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William Shatner Says He Would Certainly Consider an Appearance in Star Trek XII

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By GustavoLeao / 01:47, 17 October 2009 / Star Trek: Nemesis

The Canadian Press posted a new interview with Star Trek star William Shatner and here are few excerpts from the article.

Shatner said he has no real news on whether he might be considered for the next "Star Trek" movie, although he'd be interested if the script made sense. Director J.J. Abrams has said he wanted to involve Shatner in the last movie but decided against it since his inclusion would conflict with the franchise's original storyline.


"I think the problem they have is getting the character I played into it, and the physical change I've had in 45 years, and how do you rationalize it in the story - I don't know," he said.


"If they should write a decent involvement in the story to what I would do, I would certainly consider it."

The full interview is here.

Newsday.com also posted a new interview with Shatner, and here is an excerpt.

His newest comic book is the fourth in a series he developed based on "TekWar," his science fiction novels, set in the 22nd century when "tek" is an illegal, addictive, mind-altering digital drug.


"It's not your grandfather's comic book anymore," Shatner said. "It's filled with lust and licentiousness, it's filled with sexual innuendo - absolutely! It's a mature thing."

The full article is here.



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Done is done fellas. | Report this post to moderator
By: cdydatzigs (Odo's file, contact) @ 09:10:11 on Oct 18, 2009

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The Prime universe still exists alongside the new one - just like the Mirror universe exists. You can't erase what has already happened.

Sure you can. If you go back to a time before what has "already happened" and change it so that the events that unfold are different. This is about as simple a thing to understand as I can imagine. I don't care that the old universe is gone, so I am not going to try and desperately legitimize the notion it exists in some "parallel" dimension still. It only exists as a potential universe IF you go back and prevent Nero from destroying the Kelvin and make sure he isn't noticed either. Unless you do that? The "prime" universe is done, save for our DVD collections, novels and comics. We're never going to see it on the big screen again anyway, it's just easier to accept reality than kid yourself because you are fond of the past.

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RE: Done is done fellas. by Bucky @ 15:03:44 on Oct 18
    RE: Done is done fellas. by Captain's Blog @ 17:06:02 on Oct 18
       RE: Done is done fellas. by cdydatzigs @ 10:12:18 on Oct 19
RE: Done is done fellas. by Ichthus @ 10:22:46 on Oct 18
RE: Done is done fellas. by Captain's Blog @ 10:17:06 on Oct 18

RE: Trek XII does not need Shatner | Report this post to moderator
By: StillKirok (Odo's file, contact) @ 13:53:13 on Oct 17, 2009

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This comment shows a basic lack of understanding of Sci-Fi.

Both universes run parallel - in one Kirk is definitely dead after Generations - in the other, we do not yet know.


Have you ever watched any episode of Star Trek? If you have, you know that pretty much what you said is simply wrong. In Star Trek, when one travels in time and changes history, the original timeline is gone. This concept has been shown on pretty much all of the Trek series', except maybe Enterprise. The prime timeline is gone.

Generations no longer is a barrier for Shatner's return, as if it ever was one.

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But you still have to explain how he's alive after he died in Generations! It's just much more difficult to make work in a storytelling sense than you'll acknowledge. But then you'd be happy with any crappy storytelling gimmick that brought back Shatner.

You seem to have almost no faith in Abrams' writing ability. They can do it. It's a question of if they CHOOSE to do it. Of course, with the prime universe gone, there's no need to even acknowledge Generations anymore. Even Abrams said that this new timeline removes all barriers.


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RE: Trek XII does not need Shatner by Captain's Blog @ 17:08:04 on Oct 17
RE: Trek XII does not need Shatner by katefan @ 14:12:57 on Oct 17
    RE: Trek XII does not need Shatner by prometheus 59650 @ 15:12:43 on Oct 17
       RE: Trek XII does not need Shatner by katefan @ 18:01:25 on Oct 17

RE: Trek XII does not need Shatner | Report this post to moderator
By: StillKirok (Odo's file, contact) @ 09:52:00 on Oct 17, 2009

If Abrams were actually sincere, which obviously he isn't, then Shatner would not be shoehorned. He would be part of the movie, as Nimoy was.

