The Shatnerian School of Acting

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  • @IThinkYouLookLarvely
    @IThinkYouLookLarvely 8 років тому +1580

    Of all the acting I have encountered, his was the most....... human.

    • @JayDS509
      @JayDS509 8 років тому +17

      Noooooooo....

    • @JVD8383
      @JVD8383 8 років тому +7

      Lol

    • @spider-ball
      @spider-ball 8 років тому +13

      I feel....sabatage

    • @carlo1831
      @carlo1831 8 років тому +7

      And that's the only thing I didn't understand about Shatner. In Wink of an Eye the line was "So you're the one who sabotaged my ship". He pronounced it sabatage and the director yelled, "Cut!". When confronted, he said, You say sabotage, I say sabatage. It doesn't matter how Shatner would say it. What matters is how Kirk would say it. Shatner comes from Canada. Kirk comes from Iowa. Someone from Iowa is going to say 'Sabotage', not 'Sabatage'.
      It's like if I were playing a Canadian and I said, "I'm going out for a walk". That's wrong. A Canadian would say, "I'm going oat for a walk." They say oat, not out. So for me to insist on saying out is to make the performance less believable. Which is what Shatner did in that scene.

    • @dennistheconstitutionalpea6174
      @dennistheconstitutionalpea6174 8 років тому +1

      That's up for debate.

  • @VanceJoudrey
    @VanceJoudrey 8 років тому +820

    He was a Shakespearean actor and his TV acting, especially early on, was basically stage acting. If you imagine it as live theater it would play perfectly.

    • @rafaellago172
      @rafaellago172 8 років тому +113

      Exactly. As I said somewhere else, he's not a bad actor, he just thinks that the Shakespearean approach works anywhere. It's like mixing a great olive oil with ice cream because the former works well with salad.

    • @Imanoth
      @Imanoth 8 років тому +35

      Taking into account that he refuses to watch himself recorded... there was (or is) never going to be any room for improvement anyways.

    • @kxmode
      @kxmode 8 років тому +37

      This is the primary reason why Gene pushed Paramount to hire Patrick Stewart even though they wanted to find someone with more hair. Gene knew Shakespearean actors are the only actors who can make sci-fi appear more real.

    • @justindrawdy7443
      @justindrawdy7443 8 років тому +46

      Patrick Stewart is a Shakespearean actor as well you know and he never "acted" like this...

    • @rafaellago172
      @rafaellago172 8 років тому +53

      Justin Drawdy It's an approach, not a strict set of guidelines, though. Some are more visceral than others. Also, Shatner learned to ham it up on purpose during his theater days; when he felt that the audience was bored or about to leave, he would start yelling his lines and chewing the scenery in an attempt to keep them interested. As time went on, he "perfected" it. If that's positive or not, it's up to you.

  • @Kuroperrock
    @Kuroperrock 10 років тому +281

    That "over-acting" is what make us love him. Great Captain Kirk, we all wanted to be like you!

    • @professionalnerd4055
      @professionalnerd4055 5 років тому +2

      Amen!

    • @internettehnolog
      @internettehnolog 4 роки тому +3

      Oh My God, man... This is my thoughts you just said. Everybody wants it. So do i.

    • @internettehnolog
      @internettehnolog 4 роки тому +1

      @@professionalnerd4055 isnt his comment an amazing? He told us pure true.

  • @MantisCFS
    @MantisCFS 10 років тому +284

    Shatner casually dodging that giant rock the Gorn throws always makes me laugh.

    • @tonya2524
      @tonya2524 5 років тому +17

      He is a master of combat and it is part.of his dance.

    • @Taylor_Wolfe115
      @Taylor_Wolfe115 5 років тому +12

      I love when shat throws the rock and it kinds just bounces off the gorn like nothing

    • @Zongooo
      @Zongooo 2 роки тому +5

      That's Kirk. With a real rock, Shatner would have, well, shat himself.

    • @doorbellrings9183
      @doorbellrings9183 Рік тому +1

      That whole fight is comedic

  • @Bayoneter
    @Bayoneter 9 років тому +667

    Damnit Bones, I'm a starship captain not an actor.

    • @dylankaiser5546
      @dylankaiser5546 6 років тому +26

      For God's sake Jim i'm a cast member not your agent

    • @thatonegirlelaine
      @thatonegirlelaine 6 років тому +6

      Oh my god, this is the best comment I've ever seen ever.

