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William Shatner William Shatner is a science fiction author best known for his role as Captain James T. Kirk in the Star Trek series and subsequent movies. The talented actor also played a leading role in Boston Legal, and this has already earned him two Emmys. Away from the screen, Shatner has also made a name for himself in the writing world. He has an impressive collection of science fiction novels and a few memoirs to his name. Shatner’s rise to the top hasn’t been easy. He has had to make sacrifices to ensure that his art stands out in a world filled with talented actors and highly experienced writers.

Up Till Now Up Till Now is a biography of William Shatner and his close to sixty years in the acting industry. Today, Shatner is one of the most respected entertainers. He seems to be everywhere, whether it is the Emmys or your favorite show. In this book, Shatner lets the reader into his life, detailing how the journey has been up until his current position. The book also covers Shatner’s early life in Canada and a bit about his grandparents, who were Jewish immigrants. While his parents dreamt that he would one day take over their clothing manufacturing business Shatner knew from an early age that he wanted to act, and he took any chance that pushed him closer to his dream.

Shatner rose to fame thanks to his Star Trek series. His work was later made to film, which only made him more famous. All of a sudden, everyone knew his name, and his face was recognizable throughout the world. However, Shatner’s career did not start with the star trek films. He had made a point of using his acting skills whenever possible, and this paid big time in the end. Whether it was acting Shakespeare’s Henry V to taking a leading role in Boston Legal, the author put his all in his acting. He also went on to get other remarkable roles after Star Trek.

In a funny yet touching way, Shatner reveals the many behind-the-scenes decisions that shaped his career. What comes clear is that he has always been a risk-taker where his acting is concerned. Where others played safe, Shatner took a bold step without worrying how the fans would respond or what effects his action would have on his career. Following his revelations, it is easy to see how the author became a worldwide star. It may come as a surprise for many Sar Trek fans that this series was considered a flop by the time it was canceled. The author confesses that he was ready to forget about the series. However, thanks to broadcast syndication, the series became such a hit a few years later. His character in the series, Kirk, charted the way for numerous other opportunities for this talented actor.

Up Till Now is an honest account of actor William Shatner’s acting career. Like most actors, Shatner feared that he would not find an acting job that would sustain him. Due to this fear, he took any job that came and did not take holidays until his star started shining. His dedication to his career is evident from the start, and, amazingly, he has maintained his enthusiasm throughout his acting. Shatner’s rise has been steady, and through this memoir, he shows other upcoming actors that it did not all come easy. There we setbacks and disappointments, but he never took his eyes off his goal.

Leonard Leonard is a deep biography where William Shatner details his five-decade friendship with fellow actor Leonard Nimoy. These two first crossed paths when they both acted in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. What they did not know is that their next roles would shape their lives in ways they would never have thought possible. During the 79 episodes they acted together in Star Trek, Leonard and Shatner become close friends. Their bond grew beyond Star Trek, and for over half a century, they celebrated their highs and went through their lows together. If you heard about Leonard and Shatner’s friendship speculations, this book would provide some light on what these were all about.

In this emotional book, Shatner shares anecdotes about their shared moments. a good portion of these stories have never been told, and it is intriguing to read how life was for these legendary actors before they became famous. These two friends related more like brothers, and things were not always great between them. Shatner talks about his failings, where their friendship is concerned. He touches on some of their troubles and the competitiveness that saw them act like strangers in some instances. The author is quick to confess that he always had a hard time making friends. This remained even when he got into adulthood. He met people, started friendships, but he couldn’t sustain them for long.

While this book celebrates a great man, any Star Trek fan will find it intriguing. The author talks a lot about this show where their friendship started. Shatner also documents their struggles with alcohol, nicotine, and balancing work and family when their careers were at their peak. Leonard is often said to have been a great man, and the author states this a few times. Shatner shares his experiences from the heart, and his honesty and the depth in this story will keep you reading the memoir to the end.

Leonard is a candid and heartfelt read. A part of it reads like a love letter, while the other bit sounds like an apology for all the times the author acted inappropriately. Shatner wrote this book shortly after Leonard died as his tribute. It is amazing how similar these actors’ lives were. Their upbringing was similar, and they both came from Jewish immigrant families. They were also great actors, but, in the beginning, they had to live paycheck to paycheck to continue doing what they loved most. Shatner admits to being jealous about Leonard’s role in Star Trek, but it is amazing how these thespians handled their insecurities until Leonard’s death.

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William Shatner is back on bookshelves with an autobiography that feels a bit too familiar to his previous literary effort , but ultimately includes fresh-enough insights and recounts from his 91-year-long life to warrant an entertaining readthrough.

Generic title aside, the extraordinary thing about this book is that you don’t need to be a Star Trek fan to appreciate Shatner’s thoughts – in fact, precious little of this book actually discusses or references Star Trek at all. This paragraph from our review of his aforementioned autobiography fits perfectly for Boldly Go:

“ Don’t expect the book to be a look back at his time in  Star Trek . There are plenty of books that already do that (including  Up Till Now ). Instead, Shatner opts for the same conversational approach to life advice and wisdom that his character, Denny Crane, did on  Boston Legal . Imagine yourself on a balcony with Shatner, with cigars and drinks in hand, and just… sharing. He isn’t on the bridge of a starship this time. He is on a balcony, and he’s peering out not the ups and downs of buildings on a city skyline, but the ups and downs of his life. That’s what reading this book is like, and there are plenty of memorable stories and lessons in the book’s 200+ pages to make it worth the read.”

Actually, most of our review about the style and substance of that 2018 book could fit this new release, so you could tell what we mean when we say the two books are quite similar. In both releases, Shatner compiles his thoughts on various topics and uses his own life to explain why he thinks or feels a certain way.  For what it’s worth though, Shatner has been quite active in the three years since his previous book. As he structures this new book around particular themes, such as our place in the universe, the binds that draw families together, his mortality, his love of music and making music, etc., he often draws on fresher experiences and some rarer recollections from across his life to illustrate his view of the world.

