William Shatner – or, The Shat, as we like to call him -? is a fine, fine man. We say ‘fine’. We actually mean ‘like watching an endless loop of terrible car wrecks, limbs flying through the air’.
Right? Right.
The Shat is prone to opening his mouth and not thinking too much about what tumbles out. That’s why he’s so fun. And when he does think about it for a second, it usually translates into the most hilariously earnest acting you’ve ever seen. That doesn’t stop him from judging other people’s work. Hell no. Why would it? Now, he’s sticking the boot into Star Wars. It’s Star Wars versus Star Trek!
See, despite obvious evidence to the contrary – not that Bill Shatner would know, because he’s never seen Star Trek according to… well… himself – the daft ol’ sod who played Captain Kirk doesn’t think George Lucas’s six-film franchise is a patch on Star Trek.
He told The Sun:
“Star Trek had relationships and stories that involved humanity and philosophical questions. Star Wars was special effects.”
Yep. Star Trek definitely didn’t have any of those. You’ve seen those polystyrene rocks and lousy costumes they all wore, right?
And of course, Star Wars dealt with humanity (the lack of it in Darth Vader; the toil of the human soul in the face of inherent good/intrinsic evil? with Anakin; the cry of OH THE HUMANITY every time Jar Jar Binks appeared on-screen) and philosophy (Yoda – The end) while Star Trek… uuh… well… there was a lot of sitting around waiting for meteors to hit the ship.
But Shatto isn’t done there. He’s laying into Princess Leia, played by Carrie Fisher, adding:
“[She] can’t compare to the marvellous heroines we had on Star Trek.”
That’d be the marvellous heroines who Bill didn’t like talking too much. Nichelle Nichols (Uhura you you-hura) infamously gave The Shat a dressing down, kicking off with ‘Now let me tell you why I hate you‘ before telling him that, despite the few lines she had in the show, he would sometimes argue with the director that an Uhura dialog line was unnecessary.
To quote Nichols:
“Bill Shatner would crap on the last piece of pizza just so no-one else could enjoy it.”
So, aside from Star Trek fans and actors (Nichelle Nichols excepted, of course) all being wholly stupid and mental, Lucas doesn’t compare to Shatner in one field.
Roll VT…
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JoeMomma says
It’s all BS, he opened the tribute to George Lucas a few years ago. It was actually really funny and well done. I think you have to take whatever comes out of The Shat’s mouth with a grain of salt. My impression is he does everything for cash and a laugh, not to be taken seriously. Like Hecklerspray ;-)
Have a good weekend you knobblers.
Cookie Monster says
The man is today a parody of his own parody of himself as it was yesterday, everyday, perpetually.
His comedy roast was excellent. It is hard to tell which parts of his persona and celebrity are real, and which have buy-in from everyone involved. Hell, I don’t even know if his hair is real… I mean, really – is augmented, totally fake, what the hell is going-on there?
Take your pick:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pamx5XMDxeM