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 Posted: Aug 31, 2008 - 09:19 AM
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From Sun Media (Canada)...
Everest has tough climb ahead
Gord Rand (left), William Shatner and Eric Johnson star in the mini-series Everest.
By Bill Harris, Sun Media - August 31, 2008
We all have heard the cliche about climbing a mountain because it's there. But seriously -- why?
Early in the CBC mini-series Everest, which airs tonight and tomorrow, that very question is raised expansively during a poignant scene in an airport.
Everest, which stars Eric Johnson, William Shatner, Jason Priestley and Gord Rand, is based on the 1982 climb of the mountain by a Canadian contingent. The group is set to depart Canada when climber Dave Read, played by Michael Teigen, gets a public tongue-lashing from his wife Sally, played by Chantal Perron.
"You're a selfish bastard," Sally screams, drawing the attention of everyone in the vicinity. "(It's a) communal death wish ... you're a bunch of adrenaline junkies ... it's not like you're feeding the hungry or bringing world peace ... if you get on that plane, I am filing for divorce."
Cue the inevitable stare-down. Dave says nothing and Sally knows what that means. She storms off.
There's a pregnant pause before Dave finally bellows, "Dibs on a window seat!"
Ha ha, very funny. But the situations the troupe faces on Mount Everest are less hilarious, and the production team has done a fine job capturing the element of always-imminent danger. It's a long way from the light-hearted vibe in that old Seinfeld episode, when neophyte rock-climber George Costanza got too obsessed with his delicious sandwiches.
To say Everest "stars" Shatner and Priestley is a stretch. Priestley's appearance is nothing more than a cameo, although he indicated while Everest was being filmed (in Alberta, British Columbia, and Nepal) that he would have liked a bigger role had he not been previously committed.
Shatner's character is not a climber -- Captain Kirk isn't as young as he used to be -- but rather a reporter named Norman Kelly who is covering the Canadian excursion.
The real star of Everest is Johnson, who plays Laurie Skreslet. Johnson handles the role ably, and we must say, his blond hair always looks terrific, even during a mountainside blizzard. His backpack must be half-filled with shampoo.
Everest has been completed and in the can for a year or so, but the CBC's delay in giving it an air date could have something to do with the fact that mini-series have fallen out of style.
In the past three years CBC has aired a number of high-quality mini-series that, by the network's own admission, very few people watched. It's funny, because in this era of personal video recorders (PVRs), one might think mini-series would be more accessible to viewers.
Then again, the old magic of a mini-series had to do with presenting it as "event TV," and the only things that really count as "event TV" these days are live extravaganzas, such as the Olympics, Canadian Idol, Dancing with the Stars or the Academy Awards.
In other words, there's at least one similarity between attracting a big TV audience and climbing a mountain: Neither is easy.
The four-hour (two-part) miniseries makes its broadcast premiere tonight (Sunday) August 31, at 8 pm, and concludes tomorrow (Monday) September 1, at 8 pm, on CBC television.
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From the AMC TV blog...
Masters of SciFi -- Star Trek and Lost Producer Damon Lindelof on Entertaining the Masses
Posted by Clayton Neuman, September 1, 2008 12:23pm
AMC: You've said the episode of Lost where Desmond travels through time is an homage to Star Trek. Did you approach the upcoming film as a fanboy?
Lindelof: I had a real reverence for the material, but more importantly, for the world and how special that world is, and how long it's persevered. I watched a fair amount of the original and I really watched a lot of Next Generation. The first series of meetings we had were along the lines of: What is the State of the Union of Trek, and has it been brought to a place where people will resent our involvement because we're coming from the outside? I think it's like how with Batman, it got to the point where there was more press about the nipples on the Batsuit than there was about the characters, and the franchise needed a reboot.
AMC: William Shatner has been very vocal about his displeasure in not having a place in the film. How did you react?
Lindelof: Mr. Shatner created Kirk, so I understand and sympathize with his feelings about what his role -- or lack of a role -- in our movie was. That being said, Kirk died; he fell down a cliff face. That made it incredibly challenging for us to tell the story we wanted to tell and figure out a way for William Shatner, who is now several years older than Kirk was when he died, to be in the movie. It's an incredibly ambitious movie on a technical scale. I can say with confidence that we achieved what we set out to achieve, and that's all you can ask for.
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From Jukebox Heart...
Screamer of the Day: William Shatner!
Posted by pulse on September 2nd, 2008
Fear of Pop -- "In Love" (Charlie Dark vocal remix)
Giant Step Records 1998.
Listen here:
 -> MP3 = 4.12 MB -> 4:30 playback time
The man just continues to dazzle us with his legendary flexibility! And that applies to more than just his performing arts talents, but that's a topic for a much different forum. Here he is being totally himself and providing the fabulous spoken vocals about love and all its foibles. Really, this is not to be missed.
