San Diego Comic-Con is in full swing, as the greatest and most unexpected discoveries in the world of nerd culture are revealed. During Thursday’s chronicle, which featured “Shatner on Shatner,” an upcoming documentary focused on actor and pop culture icon William Shatner. Directed by Kevin Smith, director, actor and collaborator with Shatner on the upcoming second season of Masters of the Universe: RevolutionThe panel is set to provide fans with a first look at the documentary, and a few surprises along the way.
Moderator Kevin Smith introduces speakers – Legion M co-founder and president Jeff Anison, Legion M Vice President Development David Baxter, Producer Kerry Deignan Roy, and Director Alexandre O. Philippe.
Then Shatner’s arrival is lined up with a story about their work Masters of the Universe: Revolutionwhere Shatner berated Smith for “directing” him too soon.
Shatner was then asked about previous times he attended San Diego Comic-Con, and she has written a large fan base. Then he tells a story that leads him
Smith asks Shatner why it took so long to make a definitive documentary on him. Shatner reminds the audience that he is 91 years old, and how he felt his age and shortness of breath while participating in riding competitions. Shatner jokes that his autographs will rise in value when he dies – and this will be especially the case if he dies on stage at the painting.
Smith asks Shatner if he enjoys talking about himself, and Shatner explains that he enjoys talking to people about their “interesting stories,” rather than asking him about his favorite episode. He is temporarily distracted by a malfunction in his microphone. Shatner jokes that he and Smith will have a “foul contest,” having been swearing a lot during the session thus far. Smith jokes that Shatner treated the mic situation like a real “no-profit” scenario.
Smith introduces Legion M, the mass production company behind the documentary, before showing a short clip about the company. Shatner explains why he loves the spirit behind the Legion M. He highlights how much Legion M has grown in the past six years, and he’s excited to see how the company grows six years from now—leading Shatner to joke that he’s curious to see what it’s going to be like six years from now.
Baxter reveals how he first met Shatner when he was dressed in Indiana Jones costumes, and he’s glad Shatner liked the idea of the company and wanted to become a consultant. He also talks about working with Philip on his latest film, and how Philip has “always” wanted to make a documentary on Shatner. Shatner reveals his confidence in the creative team that will make the documentary, and in the idea of contributors being able to “vote” and have their say on the project. Baxter echoes that the company loves to involve its shareholders, but the project was rooted in the creativity of Philip and
Smith asks Philip and Roy where they even started making a documentary on Shatner, and jokes that he was going to make a two-hour documentary about Shatner’s rendition of the monologue in Star Trek 2. Philip reveals that he has been a fan of Shatner since he was a child, and that he found inspiration and structure for the documentary in the themes of Shatner’s autobiographical songs. He says the film is “lyrical” and “poetic,” and celebrates Shatner’s life as an actor and as a person.
Roy says the film’s creative team made the documentary process as easy as possible, and says Shatner has amazing energy. She revealed that they spent three days interviewing Shatner in the studio.
Philip provides a “sketches” of a scene from the documentary, which he says lays out Shatner’s ideas about nature – something that begins to establish and grows cosmic.
The footage shows Shatner telling a story about his family’s first dog, and how he discovered his dog had been hit by a car at the age of nine or ten. While Shatner was carrying the dog’s remains, a nearby net cast a shadow over his dog. body, leaving Shatner “confused.” Then he buried the dog, and he hasn’t had a dog since – until he got married in his twenties. He argues that dogs, horses, and trees are all talking. He argues that there is a “lattice work” of the universe, and that it is all precious. He is deeply affected by it – and by the “extinction” that is happening all around us due to the actions of humans, which he says are destroying the “miracle” that surrounds us.
After the footage ends, Shatner tells a story about attending camp as a child, and being stunned by the starry night sky. Then he talks about how we relate to all things on Earth. Then he delivers his next book, go bold, which explores this concept further. He tells a story about his work with Ben Folds, as well as his latest album – and some songs that will be in the documentary.
Philip and Roy reveal that they are still filming parts of the documentary, and suggest finding a way to film in Hall H, so that the audience can be involved in the film. Committee members take out their phones and record the cheering for Shatner. Shatner sockets Go boldly, unexplained, and some of his other projects, including Clock and NFT/Funko Pop! combo.
Smith opens the floor to questions from the audience. One fan asks which planet he would like to land on if he goes to space again. While Shatner confuses the question at first, he answers that “this is the only planet you have,” and that the others are either hollow or inhospitable. Then he talked about the complex variables of space travel, and Smith joked that the fan just wanted him to say the planet from origin. Shatner says we should “make our home” on Earth instead and clean up the planet.
Another fan appears and exchanges pleasantries with Smith, which confuses Shatner. Fan asks Shatner what was the most unexpected feeling he had while traveling in space. Shatner reveals his desire to spend his time in space looking out the window, rather than playing with weightlessness. He then describes how black space was, that it was a darkness he had never seen before, and how it made him view life and death differently.
A third fan appears and proposes a curse on the “bad mouth” – “double idiots”. Smith and Shatner then engage in “lewd mouth,” and Smith soon loses. The fan also asks him if there were any after-shows on the Star Trek series that impressed him, and Shatner says there are none. Shatner argues that Gene Roddenberry would roll over in his grave if he saw some of the later Star Trek movies.
Smith then concludes the painting, and Shatner gets a standing ovation.
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