William Shatner Making Documentary About Himself

[Logan Westbrook]

William Shatner Making Documentary About Himself

The original Star Trek captain thinks you need to get to know him a little better.

William Shatner has been accused of having a big ego in the past, but now he's taking it to the next level by directing and executive producing a documentary about himself. The documentary, which has a working title of The Captains, will look at Shatner's early life in Canada and his rise to fame as Captain James T. Kirk in the original series of Star Trek.

The Captains is a joint production between Shatner's production company Melis Productions, Ballinran Productions, and western Canada's Movie Central channel. The Captains is scheduled to begin production next month, for broadcast in winter 2011.

I have to admit, if this was anyone other than William Shatner, I'd be rolling my eyes pretty hard now, but somehow, for him, this seems like a perfectly reasonable move. I can't decide if I want it to be unintentionally hilarious, or just informative, but either way, I'm kind of curious about seeing it.

Source: Sci-Fi Wire [http://scifiwire.com/2010/06/shatner-plans-to-direct-a.php]


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[Outright Villainy]

I have to admit, if this was anyone other than William Shatner, I'd be rolling my eyes pretty hard now, but somehow, for him, this seems like a perfectly reasonable move. I can't decide if I want it to be unintentionally hilarious, or just informative, but either way, I'm kind of curious about seeing it.

My thoughts exactly. I think Shatner is probably savvy enough to camp it up, he's been working that angle brilliantly for ages now. It certainly sounds interesting at any rate.

 

[Miumaru]

Not like people don't make auto-biographies. Plus I dont think Shatner really is full of himself, atleast not now.

 

[GuyWithABeard]

Mr. Shatner. You've done it again.

 

[crotalidian]

This can ONLY be good. ONLY!

hope he tries to claim that his Star Trek Novels (the one where they didnt kill Kirk off) are actually Canon and not the official ones Long Live Emperor Tiberius!

 

[Woe Is You]

Maybe then he will answer the question bothering us all...

Why is he climbing a mountain?

 

[The Madman]

I have to admit, if this was anyone other than William Shatner, I'd be rolling my eyes pretty hard now, but somehow, for him, this seems like a perfectly reasonable move. I can't decide if I want it to be unintentionally hilarious, or just informative, but either way, I'm kind of curious about seeing it.

I can think of one, and only one other person who could pull this off and that's Bruce Campbell.

On that note this is a perfectly Shatner thing for Shatner to do, and I don't think anyone who knows anything about Shatner would be the least bit surprised. Why? He's Shatner!

 

[Loonerinoes]

WoW's elemental Shatner! He'd better include that in the documentary!

 

[ImprovizoR]

This man loves to love himself. He's a pompous ass but I like him because of that. Go for it Mr. Shatner

 

[UnravThreads]

I am... William Shatner. Iammakingadocumentary... About myself.

Oh dear. He should have called it "Shatner's Ego Trip" or something.

 

[TheGreenManalishi]

Maybe then he will answer the question bothering us all...

Why is he climbing a mountain?

To hug the mountain. To envelope that mountain.

I would totally watch a Shatner documentary by Shatner. The more he's involved, the better it will be.

 

[gibboss28]

Anytime I hear anything about Shatner my mind always goes back to this song he did:


I don't know why but I think this song is awesome. Rollins and Shatner make an interesting duo.

 

[James Sullivan]

Wait a minute. Shatner already did a biopic. Star Trek V.

 

[SenseOfTumour]

There's a select few people who know they're awesome, and embracing that knowledge somehow doesn't make them assholes, there's Shatner, and Bruce Campbell, and maybe a few others.

There's something about them that makes it hard to hate them even tho most people acting like that would come across as intensely annoying.

For an example of the opposite, Simon Cowell, he knows what a success he's been, but doesn't seem to realise how many people dislike his success being rooted in destroying music, warping it into some kind of blurry vapid nonsense. He comes across as utterly convinced that the world loves him tho, which only makes me want to beat in his skull with a tire iron even more.

(BTW is tire iron an american thing? somehow tyre iron doesn't look right, and I don't drive, do we call it something else here in the UK? Screw it I'll use a crowbar)

I guess I'm saying it takes a special kinda someone to display the level of self confidence that he does and not instantly turn the world against him. I also think that in part, he's making himself into a parody of himself, there's the real him, then there's 'Shatner' the actor, the lounge singer, the Henry Rollins collaborator, the orator with the strange... pauses.

 

[James Sullivan]

How is Star Trek V not canon

Wait a minute. Shatner already did a biopic. Star Trek V.

Which is non-cannon.

How can it be not canon, it proved what every trekkie knows in a fight between God and Kirk always bet on the Captain.

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

Ugh. That man's ego is truly cringe-worthy. I've seen documentaries before about the rise and rise of Kirk and Star Trek, always from a point of view of the entire cast, and it's amazing how they all have a different take on events when compared to Shatner. I'm assuming this documentary will just be shameless self-promotion and ego-hugging. Not for me, thanks.

 

[Cabisco]

I feel actually intrigued by this, I mean I really want to see this just to see whether it's a normal documentary or if shatner just went crazy with it. Heres hoping it's just plain insane.

 

[latenightapplepie]

I love William Shatner. With James Spader, he made Boston Legal the show it was.

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