people of 2007…both ahead of such notables as Stephen Colbert and Bruce Springsteen.
I am bigger than The Boss!
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Kate says “We were lost in space”
sorry, wrong show!
This could be interesting.
Oh My… here comes the old, tiresome “my Trek’s better than yours” arguments.
The Shat took the time to pull himself away from adoring his own reflection in the mirror to take in an art show? Wow!! :)
please give us feedback on this column.
Plus what is going on is that ‘this week in trek’ has been exploded. We will now do a series of regular columns…each by a different author. spread around the week
regular columns (some weekly, others bi-weekly or monthly) we are considering…
- Celeb Stalker
- Science Friday (pure science)
- SciFi Saturday (scifi news that isnt Trek)
- Comics
- Collectibles (incl toys, stuff)
- Books
- Fan Productions/Films
- FanWatch (clubs, events, etc)
any suggestions for more regular columns…please let us know
Bottom line is TrekMovie.com is much more than just about the new star trek movie…it is about everything new in trek!
Veronica Belmont likes nude pictures of women. So we have that in common.
Bring Back Thatcher!
Veronica Belmont seems very nice. The Shat could have been more gracious. Small moments like these are enough to ruin someone’s psyche for the rest of their lives. Good thing she’s self confident enough to move on. I pity the Shat for not making her day.
I like this column. I used to go to the official startrek.com for this kind of news. Nice to know you’re adding this feature as well.
Peace. Live long and prosper.
The Vulcanista }:-|
And Kate Mulgrew needs to quit smokin’ that Vulcan trip-weed.
Peace. Live long and prosper.
The Vulcanista }:-|
Bakula joins William Shatner,,,,
pppffftttttttt
they dont share any parts together,,
take a look at the past vids and find Mr Bakula talking about it
watch the first 30 secs of it,,and you;ll see how cheesed off he was that Shatner vision wanted to talk to him.
Look up
“Scott Bakula Speaks About The Writer’s Strike and Boston Legal”
on Shatners site,,its easy to find
I wish they did have a part together,,it would of been fun to watch
I used to enjoy Vulcan trip-weed…..until that fateful night when I climbed a tree in my backyard and attempted to build a nest! :)
So Mulgrew thinks that Voyager was one of the two best ones huh….. I think The Original Series and Deep Space Nine would disagree, as would I.
You should change the name of the website to something that shows that the site ecompasses a great deal more than just the Trek movie. Pretty sure you’re not going to get the name startrek.com from CBS… but something along those lines.
Didn’t you register other domains in case you wanted/ had to change the name?
I’m curious to see how much things such as article navigation and forums will change once the site is moved to the new server. I’m envisioning something a lot bigger.
When the forums are up and running… you’re definately gonna need mods.
Oh! The task at hand… yeah, this could easily be added to this week in Trek.
Gees Veronica Belmont reporting in that clip is a laugh!
what a great sence of humor that girl has,,
Well Done !
:-)
#14
I thought the bit when she goes into full-blown psycho-fangirl mode was fun-nee!
Peace. Live long and prosper.
The Vulcanista }:-|
If you need a comic reviewer, I get all of the IDW Star Trek books Anthony. I work at a comic shop, I organize a comic convention every year, and I really like comics.
You know, just in case you’re considering.
I don’t usually read much celeb news, but this wasn’t too bad!
And, I know this is a bit off topic, but do we have a schedule for Star Trek the Tour? I want to know when it will be in Phoenix.
[Ok 3, you asked for it—]
Each of the Trek series have both their charms & their distractions.
TOS was struggling to create a consistent universe. Hard to use it as canon, because it so often contradicted itself. Just take the best of canon from it and run with it; the movies pretty much did that.
TNG started out as pompous and overblown but oddly enough, found its way once Roddenberry was no longer an active participant. Oh, and ST 6 would have been a much better movie if The Bird hadn’t overruled Bennet’s wish to have Saavik be Spock’s betrayer. A bird to the Bird in this instance.
DS9 wasn’t really Trek at the beginning, it was far too claustrophobic early on. Once it loosened up the parameters a bit, it became some of the best of the Treks. And again, oddly it improved once the head of the Franchise backed off day-to-day involvement.
