Shatner: "I hope that movie bombs"

[Kegek]

This could be meant rather tongue-in-cheek, akin to Nicholson's 'fury' over the recasting of the Joker in the upcoming Batman film.

But even if it isn't I wouldn't attribute that much import in it. Okay, so privately Shatner feels bitter and says the film should bomb. Lots of people say - and mean - those kind of things. Furthermore I'm kind of apathetic as to what Shatner thinks at all - and I mean no disrespect to the auteur that brought us The Final Frontier.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Even George Takei, for all his pushing for a Captain Sulu/Excelsior series, would never stoop to Shatner's level.

I'm beginning to understand now why most of the original cast didn't get along with him. What a bitter, sad man he is.

 

[Jackson_Roykirk]

Whether this rumor is true or false, the fact that we believe Shatner COULD HAVE said something like this is very telling indeed.

Some of us are saying "Yeah, the Shat could have easily said that". If this rumor was about Nimoy (and if Nimoy wasn't in the film), we would instead be saying "Nah! That can't be true...Nimoy wouldn't say something like that!"

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

indranee said:
eh, 'tis a rumor.

Which is just about all we ever discuss in this forum.

 

[PKTrekGirl]

^ True enough.

I don't know what this group will DO when we have some actual hard news about the actual film.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

What we have to do.

What we always do.

Fight about it and call names until someone gets banned.

 

[FabiusMaximus]

Didn't he say good things about the film earlier? It's reports like these that could potentially harm the film (with or without him.) I wish they would just end the speculation.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Shatner's on the "Lame in 2007" list over at cinematical.com

Lame because: By now, everyone in the world (and the galaxy, for that matter) knows exactly who didn't land a role in the upcoming Star Trek XI: Poor William Shatner. And the reason why we all know this is because the guy wouldn't shut up about it in 2007. It could've been a story about the man's all-time favorite Disney characters, and he still would've found a way to complain about not being asked to participate in the new Star Trek film. Something tells me J.J. Abrams is not Facebook friends with William Shatner.


How to turn it around: Just shut up, sell another kidney stone and come to terms with the fact that no one really cares about seeing your bloated mug back up on the big screen in some Star Trek sort of way. Those rosy cheeks might garner a smile during a Priceline commercial, but they don't belong on the Enterprise. At least, not anymore.

 

[igrokbok]

Bad journalism...or should I say, fabricated sensationalism, and sadly, there will always be those who gobble up this kind of unverified tripe as fast as it can be spoon fed into their hungry little mouths.

Try saying this 5 times every morning, maybe it will help.

"I'm not William Shatner, I can't be William Shatner, but gosh darn it, people like me.."

 

[indranee]

North Pole-aris said:

indranee said:
eh, 'tis a rumor.

Which is just about all we ever discuss in this forum.

hence why I think so.

 

[Dar70]

The trek today article said that he was joking when he made the comment. Why is everyone jumping all over Shatner. People keep asking him how he feels about not being asked to be in the movie. He gives an honest answer but he still keeps being asked to the point of jokingly saying "I hope that movie bombs." Sheesh He was kidding.

 

[Plum]

Shatner is lame.

North Pole-aris said:
Shatner's on the "Lame in 2007" list over at cinematical.com

EDIT - Oops beat me to it.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Dar70 said: Sheesh He was kidding.

We'll see.

 

[Kryton]

For some reason, I just don't care. Kirk's DEAD from Shatner's POV...something he was willing to do and get paid for. <shrug>

He's Boston Legal now...and more than willing to parody Kirk/Trek there. It just doesn't have any bearing on this project at all, IMO.

 

[VOODOOXI]

Shatner was only joking, but good for him.

 

[Plum]

Does anyone really think William Shatner would say something so outrageous unless it was sanctioned by the studio? William Shatner. He's not an idiot, whatever else one might infer. He's successful in many ways, beyond just acting. Think about it, when has Shatner ever said something scandalous? Except to sell a book, I mean. And the selling a book is another example.

William Shatner. He's smarter than us, really.

 

[steveman]

A stupid thing to say, certainly. But part of me feels that he isn't being that serious. If pressed, I'd say he was just making a joke, poking fun at the very thing people accuse him of being: bitter.

 

[Cary L. Brown]

It's 100% obvious that this was a joke, unless you REALLY REALLY REALLY WANT SHATNER TO BE BITTER.

Nobody who's ever watched this old TV show the guy used to star in... it was called "Star Trek" as I recall... could possibly not see this as a totally tongue-in-cheek comment.

Any of you ever see that show? It was pretty popular, as I recall.

Honest-to-God... this thread has been PATHETIC. How many people actually read this and said "he's 100% serious?" The majority, it seems.

To quote a particular mod..."That dog don't hunt." Yet sooo many of you apparently WANT this to be true that you couldn't possible see it for anything else.

To quote someone else who had something pointedly appropriate to this whole reaction... "Get a life."

 

[ancient]

No, no, no.

What Shatner REALLY said was:

"I'll make the turbolifts go backwards up to 78. Watch the nerd heads explode!" *happydance*

And that's why I love him

 

[Cary L. Brown]

Dar70 said:The trek today article said that he was joking when he made the comment. Why is everyone jumping all over Shatner. People keep asking him how he feels about not being asked to be in the movie. He gives an honest answer but he still keeps being asked to the point of jokingly saying "I hope that movie bombs." Sheesh He was kidding.

You see that because you haven't hated him ever since he did his famous SNL skit. Odds are, you HAVE a life.

The sheer hatred that this guy gets is really amusing. The stronger the hatred, the more anxious someone is to leap onto any negative comment, any negative insinuation, any negative interpretation, no matter how improbable... the stronger the likelihood that this person is one of those people who Shatner was talking about, and they know it.