Captain Kirk At The Oscars!

[Greg Cox]

It would have been funny if Chris Pine presented an award later in the show, then Shatner as future Kirk could come back "on screen" and give Pine some tips on how to REALLY present an award. Lots of jokes could have been made there. That would have been good! Although I'm not sure the Oscar writers could have pulled it off.

Actually, Pine and Saldana did present some technical awards later in the broadcast, but they didn't interact with Shatner.

 

[Kamdan]

Yeah, that was another missed opprotunity. It was also weird for the orchestra to play the Goldsmith theme when Pine and Saldana came out.

 

[Opus]

Personally, I loved the bit with WS. Bravo, Seth McFarland! Kirk may have caused yet another temporal anomaly, but it was totally worth it.

If McFarland does the Oscars again next year, he should do the same bit, but with Patrick Stewart.

 

[Gary7]

Am I the only one that thought he looked bad? His head kept bobbing up and down and sometimes it seemed like his speech was a bit slurred.

He may not have had much time to prepare... but I too thought he looked a bit off (and not due to age, but his delivery).

It's well known that Seth McFarlane is a Star Trek fan, having incorporated quite a few Star Trek references into his work. So, it was pretty understandable (and hilarious) for Shatner to show up on screen in uniform. It had a lot of potential, but to me it fell kind of flat.

 

[RAMA]

Not a huge Shatner fan. Not a fan of Seth MacFarlane, buttttt...this skit was hilarious!!!! I kept yelling to my wife that this skit was really long! I can't believe how much screen time they gave them. Particularly funny was Shatner's concerned yet dismissive tone. Anyway, "Ted" was one of the worst movies I'd seen in years. The Oscars are a relatively tedious self-congratulatory affair but Seth actually kept it moving along quite well. Thank goodness for the fast forward button.

RAMA

 

[JarodRussell]

Yeah, that was another missed opprotunity. It was also weird for the orchestra to play the Goldsmith theme when Pine and Saldana came out.

Well that should end the debate which music is more associated with Trek to the "general audience".

 

[Cyke101]

Yeah, that was another missed opprotunity. It was also weird for the orchestra to play the Goldsmith theme when Pine and Saldana came out.

Pfft, I'll take any excuse to hear the Goldsmith theme played in real time in front of a global audience.

 

[Captain Rob]

The first thing Seth should have said to Captain Kirk was: "Aren't you dead?"

 

[hadd001]

I loved seeing Shatner again as Kirk!

 

[Robert Comsol]

Hmm...considering that there soon will be a sequel to "Star Trek Academy" (or was it "Star Trek Troopers"?) I can't shake the feeling that Bill Shatner's participation at the Academy Awards wasn't entirely coincidental or maybe even some kind of "statement" which Captain Kirk the Academy members do prefer.


Bob

 

[Greg Cox]

Hmm...considering that there soon will be a sequel to "Star Trek Academy" (or was it "Star Trek Troopers"?) I can't shake the feeling that Bill Shatner's participation at the Academy Awards wasn't entirely coincidental or maybe even some kind of "statement" which Captain Kirk the Academy members do prefer.

Bob

I think that's a stretch. It was a funny comedy bit, not a "statement" about anything.

(I'm sure the Academy stays up nights fretting about this vital issue!)

 

[F. King Daniel]

 

[marksound]

I think that's a stretch. It was a funny comedy bit ...

I think calling it "funny" is a stretch.

Seriously, it was way too long and could have been written much better. 20/20 hindsight, I guess ...

I was surprised that McFarlane could actually sing.

 

[CommanderRaytas]

Here's the video in cased you missed it like me:

http://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/scifi/watch-william-shatner-show-oscars-captain-kirk-save-show.html

Cheers for that. I didn't watch the Oscars for two reasons:

1) I needed to get up early the next morning.

2) I only cared about one award, anyway, and it's not worth watching hours of tedium for ten seconds of Christoph Waltz in a suit.

 

[BeatleJWOL]

The "boobies" bit was funny for about 10-15 seconds, but then that should have been it. Instead, we get the whole teeth grinding number.

That's pretty much how the musical numbers on Family Guy go, too.

 

[dub]

The "boobies" bit was funny for about 10-15 seconds, but then that should have been it. Instead, we get the whole teeth grinding number.

I think that long bit would have worked better if we had live "real" reactions from each of the most/all of the actresses mentioned, although I know that would have been challenging to pull off live given the pace of the song. They did show a couple of actresses pretending to be shocked or appalled by the song (presumably pre-taped or rehearsed), but that wasn't funny. Seeing their REAL reaction -- and of more of the actresses -- would have been interesting if not funny.

On a side note...I can't believe I'm analyzing a skit about "boobies."

 

[Atticus]

ShatnerKirk would so kick PineKirk's ass.

 

[Hartzilla2007]

ShatnerKirk would so kick PineKirk's ass.

Hasn't it been already pointed out that PineKirk is the one that actually looks like he knows how to fight

 

[Gaith]

Am I the only one that thought he looked bad? His head kept bobbing up and down and sometimes it seemed like his speech was a bit slurred.

He may not have had much time to prepare... but I too thought he looked a bit off (and not due to age, but his delivery).

I too thought his delivery was off, but I think that's a pretty inevitable consequence of doing a live video chat. Younguns on CNN are really no better, and what's more, Shatner had to try to guage when to start lines vis-a-vis audience laughter, which is tricky enough in person. It would have been much better to have "beamed" him down live and in person, where he could still have called up the video clips on-screen.

Heck, it would have been best for Shatner to have hosted the whole deal himself!

 

[poundpuppy29]

I enjoyed that segment I thought it was funny