"How William Shatner Changed the World"

[MudCat]

I was never a big "Star Trek" fan. I'm sure part of it is age, and the fact that I believe (and have grown with this belief as I age) that William Shatner might be the most ridiculous overactor I've ever seen.

That being said, over the last couple of years, I've become a "Star Trek: TNG" and "Star Trek: DS9" fan. (Don't get me wrong. I'm by no means a "Trekkie", but I try to catch them when I can.)

Anyhow.....

There's a show on the History Channel right now about how the 'gadgets' that were shown on the original series were inspiration for (quite possibly) the smartest people in the world, and how they developed them. (Example: Ion drive for space travel and cell phones.)

Taking my "Shatner bias" in account, it's actually pretty entertaining, and it's kind of cool to see the development of these fictional 'gadgets', and how people took their inspiration from that to develop things that a lot of us take for granted. (Not that I have an Ion drive anywhere.......when I win the lottery.)

Thought I would throw it out there if anyone is interested.....plus, I've got to give "the hairpiece" (my term for Shatner) props in that he's actually entertaining and amusing, for once.

[BigBlue75]

I agree about the over-acting, but in fairness to Shatner, I've seen several interviews with him and he openly admitted to overacting when he was doing the show. He said he did the show just for fun, as did the rest of the cast. When the show debuted, it was surrounded by a lot of other really popular shows and they never expected it to last. They thought they would get killed in the Nielsen ratings so they just had some fun. No one ever had any idea it would become the icon it's turned into.

[DenCat]

Has any othershow in history ever spun off as many shows and movies as Star Trek? I know Law and Order has a bunch, but will they stand up 30-40 years later?

[Buddah]

I love bill, he is such a complete and utter***** though.. LMAO..... though trekies can be a weird bunch, i have heard that some weird people and some very odd things occur at those things. I heard that one time, Robin curtis was speaking to a crowd in huntington wva, and when it was time for the audience to ask questions, this older man told her that he is mad because she forgot him, and he started toward the stage and had to be removed by secruity.