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|    Wickeddoll to All    |
|    Re: Shatner sick of Star Trek feuds    |
|    02 Dec 09 10:04:12    |
      From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos       From Address: not@chance.dude       Subject: Re: Shatner sick of Star Trek feuds              Anim8rFSK wrote:       > Wickeddoll wrote:       >        >> Travoltron wrote:       >>> http://blogs.chron.com/celebritybuzz/2009/11/shatner_sick_of       star_trek_feud.       >>> html        >>>       >>>       >>> Shatner sick of Star Trek feuds       >>>       >>> William Shatner has given up trying to make peace with his "bitter"        >>> former Star Trek co-stars - insisting "nothing seems to work."       >>>       >>> The 78-year-old, who shot to fame as Captain Kirk on the original 1960s        >>> show, admits his memories of the series have been marred by bitter feuds        >>> with former castmates.       >>>       >>> Shatner admitted he was hurt after former co-star George Takei failed to        >>> invite him to his wedding to longtime partner Brad Altman last year.        >>> Meanwhile, Shatner reached a gentleman's agreement with Leonard Nimoy        >>> never to talk Trek in order to salvage their friendship.       >>>       >>> But the star insists most of his efforts to mend relationships have been        >>> in vain, and he's finished trying to be friends with his former colleagues.       >>>       >>> He tells the New York Post, "I've asked them (my co-stars) numerous        >>> times to see if I can assuage their bitterness. I don't know what their        >>> problem is, quite frankly, so I've given up on trying to make it better.        >>> I don't like any ill-feelings, and if there was something I could do to        >>> correct it I would. But nothing seems to work."       >> On this I totally agree with him - they're being ridiculous. If they        >> don't care for his company, fine, but STFU with the whining!       >        > Well, it's worse than that; by all accounts he had them all over for        > (IIRC) Thanksgiving the year before they all started publishing their        > books blasting him. He say the last time he saw Nichelle before her        > book came out was then, and she was hugging him and saying she loved        > him, and BLAM. So his company was apparently fine until the book tours        > required otherwise.       >               Nice - well, I have absolutely no intention of buying any of that trash.         I think it's libelous, and if Shat really wanted to nail them on at        least some of it, he probably could. Nimoy is the only one with any        real class. I don't remember his ever complaining, and if there were        any conflicts, I really doubt he'd try to sell them. Has he?              Allow me a biblical reference here - "Let he who is without sin throw        the first stone."              Natalie       --        "Wicked little doll, you have no soul"       (David Byrne, 1997)       http://www.supernaturalusa.net       --- Synchronet 3.15a-Linux NewsLink 1.92-mlp       --- SBBSecho 2.12-Linux        * Origin: telnet & http://cco.ath.cx - Dial-Up: 502-875-8938 (1:2320/105.1)    |
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