This record is a white-sleeve promo-only double vinyl collection of remixes of "In Love", and in addition to the Charlie Dark remixes we have appearances from Attica Blues, Chukwu and Thievery Corporation. The only images to show are the sticker on the cover. If you MUST have this after hearing it, there is a seller on discogs.com that, as of 8PM 01 Sep 08, has a copy for sale for ten bucks.
For years, this record was lost somewhere in the stacks. I was determined to find it, so today I had the idea to search Discogs.com for William Shatner and cross reference the titles that came up against all titles in my own database, and BINGO. There it was. Press the arrow above to play...
http://jukeboxheart.com/?p=75
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From SciFi Scanner blog @ AMC TV...
Masters of SciFi - J.J. Abrams on Reviving Frankenstein in Fringe and Adhering to Canon With Star Trek
Posted by Clayton Neuman, September 8, 2008 12:03pm
The mastermind behind Lost, Alias, and the upcoming Star Trek reboot talks to AMCtv.com about his new out-there show Fringe, premiering tomorrow [Sept. 9 at 8pm on FOX], and the tricky science behind determining fanboy desire.
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AMC TV: How do you react to William Shatner's ire at not having a role in the movie?
J.J. Abrams: It was very tricky. We actually had written a scene with him in it that was a flashback kind of thing, but the truth is, it didn't quite feel right. The bigger thing was that he was very vocal that he didn't want to do a cameo. We tried desperately to put him in the movie, but he was making it very clear that he wanted the movie to focus on him significantly, which, frankly, he deserves. The truth is, the story that we were telling required a certain adherence to the Trek canon and consistency of storytelling. It's funny -- a lot of the people who were proclaiming that he must be in this movie were the same people saying it must adhere to canon. Well, his character died on screen. Maybe a smarter group of filmmakers could have figured out how to resolve that.
Read the complete article at AMCtv.com...
http://blogs.amctv.com/scifi-scanner/20 ... erview.php
Roberto Orci has subsequently disclosed, "Alex [Kurtzman] and I did indeed come up with a sequence for Shatner that we wrote before the [WGA] strike, although technically it wasn't a flashback. After the movie [is released], I'll post the sequence in question."
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From the Daily Express (UK)...
Nobody Beamed Up William
Wednesday September 10,2008
ACTOR William Shatner will not be going to see the new Star Trek movie but insists it has nothing to do with sour grapes.
The Captain Kirk legend, who is conspicuously absent from the Hollywood prequel despite his old chum Leonard Nimoy landing a cameo, explains: "My wife and I haven't been to a movie in two years at least.
We see films at home on DVD instead."
And though he and Nimoy are still on good terms, the 77-year-old admits he has no clue what the prequel -- which stars newcomer Chris Pine as the young Captain Kirk and Simon Pegg as Scotty -- is all about.
"It's the strangest thing," says Shatner.
"My dear friend Leonard won't tell me what it's about. He clams up. I think there is an explosive charge in his head that the film's director JJ Abrams put there and, should he say the words 'Star Trek', it goes off."
The actor, who stars in US drama Boston Legal, is equally baffled by the meetings he had about appearing in the movie.
"When I look back, I have no idea what those meetings were about but I know I have no connection with this film whatsoever."
http://www.express.co.uk/features/view/ ... up-William
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Via KBTX TV...
Mr. Sulu's Wedding
Posted: 5:07 AM Sep 11, 2008. Last Updated: 5:07 AM Sep 11, 2008. Reporter: Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Star date 9-14-08. Mr. Sulu will go where no Star Trek castmate has gone before. To his gay wedding. George Takei will tie the knot with his boyfriend Brad Altman in Los Angeles Sunday.
Nichelle Nichols, who played Uhura, will be their "best lady" and Walter Koenig, who played Chekhov, will be the best man. William Shatner was invited, but never replied, so he's not expected.
Takei tells AP Radio "we are overjoyed, ecstatic." For his part, Altman says he "can't live without George." They've been together 21 years without a license, but Takei says he's not worried that making it official will change anything. He says they have "a tested and stable relationship."
After the ceremony, Takei and Altman will honeymoon in Argentina and Peru.
http://www.kbtx.com/thebuzz/headlines/28233064.html
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From Entertainment Weekly PopWatch Blog...
Vote for the EWwys!
(You came up with the nominations, after all)
Photo Credit: Ron Tom
Sep 11, 2008, 09:55 AM | by Michael Slezak
For William Shatner, scoring an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama has become an annual occurrence as predictable as geese heading south for the winter, Will Smith opening at No. 1 on July 4th weekend, and drug stores displaying Christmas merchandise at increasingly ungodly dates. (I kid you not: I saw a rack of hideous, holiday-themed plush toys at my local Duane Reade this morning. Rated Argh!)