“We are often reminded to stop and smell the roses. I have to go further. Stop and smell everything. Smell the roses, smell the grass, smell the weeds.” Shatner in Boldly Go

An example of these fresher recollections includes leaving Earth. Likely the most impactful event for him in the last few years (and certainly also his entire life) was seeing Earth from space, as he did in 2021 (which was chronicled in a documentary ). Shatner elaborates at length about his space-going experience in this new book, and uses that extraordinary encounter to frame and contextualize his well-thought and well-articulated views on life, Earth, and the interconnectedness of all living things. And boy does he have some thoughts about this interconnectedness.

Shatner’s self-described spirituality, developed over the course of his life, is a cornerstone of this book. The man has had a couple of lifetime’s worth of experiences from which to populate his existence, and seemingly one of the most notable evolutions as a human being through all those decades is his oneness with the Earth and its living things. This theme permeates the book. In fact, Shatner describes how he is such a nature lover, such an admirer of the universe, and such a believer that all living things can coexist, that the moment in his life he regrets the most is when he shot a bear with a bow and arrow on an episode of The American Sportsman back in the 1970s. Think about that: the thing he regrets most in life was killing another animal purely for sport, once. If that’s not an indication of his life’s passion, we don’t know what is.

If there’s one description that can be attributed to Shatner after reading this book, it’s aware . He is aware of the fragility of life and his precious place in it. Painfully aware that he has far more days behind him than ahead. And aware of himself: he is a man who enjoys challenges, seeks out knowledge, and is never satisfied with staying still. As he describes, “Knowledge feeds me. It’s as necessary to my existence as oxygen.” At 91 years old, we imagine one would know themselves pretty well, and it’s to his credit that Shatner opens up so much about who he is and his experience living the human condition.

Those who have kept up to date with Shatner’s autobiographies will feel like they know the man, and this book only adds to this perception. He doesn’t shy away from airing his thoughts for all to hear or read, and oftentimes it’s easy to take his wisdom as having a lot of weight; after all, he states early in this book, “Well, I’m ninety-one years old; how old are you?”

So, it’s easy to recommend Boldly Go to those who take value in Shatner’s experience, and to those who haven’t read his previous autobiographies. The conversational nature of this book, no doubt thanks to co-author Joshua Brandon, makes it an easy and quick read. There are plenty of noteworthy memories Shatner draws upon to help the reader absorb the man’s learnings and thoughts, some of which are new to this book, including thoughts about why he had a strained relationship with Leonard Nimoy in the actor’s final days, and fresh recollections about the passing of his wife, Nerene). Shatner plumbs the depths of his considerable life to engage the reader – from his childhood and earliest days of acting to living in a pandemic world – to explain the life lessons he has learned, how people should view the Earth, and why it’s important to love and cherish each together.

“My point is there is beauty all around us, and there is something ineffable about taking it all in – including the weeds – especially when you stand back to contemplate that those weeds are made of the exact same ‘star stuff’ as we are…” Shatner in Boldly Go

As much as Shatner asserts he has learned and done so much in his life, he also isn’t content to rest. While he maintains in this book that his most recent album, Bill ( which we praised ), is a perfectly illustrative capstone to his life, he uses lyrics from yet another upcoming album to further describe his personal beliefs and experiences – including what he has planned for when he dies. So, those hardcore fans who track every one of Shatner’s works can rest assured there’s another album in the works – although is anybody surprised?

Boldly Go was an enjoyable read that Shatner fans will certainly gain value in picking up. If it’s not clear by now, Shatner is much more than just an actor from Star Trek. His life has brought him all over the world for a near-unmatched breadth of experiences. Yes, this book does repeat some well-known stories Shatner himself has told, but it also introduces new stories into the Shatner mythos. These new tidbits, along with Shatner’s inspirational and influential continued awe at the world we live in, makes Boldly Go worth a look.

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William shatner’s star trek movie ideas live again in discovery season 5.

Star Trek: Discovery season 5's treasure hunt touches upon themes and bears fascinating similarities to William Shatner's Star Trek V movie.

Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Discovery Season 5

• Star Trek: Discovery season 5 explores deep themes akin to Star Trek V, focusing on the ultimate quest for meaning beyond duty.
• Captain Burnham's quest for the Progenitors' treasure mirrors Sybok's search for God, bringing intriguing parallels.
• L'ak in Discovery season 5 is reminiscent of Sybok, both outcasts seeking freedom and answers through the Progenitors' technology.

Some of William Shatner's lofty ideas for Star Trek V: The Final Frontier live again in Star Trek: Discovery season 5 which, while not a remake, touches upon similar themes. Star Trek V 's story where the USS Enterprise is hijacked by Spock's (Leonard Nimoy) brother Sybok (Lawrence Luckinbill) and goes on a quest to find God was conceived by director William Shatner. Star Trek V was a critical and box office disaster, but it did touch upon a desire for Star Trek , which is about exploring the infinite universe, to ask the biggest questions of all about the meaning of life.

Star Trek: The Next Generation 's "The Chase" , not Star Trek V: The Final Frontier , was the basis for Star Trek: Discovery season 5's hunt for the ancient treasure of the Progenitors. Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and the USS Discovery seek to close the circle that began in TNG and find the technology that gave birth to humanoid life in Star Trek 's galaxy. Star Trek: Discovery season 5 is not at all like Star Trek V: The Final Frontier when it comes to structure or execution, but the parallel themes to William Shatner's tome are fascinating to consider because Discovery season 5 is more than about finding ancient and powerful technology.

William Shatner's conclusion in Star Trek V is that God resides in our hearts.

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Star trek: discovery’s treasure hunt is burnham’s search for god, does the progenitors' treasure need a starship.

Star Trek: Discovery season 5 presents the Progenitors' treasure as an all-powerful technology that can create life, but for Captain Michael Burnham, the mission to find the Progenitors' technology is really about finding God. Just as Sybok wanted to find the literal God in the fabled world of Sha Ka Ree, who turned out to be a malevolent alien posing as God (George Murphy) , Burnham is also looking for her version of the Ultimate Truth. Burnham isn't seeking God, per se, but she does want answers to her life's biggest questions. In short, Michael wants to know what more is there?

