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The most important moments in Captain Kirk's life






BY DARREN FRANICH
October 19 2015

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It’s been almost half a century since the first appearance of James Tiberius Kirk, the first Star Trek captain and (in my humble opinion)
still the finest onscreen expression of the franchise’s brash utopian idealism. Played memorably across the decades by William Shatner,
Kirk aged onscreen from a bold risk-taking Captain to an older, faintly melancholic Admiral. Along the way, he had a series of intergalactic
adventures that boggle the mind — even moreso today, when we’ve become adjusted to a more grounded form of science-fiction adventure.


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Having read George Takei's book many years ago I remember that Takei really hated Bill Shatner in real life and to this day still holds a grudge.
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My3Cats wrote:Having read George Takei's book many years ago I remember that Takei really hated Bill Shatner in real life and to this day still holds a grudge.
The guy who played Scotty hated Shatner but loved Kirk, the character.

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William Shatner on Star Trek’s 50th Birthday, Leonard Nimoy’s Shoes, and the Secret to Creativity






By David Marchese
December 10, 2015

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William Shatner — Captain Kirk, though he’s had mixed feelings about that designation — is going to be 85 years old soon.
Not terribly long after he hits that milestone, Star Trek, the franchise that made him famous, will hit a milestone of its
own, as it celebrates its 50th anniversary. More than half of Shatner’s long life has been defined by three years on TV in
the ’60s. He’s made albums, won non-Trek Emmys, directed films, written novels, had a weird fourth or fifth life as a
Priceline pitchman, become a (seemingly) ironic social media star, and is bringing his one-man show Shatner’s World:
We Just Live in It to the New York area in January. Yet he remains, to the vast majority of people, Captain Kirk. With
the Star Trek anniversary on its way, as well as a CBS reboot planned for 2017, we spoke with the erstwhile Enterprise
captain about his legacy, his Star Wars potshots, and the mystic chords of life.


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GUEST BLOG: Smithsonian Update on Enterprise Studio Model Restoration






The National Air and Space Museum
January 30, 2016

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Stardate 1601.28: After a year of extensive research, conservation work on the original studio model of the USS Enterprise is now underway in the Museum’s spacedock.
Our goal is to stabilize the model and return it to its appearance from August of 1967, during the filming of the episode The Trouble with Tribbles, which marked the last
known modification of the ship during the production of Star Trek. The model appeared in all 79 episodes of the original series, and was donated to the Smithsonian in
1974. It will go back on public display in the Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall this year, in time for the Museum’s 40th birthday in July and the 50th anniversary of Star Trek
in September. Visitors to our third annual Open House at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center on Saturday, January 30 can catch a glimpse of the work in progress.


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Star Trek: History & Effect on Space Technology






By Elizabeth Howell, Space.com Contributor
February 1, 2016

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This model of the USS Enterprise starship was used in the original "Star Trek" TV series, which aired from 1966 to 1969.
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Since viewers first heard the famous tagline, "… to boldly go where no man has gone before," "Star Trek"
has represented the hope of what space — “the final frontier” — can mean for humanity in a few centuries.

Over several television series and films, the franchise mostly follows the adventures of crews on the
USS Enterprise. Humanity is just one of a vast number of alien species participating in a quasi-military
organization called Starfleet, whose main goal is to explore the universe for scientific reasons. Starfleet
has strict rules about interacting with more primitive species and protecting uncolonized planets, but
from time to time the crews in the show run afoul of these rules — sometimes with tragic results.


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Here's One Thing You Didn't Know About 'Star Trek'






By Todd Van Luling
June 7, 2016

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© CBS Photo Archive via Getty Images LOS ANGELES - FEBRUARY 28: Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock in the STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES episode,
'The Cloud Minders.' Season 3, episode 21. Original air date, February 28, 1969.



If you've ever heard someone yell "Khan!" without context, then you are, at least in some way, familiar with "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan."

Besides that quote's continued popularity in the American lexicon, the 1982 movie is notable for earning both box-office success and critical
praise upon its release. The New York Times began their review of the second installment in the "Star Trek" movie series with the words,
"Now this is more like it."

Since it became such an established classic, you may be surprised to learn of one, then untested, but now famous director who almost helmed
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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country is a masterpiece until it's a franchise movie







Entertainment Geekly's 'Star Trek' series looks at Nicholas Meyer's clever political fantasy.


By Darren Franich
June 7 2016

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2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the Star Trek franchise – and the release of Star Trek Beyond, the 13th feature film in the series.
To celebrate this big year, and ponder the deeper meanings of Trek’s first half-century, the Entertainment Geekly column will look at
a different Star Trek film each week, from now till Beyond. This week: The end of the Cold War, with more forehead ridges. Last week:
William Shatner versus God. This Friday: Kirk meets Picard.

At the beginning of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, the opening credits play over a starscape. Opening credits always do that in
Star Trek. But something’s gone wrong this time. Cliff Eidelman’s score is minor-key, insinuating, infesting. It puts you on edge. The
final credit flashes onscreen: “Directed By Nicholas Meyer.” The name fades. The camera holds. The stars shine dark. And then the
universe explodes.


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The Smithsonian Made a Movie About Restoring the USS Enterprise







Building Star Trek airs in September to mark the 50th anniversary of the original "Star Trek" TV show.


By Andrew Moseman
July 7, 2016

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Last month we went to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum to see the fully restored original USS Enterprise model from the
1960s "Star Trek" TV series, which had been hanging neglected in the museum's gift shop. Now, with the show's 50th anniversary
looming, the Smithsonian Channel says it will air a documentary about the restoration on September 4.


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