Voyager was the beginning of the end for Berman & Co. A quirky mix of Gilligan’s Island meets Lost in Space, it was a real mess until they were put back in touch with the Alpha Quadrant. Too many false starts [a hinted pairing of Torres & Chakotay, then Torres & Paris’ bonding, Kes’ whole storyline, the near elimination of Chakotay’s mystic storylines & heritage] kept everyone off-balance in a bad way. Many slam the appearance of 7 of 9 for the T & A factor- watch TOS’ blatant sexism and get over it. I always thought Jennifer Lien was sexier than Jeri Ryan in a down home sort of way.
Enterprise started slowly; the power-that-were simply ran out of fresh ideas. Until Manny Coto came on board and began to make some real links between Ent & TOS, it floundered, almost directionless.
Top to bottom in order of my point of view, invalid to anyone but myself…
1. TOS ——- 10.0— nothing else exists without this and the movies corrected many of the series’ flaws.
2. DS9 —— 9.5 out of 10 — dealt with consistent characterization best of any
3.TNG —–The best insofar as establishing continuing canon ——-9.0
4. Enterprise, on the strength of season 4 ——8.5
5. Lost in the Delta Quadrant. —- 7.5
OK….arrrr….
Spiner is doing a super bug movie…
Bakula is licking at the heels of a former co-star…
Takei is confirming the death of a fictional character…
Mulgrew is trying to promote a show that ended years ago…
Meanwhile Patrick Stewart is winning a award for his potrayal of MacBeth.
Hmmm….
Is this a dagger I see before me?
I suppose ya can say that anyone ever involved in Trek is a’part o’ the family. Just don’t let dear Katie give ya directions.
(and I kid poor Scott thar… who else leaped from one successful sci-fi show into Trek?)
Man, the Voyager actors just can’t go without taking a dig at DS9, can they? Sorry Kate, but VOY was no TNG.
I like how Picardo would be “perfectly pleased” while his character would be “perfectly delighted.” It’s these subtle distinctions that really highlight the actor’s craft :)
(And I kid because I love. While I can’t bear Voyager, I really like/admire Picardo).
Ms. Mulgrew
I knew Star Trek The Next Generation, I worked with Star Trek The Next Generation….Star Trek The Next Generation was a friend of mine
…your show, maam, was no Star Trek The Next Generation
Chuck and Anthony…great new feature….keep stalking those Trekbeens
Patrick Stewart is a gifted actor returning to his roots…
William Shatner is a pompous gasbag who wants in for one more paycheque……disgusting!
Let’s start fresh with new faces……not old wrinkled fat ones who should recognize that their day has passed!
And, no, Nimoy doesn’t count….because he had the style and grace to stay out of it until asked….sheesh! Talk about class versus crass!
Why is common sense NOT so common???
#18
Exactly, Thank You!
Great Colume Anthony. I would love this every week.
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I stand tall in saying that Voyager kicked ass, screw you guyz I’m goin home!
:)
^
Did Picardo just step out of the closet?
It’s a fine column, Anthony. Your hard work is appreciated. Thank you.
But man, what is Kate Mulgrew smoking? Voyager was dreadful most of the time, and tepid at best. It has the dramatic punch of kelp, and enough techno babble to make your ears bleed.
Veronica Belmont - very agreeable, very endearing. The end of that tape was particularly funny. I don’t know art either, but I know Veronica is a babe in my book.
#23 Harry Ballz
I’m always amazed at the hate people have for Shatner these days.
In the 60s, he was a well-respected actor. His acting in Star Trek was passionate and inspiring. Nowadays people mock the way he acted for being over-the-top and campy, but if you look at the way others acted back then, his acting isn’t extreme at all. Nimoy and Kelley both had their share of over-the-top moments. Think of Spock yelling “The pain… the chamber of the ages… the alter of tomorrow!!!” Or Kelley shouting “Murderers!!! Assassins!!!”