But I've got exciting news for those of you who've ever been frustrated by the way the Emmys reward the same old nominees year after year after blasted, stinkin' year: Shatner and his Boston Legal cohorts all got snubbed in the first annual EWwy Awards, EW.com's brand new TV awards recognizing the great shows and performers who, for whatever reason, can't seem to get any love from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
We chose four nominees in every category from your passionate rants on our PopWatch message boards, then EW TV critics Gillian Flynn and Ken Tucker rounded out each list with a fifth "critics' choice" selection. Click here to vote for the EWwys in five drama divisions -- the battle for best series is super-close; Battlestar Galactica, Bones, Friday Night Lights, and The Wire are all within reach of the coveted Golden Ewe trophy -- then come back to EW.com tomorrow when we'll reveal the nominees in five comedy races. The EWwy polls close Sept. 17, and every vote counts -- even Mr. Shatner's.
Also, a note to the Emmy-obsessed: If you haven't already, check out EW.com's Emmy Headquarters, where you'll find the complete list of this year's major nominees, our hella fun Emmy predictions game (in which you can challenge our own Scoop Doggy Dogg Michael Ausiello for prognostication supremacy), and even a gallery of the best and worst moments from last year's Emmy telecast! Enjoy!
http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2008/09 ... s-vot.html
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September 21, 2008
The New Season Television
Boston Lawyers Get a Few More Days in Court
By JACQUES STEINBERG
MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif.
DENNY CRANE and Alan Shore, the two high-priced lawyers played by William Shatner and James Spader on ABC’s “Boston Legal,” were having a spirited argument about the continuing liability of big tobacco when the conversation was brought to a halt by the unfurling of a zipper.
It was Crane’s.
“My junk,” Mr. Shatner’s character lamented to Mr. Spader’s from the corner of his opulent office, as he peered into his open suit pants. “My junk failed me.”
“It’s receded,” he added, recounting a recent bout of impotence. “Like a turtle too ashamed to come out of its shell.”
The scene, from the first episode of the series’s fifth (and final) season, which begins on Monday, is true to any number of installments that have preceded it. Since being spun off from “The Practice” in 2004, “Boston Legal” has drawn attention for plumbing ethically tangled issues like assisted suicide, the execution of the mentally impaired and the neglect of military veterans, with a leavening of theater-of-the-absurd moments. Less noticed is that the series has also sought to explore the contours and complexities of male friendship in a way that few, if any, other shows have ever attempted.
Since the middle of the first season virtually every episode has ended with Mr. Shatner and Mr. Spader settled in club chairs on the balcony of Crane’s office, talking late into the night about their (apparently) platonic affection for each other over sips of Scotch and puffs of cigar smoke.
“I sometimes think the episode might just be a vehicle to get us to the balcony scene,” Mr. Spader said, clad in one of Shore’s elegant pinstripe suits, his diction as tight as his character’s, during a pause in filming on a recent afternoon.
Shore and Crane, who are otherwise skirt-chasing womanizers, sometimes follow their cathartic balcony sessions with a seemingly innocuous sleepover, either because they don’t want to be alone or want to keep talking.
“Where does male love begin and end?” Mr. Shatner said in his dressing room here on a recent morning, when asked to distill what “Boston Legal” was ultimately about. “I’ve never had male friends like that. Never to this extent of being such a buddy that it displaces the intimacy you might have with a woman. It’s interesting to speculate what the limitations are.”
In a telephone interview from his home in Northern California, David E. Kelley, the series’s creator and principal writer, said he had come to fashion those balcony scenes from “a nostalgic longing we all have for a time in our life — and it’s probably high school or college — where we really had the flexibility of schedule just to sit with a close friend and share thoughts.”
“We’re all on such treadmills,” added Mr. Kelley, the father of a son and daughter with the actress Michelle Pfeiffer. “When you get married and have kids, you’re home reading bedtime stories at that hour.”
For a time last spring Mr. Kelley was convinced that Crane and Shore would be having their final balcony session on last season’s finale, in May. He even wrote that episode with the two pledging to go off and spend more time fishing and less time working.
“I was sure it wasn’t coming back,” Mr. Kelley said of the series. The issue was, at least partly, money. “We were very far apart on license fees,” said Mr. Kelley, who produces the show with 20th Century Fox Television. “ABC wanted the show back, but at a number that made financial sense for them. Their number didn’t make sense for us. It was a negotiation.”
