WilliamShatner-related stories
Posted Oct 24th 2009 10:02AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities, Reality-Free, Star Trek: Original Series
You have to admire the tenacity of writer
Harlan Ellison. He filed a
lawsuit against CBS Paramount accusing the company of not paying him for all the ancillary income the company earned from the episode of
Star Trek he wrote in 1967, "City on the Edge of Forever." Yesterday,
Ellison announced on his web site that he had settled with CBS Paramount and he was very, very pleased. He didn't reveal how much money he made, but he probably did quite well.
After all, CBS Paramount has done very, very well with that original
Star Trek episode. It's regarded as -- and is -- the all-time best show in the entire original
ST canon. Ironically, Ellison never liked what Roddenberry and company had done with his script.
Continue reading Harlan Ellison bests CBS Paramount over 42 year-old Star Trek episode
Posted Jul 24th 2009 9:29AM by John Scott Lewinski
Filed under: Celebrities, Reality-Free, Comic-Con
A Thursday panel at Comic-Con International announced a new animated project about space that packs a stellar voice cast.
TV stars like William Shatner, Brent Spiner and Mark Hamill will join movie big shots like Chris Pine, Samuel L. Jackson and James Earl Jones in
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey.
Producer -- Dr. Larry "Doc" Kloor (scientist science fiction writer and the only human in history to earn two doctorates simultaneously) -- led the panel with special guests Bob Picardo, Doug Jones and a call-in by Pine.
According to Kloor, Pine plays Dave -- "a photon who lives in Sun City, at the core of the Sun. He's forced from the Sun and drawn into an epic battle between The Core (Shatner -- right) and The Void -- the embodiment of nothingness (Hamill)."
Continue reading TV, movie stars lend voices to Quantum Quest - Comic-Con Report
Posted Jul 6th 2009 9:09AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: TV on the Bigscreen, OpEd, Reality-Free
With the success of the
Star Trek movie, it's no surprise that someone is trying to make a movie out of one of Shatner's other major television roles.
T.J. Hooker is being
adapted for the big screen.
Who could they get to fill his massive shoes for this one? The movie is intended as an action comedy, so I don't see Chris Pine as the lead. Perhaps Jack Black?
I never really watched the show, but I do recall the funny sketch from
SNL when Shatner was a guest host. Hooker jumped on a car hood and was stuck there while the car continued to drive for a few states.
It would be kind of typical to not have a cameo by Shatner in the remake. After all, he didn't appear in the
Star Trek movie.
I'm sure Hollywood is not done mining Shatner's legacy for the movie adaptation game. Next up,
Boston Legal the movie.
Posted Jul 3rd 2009 5:06PM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: TV Royalty, OpEd, Video, Celebrities, Reality-Free, Star Trek: Original Series
I was aware that, like fellow
Star Trek icon William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy released an album or two in his day. I wasn't aware, however, that Nimoy made a music video that accompanied one of the songs on those albums.
The song is "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" and was released in 1968 (which was during his run on
Star Trek) on an album called
The Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy. I'm surprised this video did not get more air time on MTV back in the day. Perhaps it should be considered for VH1. More info, and the video, is after the jump.
Continue reading Leonard Nimoy once made a music video
Posted May 12th 2009 7:00PM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: OpEd, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Reality-Free, Star Trek: Original Series
Over at ComicMix, Alan Kistler has
written annotations for the new Star Trek movie and how well it fits into the overall continuity of the show. It's a pretty impressive list and does prove that despite the blatant contradiction of the show's history as a result of time travel, they were actually pretty good with getting the details of the characters correct.
Spoilers follow this paragraph. You have been warned.
Continue reading Everything you didn't want to know about the Star Trek movie
Posted May 9th 2009 5:02PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, TV on the Bigscreen, Reality-Free
J.J. Abrams' new
Star Trek has sparked a huge controversy in the Trekkie universe, a controversy that in the real world amounts to a drunken debate in a dive border town bar over which Darren on
Bewitched was more "boneable."