And yet over the years, Shatner has been mocked for his role as Kirk. So what does he do? Well, he could sit back and take it, and slip into oblivion and many actors do. Or, he could get all defensive and pouty, which would make him seem like an ass. Or he could join in and mock himself. And so that’s what he has done - with a great sense of humour, he has joined in, and he’s extended his career because of it! It’s easy to hold back criticism of Nimoy when Nimoy doesn’t do anything - he has drifted away. It’s also easy to praise Stewart when he had 7 years and something like 170 episodes to refine his character. Try comparing his first 3 years to Shatner’s Kirk, and Stewart doesn’t come off nearly as well. Remember how he was so uncomfortable around children? He was very stiff those first three years.
Anyway, for those that still have a hate on for Shatner, he has written and performed a song for you - it’s called Has Been. Listen to it if you dare.
Takei demonstrating his sci-fi knowledge once again:
“So Spock is a very special character, Kirk is a humanoid and Bill Shatner has to accept that.”
Uh, no, George. Spock and Kirk are both humanoid. Kirk also happens to be human, while Spock is half human and half Vulcan. But they’re both humanoid, as are the Klingons, the Romulans, and the Andorians.
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Well I enjoyed this a lot, though can’t see the video (will do that later) so more please!
Though more of Picardo and less Mulgrew I think? :-)
I couldn’t put it better than #26 Jacob…
Oh, and nice to see the Operative from Serenity with a beard and lots of hair - is it me or should someone tell Patrick Stewart that he doesn’t suit that ‘tache…?
Awesome article… Now I can feel even nerdier when i go to my job at the Geek Squad. It strikes me as odd that Kate Mulgrew thinks that much of Voyager. Glad to see the ole lass is still kicking.
Have they ever really addressed homosexuality in Star Trek. To my knowledge they haven’t unless they did it at some point in Enterprise *which i haven’t yet watched all of*
Also, I think it would be cool if there were recommendations on star trek books. I haven’t really stepped into that realm, but maybe reviews on things trek. IDK basically i’m being selfish and I want that resource on this site.
also, can we have a trekmovie.com related party/convention.
#33 –
I’m pretty sure all we ever got was the TNG episode The Outcast, the DS9 Jadzia/Lenara kiss, and the whole mirror!Ezri thing. It kind of bugs me too, just because it makes ST society look almost less progressive than our modern society.
I think it would be cool to have star trek book recs/reviews as well…I’ve seen them a few times on this site but not regularly. I wouldn’t mind doing it, except that my ST novel knowledge is rather scattered.
Randomly: the Data lifeforms song caption in this article is hilarious.
Oh, also, didn’t see this on the celeb news:
Jeffrey Combs (Weyoun & Liquidator Brunt [DS9]; Shran [Ent]) is in a new movie that’s *actually getting a theatrical release* (fellow Jeffrey Combs fans, take note!) and the trailer recently went online (be warned, it’s a horror movie, so there are some graphic scenes in the trailer):
http://www.horror.com/php/article-1849-1.html
Harry Ballz… you said “paycheque.” Are you Canadian like The Shat? Do you say “sab-oh-tahz” like The Shat instead of “sab-oh-tahge”? What about “proh-cess” instead of “prah-cess”? Harry, you’re scaring me!
- Kirk is a humanoid and Bill Shatner has to accept that. -
Oh my, George, I hope one day you’ll get over your Shat envy and find your own humanoid marrow. :)
The use of the term ’stalker’ really isn’t humorous any longer.
I’d strongly encourage the use of “Celeb Tracker”…. or to turn a pun, “Celeb Trakker” to mimic Trekker…
“Trekker Celeb Trakker” might even work.
But whatever you do, the “joke” about stalking them, leaves a bad taste.
I don’t know… maybe make this a biweekly thing. That way you can make sure that only the good tidbits worth reading are thrown in here. Just a suggestion.
If Braga is a producer and writer on 24, doesn’t that make Manny Coto his boss? Interesting.
#37, Canadians say ’sab-oh-tahge’, considering it’s pronounced phonetically French, and that’s one half of our official languages. I have no idea who says ’sab-oh-tahz’. It’s kind of the old ‘garah-dge’ vs. ‘gar-odge’ debate. :)
Feedback: Limit Takei, Nichols, and Koenig imformation to once every two (2) months.
No more interviews by the ditz girl above. And the whole “Celebrity Stalker” thing should be abandoned.
And how about just erecting a statue to Abrams instead of covering every breath he takes?