    • @TheArcher101
      @TheArcher101 3 роки тому +5

      Damn right

  • @housedubs1
    @housedubs1 9 років тому +304

    I
    must
    start
    doing my
    homework...must...stop...watching this....

    • @hollisterpatricia
      @hollisterpatricia 8 років тому +19

      Yu've just earned a full scholarship to the Shatnerian School of Acting! Ster Trek was the first tv series I watched faithfully in the 1960s.

    • @cillaqiu7142
      @cillaqiu7142 6 років тому +7

      I ...must...follow...your...suggestion...2...4....6....

    • @warrenwickremesooriya8031
      @warrenwickremesooriya8031 4 роки тому +1

      Ha ha ha brilliant

    • @upsidedownChad
      @upsidedownChad 3 роки тому +1

      Lol

  • @fifimsp
    @fifimsp 11 років тому +102

    People need to realize Shatner was trained for the stage. On stage you need to be able to see an eye roll from the nosebleed section. I love watching shatner act in Star Trek. He makes a tense situation tense. He is like poetry. It's a little over the top, but it conveys the meaning and the feeling you were suppose to feel in an absurd situation.

    • @Rocko1990
      @Rocko1990 Рік тому

      That just seems like a bad excuse for bad acting, tbh

  • @DavidAtomic
    @DavidAtomic 10 років тому +1039

    Well, Shatner overacts a lot, but his acting has a charm that I can't help but to love it

    • @majormoe3678
      @majormoe3678 10 років тому +75

      Didn't he start as a stage actor? Probably explains a lot. Though in later years like in Wrath of Kahn he has really solid performances at times. Though let's be honest, he's more of a "personality" most of the time.

    • @Shadowkey392
      @Shadowkey392 9 років тому +4

      agreed!

    • @Aurora170
      @Aurora170 9 років тому +8

      Major Moe
      As it so happens, on youtube there is a play of 'Oedipus Rex' which has Shatner as a member of the Greek Chorus but unfortunately they all overact to a hilarious amount so it is hard to tell which one is him.

    • @scottmatheson2390
      @scottmatheson2390 9 років тому +19

      DavidAtomic I agree.I believe If you are being entertained then the actor has done his job regardless of how that is accomplished.They can't all be De Niro or Olivier but they can still entertain us in their own way.

    • @Shadowkey392
      @Shadowkey392 9 років тому +2

      +DavidAtomic I think a lot of people probably acted like that back then.

  • @juresaiyan
    @juresaiyan 10 років тому +123

    0:35 may be goofy, but in my opinion it's one of the most emotional moments in TOS. Imagine not having a body for 500.000 years...

    • @naschijk
      @naschijk 5 років тому

      juresaiyan HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH

    • @Morn__
      @Morn__ 2 роки тому +2

      Witch episode is it?

    • @michaellaplant8659
      @michaellaplant8659 2 роки тому +3

      @@Morn__ The episode is "Return To Tomorrow" -- from the second season of the Original Series, if I remember correctly. 🖖🏽

    • @Rocko1990
      @Rocko1990 Рік тому +1

      What's TOS?

    • @juresaiyan
      @juresaiyan Рік тому +1

      @@Rocko1990 the original series

  • @dumbcat
    @dumbcat 10 років тому +139

    "Your captain has an excellent body Dr. McCoy." lol

    • @hydrolito
      @hydrolito 4 роки тому +10

      After being a brain in a jar for a million years most any living body would be an improvement.

  • @AciddDare1314
    @AciddDare1314 8 років тому +136

    Am I the only person who never noticed the pauses? When I watched as a kid and when I watch it now it they don't seem out of place or unusual until someone points it out. I always thought that Shatner, acting as Kirk, was doing what we're all suppose to do. Which is think before you speak. I don't know that's just how I always saw it.

    • @PrincessNinja007
      @PrincessNinja007 5 років тому +9

      Same, I'm still looking for them

    • @anonymousaccordionist3326
      @anonymousaccordionist3326 4 роки тому +15

      I honestly don't know from where that joke came. He does make dramatic pauses, but it's not so frequent as some lead you to believe. It's not like he pauses every 3 words like Obama does. To me his pauses always made sense within the sentence structure, even if they were sometimes unnecessary.

    • @TheValeyard92
      @TheValeyard92 3 роки тому +2

      @@PrincessNinja007 That is mostly what he does. Everyone's just seen the Seth Mcfarlane impression now, though.

