Yeesh. That's perhaps the best speech Kirk ever gave. overacting?? Horseshit.
As it happens, I channel this speech whenever I argue before a jury. So far, so good.
Its very obvious from this clip Shatner is theatrically trained. However, you cannot use the same method of acting onstage on the screen.
Its very obvious from this clip Shatner is theatrically trained. However, you cannot use the same method of acting onstage on the screen.
You do realize women didn't start popping out TV trained actors when the first TV signal was broadcast? Many of the actors in the fifties and sixties started on the stage.
I actually miss that type of acting on TV. Most of what we have today is just dull.
Agreed. Shatner struck just the right chord with that speech. Nothing overdone about it at all.I love the "risk" speech, and consider it to be some of Shatner's best on screen work both then and now. To me it sums up the spice of danger, the cool air of authority, determination, grit and adventure, and does so compellingly. Now, I love Kevin Pollak, and love his Kirk impersonations, but I know they're just caricatures, nothing more.
A lot of today’s television writers and actors prefer a “naturalistic” style -- meaning that they try to approximate how people talk in real life. The problem is, the way people talk in real life is usually boring.You do realize women didn't start popping out TV trained actors when the first TV signal was broadcast? Many of the actors in the fifties and sixties started on the stage.Its very obvious from this clip Shatner is theatrically trained. However, you cannot use the same method of acting onstage on the screen.
I actually miss that type of acting on TV. Most of what we have today is just dull.
I thought Shatner was also pretty good in the other Nicholas Meyer-directed Trek movie, The Undiscovered Country. Maybe Meyer deserves a special Academy Award for getting a restrained performance out of the Shat-man -- twice!. . . Shatner can be extremely nuanced. I think his first season performances are excellent. The second season, not as good. The third season is where he really hams it up. He does well in Motion Picture and Wrath of Khan (but I put that more on Meyer for reigning him in). Once you get to Search for Spock, forget about it.
I actually miss that type of acting on TV. Most of what we have today is just dull.
A lot of today’s television writers and actors prefer a “naturalistic” style -- meaning that they try to approximate how people talk in real life. The problem is, the way people talk in real life is usually boring.
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