Shatner to (possibly) make an appearance in ENT

DaveJB · Post by **DaveJB** » 2004-06-30 03:22pm

From the IMDb:

Shatner To Return As Capt. Kirk?

William Shatner may reprise his role as Capt. James Kirk on UPN's Star Trek: Enterprise next season, producer Rick Berman has told the sci-fi magazine Starburst. "Bill luckily has landed a wonderful role on the new David E. Kelley spinoff of The Practice, but [co-producer] Brannon [Braga] and I have plans within the next few weeks of sitting down with Bill and discussing some possible ways of his being involved in this season of Enterprise," Berman told the magazine. Such an appearance would mark Shatner's first on any of the modern-day Star Trek TV series. He played Kirk in the original series in the late '60s and in seven films.

Well, to be fair Berman's quote doesn't make it clear as to whether Shatner would be playing Kirk, or an ancestor or something.

But if he was playing Kirk, just how the HELL would that work? Shatner is 73, if B&B hadn't noticed! The only possible way I can think that this would even begin to work is if the Enterprise encountered the Nexus. Which would still mess up continuity with GEN.

Of course, this could just be a hoax (there's been more than one occasion where an IMDb story was falsified), but would anyone really be surprised if Shatner made his way into ENT?

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2004-06-30 03:49pm

Enterprise had the Borg and the Romulans in it right?

Drooling Iguana · Post by **Drooling Iguana** » 2004-06-30 03:54pm

Yes, but they did come up with a reasonably good (by B&B standards) reason why the Borg were there, and the Romulans really should be there (I'm disappointed that we haven't seen more of them, seeing as how the Romulan War is supposed to be fought in this time period.) Having the Ferrengi on the show, on the other hand, was just dumb.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2004-06-30 04:16pm

It's dumb. But if they really wanted to do it, they should just make him an alien. Bit hard to take a human that will end up looking exactly like Kirk years down the line.

Jon · Post by **Jon** » 2004-06-30 04:20pm

Maybe they might do a DS9 to have his younger self appear...

Isolder74 · Post by **Isolder74** » 2004-06-30 05:23pm

Heaven forbid!

What's next Picard, Janeway, or Sisco?

This is a very bad Idea.

Batman002 · Post by **Batman002** » 2004-06-30 05:34pm

I was reading in an issue of Star Trek Communicator where Shatner wanted to make an appearence in Ent. He was going to play Kirk's ancestor they were going to add make-up to him to age him even more that life has and let him play James T. Kirks Great Grand father or something along that.

Grand Admiral Thrawn · Post by **Grand Admiral Thrawn** » 2004-06-30 06:05pm

Why not? It's not like Enterprise is going to get any worse. After you jump the shark nothing matters. Hell have him trapped in 1944 in the season premiere with only Archer able to free him from the evil Temporal Cold War Aliens. Bring in Janeway too!

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2004-07-01 01:23am

Bringing in Kirk is an indication, to me anyway, as to just how dire the situation is for ENT and it's lacklustr ratings? Want to raise ratings? Well then bring on crappy VGR Borg episodes, crappy VGR Borg episodes, and throw in Kirk too!

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-07-01 02:08am

Jon wrote:Maybe they might do a DS9 to have his younger self appear...

IIRC in the DS9 episode "Tribbles and Tribulation they used old stock footage from TOS and edited it.

Patrick Degan · Post by **Patrick Degan** » 2004-07-01 04:14am

He does this, the embarassment will be so great that Priceline.com will have to drop him as their spokesman.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2004-07-01 08:37am

Uh, how much money does he have, anyway?

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2004-07-01 10:31am

HemlockGrey wrote:Uh, how much money does he have, anyway?

More than enough, I should think - unlike Marlon Brando who is, according to rumor, pretty much broke.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2004-07-01 10:53am

IIRC he got a chuck of change in life insurance money after he let his wife drown in the pool.

DaveJB · Post by **DaveJB** » 2004-07-01 10:57am

He's also still writing novels on a fairly regular basis.

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2004-07-01 11:24am

Nah, Shatner is pretty well off. Hell, Priceline commercials alone pay much more than we make.

I like Shatner. I think he's hilarious. The dude could be a poster boy for adult ADHD. Anyone remember him on "The Devil's Rain?" The movie where Anton LaVey was used as a consultant? Hilarious. Even if it wasn't meant to be.

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2004-07-01 12:38pm

Shatner is hilarious because he's largely become a freakish charicature of himself. He shows up, acts like his nutty self, audiences love him due to his insane energy, and he leaves with a paycheck. He's literally making a living off of being a Celebrity Personality and I say bully for him.

Mange · Post by **Mange** » 2004-07-01 01:21pm

Batman002 wrote:I was reading in an issue of Star Trek Communicator where Shatner wanted to make an appearence in Ent. He was going to play Kirk's ancestor they were going to add make-up to him to age him even more that life has and let him play James T. Kirks Great Grand father or something along that.

Yes, I read the same thing over at TrekToday. I think I would like to see Shatner in Enterprise as he did a good job portraying Kirk.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2004-07-01 08:35pm

Shatner also does (or at least recently did) paintballing. Isn't he in his 70's?

I think he's doing pretty well for himself.

IIRC he got a chuck of change in life insurance money after he let his wife drown in the pool.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-07-01 08:46pm

Col. Crackpot wrote:IIRC he got a chuck of change in life insurance money after he let his wife drown in the pool.

That was unwarently harsh, don't you think?

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2004-07-02 12:32am

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:
Col. Crackpot wrote:IIRC he got a chuck of change in life insurance money after he let his wife drown in the pool.
That was unwarently harsh, don't you think?

Well there was NO indication whatsoever of foul play.

But then again, who'd really want to persecute Captain James. T Kirk, eh?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-07-02 05:17am

That's not funny.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2004-07-02 08:52am

it's called seperating the actor from the charector.

James T. Kirk = Childhood Hero
William Shatner = narcicistic hollywood asshole

Patrick Degan · Post by **Patrick Degan** » 2004-07-02 10:32am

Col. Crackpot wrote:it's called seperating the actor from the charector.

James T. Kirk = Childhood Hero
William Shatner = narcicistic hollywood asshole

No, it's called making wild-ass accusations for which you haven't a fuck's worth of proof for.

Post by **Vympel** » 2004-07-02 10:38am

Free Enterprise was his best film outside of ST- I loved the insane version of himself. And who can forget that Twilight Zone episode?