Burnham needs to know what her life means beyond her dedication to her Starfleet duty.

Captain Burnham expressed her inner conflict at the start of Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 2 , "Under the Twin Moons." Michael's governing purpose is "the mission" , and she found her value and self-worth by literally saving the galaxy over and over. But Burnham needs to know what her life means beyond her dedication to her Starfleet duty. Burnham's quest for the Progenitors' treasure goes beyond what it means to the United Federation of Planets. No longer in a relationship with Cleveland Booker (David Ajala), Michael feels incomplete simply being Captain of the USS Discovery and the Progenitors' treasure, she hopes, will show her the meaning of her life - answers similar to what Sybok sought in Star Trek V.

Unlike Michael Burnham, however, Sybok was also driven by hubris and the idea that he was God's chosen one in Star Trek V.

L’ak Is Star Trek: Discovery’s Version Of Sybok

L'ak is a breen outcast like sybok was to the vulcans.

While they don't resemble each other on the surface, L'ak (Elias Toufexis) is Star Trek: Discovery season 5's rough analogue for Star Trek V' s Sybok. What the Breen L'ak and the Vulcan Sybok have in common is that both are outcasts from their people. Sybok was a Vulcan heretic and criminal who embraced emotion, which ostracized him from his family and culture. L'ak is essentially the same; he rejected the Breen's warlike and xenophobic culture , which he fundamentally disagrees with. L'ak's "God" - his singular focus and desire - is Moll (Eve Harlow), the human courier he fell in love with, and they both desperately seek the Progenitors' treasure because it represents their freedom.

L'ak and Moll hope to trade the Progenitors' technology to the Breen in exchange for lifting the Erigah, or blood bounty, from their heads.

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier sincerely wanted to ask the biggest questions about God and life, but multiple mistakes doomed William Shatner's Star Trek directorial effort . Still, the desire to find God has been a common Star Trek theme masked in euphemisms like V'Ger's quest to find his Creator in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The Progenitors' technology, which can not only create life but, theoretically, even resurrect the dead, is Star Trek: Discovery 's version of finding "God" and the all-important answers they hope for. When it's all said and done, Star Trek: Discovery season 5 may successfully complete the mission William Shatner's Star Trek V: The Final Frontier started back in 1989.

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Weird Star Trek Novels That Are Enjoyable To Read

I n February 1970, Bantam Books published the first original Star Trek novel. James Blish's Spock Must Die! received mixed reviews from critics, but it laid the foundation for many hundreds of further novels . Perhaps the golden era of Star Trek prose was under Pocket Books, who produced an ambitious continuation of TNG and DS9 long before Star Trek: Picard .

Some of the tie-in novels are good, some are bad, and some are just plain strange. From vanity projects to starship-sized plot holes, Star Trek's authors went where no one had gone before (and sometimes where they shouldn't have gone). Though they may be on the stranger side, here are a few books that fans of the franchise will doubtless enjoy.

The Enterprise War - John Jackson Miller

John Jackson Miller's 2019 novel answers a pertinent question: where was the Enterprise during Star Trek: Discovery 's Federation–Klingon War? Miller shows Pike's Enterprise caught in a different war between the Boundless and the Rengru, aliens who hope to use the starship to tip the scales in their favor.

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The Enterprise War has an exciting plot, but stumbles slightly when it comes to reconciling the Pike era with the rest of contemporary Trek. Spock's references to Michael Burnham seem out of place alongside obscure characters from Star Trek 's failed pilot, while the Enterprise 's saucer separation recalls TNG rather than TOS or Discovery . Miller's novel walks a fine line between anachronisms and tropes. The result is a weird blend of eras, but one that readers are sure to enjoy.

The Good That Men Do - Andy Mangels & Michael A. Martin

Few fans were impressed when Star Trek: Enterprise ended by killing off one of its crew. In terms of both scriptwriting and direction, the noble sacrifice of engineer Trip Tucker is an anticlimax. This shortcoming inspired authors Andy Mangels and Michael A. Martin to consider an alternative: what if Tucker's death was a hoax?

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The Good That Men Do (2007) claims that Tucker never died; instead, he left the Enterprise to work for Section 31 . This coverup allowed him to investigate a new threat posed by the Romulans. The book holds a strange place in Star Trek canon: it is as much an apology as it is a novel, although the Romulans' machinations make for an entertaining read.

Disavowed - David Mack

While the Star Trek Relaunch series provided fans with some franchise highpoints, it had started to stumble by the time of David Mack's Disavowed (2014). Six years earlier, Mack had torn up the status quo with his Destiny trilogy, focusing on a massive Borg invasion . The trilogy is excellent—but its fallout left subsequent novels unsure of where to take the series.

Mack's story, centered on Julian Bashir, reinvents the Star Trek novel as a tense espionage thriller as the Starfleet doctor and Section 31 operative travels to the Mirror Universe to halt a scheme by the evil Breen. Mack's prose is propulsive, but Disavowed represents the Star Trek world at a crossroads. The book's weirdness lays not in its writing, but in its attempt to reinvigorate the series with a focus on espionage rather than exploration.

Broken Bow - Diane Carey

Star Trek 's writing has been the subject of parodies aplenty, from shows like The Orville to movies like Galaxy Quest . In 2020, the franchise itself got in on the fun, with cartoon series Lower Decks spoofing on Star Trek 's tropes. Yet Lower Decks was not the first time that Star Trek' s own writers took a swipe at the franchise. The 2001 novelization of "Broken Bow" derided the Star Trek: Enterprise episode it was meant to retell.

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Author Diane Carey wrote extensively for Star Trek 's novels (the hero of her 2000 novel Challenger was written to resemble Enterprise 's Scott Bakula, though the book predated his casting). Yet when it came to novelizing Bakula's first real adventure, Carey was so unimpressed with the script that she used the characters' internal monologues to criticize the story's plot. The author was allegedly blacklisted for her mischief, but she turned an otherwise by-the-numbers novelization into a sneaky practical joke.

