![]() At that point, Shatner accepted Kirk's time in the Enterprise's Captain's chair was over and he was determined to give the Starfleet legend a worthy sendoff. Although the actor couldn't affect the lackluster circumstances of Kirk's death, Shatner ably serviced the way his character met his demise. Shatner was deeply involved in Kirk's small but critical role from the onset and his ideas and approval were sought by Generations' screenwriters. Shatner embodied Kirk for 28 years when Star Trek Generations was in production and he knew the character better than anyone. As performed by Shatner, Kirk's "Oh my!" powerfully and evocatively added an ineffable quality to what was, otherwise, an unceremonious way to bump off arguably the greatest Captain of the Enterprise, and it made Kirk's grand finale truly memorable. "Oh my!" also encompasses how Kirk never wavered from facing the unknown. In his memoir, Shatner went on to explain he felt the way Kirk faced death, with a sense of openness and curiosity, is the way he hopes to face his own mortality one day. Shatner's decision to extend Kirk's death scene by adding "Oh my!" was embraced by Star Trek Generations' producers. Shatner realized he could sum up what the character saw with two words: "Oh my!" The actor wondered about the abyss the Captain would gaze into and how Kirk would react to glimpsing the true final frontier. Moore and Brannon Braga were, "It was fun." But Shatner asked himself about "the next step" and "what would Kirk see as he drew his final breath?" beyond " It was fun" summarizing Kirk's final heroic act with Picard and his life of outer space adventure. Tolian Soran (Malcolm McDowell), the Captain's final words as scripted by Ronald D. When Kirk is killed by the villainous Dr. Shatner described his participation in Star Trek Generations in his memoir, Star Trek Movie Memories, and Kirk's famous last words were revealed to be the actor's brainchild. Related: Star Trek: Why Leonard Nimoy Hated Generations Ultimately, only Shatner, James Doohan, and Walter Koenig signed on for the first of what became four TNG movies Shatner's participation was crucial because the death of Captain Kirk was planned as the movie's big climactic moment in order to pass the torch to Picard. However, Paramount also worried about the TNG movie's box office chances and wanted a crossover film with TOS' cast to make it an 'event' for Trekkers. In the early 1990s, Paramount saw Star Trek: The Next Generation as the future for the movie franchise and the studio began planning for the show - headlined by Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard - to end with season 7 so that it could make the leap to the big screen. And, of course we wanted that, too, but we wanted a whole complete picture of us as she saw it.Kirk's death was part of Star Trek Generations from its inception. This is not going to be a vanity project.’ So many actors, when they have documentaries done, it’s essentially to show them off the best that they can. We trusted her to the point where we said, ‘We don’t want to have final cut approval. Takei didn’t even know Kroot when she first approached him about following his life, and he told the Asbury Park Press that he and Brad “vetted her” and found that her films “were quite impressive,” and ultimately, he says: To Be Takei is in some theatres today, but is simultaneously being released on demand and is available online for rent or purchase on Amazon and iTunes.īecause he’s so awesome, Takei didn’t ask for any kind of editorial control over the final product. Kroot and says it offers “a hilarious, entertaining, and moving look at the many roles played by eclectic 77-year-old actor/activist George Takei” and includes “unprecedented access to the daily life of George and his husband/business partner Brad.” The documentary was directed by Jennifer M. ![]() Millers filmography does not include Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. during World War II with his family to Star Trek star to universally beloved celebrity. Campbell already pointed out, the alien from The Search for Spock, who McCoy tries to secure passage to Genesis through, is played by Allan Miller: Allan Miller Bio at Memory Alpha. ![]() Now he’s the star of a documentary about his present and past, from Japanese-American interned in the U.S. (photo by Shutterstock)Īll-around awesome person George Takei has parodied The Bachelor, been fired on Celebrity Apprentice, and was part of a King of the Nerds challenge. ![]() ![]() George Takei at the 2014 AARP “Movies for Grownups” Awards. ![]()
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