Happy Star Trek Day!
Yes, Star Trek aired for the first time 59 years ago today.
To mark the occasion, YouTube Rowan J. Coleman continued his expositions on science fiction (including Patrick Stewart and Babylon 5) with a vigorous defense of William Shatner as he appeared in the original Star Trek. I agree with Coleman that Shatner has been unfairly maligned as a bad actor.
He plays his role quite well, especially the physicality of his characterization. Kirk has a young, vigorous personality. I'd like to see Coleman continue this series with a comparison of an actor of the same area depicting a similar role: Jeffrey Hunter.
Maybe Coleman discusses this, but Shatner's biggest problem isn't that he's bad, it's that he's often a lazy actor. He's admitted it himself in recent decades, he just saw Trek as a gig to make some money, and often didn't make the same effort with the scripts the other members of the cast did, especially Nimoy.
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