A Singular Destiny - Keith R.A. DeCandido

Readers might expect a sequel to TNG and DS9 to feature a hero like Captain Picard, or a fan favorite like Kira Nerys. Yet although Keith R.A. DeCandido's 2009 novel does feature DS9 's Ezri Dax, its star is diplomat Sonek Pran, a wholly original character. This stylistic deviation allows A Singular Destiny to interrogate the state of the Relaunch universe . The Borg may be gone, but a new threat is rising in the form of the Typhon Pact, an alliance of several hostile states including the Breen and the Gorn.

Despite the scope of its universe, Star Trek can become bogged down by revisiting the same characters and tropes. DeCandido's novel bucks this trend, making this immersive political thriller an essential chapter in the Relaunch saga.

Fearful Symmetry - Olivia Woods

Viewers of DS9 may recall the episode "Second Skin," in which Bajoran Kira Nerys was disguised as a Cardassian. Fearful Symmetry claims that the woman that Kira impersonated, Iliana Ghemor, was also altered to look like Kira, but fell into the clutches of Gul Dukat , who imprisoned and abused her. Driven mad, the impostor plots her revenge in Olivia Woods' 2008 novel.

While it's odd that Dukat never mentioned his prisoner, the novel's true weirdness is its two-in-one physical format. Fearful Symmetry is made up of two narratives: the front cover depicts Kira, while the rear is an alternate cover showing Ghemor. Starting the book in one direction shows Kira's investigation into her duplicate, while starting in the opposite direction provides the troubled life of Ghemor. This parallel structuring allows the novel's form to mirror its content, a clever gimmick.

Killing Time - Della Van Hise

The possibility of a deeper, potentially romantic bond between Kirk and Spock has intrigued fans for decades (the term "slash fiction" is attributed to stories about the pair), but Star Trek 's writers were unwilling to offer any confirmation. Father of the franchise Gene Roddenberry was particularly opposed to the idea. He was displeased, to say the least, when author Della Van Hise snuck suggestive material into her 1985 novel.

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First editions of Killing Time (which involves the Romulans altering history to try and defeat the Federation) were recalled and destroyed, although some were purchased by fans. A revised edition removed the offending content. Rumors circulated that an even more explicit version existed, although Van Hise denied these claims. If nothing else, Killing Time demonstrates the importance of checking a book before it's sent to the printers.

The Return - Garfield Reeves-Steven & William Shatner

Actor Leonard Nimoy was so impressed by Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan , in which his character died, that he asked for Spock to return from the dead . William Shatner, on the other hand, was so unimpressed by Kirk's death in Star Trek: Generations that he decided to take matters into his own hands, co-writing a series of novels in which a resurrected Kirk continues the fight against evil.

The resulting Shatnerverse (comprising ten novels by Shatner and Judith and Garfield Reeves-Steven) is generally considered non-canon even by novel fans, with some regarding it as an ego trip for Shatner. Kirk's transition into a quasi-Messianic figure certainly has all the hallmarks of a vanity project, as does his role in the total defeat of the Borg in 1996's The Return . The Shatnerverse novels may not fit into any version of canon aside from their own, but they represent an interesting diversion for those who like their books heavy on fan-service and light on common sense.

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William Shatner Is Asking You to Re-Examine Your Life

The Star Trek pioneer says, "There's so much that is so miraculous and worthy of pondering," while discussing his documentary 'You Can Call Me Bill.'

The Big Picture

• Collider's Steve Weintraub speaks with Hollywood icon William Shatner about his documentary William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill .
• Shatner reflects on his expansive career, from Star Trek: The Original Series to countless new projects, his musings on mortality, the importance of environmental preservation, and tons more.
• William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill is now available to rent or purchase on VOD.

On his 93rd birthday, William Shatner 's contemplative documentary, You Can Call Me Bill , launched in theaters. The fan-financed doc explores the decades-long career of this science fiction pathfinder, in which the actor reflects on his life, Earth, and the meaning of our existence. This look backward and forward examines the man behind the myth, and his legacy across the globe, and it's going to be available at home soon. In honor of its VOD release, Collider's Steve Weintraub spoke with Shatner about everything from his formative time on Star Trek: The Original Series to his latest (and numerous) projects.

It's clear from this interview that Shatner's love and curiosity for life — that which You Can Call Me Bill highlights so poignantly — is simply a way of being for him. Every day he can find wonderment; like, for example, how he points out that we have "the Library of Congress and the London Library...all in your hand," when holding up his cell phone to the camera. If only we can remember to "be aware of [our lives] and its existence." Despite his involvement with a number of projects, like two new studio albums, his Netflix series The UnXplained , and plenty more to keep him busy, Shatner doesn't seem to miss an opportunity to appreciate his self-proclaimed "charmed life," which he seems to have dedicated to living to the fullest, appreciating his fans, going on adventures, and relaxing at home when his schedule allows.

Check out the full interview in the video above, or in the transcript below for more on what's to come from William Shatner, advice from the Captain Kirk actor, the importance of caring for our planet, the miracle of Star Trek , and even his thoughts on the adventure of death. And be sure to check out You Can Call Me Bill , which is now available to rent or purchase on VOD.

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William Shatner Is Looking to the Future in All His Endeavors

COLLIDER: Just like tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions of people on this planet, your work has inspired me and possibly led to me creating Collider due to my interest in sci-fi and everything else, so I say thank you.

WILLIAM SHATNER: You're welcome.

I have a million questions for you before I get into the actual film. I know you are busier than anyone else I know. I know that you are just always busy, so how many different things are you actually working on right now?

SHATNER: I've got a very popular show called The UnXplained . It's on Netflix and on Discovery. This week, two albums are coming out. There's a children's album which is sweet and available to kids of six, seven, to eleven and twelve, written about the interconnection of animals, mushrooms and trees. They speak to each other and sing to each other. I believe it's a delightful album. There’s also an album of my performance of songs that Robert Sharenow, Dan Miller and I wrote for the Kennedy Center. I did a performance at the Kennedy Center, which we filmed and recorded. That film and that recording is coming out now. There's this documentary that's releasing now. I've designed two watches. One is coming out now, the other watch will be about six months. I did a performance on Monday at the University of Indiana, 15 minutes before the eclipse. I did a performance of stuff I wrote, and I utilized the university band.

