{"id":22070,"date":"2022-07-22T07:55:41","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T07:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/william-shatner-goes-off-on-new-star-trek-shows-the-hollywood-reporter\/"},"modified":"2022-07-22T07:55:41","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T07:55:41","slug":"william-shatner-goes-off-on-new-star-trek-shows-the-hollywood-reporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/william-shatner-goes-off-on-new-star-trek-shows-the-hollywood-reporter\/","title":{"rendered":"William Shatner Goes Off On New Star Trek Shows \u2013 The Hollywood Reporter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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William Shatner closed out the first night of San Diego Comic-Con in style \u2014 with plenty of cursing and a look back at his storied career.<\/p>\n

In an hour-long chat with emcee Kevin smith, the 91-year-old actor talked about aging, space travel (both real and fictional) and his place in the pop culture consciousness.<\/p>\n

Shatner’s age was a running joke throughout the panel, with the actor quipping that he could die at any moment during the panel. \u201cNone of us really want that, sir, but that would be fucking incredible at Comic-Con,\u201d Smith joked back. \u201cPeople would be like, ‘he died like the legend he was.’\u201d<\/p>\n

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at 91 years old, @WilliamShatner<\/a> jokes that he might die right here during his #SDCC2022<\/a> panel #ShatneronShatner<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/mpEFbhb6AC<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) July 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Throughout the Shatner on Shatner panel, presented by the fandom-focused company Legion M, the icon fluctuated between, as he put it, \u201cserious\u201d and \u201cfun\u201d topics. He took time to address the importance and power of fandom to his career, and specifically to Star Trek<\/em>which 56 years ago introduced the world to James T. Kirk, his most enduring character.<\/p>\n

When asked to address the fans of that other major sci-fi franchise, Shatner quipped, \u201cfuck Star Wars\u2026 <\/em>But not Mark Hamill.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe love Mark Hamill,\u201d Smith agreed.<\/p>\n

When asked by a fan if there were any new Star Trek<\/em> series he thought rivaled his own, Shatner replied, \u201cnone of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI got to know [creator] Gene Roddenberry in three years fairly well,\u201d said Shatner, \u201che’d be turning in his grave at some of this stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

At another point, he gave a fan a hard time for wearing a mask, because the actor could not hear the man’s question. (Mask-wearing is strictly enforced this year at Comic-Con, the first since the coronavirus shuttered the convention for three years.) \u201cNot only did I not understand what he’s talking about, but I don’t understand who he’s talking to\u201d said Shatner, after several attempts of asking the fan to take it off.<\/p>\n

Shatner also took time to talk about his real trip into outer space. He stressed how important it was to soak in every minute: \u201cI went, and I vowed that every moment that I spent in space, would not be playing around in weightlessness, but looking out the window and trying to get an impression,\u201d said Shatner of his trip last year in Jeff Bezo’s Blue Origin.<\/p>\n

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.@WilliamShatner<\/a> talked about his experience going to space during his #ShatneronShatner<\/a> panel horse #SDCC2022<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/cFRyoEci2s<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) July 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

However, Shatner said our own planet is where we’re truly meant to be. When one fan asked him which planet he’d like to visit, Shatner simply said, \u201cthis is the only fucking planet we’ve got.\u201d<\/p>\n

Towards the end of the panel, Legion M showed off an emotional clip from its upcoming Shatner documentary, in which the actor told a story about finding his beloved pet dog dead when he was only 10 years old. He described how this experience opened his mind to the fragility of life, changing his perspective and teaching him to treasure fleeting moments with nature, family and the planet Earth.<\/p>\n

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.@WilliamShatner<\/a> and @ThatKevinSmith<\/a> had an official \u201ccurse off\u201d during the #ShatneronShatner<\/a> panel horse #SDCC2022<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/hlzIvXeqKX<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) July 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The panel ended with the fulfillment of a promise from Shatner. At the very beginning, Shatner said he and Smith would engage in a \u201ccurse off.\u201d \u201cYou’re a double dumbass,\u201d said Shatner.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, double dumbass on you,\u201d Kevin Smith returned \u2014 a reference to lines in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home<\/em> (1986).<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat kind of a shitty statement is that,\u201d Shatner quipped back. \u201cNow you just sound like my mother,\u201d said Smith. \u201cI feel sorry for your mother,\u201d Shatner said, ending the panel in a mic drop moment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n