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May 15, 2009 at 05:24PM 
Chris Pine did an excellent job of becoming Captain Kirk in the movie. It was a slow transition in which you could see young Kirk develop the character traits that William Shatner help create in Kirk—without in any way exaggerating the "shatnerisms" or creating an impersonation.
May 10, 2009 at 09:37AM The new Star Trek is quite interesting from a visual design standpoint. Lens flares, light halos and small reflections appear everywhere. It gives the film a clean, high-tech appearance, as though the we're watching it through a thin layer of glass. The effect is sometimes distracting and used perhaps too exuberantly, but in reading JJ Abrams' explanation about the effect and how it was done, I can appreciate this artistic decision even more.
"The flares weren't just happening from on-camera light sources, they were happening off camera, and that was really the key to it. I want [to create] the sense that, just off camera, something spectacular is happening. There was always a sense of something, and also there is a really cool organic layer thats a quality of it. They were all done live, they weren't added later. There are something about those flares, especially in a movie that can potentially be very sterile and CG and overly controlled. There is something incredibly unpredictable and gorgeous about them. It is a really fun thing. Our DP would be off camera with this incredibly powerful flashlight aiming it at the lens. It became an art because different lenses required angles, and different proximity to the lens. Sometimes, when we were outside we'd use mirrors. Certain sizes were too big... literally, it was ridiculous. It was like another actor in the scene....
So it was this ridiculous, added level of pain in the ass, but I love... [looking at] the final cut, [the flares] to me, were a fun additional touch that I think, while overdone, in some places, it feels like the future is that bright."
May 9, 2009 at 09:49PM In honour of the new Star Trek movie, I decided to make my blog about The Shatner Show visible again. Mr. Shatner isn't in the new movie in a physical way, but he is James T. Kirk and always will be.
Jun 3, 2008 at 06:34PM 
Before I start posting more about Work/Life, I'd like to share with you some news about last summer's The Shatner Show book and exhibition...
The Shatner Show is mentioned in William Shatner's recently-released autobiography, Up Till Now! I was quite happy (and surprised) to see us listed in the index. "It is an astonishing collection, with pieces made of LEGOs and another one of clay, limestone, artificial ferns, and plumbing pieces." It's nice to know that our show has made it into his official personal history! Thank you, Mr. Shatner.
May 11, 2008 at 09:54PM 
Thanks, Anne, for sending us this picture of Shatner at Forbidden Planet, NYC.
Mar 22, 2008 at 06:26PM Happy Birthday to our Shatner Show muse, William Shatner, who turns 77 years of age today.
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