Then there's all kinds of businesses that I'm involved in — futuristic business. One business has invented the tricorder, so they can read one disease at a time, by reading your saliva. Then, there are other businesses. One, for example, — my life seems to be really charmed — is my image projected, a projection like in Star Trek , except obviously it's not my body. But it's such a complete 3D image, it seems real. And the way it's set up, I can see the audience, the audience can see me, and it's like I'm there. So, I joined that company. A week later, I got a call from Australia saying, would I appear in front of 4,000 ad campaign people? I said, “I can't fly to Australia, but I can project my image.” And she said, “That's better than you being there.” And so it goes. There are many more futuristic ideas that I'm backing because I like the idea of the fact that they may get better, they may have a future. And if not, it's a really delightful idea that I'm glad to be a part of.

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One other question before getting into the film. I heard rumblings — this might not be true — that there's some stuff going on behind the scenes about a T.J. Hooker movie. Is there any truth to that?

SHATNER: I have heard the same rumblings, but I think it's the writer's stomach. I think that's it. I don't know. Nobody's ever come to me to play some version of whatever they would think of.

What I think is great about the documentary is how it weaves so many of your performances through your talking. It's like a time capsule of your life, and I think it's really well done the way it uses all the different performances. What are you actually most excited for fans to see in the documentary?

SHATNER: You're looking at an actor who's done a lot of publicity for a lot of things over the years publicizing this film that's being released. But the film is a documentary about me, so if I say to you, “Isn't it wonderful?” I'm talking about me. “Aren't I wonderful? Aren’t I wonderful? That’s moved you? It’s different. I’m wonderful, aren’t I?” I can't say that. So I thought — whether it’s true or not — that if I didn't see it, I could talk about it more with some objectivity . So, we can talk about it, and I dimly recollect everything, not everything but the stuff we talked about, but I can't say what's good and what's bad because I haven't seen it. But from what I'm hearing, and all the great reviews we're getting, it's being well-received.

Oh, yeah. We gave it a positive review on the site, and we can be difficult sometimes.

SHATNER: That’s good, so some venture that gets a positive review really has earned it.

Yeah, we don't give them out unless it's earned.

Existentialism With William Shatner

One of the things that you get into in the film is you talk about your mortality. As I've gotten older myself — everyone thinks about their mortality — but for me, I always think about what will I miss when I'm gone?

SHATNER: Me too.

What will I miss out on? What are the answers to the big questions that will be discovered in 100 years that I won’t be here to experience?

SHATNER: Exactly.

You really do get into your mortality. Has that been like something that you've thought about for a long time?

SHATNER: It gets more and more strident the older you get. Every birthday, this voice gets louder: “You're gonna die!” But there’s a prior question, and that is, when do you know you're dying? Does a cough mean it's the end of your life? A headache? Some pain or ache that ordinarily you’d laugh off, or go to the hospital and say, “I got this ache?” How many people do we know who went to bed and didn't wake up? Or people who walked into a room and you heard a crash and they just died? And are they thinking, “Oh, jeez, I lost my balance,” or, “I'm dying?” I mean, how do you ask yourself the question, “Am I dying?” Because it may be just a nerve ending? So, that question has occupied me. If you get ill, you think, “I wonder that's gonna kill me?”

I know people that have gone to the hospital and they never came out. I'm sure you're in the same boat.

SHATNER: Exactly. Well, I wouldn't go in a boat, I'd go in a trailer.

[Laughs] Sure.

William Shatner Warns, "The Jeopardy This Earth Is In Is Very Real"

One of the things the film also gets into, and you talked about it when you went into space, is the fact that our planet is so precious and so finite. It feels like so many people on this planet just treat the earth as a garbage disposal, and I am desperate to get more people to give a shit. What can we do?

SHATNER: Yes. Give a shit, but do it in the toilet and not in the park.

[Laughs] Yes.

SHATNER: That's absolutely true. I had dinner with friends last night who just came back from Japan, and it reminded me of what's-his-name who was lauding Russia and how clean the subways are, and all the food, and the streets are so clean…Tucker Carlson. These people were saying, “We love our country, but coming from Japan where it's so clean and neat, and coming to the airports and the bus station, we're so ashamed of this garbage dump. You go along the freeway and you’ve got all kinds of terrible things lying on the side of the road.” It just requires our citizenry to be aware that the jeopardy that this earth is in is very real. All these things that are going extinct; even the things we know about that are going extinct, but when you find something that you didn't know existed went extinct, that's really sad. It took 3.8 billion years for that thing to evolve and it's gone, and nobody knew it was here or left. So, yes, it's a huge message that I keep talking about.

Have you actually been to Tokyo? I have, and I was stunned by exactly what your friends said. You could be in the oldest mall or the oldest building and it's cleaner than any bathroom in America.

SHATNER: We shot film down in the underground, because they don't speak English there and you get lost very easily. It's so clean. There's no garbage anywhere.

I thought it was amazing. It's like being on a different planet.

SHATNER: I don't know why we don't assign a lot of people, I know they have some, looking over the streets just picking up garbage and filling the potholes. Have you seen how bad the roads are?

Yes. My car also says that it has seen the road and how bad it is.

William Shatner Implores Us to Stay Endlessly Curious

Just ask yourself a question: “what am i doing".

One of the things that is also fascinating about you is that you've maintained this sense of curiosity about everything for what feels like your entire life, and I'll be honest, I have not been able to do that. What has been your secret to maintaining that attitude?

SHATNER: Well, I don't think it's a secret. You get used to everything. So, you pick up this thing here, and you make a call. The sense of extraordinary wonderment has long since left you that, in your hand, you have the Library of Congress and the London Library, and you're able to make a call to the ends of the earth — all in your hand. I mean, if you were to tell somebody prior to this invention, they'd say, “You're crazy. That's science fiction.” And prior to science fiction, they'd say, “I think we should shoot you. You're dangerous.” So, the wonderment of everyday life, of everything… I mean, I don't know how that phone works. Do you know how the phone works?