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Generations happened. It is canon and though you don't like what happened in it, it is 100% official meaning Shatner's version of Kirk is DEAD. Whether it was a "worthy" death or not, he died. Get over it already.

Actually, in canon, the prime universe is no longer in existence, which means Generations is no longer relevant. It was not a worthy death, but thanks to Abrams, it no longer matters. Kirk's future is uncertain again, because the prime universe is gone. That is canon. Get over it already. To call Shatner irrelevant to the franchise is really ridiculous. The guy will always be relevant to the franchise. He made it what it is. Without Shatner, there is no franchise.


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RE: Trek XII does not need Shatner by Terry212 @ 12:03:57 on Oct 17
RE: Trek XII does not need Shatner by cnathanw @ 10:53:10 on Oct 17
RE: Trek XII does not need Shatner by The Magrathean @ 10:28:51 on Oct 17

Lesson in Shatnerspeak: | Report this post to moderator
By: prometheus 59650 (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 09:33:27 on Oct 17, 2009

"Decent involvement" means "almost as much screen time as Pine."

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RE: Lesson in Shatnerspeak: by Captain's Blog @ 16:46:05 on Oct 17
RE: Lesson in Shatnerspeak: by Kamen Rider Blade @ 12:40:09 on Oct 17

Oh, I'm sure Shatner would. | Report this post to moderator
By: Muldfeld (Odo's file, contact) @ 09:08:24 on Oct 17, 2009

The one thing for which I respected Abrams was not giving into this egocentric, talentless windbag who dissed DS9 as "too dark and depressing". What a prick!


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Here we go... | Report this post to moderator
By: Captain's Blog (Odo's file, contact) @ 05:04:06 on Oct 17, 2009

I think the window for that has closed.

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RE: Here we go... by StillKirok @ 05:57:06 on Oct 17
    RE: Here we go... by Kamen Rider Blade @ 12:38:37 on Oct 17
    RE: Here we go... by Captain's Blog @ 07:34:44 on Oct 17
    RE: Here we go... by GustavoLeao @ 06:58:36 on Oct 17
       RE: Here we go... by StillKirok @ 07:46:58 on Oct 17
          RE: Here we go... by Archangel @ 23:06:12 on Oct 17
          RE: Here we go... by Kamen Rider Blade @ 12:34:45 on Oct 17
          RE: Here we go... by katefan @ 09:29:06 on Oct 17
             RE: Here we go... by StillKirok @ 09:45:29 on Oct 17
                RE: Here we go... by katefan @ 10:37:47 on Oct 17
                   RE: Here we go... by Kamen Rider Blade @ 12:32:02 on Oct 17
    Trek XII does not need Shatner by katefan @ 06:27:07 on Oct 17
       RE: Trek XII does not need Shatner by StillKirok @ 07:45:34 on Oct 17
          RE: Trek XII does not need Shatner by The Magrathean @ 10:32:02 on Oct 17
          RE: Trek XII does not need Shatner by katefan @ 09:27:50 on Oct 17
             RE: Trek XII does not need Shatner by StillKirok @ 09:48:58 on Oct 17
                RE: Trek XII does not need Shatner by Captain's Blog @ 16:50:08 on Oct 17
                RE: Trek XII does not need Shatner by katefan @ 10:45:32 on Oct 17
          RE: Trek XII does not need Shatner by cdydatzigs @ 08:27:12 on Oct 17
          RE: Trek XII does not need Shatner by Captain's Blog @ 08:15:14 on Oct 17
             RE: Trek XII does not need Shatner by FSJGuy @ 08:21:13 on Oct 17
                Funny, mine just by prometheus 59650 @ 09:39:57 on Oct 17
          RE: Trek XII does not need Shatner by Captain's Blog @ 08:10:42 on Oct 17
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