The other stuff is fine.
Braga is on 24? Are you sure? That’s the first thing I hear. I’m cool with the idea of having him as a writer, because he is a damn good writer. Just don’t give him any creative power. As in, you know, “producer”. That’s when things start to go downhill…
Oh, and good to see the Shat rejecting that Bambi out-take and that Mr.-If-only-I-had-two-brain-cells-to-rub-together-Thatcher, and to marvel at the objects of art instead.
I can’t believe Shatner turned down an interview, then again he has done 7,000 interviews this month alone!
“Chiwetel Ejiofor (who won for Othello)”
He was great in Serenity. This guy has chops.
7 of 5 - some of what you say I agree with, some I don’t, but you forgot to mention the real downfall of Voyager - using technobabble to solve plot points.
I love this site and its many features and scoops. But I do hope you change the name of this feature. “Stalker” carries very negative connotations for anyone who has experienced a true stalking. Why not Celeb Tracker/Report/Reconnaissance/etc.? (I know someone will complain that it is politically correct to avoid using stalker. I agree - it is the politic thing to do. And being polite doesn’t hurt anyone in this case.)
31# Patrick Stewart’s tache is for the part rather than a fashion choice, fortunately. : )
Wait, was that a Takei quote or a Schwarzenegger quote?
“He’s got a lot of special science fiction things, and other things of such nature. Vote McCain!”
I love TOS, but voyager is my favourite. Newer show, newer ship and technology. a female captain played brilliantly by Kate mulgrew who also was in a way like a mother figure that was determined to stay true to herself and the get the crew home!
Yeah don’t like the Stalker title and this seems to be heading down the trash side of reporting a la Britney and Paris.
Jury is still out on this for me.
Mulgrew is right!
I like how this column keeps us updated on the current projects of people associated with star trek, but the word stalker in the title could give people the impression that this website is becoming like TMZ.com, but with a trek theme.
Nice feature, Anthony. Thanks as always.
I would love to see a semi-regular return of the Friday night previews for the weekend TOS-R’s. Also miss the movies that Spockboy and others did. Steam Trek, CLASSIC!
FTA on David L Ross, AKA Lt. Galloway, where he relates turning down a role in STMP and having second thoughts. He called Roddenberry and asked for a part in Khan:
“He said, ‘Oh no. I stuck up for you with Paramount; we’re a family, and you were asked to do the movie and you turned me down. And that really hurt. Everybody agreed to do it except you.’ ”
Ouch! How’d that taste, Lieutenant?
I love the way ACTORS (such as Mulgrew) fight over whose starship and crew as better.
VOY had potential, but it was poorly written. The “starship captains” are all somewhat proud of what they’ve done, even Stewart I suspect.
BOSTON LEGAL FTW!
You don’t need to commit to regular columns just be on schedule. I am always pleased and surprised by whatever tidbits come by. Its unpredictability is the joy of visiting this site.
#23: Have to agree with Harry. When I saw this article, I said to myself, “At least please spare us the Shat news.” And who’s the first guy covered here? You guessed it.
#42–I’m afraid Abrams is the most current and relevant topic, Stanky.
#59–I have no problem with Shat news…as long as it is not…well…you know…
Ugh. I really didn’t like the “stalker” thing. I think it was rude and innappropriate. He’s there for an ART SHOW. Not to have someone stalk him and ask him questions about ST. I wouldn’t want to see that section repeated. Yuck.
The ‘news’ sections I enjoyed the most from startrek.com were the ones updating us on ST stars (which you have - though I liked that they sort of grouped the series/movies together) and the ones notifying fans of their passing.
- Yes…!!!
RE: BRENT SPINER…
So what is this, like, the 37th time he’s played a scientist outside of STAR TREK? (And didn’t he play a scientist about 10 times within TREK???)
I think everyone is being overly sensitive about the use of the word ’stalker’. There’s clearly no actual stalking involved, so please calm down.
And Stanky, complaining about the # of Abrams articles is like complaining about the # of Shatner articles. It makes no sense. This is a website about all things Trek-related, and especially the new film. Abrams is directing it, and even if that information breaks your heart, it’s still true. People are interested in what he’s up to - whether it be Trekcentric or not - in much the same way people are interested in what Shatner is up to - Trekcentric or not.