I do not know, except that I'm in love with it every day. I mean, it's changed the planet's life.

SHATNER: Absolutely. And there's no telling how many people are getting their education, learning to read, reading books. It might unlock all this potential that human beings have that [we] waste on war. So, if you can maintain this, “Where did this bread come from? My lord, it tastes good.” If you could just be aware of your life and its existence. You could find fault that you're not in a forest, living the natural life, but the life you can live here, of enlightenment and of kindness and of the poverty being eradicated, there's so much that is so miraculous and so worthy of pondering. Just ask yourself a question: “What am I doing? What am I doing? Get in the car.” What are you doing?

You have done an awful lot of conventions in your life. I have to know, do you have a preference between the cruise ship, Vegas, out-of-the-country? Are there certain locations that you're like, “Yes. Let’s do that?”

SHATNER: My basement would be great. I hate to leave home. It brings to mind, it’s not a convention but it’s a giant trip — I'm going to the Antarctic, Christmas week, with 250 people on a ship. There's still tickets available, and they're fairly expensive. It's a 10-day trip. It’s a voyage of a lifetime, and it's kind of Star Trek ie, and it has me and some other people who are identified in science fiction. It'll be enormously entertaining, but it leaves a couple of days before Christmas and goes to the Antarctic .

When you get offered something like that, is it an immediate yes? How much are you thinking about that before taking the trip? I mean, it's a big adventure.

SHATNER: I think that is a huge adventure to go to the Antarctic. They said, “Well, we'll pay you, and we'll give you cabins.” It was just so beautiful, the idea of spending 10 days with most of my family on that ship with those experiences — the polar bears and the penguins and the kayaks and the ice and the snow and the storms. So, that's gonna take place on Christmas Week.

I have done a cruise ship devoted to Star Trek with, I think, 2,000 people aboard the ship, and everybody interested in Star Trek . I never lose sight of the miracle of it. As much as it's sometimes, you know, “Hey, Captain Kirk…” and it's a little bit tedious, the miracle of Star Trek never leaves me .

It's what I said at the beginning, though. You and your fellow cast mates on the original show, and everyone who worked on it, influenced the entire planet, and it's not too often you can be a part of something like that. There are very few people on this planet that have done what you've done.

SHATNER: Well, it's, it's a phenomenon. Star Trek is a phenomenon with all its reiterations and people connected. It’s incredible.

Over the years, not so much anymore, but years ago there was a competition between whether or not you were a Star Trek fan or a Star Wars fan. There was always a little bit of a rivalry. Have you ever actually been asked to be on any Star Wars thing at all?

SHATNER: Not really. That would be taking it out of the reality of the show, and doing a gag, in the same way doing a cameo role is show-busy. It's not true to the nature of the show, so I've turned those down. But I don't look at any of the Star Trek s, including, I've got some buddies on The Next Generation , and I haven't really seen any of their shows. I just don't watch Star Trek . And there's a number of shows I've never watched that I'm in.

In All the Galaxy, William Shatner Just Wants to Be Home

Getting back to what I said earlier, which is, you've been fortunate to travel this world, is there a location on this planet that you've been to that really inspired you, or something that you really wanna tell people, “If you have the opportunity, you should go there?”

SHATNER: Well, the answer to where I want to go is my home. I've got a lovely home on a hill. I'm looking over the San Fernando Valley. I've got two dogs, they've got their places. We've got the house pretty much up to snuff, and it's a haven. Whenever I have to leave, it's onerous. But if you're suggesting what other place would I go, it would have to be where I didn't have to get dressed up. I could be like this and talk to people like I'm talking to you, and sort of do one-on-one, and have it very peaceful around me. It suggests Hawaii.

[Laughs] Hawaii is very nice, and not too far from California.

SHATNER: Right.

You have done so many different roles in your career. Obviously, many people have seen Star Trek , but if someone has actually never seen anything you've done before, what is the first thing you'd like them watching and why?

SHATNER: Well, I can't put a judgment on how good it was or how good I was in it, but when I'm asked a question about what I've done, I did a one-man show on Broadway, [ Shatner's World: We Just Live in It ]. The one-man show is literally that — no dancing girls, no music, no other entertaining aspects. It's you. Whether you're telling jokes or telling stories, it's you and the audience. I made that connection in New York, and I toured with quite a few places for some months afterwards. That's probably as tough an assignment and as well-worked out as it became. So that one-man show, there’s film on it. I haven't released it, actually, but there's a one-man show out there.

I’ve heard of this company called Legion M. Just something to think about.

SHATNER: [Laughs] Imagine somebody coming up and saying, “We're not gonna ask the public for financing, self-financing. We're gonna say to the public, ‘If you give us money, you're investing in the company. You'll invest in the movie you want to invest in, and in our company. As a result of which, if we make money, you'll make money. If we don't make money, none of us get paid.’” That's their premise, and I was struck by it. That was one of the reasons I decided to do this documentary.

And perhaps a way to release your one man show. Just a thought.

What Is StoryFile, and Why Should Future 'Star Trek' Fans Care?

A number of years ago, we actually spoke and you told me you had spent days recording answers to tons of questions so that one day, when you're not here anymore, people could actually talk with you, or something along those lines. How did that project turn out? Is it done? Have you seen a beta version of it?

SHATNER: It's done, and it's called StoryFile . I did five days in front of a camera, 3D and AI. They've put it into a housing, which you can press a button, ask a question and the machine answers whatever the question is. Since I fed that AI computer five days worth of answers to questions that I was being asked, it's likely that one of the questions you asked me has been asked and the machine will spout it out. If you ask a question that hasn't been asked, that machine will collate what has been answered in other questions, and, in all likelihood, provide an answer. So, it's question/answer.

Is it in person or is it something that they're still working on?

SHATNER: No, no. You can buy it.

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I hear you on missing stuff. “The Ultimate Computer” made the rounds on one of the legacy channels last night. In the opening scenes, McCoy, Kirk and Spock make their way to engineering to see Dr. Daystrom. After some conversation, McCoy starts going off on the tech, Daystrom looks square at him and asks “who are you”? In all the times I’ve seen this episode over the decades, Daystrom throwing shade at McCoy had never registered on me…..

