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• RE: Happy birthday, William Shatner

  badlands > March 23rd, 2021, 01:55 AM

  Happy birthday 🎂.

• RE: Happy birthday, William Shatner

  Michael > March 23rd, 2021, 11:22 PM

  90 years old and still going strong.

• RE: Happy birthday, William Shatner

  august > March 22nd, 2024, 11:30 PM

  And now he's 93!
  
  

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• RE: Happy birthday, William Shatner

  RobRoy > March 25th, 2024, 03:18 PM

  The guy doesn't stop self-promoting, does he? I don't mind, so much. Risk is our business!

• RE: Happy birthday, William Shatner

  Michael > March 29th, 2024, 03:24 AM

  I wouldn't say he's being that self-promotional. Legion M (in which I am an investor) sought him out for that project (as I understand it) and a close relationship with the company.

• RE: Happy birthday, William Shatner

  rkomar > March 29th, 2024, 01:49 PM

  Oh man! This made me think of his album "Has Been". I still had the feeling that it was recent, but I checked the date and it came out twenty years ago! It amazes me how he manages to stay somewhat fresh and not overstay his welcome in the public eye. I'll have to listen to the album again this weekend in celebration of his birthday.

• RE: Happy birthday, William Shatner

  RobRoy > April 1st, 2024, 12:43 PM

  (March 29th, 2024, 03:24 AM)Michael Wrote: I wouldn't say he's being that self-promotional. Legion M (in which I am an investor) sought him out for that project (as I understand it) and a close relationship with the company.

  
  I didn't say it as a bad thing.  In Hollywood, at least in the older schools, you hustle or you cease to be relevant, and that's certainly a lesson that Shatner took to heart.  Whether he is seeking opportunities, through his myriad of various documentaries about Trek (which is where I see him the most), or being sought, he's had a slew of releases nearly every year of his career. Not to mention all the other stuff he does, like taking a ride into space.
  
  It's great for him, and in a lot of ways it's even better for us.
  
  

  (March 29th, 2024, 01:49 PM)rkomar Wrote: Oh man!  This made me think of his album "Has Been".  I still had the feeling that it was recent, but I checked the date and it came out twenty years ago!  It amazes me how he manages to stay somewhat fresh and not overstay his welcome in the public eye.  I'll have to listen to the album again this weekend in celebration of his birthday.

  
  I loved, loved, loved that album.  It's just so well put together.  Ben Folds did a wonderful job and the album is solid throughout.  It's also nice to see Shatner's vision between spoken word and music come through. I do think that he had a real concept idea when he released The Transformed Man but perhaps didn't have the right skillset to pull it off.  Has Been seems to be exactly what he was trying to accomplish.

• RE: Happy birthday, William Shatner

  Boomstick > April 7th, 2024, 01:12 PM

  (March 29th, 2024, 01:49 PM)rkomar Wrote: Oh man!  This made me think of his album "Has Been".  I still had the feeling that it was recent, but I checked the date and it came out twenty years ago!  It amazes me how he manages to stay somewhat fresh and not overstay his welcome in the public eye.  I'll have to listen to the album again this weekend in celebration of his birthday.

  
  That's crazy, I remember that album, and didn't think it had been that long already.
  
  I'm out of the loop, I had no idea about that Shatner documentary. Looks cool, I'll have to check it out as soon as it's available on streaming.
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