Bill's Senior Prom?

No, it's from one of his early Broadway gigs--The World of Suzie Wong. BTW, that's Frances Nuyen (Elaan of Troyius) he's cuddling with. But it also shows us what young Kirk really looked like.

Logan's Trek blogging

Look, there's so much other stuff to blog about this week - and Logan found some fantastic stuff! So why not just head over to his blog and see?

Star Trek Cakes

Virgins Eagerly Await Star Trek

Star Trek Clock: Stardate Awesome

Brought to you by the letter "L" for lazy. Oh, and here's a picture of the Trek lobby display at my local theatre.

Wil Wheaton liked the new Trek movie

Here are the words to go with the picture.

Bill watches the Trek trailer - and shills!

William Shatner Watches New Star Trek Movie Trailer


Favorite part: after he says "It looks great!", Bil IMMEDIATELY launches into shill mode for his OWN Kirk-at-the-Academy book! Screw Abrams! Buy my book! I AM CAPTAIN KIRK!!

Shatner Meets Pine

Pretty anti-climactic - you can't hear anything they're saying. This happened on April 25th, so it must have been at Bill's charity horse show - meaning he didn't slam himself into the wall during his trick riding. No word on whether Tommy Turvey survived.

Trekkiest Trekkies win trip to LA Premier

From Defliin Vigil of the San Francisco Chronicle:

A film-making family from San Rafael took the top prize in a national competition to make a video that proved they were the biggest Trekkies in the country. David Tanaka, a staff editor with Pixar (and an admitted Trekkie) along with his wife, Dorianne, and two sons, Mitchell and Benjamin, spent four weekends making the winning video, which coincides with this week's release of the new "Star Trek" movie. Called "Trekitis," the three-or-so-minute short features a concerned mom (played by Dorianne) speaking to a psychiatrist (played by neighbor Joan Lithgow). Among other things, they are trying to figure out why 8-year-old Mitchell has grown odd-shaped ears and keeps putting paralyzing Spock-holds on other kids. The answer of course is: Trekitis. The prize, awarded by Esurance, included an all-expenses-paid two-night trip to Hollywood - complete with limo ride to last week's red-carpet screening of "Star Trek" and $1,000 cash. How did the Tanakas spend it? "We spent it logically," said the father.

To see the winning video and others, click here. Follow the links to "sweepstakes" and "Watch Trekkie Videos." I gotta say the winning vid is great!

Show #105.5 - May 5

Episode 105.5 on MP3

Special Cinco de Mayo mini-podcast with Special Guest Star Mike Sterling of Mike's Progressive Ruin!

We talk about toys, comics, the movie, and lots lots more!

Money quote: "I wouldn't even need to open the bottle. I'd just need to rub the bottle of Tiberius cologne on my body and that would be enough."




Very Surprised Kirk(tm) from Burger King

Space Rage

Short and funny.


Thanks, Jamie for the heads-up!
And the rest of you, stay tuned to the all-posting, all-the-time blog!

Newsflash: THIS IS A DISASTER!!!

No spoilers. Foaming-at-the-mouth fanboys, proceed with caution.


Trekkies Bash New Star Trek Film As 'Fun, Watchable'

Never Released Trek Prequel!

Funny Videos | Funny Cartoons | More Video Clips

Ah, the 90s, when teen movies were just the teensiest cut above an Archie comic.

Enterprise Tech Manuals - The way they should be

From Cracked.com: Instruction Manuals for the USS Enterprise



And of course, the Captain's Quarters:

Maynard + Shatner Butt Girls = International Mayhem

Aussie superstar Maynard interviews the Shatner Butt Girls. Hilarity ensues.

Maynard's Malaise podcast


We love you, Maynard! (And we admire you for trying to create the illusion of Shatner butt.)

Don't fuck with me - I'm the Security Chief!

Translation: I eat dead redshirts for breakfast.

From the Star Trek personality quiz:

Hmmm... a definite Tactical mind.

Every problem has a simple solution in your book - usually involving explosions and knives.

You're blunt but effective, perfect for the blue shirt of a Security Chief.

And you are...?
Identify yourself.

The one! The only! CAPTAIN! KIRK!

Before the movie opens and a whole new can of worms opens with it, Ree Hines of msnbc.com makes it perfectly clear.

Everything we know about Kirk, we learned from Shatner. The man at the helm of the U.S.S. Enterprise wasn’t just created by the late, great Gene Roddenberry. You can’t write a character like Kirk. The swagger, the staccato delivery, the ever-present smirk — those come to life in the actor. Roddenberry gave him a backstory [...] but Shatner gave the captain life.

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SF Chronicle's Man-Crush on Trek, Kirk, and Bill

This weekend's San Francisco Chronicle had a whole bunch of great coverage on Trek - not the new movie, but CLASSIC Trek, and of course there was a picture of Bill! Check out the great articles they've been running:

Best and Worst of Trek (villain, cameo, etc.)

Boldly Going for New Film Doesn't Irk Trekker

Q&A with Quinto

Trek Stuff from Burger King and a Great Typo!

Trust me, the glasses look pretty cool but I had to post this picture. Looks like a mash-up of Star Trek, South Park and chibis.

Read the article and be sure to enjoy this sentence:

There are going to be four toys offered each week for four weeks (although sometimes restaurants with more costumers tend to go through their premium items faster).

The fun starts May 4!

Mix & Match

Compare the original and replacement crew.



Thanks, Jamie!

Favorite comments:

"Blasphemy!" and "JJ Abrams is going to KILL the Star Trek franchise with this fiasco of a film. People should avoid this film like the plague, and maybe the hack that is JJ Abrams will go away." (What, no "THIS IS A DISASTER!"? For shame, fanboys, for shame.)

"I think that James T Kirk looks cross-eyed." (Taken out of context, you might think this is a comment on the Bill the Cat picture but no, take a look at the Pine picture.)

Scroll down to our previous post for a happy ending.

Him Too Much Sexy

Lovely rich purple background--yes.
Sweat--good, good.
Kirklight--oh, well done!
But there's something missing.
Oh, of course! Rip the shirt, darling. Slowly. That's right.
Music up and... oh hell, you figure it out. I'm done typing.

Why Everyone Loves Captain Kirk

Because he's the goddamn captain, that's why!

Excerpt:

And then there's the cosmic Kirk mojo - an intergalactic seduction record that makes Charlie Sheen and Mick Jagger look like high school virgins. Whether presented with a green Orion slave women, an android, or a primitive, tribal princess, Kirk could found a way into her bed. The web is littered with lists debating Kirk's greatest conquests, but he had a charm that made him seem less like a chauvinist scoundrel, and more just a lover of the moment.

Modern men can use "going to war" as an excuse for a tryst, but Kirk could use everything from "won't be back in this solar system for another 40 years" to "battling a Vulcan to death in hand-to-hand combat tomorrow" to justify his escapades. Life was short, and he flew by the seat of his pants in more ways than one.

Read the whole wonderful essay by Chris Lackner, National Post

Bill lookin' fine and ready to sign

Comic books, that is.

Bill is scheduled to take part in a book signing to correspond with National Free Comic Book Day Saturday May 2 at Golden Apple Comic in Los Angeles. More