    • @Losrandir
      @Losrandir 2 роки тому +1

      He speaks in pentametrics, or was it hexametrics, but it requires that pause

  • @RRTNZ
    @RRTNZ 11 років тому +65

    I met Shatner a couple of years ago, and he's fucking awesome. Whether you call it over-acting, good-acting, bad-acting or just Shatnerism, the guy is one of a kind, and parody is the sincerest form of flattery. the fact that his style is a cultural cliche is a testament to his greatness. Long live Bill Shatner !

    • @willybones3890
      @willybones3890 Рік тому +6

      Shat has been lucky to both have had a long career and a very long life.😊

  • @psmirage
    @psmirage 10 років тому +403

    My brother once put it perfectly: The Original Star Trek was Theater. Stage Theater. William Shatner had been trained as a stage actor, where exaggerated emotions and gestures are necessary to convey to an extended audience what the character is feeling. Television and movies have a different feel, because the camera can come in close to the actors, so more subtle acting is generally more appropriate. I'm not claiming that Shatner didn't adapt to this new medium well. His interpretation of the original series was appropriate to Gene Roddenberry's vision. Because a Science Fiction series made building more elaborate sets fiscally impossible, the theater type acting was more appropriate.

    • @solarisone1082
      @solarisone1082 6 років тому +10

      That's no excuse. Sir Patrick Stewart is also a stage actor, and he doesn't do this shit.

    • @Kingshadowac
      @Kingshadowac 6 років тому +19

      Then that just means Patrick was able to adapt better, don't really know why you even brought it up.

    • @izom
      @izom 5 років тому

      makes sence ;-)

    • @stevepalpatine2828
      @stevepalpatine2828 4 роки тому +4

      @@solarisone1082 Shatner is a far better actor than Stewart.

    • @brettjohnson536
      @brettjohnson536 3 роки тому +2

      Stage acting might be bigger in general, but it's not quite THIS over the top. Subtlety and realism are still important parts of modern theatre acting. You certainly wouldn't see acting like this at the RSC for example.

  • @briancross7835
    @briancross7835 8 років тому +77

    The Shat's crazy eyes at 2:26 haunt my dreams...

  • @6695John13
    @6695John13 9 років тому +58

    0:36
    The music is simply amazing..

  • @Scranchkin
    @Scranchkin 11 років тому +113

    "your captain has an excellent body, dr mccoy"

    • @Tempusverum
      @Tempusverum 7 років тому +5

      LOOLOL

    • @poisonedcrow9311
      @poisonedcrow9311 7 років тому +10

      And he says it just as we're getting a view of his arse while he struts haha

  • @skeve613
    @skeve613 9 років тому +344

    Some people, say that, Shatner, tends to use, a lot of pauses, and would have many commas, in his dialogue

    • @alexandercrankshaft
      @alexandercrankshaft 8 років тому +11

      +skeve613 Heee's, got to, mister!!

    • @kg4boj
      @kg4boj 8 років тому +10

      And it made him a huge pile of money so..... Mission accomplished!

    • @rafaellago172
      @rafaellago172 8 років тому +32

      You just don't...UNDERSTAND HIS... very particular use of...emphasis TO...BRINGAGREATERDEPTH... to the script, my friend.

    • @Imanoth
      @Imanoth 8 років тому +2

      throw ah, uh and huhs instead of commas there and who ya got? ;)

    • @JoeDonahue
      @JoeDonahue 8 років тому +6

      +Imanoth Jeff Goldblum?

  • @MrVagineer
    @MrVagineer 11 років тому +76

    Say what you want about Shatner but he will always be the ture James T. Kirk.

  • @obereen
    @obereen 10 років тому +198

    You forgot about Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @Shadowkey392
      @Shadowkey392 9 років тому +10

      That would be "over-the-top anger"

    • @countcapricorn
      @countcapricorn 9 років тому +11

      +obereen *raises hand*
      Did you know he's acting like a non-actor who's trying to act in that scene? It's actually pretty brilliant.

    • @sharontulett8072
      @sharontulett8072 7 років тому

      Carly Smith - jelly

    • @solarisone1082
      @solarisone1082 6 років тому

      That's one which actually kind of makes sense.

  • @Artess0123
    @Artess0123 11 років тому +73

    Half a century ago, this kind of acting was considered great, I believe, at least for this kind of show. Fifty years from now, people will be laughing at what we now consider perfection.