My sneak preview review sparked a wave of supportive and angry comments that I have never seen in my history with TV Squad, which amounts to six months depending on which of my accountants you talk to. My former accountant can be reached at the Tennessee Colony State Prison, Tennessee Colony, Texas.
It seems the angrier of the Treksters are getting their head gear in a bunch because Abrams chose to work Leonard Nimoy into the picture via a time travel plot that completely alters the original history and lore of the original series. As one commentor put it, "instead of obliterating a few minutes of exposition about 20 years we didn't watch, this has obliterated [forty three plus] years of storytelling that we did watch."
Continue reading The new Star Trek flick has started a Trekkie civil war
Posted Apr 12th 2009 10:00AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: OpEd, Video, Reality-Free, Star Trek: Original Series
In what may be the most frightening piece of nostalgia ever produced, someone has posted their video from Paramount's
Star Trek Adventure online, which was at Universal Studios way back when. Judging by the ages of the original actors, it was probably produced sometime around
Star Trek IV or
Star Trek V (or possibly VI) and serves as a wonderful example of how quickly everybody involved with this American icon was willing to sell out.
Of course, Roddenberry himself was selling IDIC medallions by season three of the original series, so this blatant commercialism should come as no surprise. Does anybody out there actually have a video of themselves participating in this? If so, did you have to wait on line for it? If I did something like this ever, I would likely bury the videotape somewhere and hope it was never discovered again.
Someone's embarrassing video is after the jump.
Continue reading A Star Trek blast from the past - VIDEO
Posted Apr 10th 2009 1:03PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Video, Celebrities, Talk Show, Reality-Free, Star Trek: Original Series
I'm one of those nerds who are convinced that William Shatner will show up in the final minutes of J.J. Abrams
Star Trek movie to, I don't know, shag a green hooker or give Eric Bana a judo chop to the neck. Why? Because William Shatner is awesome.
Shatner's best known for zipping through the galaxy as
Star Trek's Captain Kirk, but as
this Topless Robot list points out, the man has done many awesome things outside of
Star Trek.
Continue reading William Shatner: Awesomeness personified - VIDEO
Posted Feb 26th 2009 9:09AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities, Reality-Free
In what may be the biggest foray of an entertainer into politics since Governor Schwarzenegger and President Reagan,
William Shatner is eyeing the office of Canada's Prime Minister. The odds are that this idea he put forth in a letter will never gestate into truth, but wouldn't it be cool if it did? Canada would be led by Captain Kirk. Talk about major bragging rights. I know I'd be jealous.
I love that he declined the role of Governor General in Canada because he feels he'd be a better Prime Minister. It's typical Shatner to only want the top spot. That's what made him such an iconic starship captain.
Seriously, it's not a bad idea.
Boston Legal is done. Chris Pine is taking over the role that made him famous.
Priceline.com can only film so many commercials. The man has a lot of spare time on his hands. I say go for it.
Posted Dec 19th 2008 12:35PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Casting, Pushing Daisies, Reality-Free
She's been Glinda, the Good Witch (
Wicked) and Olive Snook, the itty-bitty, lovable waitress (
Pushing Daisies), comic strip cutie Sally Brown (
You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown), a PR pro on
The West Wing, and now she's going to be Skippy Pylon. Skippy the lawyer, and she's heading to the courtroom.
Kristin Chenoweth will star in Legally Mad, a new drama series for creator David E. Kelly for NBC. This is by far the smartest, best news out of NBC in months. (Could Jeff Zucker be reading TV Squad? Have we gotten under his skin?)
You can't see me but I'm doing the dance of joy and happiness about this casting. I have been in the dumps over
Pushing Daisies not being picked up by ABC. The network hasn't even said whether it will air the last episodes, and
Kristin Chenoweth has been the one star out there who's really expressed her disappointment that the show has come to an end. Therefore, I'm extremely glad for her that ABC's loss will be NBC's gain.
