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timoth3y | 7 days ago

William Shatner is someone I really wish I could dislike. I mean, he is certainly not a conventionally talented singer or actor. He's laughably, painfully bad sometimes.

But the man keeps going! He's one of the hardest working people in show business. He clearly takes his craft very seriously, even if he defines it a bit differently from the rest of world.

The Wrath of Khan has no business being as great a movie as it is, and his version of Common People is fantastic.

I'm sure this collaboration will be .... something else.

== Edit I'm sure I am over-analyzing this - I do that with everything - but Common People is actually "perfect" Shatner.

When you start listening, you feel "OK, this is lame." After a bit it clicks and it becomes "Oh! I see what they are trying to do here." and by the end it becomes "Damn! This is awesome."

Shatner doesn't change throughout the performance, but everything just falls into place around him.

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throw0101c|6 days ago

> But the man keeps going! He's one of the hardest working people in show business. He clearly takes his craft very seriously, even if he defines it a bit differently from the rest of world.

I still think him (of Star Trek) opening AFI's tribute to George Lucas (of Star Wars) was genius:

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEZVwQptvWw

(Also love Mike Myers' AFI for Sean Connery.)

dgllghr|7 days ago

His acting is laughably, painfully bad and then suddenly incredibly poignant and for some reason for the whole time it's bad I'm subconsciously like "oh this part doesn't count". It's so easy to root for him

tim333|6 days ago

His style seems quite Shakespearean which was done in a slightly over the top way to entertain the live crowds at the time, rather than the realistic style popular nowadays with close up filming.

nosioptar|7 days ago

Shatner singlehanded made American Psycho 2 better than the original. It's so awful it's great.

(I know no one else in the world feels this way.)

BLKNSLVR|6 days ago

I didn't know there was even a sequel.

Alien 3 is my favourite in the Alien franchise, so I'm a chance to see it your way. But then I love American Psycho and the portrayal by Christian Bale, so maybe I'm already out of the running.