Regarding Anthony’s request for feedback:
Yes this is a good feature. Also a good idea to break up “This Week in Trek” into separate features with other authors to help make things a little easier for Mr. Trotter.
As always, excellent work Mr. Trotter! I actually read the Lawrence Montaigne article; he’s a funny guy for a vulcan/romulan. The Victoria Belmont video was fun. There’s something for almost everyone in the feature.
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Commander R- I also vote for the return of the wonderful zany snippets of Spockboy.
I hope it wasn’t a “weekly pressure thing” He should do them when he can- They were cool!
The *insert genre here* Movie movies make Baby Kirk cry.
Taking Spider-man scene by scene and adding slapstick does not a comedy make. Brent Spiner should know better.
First off, I like how whenever something like this comes up, the only thing that Voyager actors do is… talk about Voyager?
TNG is probably the best for me, with VOY and DS9 in an EXTREMELY CLOSE second. And I mean EXTREMELY.
33 & 35 - I think, while there’s no homosexual characters in Trek, and the mirror “evil” universe seems laden with them like it’s a bad thing, whenever the subject is even grazed it seems to be totally acceptable. Like when Jadzia and Lenara were thinking of getting back together, no one was worried that they were both women, just that they were trill and blah blah blah.
If there is a new series, there should be a gay character somewhere. But they shouldn’t make an issue of it. That completely misses the point.
-TGP-
Hey All, Just so you know the blonde girl Shat was hugging at the end of the video was Julie Bowen who played Denise Bauer on Boston Legal for 2 seasons.
OK folks….first thanks for the thanks…but this is Chuck\’s column…I am just your humble editor.
But speaking of editing, I changed the Boston Legal part and we may change the title back the original \’Trek Celeb Watch\’ which is what it was when it was buried at the end of \’This Week in Trek\’.
RE: what celebs to cover
Well it will vary week to week. cant control who pops up and says what. If you dont like a particular celeb you are fee to skip to the next one….we have handy subheadlines to make it easy for you to peruse the isles and shop for your prefered Trek celeb.
This is likely to be a weekly feature most weeks. It is a bit of a \’catch all\’ for us, for all those trek celebs that didnt make a \’front page\’ story but stil showed up. Again with 20+ stories per week, if you dont care about Trek celeb past….skip the whole thing. There are plenty more stories.
And I think Chuck is doing a great job…dont you?
#28 Kirok Fan
I admire your passion….it’s good to see someone so committed to what they believe. Thanks for sharing that rebuttal, which certainly put me in my place!
#37 Jeffrey S. Nelson “Harry Ballz….are you Canadian?”
Hmmmm, I pronunciate words like the Shat and I have his same corny sense of humour*………
Kinda makes you wonder who’s posting here sometimes, doesn’t it, Jeffrey? :)
*and, yes, the spelling of the word “humour” is a clue, eh?
Anthony / Chuck. As you say, changing the name back might be something to think about. In this relentless world of being politically correct, perhaps not using the word “Stalker” may be in order. There are some that might not take kind with that word.
Perhaps as you say Celeb Watch, or Update, or Monitor
I don’t really care to read a feature about actors who’ve done trek and what their doing now. Other sites feature articles about actors. If it relates to their performance in trek, then fine, otherwise: not interested.
Herbert the Pervert voice “Hell Yeah!”
#28–I don’t think “hate” is an appropriate term to describe how many Trek fans feel about William Shatner.
Sure, some of us do not agree with how he handles ceratin things sometimes, but “hate”?
I think that word gets tossed around too much by the “Shatner-at-all-costs” crowd. The same goes for “anti-Shatner”. That is completely misleading. I love Bill Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk of the original starship Enterprise. I think almost evryone here does.
With that said, there are some things I take exception to in the recent “Shat Archives”…
No current need to rehash any of that, but criticism of some of his most recent words to the media, criticism of his most recent portrayals of Kirk and the direction in which he ultimately took the character, and even criticism of his appearance, hardly justifies the use of the word “hate”.
