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May 13, 2009
Lawrence Olivier - Lawrence Olivier = William Shatner
So went an old actor algebra snipe I read somewhere. Which while humorous, I do disagree. But this person here says what I want to say:
The insufferably cerebral and moralistic elements of Star Trek have been bad enough to make even devoted fans wince many, many times, and if the acting often seemed weak it might have been because so few actors can credibly recite some of the drivel generations of actors have been forced to say over the decades.
I haven't seen the new Star Trek movie but the old series had many moments of William Shatner being forced to overact to keep one from laughing out loud at the lines. Anyone remember him doing that Eee Plabneesta speech in the parallel Earth with the Yangs and the Comes? (That episode was almost the PILOT script! Could Jeffrey Hunter have pulled that off?) Shatner almost makes it work.
I hear the new movie is much less heavy handed and the young Kirk actor takes on Shatner's mannerisms without the Jim Carrey overacting. Will check out if I can.
Posted by Matthew Hogan at May 13, 2009 06:40 AM
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