Shatner sure knows how to keep busy, doesn't he? He reminds me of what I've heard about Asimov: when he wants to learn in depth about a subject he may know nothing about, he writes a book about it. Shatner makes documentaries.
I remember the night the first two-hour episode of ST:TNG premiered. I was all set to become an addict. I had the ST:TNG box of Cheerios in the kitchen and everything. Wow, was I disappointed. I thought it was laughably bad. I couldn't make it past the first hour.
Of course, it got better later on, and I did warm to it eventually. The behind-the-scenes circumstances that led to those awkward first episodes should be interesting all right.
Looks kinda sorta interesting.... if only I cared about Star Trek: The Blaaand Generation
Rather see Shatner front a TOS doc.... another one! Might be difficult to do interviews as he's damn near the only one left. Maybe he could stand in front of a mirror and interview himself. Might even waive his fee for the honour! Or may be he'd demand double.
Hurley was a huge sack of shit. He also made Tracy Torme leave during Season 2. Bergman thankfully had Hurley phased out when Roddenberry wasn't in control of the show anymore.
It is all in good spirit, and I love the Shatner. But all of this stuff was already pretty well known to any Trek fan that reads. The stuff about oddball British guy being cast has been told time and time again. Stewart is one of the most fortunately off the wall castings in Hollywood history, in Paramounts' and Stewarts favor. On paper it made very little sense, but it worked brilliantly.
Just about any series is pretty chaotic the first season. The real story about TNG is that these people actually liked each other, and they would stay on set long hours because of the camaraderie and horseplay.
It is all in good spirit, and I love the Shatner. But all of this stuff was already pretty well known to any Trek fan that reads. The stuff about oddball British guy being cast has been told time and time again. Stewart is one of the most fortunately off the wall castings in Hollywood history, in Paramounts' and Stewarts favor. On paper it made very little sense, but it worked brilliantly.
Just about any series is pretty chaotic the first season. The real story about TNG is that these people actually liked each other, and they would stay on set long hours because of the camaraderie and horseplay.
At a Star Trek convention here in Minneapolis umpteen years ago at the Q and A someone asked Patrick Stewart what his fellow Shakespearean actors thought of his role as Captain Picard on Star Trek-TNG and I'll never forget his answer: "Mostly, they're all very jealous."
It is all in good spirit, and I love the Shatner. But all of this stuff was already pretty well known to any Trek fan that reads. The stuff about oddball British guy being cast has been told time and time again. Stewart is one of the most fortunately off the wall castings in Hollywood history, in Paramounts' and Stewarts favor. On paper it made very little sense, but it worked brilliantly.
Just about any series is pretty chaotic the first season. The real story about TNG is that these people actually liked each other, and they would stay on set long hours because of the camaraderie and horseplay.
At a Star Trek convention here in Minneapolis umpteen years ago at the Q and A someone asked Patrick Stewart what his fellow Shakespearean actors thought of his role as Captain Picard on Star Trek-TNG and I'll never forget his answer: "Mostly, they're all very jealous."
Yes, he had some great performances out of it, and then of course it also made him a very rich man. There are a lot of 'successful' shakespearean actors who are pretty poor.
