How long until... SHATNER?

[Jesse1066]

Let Kirk stay dead. Bring back Shatner as Admiral Gardner (Prime) in a miniseries based on Star Trek: The Beginning.

 

[Danlav05]

Nah. Stewart can still pull off Picard. He doesn't look significantly different than 15 years ago. Only his voice is wavering, which fits into the theme of the show (Picard 15-20 years later).

Shat looks nothing like Kirk anymore. He's become something different. To be honest, I prefer watching Shat play Shat these days. If you haven't seen Better Late Than Never, find it. It's pretty funny, and does for the Shat what the Picard show will do for Picard: show him as an aged guy doing something completely different than Starfleet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Late_Than_Never_(TV_series)

https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/abc_oscars_shatner_130224_wg.jpg

Here's William Shatner back in the Generations spacesuit for the 2013 Oscars. i admit being surprised at the image, he is different but this was 19 years later!

 

[LJones41]

Nobody expected Sir Patrick Stewart to play Jean-Luc Picard ever again. But now it's happening. So, how long until William Shatner returns to Star Trek? We know it's something he's wanted for decades, coming close to appearing in Star Trek: Enterprise's fourth season, having a cameo written for him in Star Trek (2009) which he claimed he was never offered, and having a substantial role in Bob Orci's unmade Star Trek 3 script.

Place your bets, people. Pigs are flying. Hell has frozen over. It's actually plausible. What could they do with him?

This is pathetic. You can accuse me of ageism all you want. But this is pathetic. Clinging to past shows like there is no tomorrow. No wonder pop culture is going down the drain.

Stewart can still pull off Picard. He doesn't look significantly different than 15 years ago.

Yes he does. The only things that have not changed are the shape of his head and his eyes and the lack of hair. That's all.

 

[F. King Daniel]

For better or worse, nostalgia rules Hollywood.

 

[WarpFactorZ]

https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/abc_oscars_shatner_130224_wg.jpg

Here's William Shatner back in the Generations spacesuit for the 2013 Oscars. i admit being surprised at the image, he is different but this was 19 years later!

I remember that, and in fact it's the reason why I say Shatner can't pull it off anymore.

 

[gamer1]

Captain.Kirk.Will.Return.He.Is.Still.A.Cultural...Icon.

Just hope they hurry up before Shatner can't play him anymore

 

[Antonovus]

I want to see 87 year old Kirk fight an 87 year old Gorn. I can’t imagine the Gorn moving any slower, however.

 

[WarpFactorZ]

I want to see 87 year old Kirk fight an 87 year old Gorn. I can’t imagine the Gorn moving any slower, however.

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[urbandefault]

Maybe it's been put out there before, but ...

STAR TREK 4: THE SEARCH FOR KIRK

Kirk is missing. The crew rally and follow clues. Action happens. More action happens. Drama, drama, drama.

They locate his biosignature on some rock in space. Then the big reveal ...

SHATNER!

Ok, maybe not.

 

[Ovation]

Maybe it's been put out there before, but ...

STAR TREK 4: THE SEARCH FOR KIRK

Kirk is missing. The crew rally and follow clues. Action happens. More action happens. Drama, drama, drama.

They locate his biosignature on some rock in space. Then the big reveal ...

SHATNER!

Ok, maybe not.

Or...just to make heads explode...Kirk is suffering from the Deadly Years thing (without the loss of mental faculties) and they only find a cure near the end (so Pine can appear without busting the budget).

 

[Danlav05]

https://trekmovie.com/2018/08/26/wi...r-trek-show-but-he-has-a-new-christmas-album/

Right now I’m happy doing what I’m doing. I’ve been offered many series over the years. But I haven’t done them because of the commitment of time. And at this stage of my life that’s more valuable than anything else.

While a Shatner-led Kirk show may be off the table, the actor remains willing, albeit with conditions, to return to the role as a guest star. The original Captain Kirk laid out to The Star what it would take:

It will have to pass through enormous hurdles including permission from Paramount and then they’ll have to get back to me and see where things are at.

 

[StarMan]

I think something fun like Tom Baker's cameo in Doctor Who's 50th anniversary would work, but he doesn't want a cameo.

I don't like the idea of him as old PineKirk cause he's not really *our* Kirk, if that makes sense.

Will they jump thru hoops to create a substantial part for Shatner? Probably not. Is he likely to have change of heart and settle for a sentimental cameo? Maybe. It's been a tricky proposition since Picard stuck him under a pile of rocks. Jim's dead. Maybe best to just leave it be.

 

[thribs]

William Shatner is Denny Crane, then Kirk.

 

[F. King Daniel]

https://trekmovie.com/2018/08/26/wi...r-trek-show-but-he-has-a-new-christmas-album/

Hmmm I wonder why CBS would need permission from Paramount to use William Shatner?

 

[Danlav05]

https://trekmovie.com/2018/09/07/wi...ning-to-star-trek-chris-pine-and-bucket-list/

Recently you gave an interview where you said you were happy for Patrick Stewart and his new Star Trek series, but doing something like that wasn’t for you. Some in the media took that to mean you were done with Star Trek entirely. Last year you told me you were open to returning to the character. You may not want to do a new TV series, but if they can find a way to make it work, you would still return to the role, right?
That is exactly right. If they can find a way of writing a 50 years older captain and it was meaningful and had something to do with the plot, I would jump at the chance.

 

[137th Gebirg]

Kirk isn't dead. He's still in the Nexus with Guinan. There are plenty of ways they could undo the abomination that was Generations with a little bit of creative writing. Question is, can they find someone to do it right without making it stupid?

 

[admiralking]

Unfortunately I think the time has come and gone where Shatner could play Kirk again in some capacity on the big screen. Nimoy's return as Spock, bridging the two timelines worked so well. Unfortunately Shatner also doesn't look like Pine, so having him cameo would highlight that. Shatner is basically too old now to be playing Kirk on screen. It would be strange to me for him to do so after he did such a ceremonious last hurrah in Generations. Plus he should be happy as he comes across as quite the action hero in Generations.

I think the nearest Shatner could come to playing Kirk would be either in; Orville as a cameo or mainrole...in a Star Trek computer game series....cameoing on a amateur Star Trek fan production e.g. Star Trek Continues or something....or maybe on Star Trek Discovery or the new Picard series.

 

[Lord Garth]

William Shatner's comeback after a long absence already happened. Except it was 1979.

 

[Unimatrix Q]

The best way for Kirk to return would be as an old version leaving the Nexus after all the established 24th century Trek imo. Maybe in the 25th century or even later...

Could become an interesting story...

 

[seigezunt]

The unfilmable (except for animation) novel Crucible: Kirk: The Star to Every Wandering effectively undoes the awful ending Kirk was given in Generations.

I love Kirk, he's my childhood hero, but I think that ship sailed when Shatner declined to do cameos. He's got a whole other life, and doesn't need to do some cringey walk-on for a movie that the diehards would hate anyway. Look at how they talk about Nimoy's participation in the the JJ films. Who needs that aggravation?