I can hear it in William Marshall’s voice as I read it! Hey, it’s always fun to discover something new in TOS episodes I’ve seen a thousand times. There’s a great scene in “Wink of an Eye” where Kirk is asking McCoy if he’s going crazy and Nurse Chapel is totally eavesdropping in the background… it’s so funny! I think I only noticed it for the first time a few years ago.

Great podcast per usual!

I agree with most of the thoughts about Discovery and per usual agree with Laurie this was the weakest of the season so far. There were just waaay too many missed opportunities, not very much happening and clear it was very much shot on a budget.

But it is cool to see the Breen back. That was a big plus.

But I really enjoyed the section where you guys talked about how Discovery was originally trying to avoid canon it’s first year compared to today and be more its own thing. I have been saying this forever now and believe Discovery was originally just a reboot but simply not called that. Everything about that first season just felt so off from Trek of old.

They were clearly trying to reboot the franchise for a different time and audience and move away from the old style and canon of the classic shows.

But I think they really underestimated how much fans wanted the old style and canon back and panicked once the complaints flowed in and why we got Spock and Pike the next season and Picard was announced after that.

I have also said this before as well but if Discovery was a bigger success than the other shows would be in its image, both look and style. Instead they been running from it with the other shows.

SNW is a direct spin off and yet it feels and acts like the Roddenberry/Berman era of shows being episodic again, A and B stories and doing alien/anomaly/crisis of the week. There is not a single episode (OK maybe the musical lol) that couldn’t fit into any of the old shows TOS-ENT.

It is ironic the new era tried to be something different from Berman Trek just to basically be that again with shows like LDS, Prodigy, Picard season 3 and SNW. It just proves A. nostalgia is always a strong tool and B. Old fans ultimately still control this franchise for better or for worse.

My personal take on SNW is that they’re not getting the canon balance right either. They rely too heavily on TOS instead of forging their own path more. It’s why I’ve been so happy with Discovery’s approach this season, particularly when they take something we don’t know a lot about but have heard of and then add to it. SNW has all the ingredients to tell brand-new stories with new aliens and characters, and I hope they start doing more of that and less leaning back into TOS.

Oh yeah fully agree. I think you know my feelings on SNW and while I certainly like the show it’s canon issues really frustrates me and I really think they are overdoing the TOS fan service.

But I was never surprised about the latter. I actually predicted Kirk would show up on the first season finale way before we were told Kirk would be on the show itself. I figured they were going to make it more a TOS ‘prequel’ than a Pike show and sadly proven right.

But I truly truly hope we don’t get a TOS show when SNW is over. They may do it but I really hope they do something different and more original if there is a spin off. I just have zero interest in reliving the show and so far not a fan of Wesley’s Kirk at all, so even less so.

As I’m sure you know, I’m with you on that one!

It is weird that Discovery was trying to evade Trek canon when the whole first season plot revolved around a war with the Klingons, followed by a journey to the Mirror Universe. The central character is Spock’s adopted sister, and because of that we encounter Sarek and Amanda. Also Harry Mudd is prominent in the season, and the season ends with the appearance of the Enterprise.

RIght? It was a weird mish-mosh of what they leaned into (as the saying goes) and what they wanted to avoid. I will say I loved the choices they made with Amanda.

Hi Tony and Laurie. I felt compelled to thank you both for the podcast. You put a lot of work into each episode despite currently not getting much in the way of feedback or comments. I can’t help but notice that in general, comments across the Discovery articles seem quite low in terms of numbers compared to previous shows. In particular, Picard S3 where for example, some episode reviews garnered +600 comments, so many in fact, that I could only get round to reading a fraction of them. Perhaps Discovery is more niche than previous Trek series.

While I did enjoy last weeks episode, watching Discovery for me still feels a bit like watching The Cage. It’s labelled Start Trek and has Trek iconography scattered throughout and yet IMO it lacks the warmth and connection I felt towards other series.

Thank you, Scott! Appreciate the comment. It’s true I am greedy for comments and we don’t seem to get a lot of them, or reviews on Apple. It sometimes feels like we are just out there in the void! I am always interested to hear what people think of the podcast, what they’d like us to do more of or less of.

I would really like the Shuttlepod back on a regular basis. It was cathartic for me because I felt that it aligned with my view of Star Trek in general, whereas with All Access, I like you both and enjoy listening to you, but I’m frequently disagreeing with your opinions on these shows and the state of the franchise.

So would I! They have a lot of schedules to wrangle. We do try to have them on our podcast whenever they’re free.

The irony for me Laurie is that I actually do try to post in every podcast discussion and there is always so much I want to say. But a lot of the times I don’t post until a few days later since I don’t always have time to listen to it right away. But when I do it looks like everyone has already moved on so I just don’t always bother.

There was a podcast you guys made maybe a month ago that I had so much to say I literally wanted to make a five point post to counter all the discussions you guys said in it lol. But by the time I could sit down and write it it was nearly a week later and I thought what was the point when there were only a few posts and I figured no one would even see it by then so didn’t bother.

It is obviously true there are fewer posts for the podcast but I think mostly due to the fact everything you guys talk about are usually things that has already been discussed ad nauseam on the boards like the latest episode review. You guys are going over news that’s already been posted so people have had their say about it and usually not a lot more to add; unless there is a specific point made in the podcast itself that’s been highlighted for the first time.

But I truly love listening to it and listen to every one of them. I make a comment about 60% of the time but as said the discussions dry up so quickly here that after a few days it just doesn’t seem worth it unfortunately.

But you guys definitely have advid listeners who enjoy listening to your thoughts. I’m certainly one of them especially since I agree with nearly all your thoughts lol.

So glad to hear it. Obviously we talk about stories that are already up on the site, so the discussions are already happening. I get it! I just always hope that if people like things we do or don’t like things we do, they’ll let us know. (Like the way we review shows; is it bothersome that we just jump all over the place and don’t go from beginning to end?)