    • @jasonfenton8250
      @jasonfenton8250 Рік тому +2

      The 400 Blows came out in 1959 and has incredibly naturalistic performances. The acting here is the result of casting and directing choices, as well as the milieu of this kind of TV show at the time. I actually quite like Shatner as Kirk, but you can't dismiss all criticism of it by just saying it's old.

    • @TheSecretWorldRules
      @TheSecretWorldRules Рік тому

      I'm already laughing at the garbage produced in 2023. Classic TOS is GOLD.

  • @katrinacandee5983
    @katrinacandee5983 9 років тому +51

    Shatner did an awesome job of creating who Kirk was. Some actors just read the script and perform, Shatner read the script and thought how would "Kirk" do this or say this. This video was hilarious though, "Meanness"...Spock crying, lol.

  • @tinybitcountry
    @tinybitcountry 10 років тому +16

    I love this guy! You have to watch the whole episode. He was brilliant!

  • @Villiago
    @Villiago 8 років тому +149

    William Shatner, the only kosher ham in the galaxy!

  • @buffalobill4216
    @buffalobill4216 3 роки тому +3

    I was never particularly put off by his acting style, maybe because I'm Italian or maybe because I like old movies and that kind of acting in general. What I know for sure is that he was hot as hell! He was so attractive and sexy.

  • @Frankincensedjb123
    @Frankincensedjb123 12 років тому +9

    There is NO ONE like Shatner. Great actor and funny as hell.

  • @golden-63
    @golden-63 10 років тому +56

    Shatner was trained as a stage actor. Stage acting is much "bigger" than on TV or in film and for a good reason. As Herrspuzzmacher pointed out, everything NEEDS to be bigger on stage to be seen. On the small or large screen, very small movements can express a lot and be seen, so the technique is different...much more subtle. Leonard Nimoy knew this, but Shatner never seemed to catch on.

    • @solarisone1082
      @solarisone1082 6 років тому

      Bullshit. Stewart is also a stage actor (of much higher acclaim than Shatner ever will be) and he doesn't do this shit.

    • @umbrellashotgunman
      @umbrellashotgunman 6 років тому +10

      John Carr I think you missed the point, which was that Shatner was one of many stage actors of his generation who never really learned how to act in front of a camera. Of course, actors like Stewart and McKellen did, but those guys are transcendent talents. In Shatner's case, it ended up somehow working for Star Trek anyways, if perhaps accidentally so.

    • @brenster21
      @brenster21 3 роки тому +1

      @@solarisone1082 you realize that acting techniques and training changed over 50 years, right? When star trek aired, actors werent trained on how to act for television, and relied on their theater instincts for being larger then life and overly dramatic. Things changed and actors no longer act like that way, hence patrick stewart being an incredible actor.

  • @terrypierson5427
    @terrypierson5427 11 років тому +4

    I love this guy! I got to meet him, and he is a funny guy.

  • @skybluemarshall
    @skybluemarshall 4 роки тому +10

    When my brother and I were kids, we would hum the melodramatic scores from this show and run around, grasping and pushing ourselves off the walls our apartment, like we had encountered 'space turbulence'.
    I guess that even as kids, we knew the cast was overacting, as though their space ship was a submarine, being attacked by depth charges. We would mock the show by saying something like, "Hey, let's go get some cereal" or "Let's go watch TV" and then we would stumble all over the house and hum that over the top dramatic music, just to walk from point A to point B. We thought we were pretty amusing.

  • @Deeh222
    @Deeh222 3 роки тому +18

    Yes, overacting but never boring. He holds that series on his shoulders a lot of the time

    • @Tempusverum
      @Tempusverum 2 роки тому +6

      “Spock…. There’s…….someone on the wing…. Some………Thing…..”

  • @Jeng4280
    @Jeng4280 9 років тому +6

    I just loved William Shatner as a child and still like him now. This has me in histerics. :)

  • @sandroilpelato7153
    @sandroilpelato7153 10 років тому +22

    Best actor of all time !

  • @julianwhite1346
    @julianwhite1346 7 років тому +10

    0:35 is me after a really good workout!

  • @jkoff76
    @jkoff76 9 років тому +34

    You see the problem with Shatner was someone told him he was going to be in The Threepenny Opera and not Star Trek. If he would have known, then he would have adjusted his acting technique accordingly. My favorite Kirk movement: when he's explaining something profound and of deep importance. He puts his arms out and weighs his hands as if they are moved an "invisible force." This is as profound an acting method as has ever been devised!

