024 - No Sh*t, Shatner!

In this episode, we discuss:

• Abbie and I had an opportunity to watch Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and a Q&A session with William Shatner
• For a 92-year-old man, Shatner was ranting and raving and moving around pretty well
• An education in COPD and lung disease
• The impact of the Actors’ Strike on the show
• Stories about bow hunting and pranks on DeForest Kelley
• Getting pulled over dressed as Captain Kirk
• No shit, Shatner!
• Shatner was what we expected. A master of his craft
• Curiosity
• Seeing the movie in the theater was a trip
• A better appreciation for the movie on a second viewing
• The experience of watching this kind of movie in that kind of setting
• A great movie in its own right. But even better for a Star Trek movie
• Felt like Star Trek
• Shatner’s thoughts about Star Trek: The Motion Picture
• Space Seed holds up
• Movie reshoots after leaks
• Gene Roddenberry intrigue
• Kirk’s forgotten plots
• Leonard Nimoy was ready to be done as Spock
• Why is the Genesis technology a threat in Khan’s hands?
• Vulcans can cry?
• Learning why things work on a Starship. If you don’t know why, you can’t adapt.  You can’t be creative
• William Shatner and George Takei don’t get along
• Ricardo Montelban’s real chest
• Character names changed because of clerical errors
• Continuing voyages of ongoing missions…
• Original story proposal
• TV in the ‘90s