Hi Laurie. How about you and Tony team up with the Shuttle pod crew to do an end of season Discovery review and also a look back at the series; highs, lows and legacy. By the way I totally agree about your SNW comments. I really enjoy the show and think the cast is terrific but would like them to explore new ground far more than they currently do.

Most of them don’t watch Discovery! But we will definitely do that topic when the show is done, and hopefully Matt can join us for it.

I’m very surprised to hear that your colleagues (and for me great podcasters) don’t watch Discovery. I have to say that if such knowledgeable and learned ST experts don’t find it worth watching (and I’m sure for their own very good reasons), what chance did the show really have. I know that my UK Trek family have long since bailed, most exiting at the end of S3.

“Most of them don’t watch Discovery.”

Wow that sort of says it all when dedicated Trek fans who have their own podcast don’t bother to watch the show. I could be wrong but I don’t think Mark Altman watches it either or he just doesn’t talk about it on his podcast.

From what I gather so called nu-Trek isn’t Altman et al’s bag at all. In contrast they were huge fans of Picard S3 (I am too). The Blu-ray is wonderful by the way.

People like me are guilty of not often commenting on the podcast, but I LOVE the podcast, and look forward to it every week!! I will try and do better! Please keep up the great work!!!

A lot of people have been pointing out the lower discussions about Discovery this season. It really is noticable especially compared to the shows first three seasons which were much more active to say the least.

And yes compared to Picard season 3 is night and day. I went and looked up that seasons episode 5 discussion as a comparison and that got around 450 comments vs Discovery’s current episode 5 that only has around 110 comments currently. And what’s crazy is that is the highest number of posts so far all season.

So yeah it’s definitely a lack of discussions here and all across the bigger sites as well. It doesn’t mean people aren’t watching it obviously but it’s also clear there is much less passion for the show today, especially one that is ending very soon.

Good points. I’ll be interested to see the streaming viewing figures if they are made available.

What we have found is that there are some people who come rushing to all the Discovery posts to tell us how much they hate it, and we are being more vigilant about getting rid of those comments. If someone watches the show and hates it, fair! But there are a lot of comments from people who just want to shit on its existence (and clearly aren’t watching it), so those go, as well as anything racist or homophobic, which obviously happens a lot with this show too.

Yeah I understand but I don’t think that alone is the reason for less posts either because as I said it’s down everywhere else I post and lurk. That includes TrekCre, Reddit, Trek BBS etc. It’s a very obvious gap. Reddit is the more obvious because those posts usually go on the thousands when an episode is reviewed.

For example the latest episode Mirrors has around 400 posts which sounds decent but every episode review in season 4 usually had double that or more. Some got into the thousands.

Maybe it’s just been off the air too long. It has been two years.

Could be. I saw a Tweet from Patrick Kwok-Choon (Rhys) saying they filmed it so long ago, he doesn’t even remember what happened!

In his defense: It’s not like he’s getting a lot of particularly memorable material ;-)

I agree with Tony about them leaving the map… When Burnham left her quarters she just left the map on the desk, and I was thinking just that. I mean, what if the cleaning lady breaks it or just moves it somewhere. They do that, they break things and don’t tell you, figuring you won’t notice. They have to think about those things.

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William shatner.

William Shatner has cultivated a career spanning over 50 years as an award-winning actor, director, producer, writer, recording artist, and horseman. He is one of Hollywood’s most recognizable figures and a major philanthropist.

His accomplishments in television, film, and stage would take a great deal of time and more space than allotted here.

In 1966, Shatner originated the role of “Captain James T. Kirk” in the television series Star Trek. The series spawned a feature film franchise where Shatner returned as Captain Kirk in seven of the Star Trek movies, one of which he directed.

Shatner played the title role in the hit television series T.J. Hooker before hosting television’s first reality-based series, Rescue 911.

He won Emmys and his first Golden Globe for his portrayal of eccentric lawyer “Denny Crane” on both The Practice and Boston Legal. He received four more Emmy nominations as well as other Golden Globe and SAG Award nods.

Shatner's Raw Nerve, which aired on Bio, was his own edgy, celebrity interview series. Each episode showcased Shatner getting to know his guest on an intensely personal level, touching upon subjects not normally visited on other talk shows. Guests have discussed topics such as addiction, grief, childhood, marriage, combat and parenthood.

Mr. Shatner was cast in the NBC hit show Better Late Than Never in the late Summer 2016 and that show will be returning with a second season in 2017.

His love of music inspired him to record the critically acclaimed album Has Been. The Milwaukee Ballet performed “Common People,” a dance presentation set to several numbers from the record; the event and its preparations are featured in the documentary Gonzo Ballet, which played to sold out houses at film festivals worldwide.

Shatner’s musical project, Ponder The Mystery, with lyrics by William Shatner and music by Billy Sherwood was released October 2013. It followed the well-received, space-inspired album Seeking Major Tom, which featured songs by U2, Frank Sinatra, Queen and Pink Floyd and was released in October 2011.

Off the screen and broadcast waves, Shatner has authored nearly 30 best-sellers in both the fiction and non-fiction genres. His autobiography, Up Till Now, was a New York Times best-seller and was followed by Shatner Rules which was released in October 2011. William Shatner’s book, Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man, was released in February 2016 appearing on the NY Times Bestseller list. William Shatner’s newest book, Spirit of the Horse: A Celebration in Fact and Fable, will be released in May 2017.

In April 2011, Shatner launched his hugely popular one-man show, Shatner’s World in Australia and New Zealand, followed by tours in Canada and over 50 cities in the United States. The show is currently touring again in the United States and abroad.

Shatner has been successful in another area — horse breeding. A longtime dedicated breeder of American Quarter horses, he has had enormous success with the American Saddlebred, developing and riding world champions and has won numerous world championships in several equine events. His passions for horses and philanthropy were united when he started the Hollywood Charity Horse Show (http://www.HorseShow.org), which benefits Los Angeles-based children’s charities.

Shatner continues to act, write, produce and direct while still making time to work with charities and further his passion in equestrian sports. He and his wife, Elizabeth and three married daughters live in Los Angeles.

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