I know you probably take exception to some or all of that criticism, as evidenced by some of your past posts, but let’s try to be fair–even if we disagree on things…Painting his critics as people who “hate” the Shat, is just as senseless as painting his apologists as being “in love” with him! Neither is justified.
re:64 Sean
“People are interested in what he’s up to -”
I’m not. Nor am I interested in him being elected to the apparent Grand Poobah of the World over some movie that has yet to prove anything.
And I’m really not all that interested in Shatner’s non-Star Trek stuff that much either….
So there you have it…MY opinion.
#64 I think everyone is being overly sensitive about the use of the word ’stalker’. There’s clearly no actual stalking involved, so please calm down.
Ummm, Anthony asked us for our opinions. Perhaps you’re being “overly” condescending, and “overly” insensitive to how that word comes across? Of course, I’m just saying “perhaps”, not telling everyone that they’re needing to calm down….
Anthony et Chuck: Celeb Watch is straightfoward and is what it was. I mentioned Celeb Tracker/Trakker/Trekker before… and #73’s Celeb Update is good, too.
Even Celeb Alert (to misuse the sense of alert the way FOX (s)NEWZ does) or Celeb Tricorder is good, and Celeb-o-grams is funny.
Great column But don’t understand why even the site administrators are snipey towards Shatner and all butt smoochy toward the direct to video (and apparently aging terribly) ancillary Trek stars (Grandpappy chubby Spiner). I have never been heavy handed with the whole Shat in the film thing and sat by amused while each side assualted one another. Don’t understand why Trotter likes seems to take every chance he can to take a not so thinnly veiled poop on Shatner though. I guess Anthony is ok with it though because it’s been going on for some time though.
YUCK- when did Trekmovie turn into TMZ.com. Please bag this column or repackage into something more classy like the rest of the site….
Maybe it’s just me, but “stalker” suggests something sleazy and pathetic, not edgy or cool.
#79–”Don’t understand why Trotter likes seems to take every chance he can to take a not so thinnly veiled poop on Shatner though. I guess Anthony is ok with it though because it’s been going on for some time though.”
“…not so thinly veiled poop…”, huh, that cracks me up!
It is probably because, like the Shat himself, most people (perhaps Mr. Trotter included) do not take him so seriously. He is, however, telling us what he’s up to, and I don’t see the “poop”. I don’t see where he said anything deragatory at all. It’s all quite good-natured. Bill has often been invitational towards people having that image of him, and it keeps him relevant.
Anthony, I would love to review Trek comics for you. Just a small reiteration. ;-)
#26 -
“But man, what is Kate Mulgrew smoking?”
If she’s smoking anything, then I guess the thousands of fans who loved Voyager (including myself) have been smoking the same thing… ó_Ò
“It has (…) enough techno babble to make your ears bleed.”
And so do all the other ST series except TOS so perhaps you should try to find a stronger argument than that one.
Anthony - I love the way this site is expanding. You’re doing a fabulous job and we all appreciate your efforts.
#84 I’m in complete agreement with you there. Some post just to post it seems.
Chris and anyone else interested in helping TrekMovie.com grow.
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All you people blasting Voyager have to admit that you watched it every week and don’t lie! It had it’s great moments, which were few, and wasn’t a terrible series, although it is the weakest of them all. Bunch of haters on this site!
Trekmovie don’t got love for Voyager?
#84,86,88–It was mediocre until the end. The final episode brought VOY to new lows. I hated it. (Admiral)Janeway’s actions were so unethical and unbecoming for a Starfleet officer I was actually personally offended! Yeah, I saw most of it—but I will never buy the dvd’s, and I will never be able to stand watching the reruns. Janeway is a disgrace to our beloved fictional Starfleet! She disregarded the significance of the ongoing lives of billions of people by altering the timeline just to remold the present to HER liking! How disgustingly self-centered and out of control! Who is Katherine Janeway to play God? As if Tuvok, 7 of 9, and Chakotay were more important than the lives of everyone else in two quadrants!!!
For all the criticism that ENT gets, the ending of VOY has to be the lowest point Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek has ever seen. It should be dropped from canon validation.