From ABC’s perspective there was also the matter of ratings: this past season “Boston Legal” was ranked 50th among prime-time shows on broadcast television, according to Nielsen Media Research, with an audience of about 8.9 million — a loss of about 200,000 from the prior television season, but a drop of 1.3 million from the season before that. (As a counterbalance to that math “Boston Legal” is a perennial Emmy winner, with Mr. Spader and Mr. Shatner having won multiple times for their roles; each has been nominated again this year, along with Candice Bergen and the series itself, for outstanding drama.)
Complicating the negotiations was that ABC and Fox Television were disagreeing over another show, an ABC pilot titled “Life on Mars,” that Mr. Kelley had adapted from a British precursor. Ultimately ABC Studios wound up becoming a co-producer of the show with Fox, which had the effect of removing Mr. Kelley.
“They probably wanted more creative control than I was used to giving, which made sense,” Mr. Kelley said.
Only hours before ABC was to announce its fall prime-time schedule, the network made a decision that would amount to a split verdict on “Boston Legal”: It would return for one more season, but a truncated one.
“Because we do love the show,” said Jeffrey Bader, executive vice president of ABC Entertainment, “we wanted to find a way for the show to come back and end in a way the show deserves.”
There are to be 12 episodes this year, as opposed to the standard 22, with the final show a two-hour finale.
“Creatively I wouldn’t have felt shortchanged if we ended after four years,” Mr. Kelley said. “We got to tell the stories we set out to tell. But I think there are more to tell.”
And so, in what has become the equivalent of a weekly video op-ed column, Mr. Kelley will again use Mr. Shore’s character in particular this season to rail (mostly in closing arguments in court) about any number of matters that are troubling him, including the disproportionate power of drug companies and the seeming inequity of a law that effectively prohibits malpractice suits by soldiers treated in military hospitals.
Having had his characters tally the dead and wounded in Iraq and bemoan the encroachment on civil liberties in recent years, Mr. Kelley may also have more to say about the Bush administration — in large part, he said, because few other scripted series have sought to take a political stand.
“Once I thought it was irresponsible for a producer to be espousing his own views and rants,” said Mr. Kelley, who worked as a lawyer in Boston before finding his niche in Hollywood working on shows like “L.A. Law” and creating others like “Ally McBeal” and “Picket Fences.” “I have since become convinced we are living in a time where it is irresponsible not to. We were witnessing the death of debate.”
Still, what viewers may ultimately remember about the show this season is the pathos of its characters, chief among them Denny Crane. He is a lion of a defense lawyer whose quirks, frailties and flashes of brilliance have provided Mr. Shatner a late-career opportunity to reintroduce himself to those who knew his work on “The Defenders,” “Star Trek” and “T. J. Hooker,” to say nothing of those ubiquitous Priceline commercials. Crane will continue to grapple with what appears to be the early onset of Alzheimer’s, in yet another pioneering story line for a main character on network television.
When he first appeared in the final episodes of “The Practice” — a show built on a firm as gritty as Crane Poole & Schmidt of “Boston Legal” is well heeled — Crane was defined by little more than the way he said his name. It was rapid-fire — from Mr. Shatner’s mouth, it sounded like “Dennycrane” — and it instantly announced a self-centeredness and impatience.
“We originally wanted a guy who thought saying his name was enough,” said Bill D’Elia, the executive producer who was hired by Mr. Kelley to shepherd the transition from “The Practice” to “Boston Legal,” and who has overseen “Legal” ever since.
Asked the source of that staccato delivery, Mr. Shatner had a ready answer: “I always imagined it being the way a snake flits its tongue out to taste the air. Denny flicks his name out there to get a reaction.”
What has never been entirely clear to Crane’s associates or the show’s viewers is this: When, for example, he appears in an office corridor fully dressed but for his pants, has he done so consciously (as a gag) or not? This season, Mr. Shatner said, he expects the character to become more self-aware.
Speaking during a break from rehearsing the fifth episode of the final season, Mr. Shatner said: “There’s an interesting chord being played, in a scene I’m paying a lot of attention to, in which I say, ‘I think I’m slipping.’ Later on I say, ‘I’m slipping.’ Then I say, ‘I know I’m slipping.’ ”
“I think Kelley is planning on something dire, with some disposition,” Mr. Shatner added, “or some disposal.”
Which raises an immediate question: Might Mr. Kelley be planning to kill off Denny Crane, leaving Alan Shore bereft and bereaved?
As it turns out, Mr. Kelley does not seem to be leaning that way, at least partly for pragmatic reasons.
“One of the problems or challenges is that in this world of DVDs, series live on long after they air,” he said. “For whatever reason, the audience we have does seem to like to watch these episodes over again on DVD.”
“We’ve always been mindful that when these characters walk off into the sunset, that it be organic to the fun and spirit of this series, that you have the sense these guys are still out there doing what they do,” he said. “They just won’t be on TV doing it.” |
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