The SHAT rules!! :)

I wonder if the whole interview capitalizes his more emphatic phrasings. I hope so. Hilarious.

:)

These two amazing actors still WANT to do Star Trek, and I just find it hard to believe that the powers that be are trying to awkwardly shoe-horn them into glorified cameo roles, which demeans their screen-time (and that of the NEW crew….!), when we could easily have a steller high quality made for TV movie which addresses Kirk’s return, gets them back together again, and would absolutely GUARANTEE high viewing figures. With a 2-parter they wouldn’t have to rush the story either. They could also address the destruction of Vulcan and Spock getting back to the prime universe… perhaps the Nexus can traverse universes, and Spock gains knowledge of this and uses it to get back, and happens to ‘bump’ into an old friend in there…. I can’t see why it wouldn’t work. Damn I wish I knew some people on the inside to try and hammer these points home. What I wouldn’t give to see a 4 hour (say) 2-part TV movie with them both.

The worst thing in the world would be to lose this chance, and for fans to forever lament, “what could have been” you know?

Strike NOW Paramount, while public interest is still there, and Nimoy and Shatner are STILL WITH US……….

Now, the Nexus being what it is; Kirk is still there. Just like Guinan is still there. And Picard is still there. So Shatner’s Kirk can show up just about anywhere, anytime.

Remember how great Gleason & Carney were, in anything they did? They brought the two back together once or twice for a film just to get them together. Even better example; how about Lemmon & Matthau? They had perfect chemistry in The Odd Couple and they got them back together for Grumpy Old Men, which was great.

Shatner & Nimoy have the same kind of chemistry, especially as Kirk & Spock. I agree that, for all intents & purposes, one last spin could be quite enjoyable. Sad that Deforest is no longer around to join them, but even that could work into the story. (BTW, read the “Crucible” series for a nice farewell for all three of my favorite TREK characters).

(I’m also of the opinion that the TNG crew need a better finalé, but that’s another thread.)

Still, as far as Kirk and the sequal movie, pleas bring him back properly, rather than some hologram from the past or something, otherwise what’s really the whole point?

So if Kirk is going to be in the new movie I think we can kiss goodbye the notion that they’re really going to concentrate 100% on the new crew now. Will they bring back an original cast member for every sequel now??!?

Come on guys – let Kirk & Spock have THEIR OWN story now, and leave the new crew to do their thing…… It just gets too convoluted to shoe-horn original TOS characters into this new timeline. Spock worked (just!) but lets leave it now.

Get Kirk & Spock back together for one more outing on the small(er) screen, where they first started together. It’s PERFECT. Get Kirk back for real so we can forget Generations, and lets have the feel-good send-off fo them both to end them all.\

It really is now or never Paramount/JJ………

Although there is no denying that Shatner has made a major and invaluable contribution to Star Trek, he is far from being the Godfather of Star Trek, let alone a God. If you want to label someone as a Godfather of Star Trek, then choose Gene Roddenberry who created it in the first place!!! Without him, there would have been no Star Trek and no Captain Kirk.
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Actually, the network didn’t like the first pilot. It was only after Shatner was brought on board for the 2nd pilot that it got picked up.. SO, you could indeed call Shatner “The Godfather” of Star Trek. Sounds more like there ‘would have been no Star Trek’ without HIM (notice that I capitalized “HIM”, as in GOD, maybe??).

rofl……Classically hilarious……