Mulgrew is absolutly RIGHT! Voyager was and still is the best star trek series by far..TNG was good but Voy did the concept to perfection.
the fact there hasnt been a Voyager movie is a disgrace….i (along with many other trek fans) were gearing up for a big budget Voyager movie which would have been the ULTIMATE star trek movie…
This new movie with Nimoy and a bunch of kids? pfffft who cares…I might catch it on cable in a few months when Paramount try to recoup some of their massive loss..(it’ll probably do similar BO to Insurection if its lucky)
I want a Voyager movie with Mulgrew, Garret Wang aka ‘The Wang’ Ethan Phillips etc and so do you…
This new movie will bomb and then Paramount will go back to the only trek that truely worked…Voyager.
oh and Shatner shud quit worrying - when this movies tanks at the box office and takes everyones career with it he’ll be glad he wasnt onboard..(although then he’d just go - ’see what happens when you leave me out?!’)
#90–see post #89.
Did you see Shat’s eyes? Would you give an interview who just called you a socialist woman?
Ha ha ha.
Mulgrew has no idea about Trek :D
Bless.
PICARD-OH (#90) talks a lot of sense. :D
72. Harry Ballz… I’m actually Rue McLanahan! :)
95. Jeffrey S. Nelson
Blanche……..you slut! :)
#88 “All you people blasting Voyager have to admit that you watched it every week and don’t lie!”
Nope, never been able to sit thru an entire ep ever, and I tried to give it a chance. I really did. It literally bored me to distraction.
Peace. Live long and prosper.
The Vulcanista }:-|
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William Shatner - gas bag?
No more so than posters who don’t know the person other than manufactured sound bites.
So sad. An interviewer trying to feel a prefabricated story about “snobbish celebs …”.
Trust me, having spent 12 years in journalism I know know first hand how reporters pre-write a story and then search for the quotes to feel in the gaps.
This looks like a classic example of fluff. Reporter doesn’t haven’t a story so reporter makes up a story. In this case, the reporter doesn’t get a story so she tries to salvage her salary by doing story by celbrety snubs her.
She says there is a “fine line between art and ’stuff;.” How a bout a “fine line between journalism and crap”?
#99
Hey! I piss a lot o’ me time at work away too…making it more important than it seem.
Only when lives be in the balancde do I truly work… and work as hard as good old Kirky boy taught me…
The only Voyager episodes I would ever consider watching again are: 1) The season premiere which was half decent and fresh 2) the episode revisiting the Exelsior and Capt. Sulu 3) the early episode exploring Chakotay’s heritage which was very well done.
Other than that, Voyager was bland as can be. I really wanted to like it. But in my mind it was the series that killed the intrigue of the Borg by saturating so many episodes with them that they became uninteresting.
Voyager continues to slide downward in my view, while Enterprise continues to notch upward. I never could like the character of Janeway, try as I might. I have finally seen quite a few Enterprise episodes from the last two seasons, and they were excellent. The show deserved the full 7-year Trek series run, imo.
I hope they consider a new Trek series if the new movie is successful. A series set decades after TNG would be great. New ship, new crew. OR put put the novel series Star Trek: New Frontier to the small screen. I have started reading those recently, and am pleasantly surprised. They are good! I always liked the character of Shelby from TNG’s Best of Both Worlds, and for those who haven’t read New Frontier novels, she is first officer of the ship in that series.
UGO.com claims that William Shatner may indeed still show up in the new film.
I for one hope so.
Voyager
Deep Space Nine is way better than Voyager, easily. Mulgrew is crazy.
Somehow I am not surprised by Kate Mulgrew’s remarks. Seriously what was she supposed to say about Voyager? The show was below expectations and failed to live up to the Star Trek legacy? I just don’t picture Mulgrew badmouthing her own show in public.
Otherwise the rest of the articles were okay. Just some quick tidbits about what Trek alum are up to lately. Not bad not outstanding but average.
I don’t have any objection to the title “Trek Celeb Stalker” but I can see why some may have a problem with this title.
My suggestion to an alternate title would be: “Trek Celeb Scanner”
The way the article offers short summaries of what is up with Trek alum reminds me of listening to CB radio scanners to hear what is up with police, fire and ambulance runs during the day/night shifts.
What is the name of the song Scott Bakula played on the piano to Candice Bergin on February 12 episode of Boston Legal?