William Shatner's The Captains

Haven't seen the whole thing, have seen Avery Brooks in interview before and he's an angry dude, very politicized which is cool but somewhat arrogant but he is an intellectual actor. I saw the last part, Shatner's aged well, showing us once again as a paragon of excellence how it should be done. I am not William Shatner.

Just watched it. Enjoyed it, nice interviews.

Didn't mind Shatner's unprofessional interview style at all. It was as much about him as the rest of them.

I don't think Shatner and Avery Brooks would have gotten on too well off camera . Looks like he's fond of the aul jazz-cigarettes, never-mind the music.

Just finished watching The Captains which is written and directed by the good Captain Kirk himself. Is available on the US netflix site and well worth a look.

Captain Christopher Pike should've been there.

Just watched it there. Enjoyed it quite alot. A few observations.

The most profound and interesting bit was definately near the end where Shatner told Patrick Stewart how he had always felt a sense of shame about being a part of Star trek and how it wasn't until he met CEO head of the airline company and seen Stewart on tv that it changed for him.

Now obviously that happened during filming and it made for a good part of the documentary so you can argue whether it was genuine or contrived for Shatners own benefit. But I believed it. You can kind of tell. I mean he didn't really get into the convention swing until the 80's.....years after TOS had ended. He obviously resented it. But I thought it was nice that he had changed his view and that it was Patrick stewart that had led him to it.

Stewart came accross brilliantly as always. So did Mulgrew. Hearing them talk about the toll hollywood takes on your family was difficult to hear. Especially when stewart talked about the breakdown in his marriage and how he could never make up for it. I tell ya, I teared up.

I didn't like the way Shatner tried to lead Mulgrew down the path of stating that women shouldn't do certain jobs and have a family. I thought she dealt with it well. I actually agree with him to a point but think it was outrageous for him to say something like that in an interview. That seemed way out of bounds.

Avery Brooks. Jesus christ he was baked! I was so disappointed because we never got anything out of him and as a ds9 lover, I found that a shame. You would think Shatner and the crew would have realised they were wasting their time and rescheduled. Maybe they did though, and he was baked again . I wonder is it a regular thing with him now because he hasn't done much work in the last few years. I wonder is it just a choice or is he ill.

Scott Bakula. Wow. What a guy. I echo the sentiments of the OP. I feel really sorry for him and how the fans will never adore him like they do the others. It's not his fault and you could see him struggle with answering the question of why his show never reached the heights it could have. He was being very diplomatic about it, but you could tell he blamed the casting. I wonder which of the cast he really didn't rate. Probably all of them .

Hearing some of the new guys background was interesting but he never had a show so its different for him. He is just a movie actor and he knows the score....trek will just be 3 or 4 movies for him. He won't be pidgeon holed and is still very young.

I'd recommend any trek fan watch it. It's worth it even for the tidbits you see here and there.

I doubt it. He wasn't avoiding questions like an Alzheimer's sufferer would be. He was just spouting nonsense. He really looked as high as a kite.

Brooks is doing a convention this year in Las Vegas, I think it's a special convention which might be why he's doing it if he does avoid them normally, he was also in charge of the music used in The Captains.

I don't think he was high during the interview because if you watch some DS9 episodes he comes off very similar when he's trying work out the Prophets, still, a WTF is up with him struck me.

He was nabbed drink driving recently, Defiant suffered no damage.

I know it's a zombie thread but didn't want to start a new one for it. This is currently available on Irish Netflix and I downloaded it for the commute. The direction is as heavy handed as you'd expect from Shatner but the interviews are still pretty interesting.

I'm not sure that Avery Brooks was just "high" though, he came off as a total fruit-loop.

Keep in mind, this guy at 69 years of age is a full professor at one of the most prestigious universities in the US and has been teaching drama, theatre and music since 1976!

http://www.alumni.rutgers.edu/s/896/index.aspx?pgid=513

He did a great job with Sisko, but i don't think he's ever going to come down and tell us mere mortals what it was all about - i reckon the rational, reasonable part of him is still with the wormhole aliens, but even saying that, there are some small parts of his interviews where he does make sense albeit in a very reminiscent sorrowful way.

Anway, Alamarein! ..

Apparently, Brooks doesn’t have a lot of time for Shatner.

degrassinoel wrote: »

any particular reason or just the obvious one?

I honestly don't know, I read it a while back. Don't even know if there's truth to it or not, but it stuck in my mind.