{"id":47967,"date":"2018-03-13T13:06:44","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T20:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=47967"},"modified":"2018-03-13T13:06:44","modified_gmt":"2018-03-13T20:06:44","slug":"shatner-trek-khan-twitter-and-virtual-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2018\/03\/shatner-trek-khan-twitter-and-virtual-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Shatner: Trek, Khan, Twitter And Virtual Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a recent interview promoting his appearances at special Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan<\/em> screenings, William Shatner<\/strong> spoke about the lasting influence of Star Trek<\/em> on science fiction culture, what he took away from The Wrath of Khan, Twitter,<\/em> and how a Shatner Kirk could return to Star Trek.<\/p>\n

Star Trek<\/em> still resonates today and Shatner explained why he thought that was the case. “Star Trek<\/em> the series and many of the movies were good science fiction stories,” he said. “The concept that you need a good story to make a good sci-fi movie became prevalent. I read a lot of sci-fi before I became connected with Star Trek<\/em> and I got to meet some of the wonderful science fiction writers, who I don’t think are alive today. Science fiction before Star Trek <\/em>and after Star Trek<\/em>, I think science fiction propelled Star Trek<\/em> into being and Star Trek<\/em> enhanced science fiction from then on.”<\/p>\n

One of the things Shatner took away from The Wrath of Khan<\/em> was a new friend. “I think Ricardo Montalb\u00e1n<\/strong>, who was in the original segment in Star Trek<\/em> and did the movie, was magnificent,” he said. “I had seen him years before, but I didn’t quite know him more than to nod in his direction. But I got to know him after making the movie. He became a wonderful acquaintance of mine. I was with him close to the end. I wasn’t there when he died but close to it. He was a wonderful dancer in his earlier years and a wonderful actor and leading man. On top of all of that he was a wonderful guy. I appreciated Ricardo Montalb\u00e1n more than anybody.”<\/p>\n

Shatner is highly-active on Twitter<\/em>, and how does he feel it is useful? “Twitter<\/em>…is a whole game-changer in publicizing something or getting something out there,” he said. “I run a charity called the Hollywood Charity Horse Show<\/em>. [Twitter<\/em> helps with] raising funds by getting people to contribute items for silent auction or actually contributing funds for children and veterans. It\u2019s a wonderful way to get awareness.<\/p>\n

“In addition to that, in defiance of all of the ugliness that we see on Twitter<\/em>, I believe that there\u2019s a really large number of people who have goodwill and can be reached through Twitter<\/em>…I’m using Twitter<\/em> as a means of helping people. That’s basically the reason why I’m out there tweeting as I do.”<\/p>\n

A new venture for Shatner is his relationship with a virtual reality company, called Ziva<\/em>. Could this mean a return of Shatner’s Kirk one day? “I think it’s one of the big entertainment forces of the future,” he said. “So, one day they photographed me with two hundred-and-fifty cameras and spent the day getting my virtual image electronically down. And now they can make me look, do, sound and act in any way they want. Contractually I have control of that. They can make me look a lot younger. I believe I said one way to get back into Star Trek<\/em> is to do this virtual reality youthful program. But it’s a half-joke.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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