Jon1967 said:

We picked up our daughter at LAX lastyr from a redeye n the first person walking out from the gate was Shatner.

Awesome. Did you say hi?

kpowers said:

Don't you think Nestor Carbonell & Jaime Ray Newman (who starred together in Bates Motel) would make a good Khan and Marla. Would like to see them play those roles on Star Trek continues

You're right. They do look right for the roles.

morningsong said:

Jon1967 said:

No it was surreal n we were a bit star struck. He made a gesture like yes its me hello n jus strolled out. It was cool morningsong said:

Awesome. Did you say hi?

Well hey, given that it was Shatner and he acknowledged your presence just the same is pretty good, he can be a character I hear.

There has always been a perceived divide in fandoms between Star Wars and Star Trek. Which is better? Well, that may ultimately come down to which franchise has had the worse moment, and William Shatner recently took a shot at Star Wars and the lowest of the low moments in a galaxy far far away. Yes, Captain Kirk decided to throw some shade at the much-maligned Star Wars Holiday Special.

Even George Lucas has done everything he can to erase the legacy of the Star Wars Holiday Special from the face of the planet. Somewhat unsuccessfully. It is considered to be truly awful and makes The Phantom Menace look like a masterpiece. The special recently celebrated its 38th anniversary, and William Shatner decided to take to his Twitter account to commemorate the event, by taking a shot at Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Chewbacca himself, Peter Mayhew.

"Happy Anniversary of Life Day! @TheWookieeRoars 38 years ago today @HamillHimself @carrieffisher 2 hours of my life! #poof #gone

No doubt the Star Wars Holiday Special is worth poking some fun at. As was pointed out in the tweet, the special centered on a ridiculous Wookiee holiday called Life Day on the planet of Kashyyyk. But calling out Chewbacca is never a good idea. So, Peter Mayhew decided to remind William Shatner that Star Trek has had some terrible moments as well. One of which William Shatner was directly responsible for. Here was his response.

".@WilliamShatner Thank you Bill! And the same to you! #2hours #poof #StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier #IKnowTheFeeling #AtLeastYouGetRoyalties

For those who may not be familiar, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier was directed by William Shatner and was released in 1989. The movie is considered a serious low point for the franchise and saw the crew of the Enterprise dealing with Spock's half-brother, who leads them on a search for God at the center of the galaxy. Just to give an idea just how much people don't like this movie, it currently has a 23 percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes from critics, and only a 24 percent audience score.

On the other hand, the Star Wars Holiday Special only ever aired once and even the most diehard of diehard Star Wars fans can't find a way to defend it. Save for the fact that Boba Fett made his debut on the special in an animated short. Granted, many have seen it, but more so just to say that they have seen it. At least Star Trek V: The Final Frontier can be found in DVD combo packs at Walmart. It is bad, but not "erase it from the archives" bad. The Star Wars Holiday special can really only be found in sketchy bootlegs at conventions or poor quality YouTube uploads. In any case, this was a pretty funny exchange and surely the two don't actually harbor any ill feelings toward one another. You can check out the Twitter exchange for yourself.

morningsong said:

There has always been a perceived divide in fandoms between Star Wars and Star Trek. Which is better? Well, that may ultimately come down to which franchise has had the worse moment, and William Shatner recently took a shot at Star Wars and the lowest of the low moments in a galaxy far far away. Yes, Captain Kirk decided to throw some shade at the much-maligned Star Wars Holiday Special.

Even George Lucas has done everything he can to erase the legacy of the Star Wars Holiday Special from the face of the planet. Somewhat unsuccessfully. It is considered to be truly awful and makes The Phantom Menace look like a masterpiece. The special recently celebrated its 38th anniversary, and William Shatner decided to take to his Twitter account to commemorate the event, by taking a shot at Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Chewbacca himself, Peter Mayhew.

"Happy Anniversary of Life Day! @TheWookieeRoars 38 years ago today @HamillHimself @carrieffisher 2 hours of my life! #poof #gone

No doubt the Star Wars Holiday Special is worth poking some fun at. As was pointed out in the tweet, the special centered on a ridiculous Wookiee holiday called Life Day on the planet of Kashyyyk. But calling out Chewbacca is never a good idea. So, Peter Mayhew decided to remind William Shatner that Star Trek has had some terrible moments as well. One of which William Shatner was directly responsible for. Here was his response.

".@WilliamShatner Thank you Bill! And the same to you! #2hours #poof #StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier #IKnowTheFeeling #AtLeastYouGetRoyalties

For those who may not be familiar, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier was directed by William Shatner and was released in 1989. The movie is considered a serious low point for the franchise and saw the crew of the Enterprise dealing with Spock's half-brother, who leads them on a search for God at the center of the galaxy. Just to give an idea just how much people don't like this movie, it currently has a 23 percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes from critics, and only a 24 percent audience score.

On the other hand, the Star Wars Holiday Special only ever aired once and even the most diehard of diehard Star Wars fans can't find a way to defend it. Save for the fact that Boba Fett made his debut on the special in an animated short. Granted, many have seen it, but more so just to say that they have seen it. At least Star Trek V: The Final Frontier can be found in DVD combo packs at Walmart. It is bad, but not "erase it from the archives" bad. The Star Wars Holiday special can really only be found in sketchy bootlegs at conventions or poor quality YouTube uploads. In any case, this was a pretty funny exchange and surely the two don't actually harbor any ill feelings toward one another. You can check out the Twitter exchange for yourself.

For the Star Wars Holiday special it is what it is. I edited out all the non Star Wars stuff (Like Harvey Korman, Bea Arthur, Diahnn Carroll, Art Carney) and just focus on the original cast and it's kinda fun. I really like the Boba Fett cartoon. For Star Trek Final Frontier it always felt the cast was like hey let's make another Star Trek movie. With that said I like both franchises, how boring if there was only Star Wars or only Star Trek. Didn't like the fact Star Wars sued Battlestar Galactica (1978). Star Wars acted like they invented sci-fi (hey then Star Trek could sue you then).

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In 1978 Twentieth Century Fox sued Universal Studios, alleging that Battlestar Galactica infringed on copyright created by Star Wars. At issue was whether or not Battlestar’s characters, plotlines, technology, etc. were copied from Star Wars. Before these material facts were determined, the parties settled out of court and Battlestar was cancelled. Thus, the appropriate fact finding remains a mystery. For those who wish to speculate, one important question is whether Star Wars’ story elements were new, or were commonly used and generally available to storytellers.

For example, Twentieth Century Fox claimed that Battlestar’s use of a “friendly robot,” who sides with democratic forces and is harmed by a totalitarian enemy, constituted copyright infringement. “Friendly robot” characters are now extremely common in science fiction, but is there evidence that this fictional trope existed before Star Wars was released? Looking at examples can help us understand the true relationship between Battlestar and Star Wars. Instances where an allegedly copyrighted story element appeared in stories published pre-1977 may suggest that Star Wars was making use of story-telling techniques and elements that were already in use, and thus did not originate them or hold copyright in them.

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Honestly I wish they do release it on DVD. I watched it as a kid on tv in back 1978. I enjoyed it because it was still fun seeing all the Star Wars characters again. At the time I had no idea they were gonna make more movies, to me the death star got destroyed, the end.

How about Misha Collins (Super Natural) as Gary 7, Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars) as Roberta Lincoln and Charisma Carpenter as Isis

morningsong said: