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William Shatner on Why He Has Not Seen J.J. Abrams Star Trek Movie

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By GustavoLeao / 19:06, 30 June 2009 / Star Trek: Nemesis

According to TrekMovie.com, while co-hosting Live with Regis and Kelly last Friday Star Trek star William Shatner explained why he has not seen the new Star Trek movie yet.

"I do care, but here is the problem. If I go to the theater, it's like, ‘there is the guy who thinks he is captain Kirk' or something like that. Some ridicule is going to happen. So I have sort of avoided that." Shatner said.

More from Shatner on the new movie at TrekMovie.



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RE: Shatner and Nimoy... | Report this post to moderator
By: GustavoLeao (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 05:00:11 on Jul 01, 2009

Yep, I loved this photo - just had to post it !!! LOL

It is ever a pleasure to see those 2 friends together again.

Gustavo

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RE: Shatner and Nimoy... | Report this post to moderator
By: DIGINON (Odo's file, contact) @ 03:44:56 on Jul 01, 2009 | Edit History (1)

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Even if Shatner really didn't want to be seen in public that way, I'm sure he could pick up the phone, call J.J., and have a private screening on the Paramount lot, if that's what he wanted.

Maybe he expects to get a call from J.J./Paramount inviting him to a private screening. Then again, he was invited to the premiere but he didn't go.

My guess is he just doesn't want to see it. Reportedly, he didn't even watch the Star Trek shows/movies he was in (the premieres must have been torture for him :-), much less any of the other shows. So why would he watch this movie?
I don't know how much he really wanted to be part of this movie. He surely complained a lot about being left out. However, since it meant a lot of free promotion for him and judging by the way he portrays himself in public these days it's kind of hard to really take it seriously. In any case, seeing "his iconic creation" of Kirk being recast with a younger actor probably was at least a little hard for him to accept. So he may have decided to just ignore it (and pretend it never happened). Of course, he wouldn't admit that in public - which is understandable - so he has to come up with other "excuses".

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