Should The Shat Beam Up To The STAR TREK Sequel?
NO, God no. William Shatner, who threw a major hissy fit when he wasn’t offered a role in Star Trek, is now
launching an effort to appear in the sequel. To this, I say HELL NO. Shat, you weren’t in the first one for a reason. You were not needed. This franchise needs to cut the cord from the TV series if it is going to have any shot at succeeding. I know that is a blasphemous comment to make to some Trek fans, but your franchise has been lying dormant for a while now. Now, it’s been spit-shined and thrown back into the public consciousness and it’s making tons of money. People who don’t know a Vulcan from a Klingon are suddenly interested, and the Shat smells opportunity. So, it’s only natural that Shat would want to hitch his caboose to the money train and ride it for all it’s worth. Buddy, it’s time to LET IT GO. Not only is his cry-fest beyond immature and detrimental to the new Kirk, Chris Pine (who has had to struggle to walk on eggshells when speaking of Shatner in interviews to avoid incuring Shat-fan wrath), but it’s illogical, since it wouldn’t make a lick of sense for him to be in a sequel. We are in an alternate timeline now. If you go by the rules set by JJ’s flick, Spock Prime went through the black hole and now exists in this timeline. Fine. But in his other timeline that he came from, KIRK IS DEAD. DEAD. He DIES in one of the later Trek films. Shatner’s Kirk is DEAD. There is no plausible reason for him to appear in the sequel. Flashbacks or any nonsense like that will only slow the sequel down. We’ve put the time travel stuff to bed with this film, thank the Lord. It bogged this one down, and we don’t need anymore of it in a sequel. Let these guys go off and do their own thing, JJ. Do not give in to this man. You owe him NOTHING. ZILCH. NADA. We need to move forward now, and we can’t do that with this old man hanging on to his glory days by his fingernails. He can pout and pout as much as he wants, but if he loves Trek as much as he claims, he’d understand that the best thing to do is step the hell aside.
4 Responses to “Should The Shat Beam Up To The STAR TREK Sequel?”
I hate to point this out, but William Shatner was meant to be in this movie, in a holographic birthday message old Spock showed to young Spock to convince him that he & Kirk really were friends. But they dropped it for some reason or other.
So there is at least one plausible reason for him to cameo without it requiring timetravel or flashbacks.
I also heard about that scene, but like I said, he was left out for a reason. The scene was not needed, he wasn’t needed, and he still isn’t needed. Why should we stop the movie to allow Shat to march in and have his cameo? It would bring the movie to a screeching halt. Just let it go! The Nimoy thing even became too much after a while, despite how much class and dignity Nimoy brought to the cameo.
More than anything, Shat’s hissy fits have annoyed me to the point that I don’t want him involved at all. Nimoy handled the changing of the guard with a ton of class, essentially adopting Zachary Quinto as his son through this entire process. He didn’t have to invite Quinto into his home for meals, to hang out with him, to just be supportive, but he did it because he’s a classy guy who understands what’s best for this franchise. You see him out there doing tons of interviews sitting right next to Quinto with a genuine huge smile on his face, being supportive and genuinely flattered that he was even asked to be part of this film. Do you see him acting like a diva? NO. You see him talking about how touched he was to be involved, about how he CRIED when he saw Karl Urban’s performance as Bones because it reminded him so much of his dear friend DeForest Kelley. Can shat do that? Oh no. Shat has this disgusting sense of entitlement, like, “Why WOULDN’T you ask me to be in it? I’m SHATNER!” and it’s repulsive. His behavior in relation to this film has been downright childish. He’s like a bitter ex-boyfriend seeing his ex with a new guy. Rather than letting her go and wishing her well, he’s keying her car and stalking her.
Agreed Kristina. Onwards and upwards. The baton has been passed. Time to do something totally new and original now.
My theory for the direction of the movies: since they set up a “new timeline”, they should make this the origin story for the mirror universe. Have them evolve in to being the bad guys over the next few movies and then face off with themselves from the canon universe. In the end, Spock replaces himself in that Universe after turning to good with the restoration of Vulcan.
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