'The Captains' Nov.3 docu. dir. by William Shatner

[jefferiestubes8]

a two-hour program in the States that will talk about the captains!

in the next 2 hours, The Captains of the Final Frontier a show for Trekkies, Trekkers and the casual observer alike is riding shotgun on the incredible triumphs and epic dark moments of the most legendary captains in Starfleet’s history, one by one, and comparing them against each other as leaders and lovers.

The Captains of the Final Frontier premieres Wednesday, November 3 at 9 pm (ET) on the Bio Channel.<<

Cast
William Shatner
Patrick Stewart
Scott Bakula
Kate Mulgrew
Avery Brooks

The ‘Trek’ Captains Beam Onto The Bio Channel

imdb listing:
The Captains (2011)

I heard about this. Some was shot in the NYC area.


November 3
http://www.biography.com/listings/daily.do?start=1288828800000&end=1288843200000
8:00pm Star Trek: Captain's Log
Cast members from the original Star Trek series join host William Shatner for interviews and film...

TVPG | cc
9:00pm Biography Channel Special - The Captains of the Final Frontier
Star Trek: the most influential science fiction television series of all time. What began as a cult...

TVPG | cc
11:00pm Biography - William Shatner.
He commanded the Starship Enterprise on Star Trek, he locked up bad guys in T.J. Hooker, and he even...

and repeats:
12:00am Star Trek: Captain's Log
Cast members from the original Star Trek series join host William Shatner for interviews and film...

TVPG | cc
1:00am Biography Channel Special
The Captains of the Final Frontier
Star Trek: the most influential science fiction television series of all time. What began as a cult...

TVPG | cc
3:00am Biography William Shatner.
He commanded the Starship Enterprise on Star Trek, he locked up bad guys in T.J. Hooker, and he even...

 

[RandyS]

I hope this will also be shown on A&E. I don't get the Biography channel.

 

[BillJ]

Just set this to record, thanks for the heads up.

Only regret is that I don't get the Biography channel in HD.

 

[trekkier]

anybody know if theyre going to release it on dvd?

 

[jefferiestubes8]

preview

preview

Preview of Bio’s Captains of the Final Frontier Star Trek Doc
http://trekmovie.com/2010/10/31/preview-of-bios-captains-of-the-final-frontier-star-trek-doc/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k9ODgQtGuI&feature=player_embedded
30 second video with 1 new interview clip of Janeway.

 

[SPCTRE]

Wow, this sounds intriguing. Hope it will end up online in some capacity soon

 

[The Wormhole]

I'm impressed they actually remembered Sisko this time

 

[QCzar]

It's actually quite interesting, as these things usually are little more than interviews with the actors reminiscing or astronauts and poets and whatnot giving lectures on Star Trek's cultural blah, blah, blah.

This time it seems more like they are actually getting deep into the characters and the actors approach to them, told mostly from the perspective of writers and producers. They're delving into what makes the captains tick, which is much more captivating than what just preceded it.

In other words, it seems to be following the actual A&E "Biography" ethos, told from an almost in-universe POV at times. It's holding my attention, which these things rarely do, even though it's not presenting anything I don't already know.

 

[Forbin]

It was kind of - I dunno - sophmoric?

It seemed like it had been written by a teenager trying out for a supermarket tabloid paper.

And who was that "Mr. Star Trek" guy? I never heard of him. Does he post here?

We watched the Kirk and Picard sequences, then gave up and watched Mythbusters.

 

[C.E. Evans]

I thought it was a pretty fair assessment of all the captains and touched upon the things that made each unique. I agreed with the idea that the Picard post-Wolf 359 was a different, slightly more vulnerble man than the one before it. Ditto for the analysis of Archer as someone who went into space a bit naive and idealistic and learned the hard way that the final frontier could be a mean biatch if you're not careful.

Loved David Mack's (I think) assessment of Chris Pine's Kirk as "a punk...but a punk with potential," because of his different upbringing from Shatner's Kirk...

 

[Jack Bauer]

And who was that "Mr. Star Trek" guy? I never heard of him. Does he post here?

http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Larry_Nemecek

 

[Kirby]

I watched through Picard and it was fine, nothing special. I wasn't paying a whole lot of attention so for a while I thought Denise Crosby was Melissa Etheridge. They're looking rather... similar these days.

 

[Kertrats47]

Just to clear up a misconception, this wasn't "The Captains" directed by William Shatner, this was a separate documentary. "The Captains" is set to air in Canada (and hopefully elsewhere) in 2011, as stated at the bottom of this Trekmovie article:

http://trekmovie.com/2010/11/03/review-of-the-captains-of-the-final-frontier-bio-documentary/

 

[Tom]

And who was that "Mr. Star Trek" guy? I never heard of him. Does he post here?

http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Larry_Nemecek

If you went to any Star Trek Convention you would know who Larry is. LOL We just him MC our Hollywood Xpo con.

 

[jefferiestubes8]

Just to clear up a misconception, this wasn't "The Captains" directed by William Shatner, this was a separate documentary.

Oh geez!

two documentaries on the same subject with the same title! come on! No wonder I was surprised when I heard the other thing only shot a couple months ago, the one with William Shatner directing.

 

[Kertrats47]

Ha, no worries, I was confused too. I missed this one (I'm teaching English in Korea at the moment), I'd like to find a torrent of it. Any new Trek content is great!

 

[The Trekster]

ditto on wanting a torrent

didn't anyone DVR it? who wants to email it to me? I'll upload it.

 

[Madzilla]

I'm awaiting a torrent/DL too ... but until then, there are a few clips now on Bio's website here:

http://www.biography.com/video.do?n...9913001&bclid=658558941001&bctid=658140256001

(The rest are at the bottom.)

 

[indranee]

Will this be shown again anytime? I missed it

I'm impressed and elated they included Sisko!

 

[jefferiestubes8]

world premiere of Shatner's 'The Captains'

Just to clear up a misconception, this wasn't "The Captains" directed by William Shatner, this was a separate documentary.

The Captains will make its world premiere July 22 at 8:00 pm EDT on EPIX and EpixHD.com as the centerpiece of SHATNERPALOOZA, a celebration of William Shatner’s film and television work running on the EPIX linear channel, EPIX SVOD service and EpixHD.com from July 21 through July 30.

Comic-Con attendees will be invited to see The Captains on EpixHD.com as part of a two-week free trial offer.

June 23, 2011
EPIX AND WILLIAM SHATNER BEAM THE CAPTAINS FROM COMIC-CON