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WhimsicalSadist@lemmy.world to TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

This seems very on-brand for Shatner.

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This seems very on-brand for Shatner.

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WhimsicalSadist@lemmy.world to TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.world · 2 months ago
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    I read one of his scifi novels. It was very bad. But I didnt expect anything differnt tbh.

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      I read the first couple TekWar books. The first one isn’t that bad. Lots of good ideas but if I remember correctly the second book was just dull and I never finished it. Probably would be a good audiobook, maybe…

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        William Shatner reading any book as Kirk would be +1.

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          As who? That’s just the real him, on screen lol

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        Wasn’t that a game too?

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          Sure was, complete with poorly captured footage like in Command and Conquer.

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          Yes https://youtu.be/5Tnqs2OIM44 😂

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        It was one of the TekWar books but I have no idea which. I just know it was very badly written.

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          It was amateur but readable so I wouldn’t say it was badly written. Someone probably had a hard time being his editor and staying objective

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          Actors arent inherently writers, its not really surprising or shameful to me.

          I love Paul Darrow as Avon, but I’ve heard some pretty dismal things about the novel he wrote for his character’s family. And that’s okay, I’m not gonna knock him for trying. Same with Shatner.

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      Well the kids have to learn about Tek War sooner or later

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      He had an album, I don’t even remember the type of music. I think it had a lot of spoken word so maybe it was jazz. It was in 90s, I was high.

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        He has a few albums. One from 1969, “The Transformed Man” and “Has Been” from 2009ish. I have both. The latter really is good with an excellent cover of Pulp’s “Common People”. A newer metal album from a few years ago I haven’t heard.

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        William Shatner - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB3uVARNhmM

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          THAT’S IT!!

          LOL!!!

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      Star Trek V and his run of Star Trek novels are the original NuTrek.

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        Aw I liked V, I think a lot of its issues were caused by the studio. “What does God need with a ship?” is easily the most Captain Kirk line in all of Trekdom.

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          Gonna get a lot of flack here but I liked V more than IV. Yeh, I said it. Who’s gonna fight me? :D

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            No need. I’m one of the few who really enjoys Insurrection… when viewed as a 2-parter episode.

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            The whales

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            I’m with you. Of all the things they could have done after turning our guys into outlaws, they go with a trip to 1980s Earth? I mean, it’s budget friendly, but a bit of a let down…

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      Yeah it was a drug novel that didn’t even make the drug seem cool. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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      I quite enjoyed “The Return”. I suspect that was less due to his writing abilities than the 2 other writers…

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