Drunk Capt. Kirk?
Howdy. Hope things are going well for you as I'm sending along another blog of intense observations while hacking into culture references.
I see that William Shatner was upset about not being in the latest Star Trek movie that came out in 2009. The one with the revamped crew and younger actors. It's a pretty good movie from producer J.J. Abrams. Too bad about the lousy science in it. I hope they will correct themselves on the science for the next film.
But that's not what I wanted to talk about. I'm talking about how upset Shatner was in not being in the film. He said: “I could have been in it too!”
That's the thing.
Number one, it would have been far too complicated to have two people coming out of the prime universe (our own) into the story. The original Spock played by Leonard Nimoy was already in it. We don't need someone else from the original crew.
Number two, Shatner looks like a damn drunk.
Have you seen him recently? The poor fellow doesn't look very good for his age. He looks like a bloated whale. I keep asking myself this question: Do we really need a drunk Kirk? Do we need Captain “Jack Daniels” to be running around with a puffy red nose in a new Star Trek movie? No.
The idea of Capt. Kirk in his prime years was that he was a man who was fit and in good shape. He was all about action and staying in reasonable condition. Can you imagine Capt. Kirk letting himself go and then looking like a stuffed donut? He does now. Check him out in the show “Boston Legal” to see that I'm not lying to you.
It's probably why the new Star Trek crew didn't want Shatner to be involved with the show and shooed him away as quietly as possible. Kirk in his older years looked like he drank fifty years straight.
It's entirely different with Leonard Nimoy in his older days. He looks thin and frail... that's true. But he's in good shape. The character of Spock gives the idea that he grows more “monkish” looking as he gets older. He looks more weary-bound, yet his features offer a vast intelligence. He looks like a man who has been dieting in the same manner of monks: eating next to nothing. Nimoy looked every bit the part of Spock in the newest Star Trek film that came out more than a year ago.
The audiences can believe that it's Spock in his older years. He looks like he's retired well into his elderly period... thin, frail, yet looking like a priest with robes. He resembles a spiritual leader in the midst of war. But there’s an absolute dignity about him.
Nimoy is more suited to replaying the part of Spock rather than Shatner in the Kirk role.
You can see this again in the Fringe series with Nimoy playing the role of William Bell—as a scientist. And Nimoy does resemble a scientist in many ways with is frail and thin frame. He looks overworked. And yet he is still able to hold credibility in his physical appearance. I think it's safe to say that Nimoy stayed well away from booze and sweets in his older age.
Even in the Star Trek: Next Generation episodes where Nimoy redid the role of Spock once more. Tall, slender, he remains a man who is constantly changing and growing into a more settled being of spiritual means. He looked like someone who was going through a rigorous lifestyle of seeking that inner knowledge like so many spiritual people do.
It's too bad that Shatner did go down the path of drinking. But it's so obvious. Perhaps the death of his former wife may have triggered the drinking. It's a possibility.
There was no doubt that Shatner in his fifties was still fueled with a youthfulness. He looked to be in top form during the early Star Trek films such as Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. There's a bit where Kirk was fighting the Klingon commander while the Genesis planet was breaking up. There's a sudden move as Kirk made a somersault and landed back on his feet. That wasn't a stunt man. That was Shatner doing all his own stunts there.
But now he wouldn't be able to do any of that anymore.
I believe that the original Star Trek ended peacefully with the dignity of the older Spock... and remained in our memories as Nimoy was, in every way, the spirit of Star Trek. And to the very end, he made the series proud with his charismatic presence.
I see that William Shatner was upset about not being in the latest Star Trek movie that came out in 2009. The one with the revamped crew and younger actors. It's a pretty good movie from producer J.J. Abrams. Too bad about the lousy science in it. I hope they will correct themselves on the science for the next film.
But that's not what I wanted to talk about. I'm talking about how upset Shatner was in not being in the film. He said: “I could have been in it too!”
That's the thing.
Number one, it would have been far too complicated to have two people coming out of the prime universe (our own) into the story. The original Spock played by Leonard Nimoy was already in it. We don't need someone else from the original crew.
Number two, Shatner looks like a damn drunk.
Have you seen him recently? The poor fellow doesn't look very good for his age. He looks like a bloated whale. I keep asking myself this question: Do we really need a drunk Kirk? Do we need Captain “Jack Daniels” to be running around with a puffy red nose in a new Star Trek movie? No.
The idea of Capt. Kirk in his prime years was that he was a man who was fit and in good shape. He was all about action and staying in reasonable condition. Can you imagine Capt. Kirk letting himself go and then looking like a stuffed donut? He does now. Check him out in the show “Boston Legal” to see that I'm not lying to you.
It's probably why the new Star Trek crew didn't want Shatner to be involved with the show and shooed him away as quietly as possible. Kirk in his older years looked like he drank fifty years straight.
It's entirely different with Leonard Nimoy in his older days. He looks thin and frail... that's true. But he's in good shape. The character of Spock gives the idea that he grows more “monkish” looking as he gets older. He looks more weary-bound, yet his features offer a vast intelligence. He looks like a man who has been dieting in the same manner of monks: eating next to nothing. Nimoy looked every bit the part of Spock in the newest Star Trek film that came out more than a year ago.
The audiences can believe that it's Spock in his older years. He looks like he's retired well into his elderly period... thin, frail, yet looking like a priest with robes. He resembles a spiritual leader in the midst of war. But there’s an absolute dignity about him.
Nimoy is more suited to replaying the part of Spock rather than Shatner in the Kirk role.
You can see this again in the Fringe series with Nimoy playing the role of William Bell—as a scientist. And Nimoy does resemble a scientist in many ways with is frail and thin frame. He looks overworked. And yet he is still able to hold credibility in his physical appearance. I think it's safe to say that Nimoy stayed well away from booze and sweets in his older age.
Even in the Star Trek: Next Generation episodes where Nimoy redid the role of Spock once more. Tall, slender, he remains a man who is constantly changing and growing into a more settled being of spiritual means. He looked like someone who was going through a rigorous lifestyle of seeking that inner knowledge like so many spiritual people do.
It's too bad that Shatner did go down the path of drinking. But it's so obvious. Perhaps the death of his former wife may have triggered the drinking. It's a possibility.
There was no doubt that Shatner in his fifties was still fueled with a youthfulness. He looked to be in top form during the early Star Trek films such as Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. There's a bit where Kirk was fighting the Klingon commander while the Genesis planet was breaking up. There's a sudden move as Kirk made a somersault and landed back on his feet. That wasn't a stunt man. That was Shatner doing all his own stunts there.
But now he wouldn't be able to do any of that anymore.
I believe that the original Star Trek ended peacefully with the dignity of the older Spock... and remained in our memories as Nimoy was, in every way, the spirit of Star Trek. And to the very end, he made the series proud with his charismatic presence.
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