William Shatner Confirms Talks for Star Trek Return at 93 Years Old

[137th Gebirg]

Indeed. If he were to play Kirk again, it would more likely be for the love of the role, not just another paycheck, which is why he's always been so particular about the use of his character.

I don't specifically recall him saying so, but I always got the impression he regretted how Kirk went out in GEN and would like to try to undo that goat-rope. The OTOY film was a great way of giving him closure, which is why he got involved directly with the project (to my recollection).

 

[XCV330]

If I was Shatner’s age, with Shatner’s bank account, I seriously wouldn’t be chasing paychecks.

It’s been a long, long time since he was sleeping in a car. At this time of life he doesn’t give a fuck and why should he?

he got a free trip to space, even.. i mean people are LITERALLY trying to send him to heaven. take the hint, dude.

 

[Noname Given]

...Bringing back an actor just to bring them back is vapid, shallow, and cynically pointless.

And ended up bringing the highest viewership ratings the Picard series saw in its 3 season run...oh, wait...

 

[fireproof78]

"Well, we have to have money," is always a fun motivation.

 

[The Wormhole]

I don't specifically recall him saying so, but I always got the impression he regretted how Kirk went out in GEN and would like to try to undo that goat-rope.

IIRC, his novel The Return, about Kirk being resurrected with Borg technology was originally pitched as a movie. Shatner went the novel route after the movie was rejected.

 

[SithHappens]

IIRC, his novel The Return, about Kirk being resurrected with Borg technology was originally pitched as a movie. Shatner went the novel route after the movie was rejected.

I recall that too. It would have needed work. Much as i enjoyed the shatnerverse novels I'm still not really sure what the reason was for the borg bringing him back.

 

[137th Gebirg]

It’s been a really long time since I’ve read it, but I think it was for a similar reason that they wanted Locutus. They needed to destroy the Federation and to do so they needed one of their greatest captains. They probably felt the original plan was sound, but executed poorly. I honestly don’t remember much about it.

 

[Danlav05]

IT'S OFFICIAL: Captain Kirk is BACK (in comics)

Captain Kirk Is Back from the Dead in New Star Trek Comic ‘The Last Starship’ (Exclusive)

Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing, who earned an Eisner nomination for writing a previous Trek comic, are behind the new title from IDW.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[137th Gebirg]

Too many ad walls there.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Set in the Burn
New Crew
Weird looking ship
Ugly uniforms
Blue guy with a porn stache.
TOS looking Kirk on one cover
TOS Movies looking ship on one cover.

 

[Turtletrekker]

IT'S OFFICIAL: Captain Kirk is BACK (in comics)

Captain Kirk Is Back from the Dead in New Star Trek Comic ‘The Last Starship’ (Exclusive)

Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing, who earned an Eisner nomination for writing a previous Trek comic, are behind the new title from IDW.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

I wonder if there's meant to be a connection to the OTOY Unification short? @Jules / OTOY ?

 

[Phoenix219]

So completely uninterested in Kirk during the Burn.

We know he won't help or fix anything.

 

[Nerys Myk]

So completely uninterested in Kirk during the Burn.

We know he won't help or fix anything.

He's not God. His "fixes" in TOS were usually low key. He didn't become the "Savior of the Universe" until the movies.

 

[Phoenix219]

He's not God. His "fixes" in TOS were usually low key. He didn't become the "Savior of the Universe" until the movies.

Just saying, we know how that story ends so it's hard to be engaged.

Unification OTOY was apparently set soon after Picard when saavik could still be alive.... Not sure I see the connection to the time period of athe Burn at all. I went from going oh I might have to actually buy some comics to, I'm really not sure about this entire concept.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Just saying, we know how that story ends so it's hard to be engaged.

No we don't. "Curing" the Burn is hopefully not Kirk's mission in this. There are a ton of WWII movies that aren't about actually ending the war and knowing how the war ends doesn't make them any less engaging.

 

[fireproof78]

No we don't. "Curing" the Burn is hopefully not Kirk's mission in this. There are a ton of WWII movies that aren't about actually ending the war and knowing how the war ends doesn't make them any less engaging.

Titanic was disappointing at the box office. We all know this.

 

[Denise]

Set in the Burn
New Crew
Weird looking ship
Ugly uniforms
Blue guy with a porn stache.
TOS looking Kirk on one cover
TOS Movies looking ship on one cover.

If Spock isn't in it, I'm not interested.

 

[Firebird]

Just saying, we know how that story ends so it's hard to be engaged.

Lawrence of Arabia begins with Lawrence's death, yet it's still regarded as a classic with one of the best scripts ever written.

Gandhi likewise does the same thing, and it was a big hit.

We know that Anakin is going to become Vader by the end of the prequel movies, but people stuck around for all three of them.

Knowing the end doesn't mean jack shit as long as the execution is interesting.

 

[Turtletrekker]

Lawrence of Arabia begins with Lawrence's death, yet it's still regarded as a classic with one of the best scripts ever written.

Gandhi likewise does the same thing, and it was a big hit.

We know that Anakin is going to become Vader by the end of the prequel movies, but people stuck around for all three of them.

Knowing the end doesn't mean jack shit as long as the execution is interesting.

Did anyone who went to see Titanic honestly expect the ship to survive?

It's not the destination, it's the journey.

 

[fireproof78]

Did anyone who went to see Titanic honestly expect the ship to survive?

It's not the destination, it's the journey.

I'm sure someone did.

Just look at the animated Titanic films to see how history is sometimes misunderstood.