  • @sailingforever56
    @sailingforever56 11 років тому +5

    I'm loving the Star Wars layout at the beginning of a Star Trek video....

  • @abigailsockeye1586
    @abigailsockeye1586 7 років тому +3

    how can you not love that dude?

  • @michaelfontanelli2450
    @michaelfontanelli2450 3 роки тому +10

    He has charisma to spare, and he’s a stylist-
    He tailors his performance to the outlandishness of the material. That’s what makes him the perfect actor for SciFi and action/adventure yarns.
    Also, he is conscious of the full ensemble:
    Kirk with the underplaying Leonard Nimoy is different than Kirk with the more emotional DeForest Kelly.
    Calling it hammy or over-the-top is missing the point. Shatner brings exactly what is required. He is beloved but underrated, imho.

  • @bettyswunghole3310
    @bettyswunghole3310 3 роки тому +9

    Say what you like about Shatner, but: "He always answered his phone, he always turned up on time, knowing his lines and sober.". The guy's a pro.

  • @stephenvelez9710
    @stephenvelez9710 4 роки тому +13

    I mean, what really needs be said? The man is like so far ahead of his time, we're still trying to catch up with him.

  • @VeniVidiVici..
    @VeniVidiVici.. 7 років тому +6

    2:12 😂 that episode got me every time

  • @joelzenny
    @joelzenny 13 років тому +1

    Great! Love the cuts to the crew reacting to all his shenanigans!

  • @CBizzle85
    @CBizzle85 5 років тому +3

    I think it's great I could watch him all day 😂

  • @MyelinProductions
    @MyelinProductions 3 роки тому +1

    GREAT TRAINING FILM!!!! Thank you! LOL WOW! Peace & Health to all.

  • @ringc.6075
    @ringc.6075 4 роки тому +8

    One thing to remember is that in a lot of these scenes Kirk has switched bodies or been possessed or something, so Shatner has to act non-human

  • @StarPlatinum7912
    @StarPlatinum7912 14 днів тому +1

    I love that at 2:12 if you look at their feet, it’s obvious shatner did NOT practice his choreography

  • @tigertank06
    @tigertank06 8 років тому +6

    I can totally see this as an ad for a Shatnerian school. Lol.

  • @SniffyPoo
    @SniffyPoo 8 років тому +2

    Nothing in the Universe can stop Kirk's emotions!

  • @s0nnyburnett
    @s0nnyburnett 10 років тому +16

    I hope someday I too can say "You captain has an excellent body"

  • @kitcat7538
    @kitcat7538 4 роки тому +7

    This video is a hatchet job.
    Shatner's acting in TOS is subtle and nuanced. He can say anything with his face and his voice is always pitch-perfect.
    This dishonest video includes scenes in which Kirk was possessed and behaving like that because another entity was controlling him. As per the instructions of the director. This is a deliberate compilation of such moments.
    When the script calls for great subtlety and nuance, Shatner always provides it. If the script calls for him to scream, he screams.

    • @Tempusverum
      @Tempusverum 4 роки тому +1

      Shatner is what Roddenberry wanted him to be. Which is.... 🍖

  • @simonxag
    @simonxag 10 років тому +14

    Shatner was brilliant in that role. In fact the whole cast were just about perfect. Just watch the trailer (available on UA-cam) or any episode of TNG for comparison.

    • @simonxag
      @simonxag 10 років тому +9

      Am I the only person not to like Patrick Stewart's acting style? At times he and Jonathan Frakes seem to compete over who can be the most wooden. The only good thing about TNG is that it really points up how fresh, exciting and dramatic TOS was. And name one actor who could have played Kirk better than Shatner.

    • @DeathBringer769
      @DeathBringer769 10 років тому +1

      simonxag No one can out-Shatner Shatner, which is what you're really saying. Anyone can potentially end up being amazing in a role but no one can replace an icon... (Nicholson's legendary long-standing joker vs Ledger's amazing newer Joker that no one thought was going to be good at all.. surprised everyone, generally regarded as better, different than Nicholson and could never replace his specific performance, which some people still prefer.) Appreciate subjective taste instead of shouting perfection from the mountaintops. Absolute perfection doesn't exist. At any point if you can imagine any tiny change in a positive direction in any area, regardless of how small or insignificant, it's another step in improvement. If you hit perfection, there is no room for improvement. However, there's always room for improvement, we're human beings and no one is perfect. We should each strive to stay open-minded and be willing to learn each and every day instead of becoming arrogant, complacent in our limited "wisdom," thinking we have it all figured out, and ultimately becoming intellectually lazy. I happen to like both TOS and TNG. Kirk and Picard are my two favorite captains in all of the different series. Go figure :)

