Happy 2009 everyone!
I was trying to come up with a follow up to my "Drippin' with Cheeze" series that would be both interesting and terrifying at the same time.
I think I've found it.
My inspiration for this series came about when I was looking for a hotel to say at while up in Rhode Island. Visiting various travel websites: Expedia, Travelocity, Hotels.com I finally checked out Priceline.com.
There he was, William Shatner in his little suit trying to be very ninja like.
Let me preface this to say I am a BIG Star Trek fan. My brother and I watched it as a kid, I got my son addicted to it when he was little (the only action figures he ever owned were from Star Trek).
I liked the original Star Trek, with Captain Kirk, Spock, Lt. Ohura, Scotty, Doctor McCoy, Chekov, Sulu, Nurse Chapman the whole group.
I even liked the Next Generation: Captain Picard, Riker, Worf, Dianna Troi (ggrrrrrr!) and Data.
I wasn't much of a Deep Space Nine fan, but I did like Star Trek Voyager, mostly because I liked Captain Janeway.
Some of my favorite episodes of the original Star Trek are: Plato's Stepchildren (Where the crew of the Enterprise are controlled by a race who re-create Ancient Greece and then use the crew in a play. Captain Kirk and Ohura actually kiss!
The Paradise Syndrome where Kirk is treated like a God. This one cracks me up every time!
Operation Annihilate - where these weird jelly like creature attached themselves to the crew and kill them.
The Man Trap - where a monster sucks all of the salt out of it's victims.
Sooooooooooooo many more, too many to list actually, but you get the picture.
William Shatner has become the poster child for over acting and I don't think he's afraid to make fun of himself at all, which is always a plus in my book.
Dive introduced me to Leonord Nimoy singing the Ballad of Bilbo Baggins song. It has been etched on my brain ever since. If he wasn't on drugs when he made that, he should have. It's a classic case of why some actors should not attempt to sing. Don't quit your day job dude and you'll be just fine!
But there is one performance that will always stand out in my brain: Rocket Man
Introduced by Bernie Taupin: William Shatner "interprets" his version of Rocket Man.
Here he is sitting in his tux, posed dramatically with his cigarette acting out this song. The screen splits and you see 3 different versions of William, but my favorite is when he loosens up his tie and just gets down with his badself.
It's a classic. You don't know whether or not to laugh or cringe.
Peace all, have a great weekend!