Continue reading Kristen Chenoweth is now Legally Mad - VIDEO
Posted Dec 9th 2008 1:02PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Watercooler Talk, Reality-Free
Let's face it;
Boston Legal has always been a silly show. A show that dealt with serious issues and spun out some seriously stern sermons on the status of the human condition in 21st century America, but always in front of a backdrop of chaos at Crane, Poole and Schmidt.
From cases that even Don Quixote would think were lost causes to the inappropriate behavior of Alan Shore, Denny Crane, and others, to the not-so-subtle references that these lawyers know they're on a TV show,
Boston Legal was always was one moment away from drowning in its own silliness.
But last night's series finale descended into more silliness than I think even the show's most ardent fans could handle. There were sincere moments, but most of them barely had time to breathe and linger on people's consciousness before we got even more silliness.
Continue reading Boston Legal saves its silliest for the finale
Posted Sep 14th 2008 11:46AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, Saturday Night Live, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S34E01) Well, well,
Saturday Night Live is back for another season and we couldn't be more excited. Actually, we probably could be more excited, but we're still tuning in and that's what matters.
Personally, I believe they took a risk in inviting an athlete to open the season with a bang, as I often find their performances super-awkward and damn near unwatchable, but there are folks that go totally nuts when sports people host. Plus, Michael Phelps was definitely the sweetheart of the summer and it was a smart move to grab him before he retired to his giant fish tank in Baltimore. His performance was still pretty awkward, but at least they didn't give him a lot of crazy characters to struggle through.
Continue reading Saturday Night Live: Michael Phelps/Lil Wayne (season premiere) - VIDEOS
Posted Aug 8th 2008 8:42AM by Paul Goebel
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Burn Notice
(S02E05) "Sammy's gettin' some hammy tonight." - Sam Axe
How great was it seeing Michael and Fi still sitting in that car? I like to imagine that they were sitting there for an entire week while we waited for the new episode.
Not that I didn't enjoy Michael's how-to on exposing covert security but I feel bad for the delivery guy. As if it isn't bad enough to get to the delivery and realize you've been pranked, this poor guy is also going to get the crap beaten out of him. No wonder Michael helps everyone he meets. He has a lot of bad karma to make up for.
Continue reading Burn Notice: Scatter Point
Posted Aug 5th 2008 9:42AM by Paul Goebel
Filed under: Episode Reviews, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Reality-Free, The Middleman
(S01E08) "Guy I Don't Know is starting to look like Guy I've Known My Whole Life." - Noser
Yo, Wendy Watson. Thanks for wearing the skimpy dress in the very first scene of the show.
For the most part, scenes with two attractive young people flirting with each other while spouting flippant duologue has been done to death. For some reason that I can't quite identify, the scenes in tonight's show worked for me. Maybe it's the huge crush I have on Natalie Morales, maybe it's the fact that The Middleman is chock full of that kind of dialogue, maybe it's because I still feel bad about what happened to Brendan Hines on The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
Continue reading The Middleman: The Ectoplasmic Panhellenic Investigation
Posted Jul 16th 2008 2:23PM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, TV Royalty, TV on DVD, OpEd, Retro Squad, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free, Star Trek: Original Series
Having grown up in a
Star Trek household from way back, I'm fairly familiar with a lot of the catch phrases from the original series, which ran from 1966 to 1969. Here are six that still make their way into conversation around here:
1. "Beam me up, Scotty." Gracing bumper stickers and coffee mugs everywhere, and often followed by "There's no intelligent life down here," this is likely the most recognizable phrase from the series. Here's the thing, though. According to
Wikipedia, the exact phrase was never actually spoken in any
Star Trek television episode or film.
Capt. Kirk comes closest to saying the phrase in the episode, "The Gamesters of Triskelion" ("Scotty, beam us up"); in the animated episodes "The Lorelei Signal" and "The Infinite Vulcan" ("Beam us up, Scotty"); in
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home ("Scotty, beam me up"); and in
Star Trek Generations ("Beam them out of there, Scotty.")
Continue reading Dammit, Jim! It's a catch-phrase! - VIDEO
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