    • @simonxag
      @simonxag 10 років тому +11

      Deathbrewer It's more than Shatner being an icon. Think of the job that he's tasked with: he's not in a Japanese No play, nor in a Greek tragedy, so we don't get upset that he violates all the expectations we would have of an actor in these roles. But neither is the guy in a "naturalistic" "serious" drama, he plays a swaggering action hero in the mold of Richard Greene's Robin Hood. And does so beautifully!!!! Against the foil of Kirk's "overacting" Spock's wry humour can be "emotionless" and "logical" and Bones and Scotty can pass for sane human beings. Shatner makes the drama work and with the passage of time we can start to see that drama as the classic that it is.

    • @solarisone1082
      @solarisone1082 6 років тому

      Stewart being wooden? Are you bloody mad?

  • @TheGreatAlan75
    @TheGreatAlan75 6 років тому +2

    Star Trek is the most underrated comedy of all time

  • @scottmatheson2390
    @scottmatheson2390 9 років тому +9

    To really appreciate the full range of Shatnerian acting one must ingest large quantities of mind altering drugs.Once you get past the usual bent over double fits of hysterical laughter followed by the sudden awareness of the warp and woof of the very fabric of nature itself I MEAN MY GOD MAN you settle into the warm complacent knowledge that Shatner is actually GOD and the gentle self reproach of not grasping such an obvious fact beforehand.

  • @Taylor_Wolfe115
    @Taylor_Wolfe115 5 років тому +3

    I love how the Rock just bounces off the Gorn like nothing, always makes me laugh

  • @JVD8383
    @JVD8383 8 років тому +53

    Don't make fun of this school it is a place of higher learning

  • @LightningChimp
    @LightningChimp 11 років тому +2

    Watching a bunch of Trek today I was struck by the fact of how prior to this, no one had put so much conviction into that type of role. He really went for the gusto. Awesome montage.

  • @Lshannon90
    @Lshannon90 11 років тому +6

    I would actually watch movies if there were more actors like Shatner.

  • @hydrolito
    @hydrolito 12 років тому

    I remember watching the episodes but don't recall all the titles be glad you have a good memory.

  • @Jppen97
    @Jppen97 9 років тому +10

    Nicholas Cage graduated from The Shatnerian school of Acting, top of his class (Or should I say WAY OVER THE TOP of his class)

  • @camp168
    @camp168 8 років тому +2

    fantastic video!!!

  • @bobanderson2895
    @bobanderson2895 5 років тому +5

    The way each person played their character is what made this show so great.. Kirk, Spock, Bones, and Scotty. You might say they were "The Beatles" of outer space. I'm proud to be the first person to recognize and point out that special Quality & Charisma that these eight individuals shared. The 60's what a time it was, as Spock would say "INDEED"

  • @MrFiddleedee
    @MrFiddleedee 12 років тому +2

    Couldn't stop laughing at the flimsy model being flown around with a hand @ the end.
    Gene Roddenberry = The Man.

  • @fullervisiondotnet
    @fullervisiondotnet 2 роки тому +6

    You have to give credit to the music department for pushing it all over the top. Just think how much those lush strings add to Shatner feeling himself up in ecstasy.

  • @Kelly14UK
    @Kelly14UK 8 років тому +1

    UNDOUBTEDLY the greatest thespian of all time. I feel priviledged to have seen him.

  • @Littlevisser
    @Littlevisser 10 років тому +8

    The best acting ever

  • @spencerluyben5462
    @spencerluyben5462 11 років тому

    great title, video and description. well done my friend

  • @PinkCharmander
    @PinkCharmander 8 років тому +11

    Someone pointed out he was trained as a stage actor and now that I think about it, his performances that seem odd on film would seem par for the course on stage.

  • @smoog
    @smoog 11 років тому +2

    This youtube clip should be renamed 'The Shatnerian School of Awesome'.

  • @andreiclawhammer
    @andreiclawhammer 10 років тому +7

    Fascinating

  • @YouKevo
    @YouKevo 8 років тому +4

    I love the original series of Star Trek and this video made me laugh. Warp factor 7, mister.

