Call it what you want. I call this a case of life imitating art or ego vs. ego. The new "Star Trek" pre-quel upened up last weekend and set another box office record. The writers of television's most peculiar show, "Lost" are also behind the cameras of this flick. While I haven't seen the film yet, I hope this movie has a point, unlike it's television counterpart. "Lost" is the most perplexing thing to hit the airwaves since, "Twin Peaks" in the 1980's. Because I don't like to use the GPS to navigate through a storyline, I;ve taken a pass on trying to attempt to follow the show. Perhaps "Star Trek" will be easier?!
The "Star Trek" cinematic series got it's start in the late 1970's on the big screen and has become a franchise as popular as "Star Wars". We've seen the movies evolve from original cast members to most recently inclyding the cast of, "The Next Generation". There is always one constant in the dozen or so flicks that have been made... William Shatner. He's made it his business to swarm the movie sets like a pesky mosquito and stick his two cents worth in regardless of who the Director is. For this particular entry, Shatner's input was shot down. He tried to work himself into the script as hard as he could however, no one flinched. On the other hand, Leonard Nimoy provided his own creative insight and in this particular film, we see the Spock character evolve, and also learn a lesson from Nimoy who suggests that the "V" shaped hand signal for "Live long and prosper" is actually a symbol taken straight from the pages of Judaism. Considering we've seen about five different incarnations of a crew running the ship over the span of a few Centuries, it didn't make any sense to cast Captain Kirk who is a humanoid, into this move however, try and explain this logic to Bill Shatner. He's been the guest on talk shows recently and has a beef that he was left out for once. He calls Nimoy, his good friend, a "backstabber". Nimoy shouldn't have to give one Bill Shatner any reason for not having a role in the movie... he just didn't fit or as Spock would say, to cast William Shatner in the movie would have been "illogical". Shatner should thank his lucky stars that he's still got work, even if it is for Priceline.com. This comes only a few months after his public falling out with George Takei. He's managed to distance himself from his old friends and obviously has an axe to grind with Vulcans and gay Koreans! Oh Bill, give us a break already!
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