  • @dearheart2
    @dearheart2 10 років тому +12

    Well, I'm not an actor. But I see William S acting:
    - thinking "What am I going to say" (stunned/pause)
    - thinking "What will be the right emotion" (stunned/pause)
    - turns slowly and say the text lout and clear... and act all the emotions so the people at the last seat in the theater can see his facial expression...
    But he is not in the theater.... - it is tv - and you see all the pauses and over acting...
    But I loved the series anyway.

    • @mmccrownus2406
      @mmccrownus2406 7 років тому +1

      he made it come alive, much more interesting.
      "over" acting worked well

  • @jpd782
    @jpd782 8 років тому

    A few years back I got to be in the audience for a live taping of William Shatner's short lived TV sitcom "Sh!t my Dad Said" I tell you what? To see his acting live and in person. I can die a happy Man...

  • @AdinaIspas
    @AdinaIspas 10 років тому +62

    Well, most of these are taken out of context - the situation in the script demanded such over-acting, it's never a "normal" situation in the story. People taking over other people's bodies, manipulating their bodies with telekinesis, swapping bodies, weird viruses and spores getting into their bodies.... etc!

    • @HotsDonutz
      @HotsDonutz 10 років тому +12

      He is a bad actor. I enjoy Kirk and Spock but Shatner as much as I love him is not what I would call a great actor :). Compare Shatner and Pine.. hell just compare Nimoy and Shatner.
      I've actually seen Shatner's other movies just to assure myself that it's not just the script and it isn't... It's Shatner himself. If you want good over-acting: Ricardo Montalban as Khan

    • @HerrSpuzzmacher
      @HerrSpuzzmacher 10 років тому +25

      HotsDonutz Stage acting was like stage makeup. Everything was exaggerated so people could see it from a distance. Didn't really translate very well on to film. It's why we differentiate stage acting as separate from screen acting these days. Looks crazy. Considering the era, The Shat really wasn't that bad.

    • @throckmorton3705
      @throckmorton3705 10 років тому +2

      good point. my girlfriend is always inviting me to the theater and her "awesome" front row season ticket seats... all the the acting goes right over our heads to the middle of the house and the back rows. most early film actors were all stage actors. and silent film didn't help either by forcing actors to overcompensate for lack of sound/voice.

    • @TheDashingProduction
      @TheDashingProduction 10 років тому +1

      HerrSpuzzmacher Richard Armitage was great in The Crucible. And I see no difference from this and that. Shatner is fucking bad and you admit it before your fan gay kicks in.

    • @manictiger
      @manictiger 10 років тому

      HerrSpuzzmacher
      Ah, so that's why they cake the stuff on their faces.
      I always wondered why they did that crap. It didn't look appealing up close.

  • @EverloyalSGK
    @EverloyalSGK 11 років тому +2

    Hahahahahahahaha! This is one of the primary reasons I love this show. XD

  • @Swidhelm
    @Swidhelm 10 років тому +6

    I think Shanter attended the Charlton Heston School of Acting.

    • @KarmicOmen
      @KarmicOmen 10 років тому +9

      Yes, I agree ... or the Marlon Brando school of acting. Many of the actors and actresses back then were so melodramatic and over the top, but Shatner took it to a whole new level, hahaha!!

  • @m240guy
    @m240guy 13 років тому

    How this only has 25K views is a mystery to me. Just great.

  • @MaestroDraven
    @MaestroDraven 11 років тому +3

    "Captain's Log: Stardate two!!!!!.................four!!!!....................................................................sevensixpointfive!

  • @TheDamonDarkChannel
    @TheDamonDarkChannel 11 років тому

    Pure smoked ham. Yet strangely better than all the other Captains put together. The genius and mystery of the Shat!

  • @nunouno001
    @nunouno001 11 років тому +3

    Ugh Shanter there never be another actor like him again.

  • @No-lq2vc
    @No-lq2vc Рік тому +1

    2:12 THE FUCKING SONG LMAOO

  • @MrJeroenreyns
    @MrJeroenreyns 8 років тому +22

    found a 9gag game we should start, whenever someone shouts "SHATNER" you basically have to overact the thing you are doing xd

  • @GKitz211
    @GKitz211 10 років тому +1

    I laughed tears! Thanks!

  • @tronics666
    @tronics666 9 років тому +3

    Shatner studied at the Larry Storch school of acting.

    • @tronics666
      @tronics666 8 років тому

      Larry Storch is a comedic genius! Words cannot express his total greatness. Hail Larry Storch!

  • @georgebird9867
    @georgebird9867 11 років тому

    Shatner really brought the message home. Although a bit of exaggeration, most viewers need it so the message could be sunk in. This is the type of genre that audiences craved for. If any unsatisfied viewer/actor could do better let him/her be my guest.

  • @Nightmaregamer-y7n
    @Nightmaregamer-y7n 8 років тому +4

    Yes sometimes it comes off pretty badly-but other times his broad style works.

  • @TUNDRAStrt
    @TUNDRAStrt 12 років тому

    When I grow up, I want to go to the The Shatnerian School of Acting!

  • @Dabhach1
    @Dabhach1 8 років тому +4

    It often occurs to me that had Geoffrey Hunter continued with the role after the pilot then Star Trek would be remembered as a reasonably good show from the sixties, but not the iconic thing it became. Mainly because Geoffrey Hunter was a competent actor; Shatner was absolutely barking. I don't mean he was a bad actor. The industry is full of bad actors. I mean he was fucking dreadful. He was appalling. Had he merely been bad, that would have been average for a TV show. I mean he was the worst fucking actor in the history of theatre. He was so fucking bad, he was hypnotic. You couldn't take your eyes off him. He made the show.

    • @DarkLordBrannon
      @DarkLordBrannon 8 років тому +6

      I get what you're saying, but I think Shatner was great in his more subdued scenes as Kirk. It's all the hammy overacting that, for all we know, was coached that's so iconic. His acting was never like this in the movies, certainly not to this extreme.

    • @andromedastar4900
      @andromedastar4900 8 років тому +4

      True, but remember, he was originally a stage actor. He used the melodramatic style of stage acting in his television roles because he didn't understand how to act any other way. But you are right about how his bad acting was hypnotic, and once you started, you just couldn't stop watching, so ironically, it ended up making the show more popular.

  • @mutantqueen
    @mutantqueen 12 років тому

    Thanks so much for your response. I remember the whole "double plot" issue, but didn't remember that that was a part of that episode. I'll be glad when they get all the seasons on Netflix. I miss the show being in reruns.

  • @True-trini
    @True-trini 11 років тому +4

    Shatner was always in a class of his own :-p

  • @itscomplicatedwatches
    @itscomplicatedwatches 13 років тому

    It's great how this video is made by someone who will we never know. However I'm sure everyone knows Shatner. He'd appreciate this.

  • @critter7052
    @critter7052 10 років тому +10

    the secret to captain kirk's bad acting is simple: injest much romulan ale and LSD before you to on set!

  • @joeavent5554
    @joeavent5554 3 роки тому

    Mr. Shatner was giving us mortals a very professional stage performance due to his Shakespearean training. Those of you who mock him shall never appreciate this master of the television stage...

  • @michaelbowie3269
    @michaelbowie3269 9 років тому +4

    Shanter moves like an actor not like a military man.

  • @AleeshaWeesha
    @AleeshaWeesha 11 років тому

    The rim shots were a great touch.

  • @theothertroll
    @theothertroll 8 років тому +5

    TOS - Finest actors ever - what followed was crap.

  • @ThatTrekkieGirl
    @ThatTrekkieGirl 12 років тому

    I had a feeling you'd use a clip from "Plato's Stepchildren" for the foolishness aspect. Great choice in sogn for it too ;)

  • @tehsnipatres208
    @tehsnipatres208 9 років тому +5

    Making fun of William Shatner was one thing Family Guy did perfectly.

  • @Isa2427
    @Isa2427 10 років тому

    OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS I'M CRYING

  • @MikaelMurstam
    @MikaelMurstam 10 років тому +17

    haha he is such a terrible actor :P love the show though :P

    • @hafabee
      @hafabee 10 років тому +7

      Your spelling of the word great is awful.

    • @MikaelMurstam
      @MikaelMurstam 10 років тому +1

      It is not a secret that he isn't a good actor...

    • @MeMeMcsplosion
      @MeMeMcsplosion 10 років тому +2

      I thought a lot of emotion was a good thing in acting.

    • @MikaelMurstam
      @MikaelMurstam 10 років тому

      MrExplodey acting is supposed to look like you are not acting.

    • @MeMeMcsplosion
      @MeMeMcsplosion 10 років тому +4

      well emotion can hide the fact you are acting.

  • @StoneKnivesBearskins
    @StoneKnivesBearskins 13 років тому

    LOL, I had to stop the vid I was giggling so hard when the Star Trekkin song started playing. :D

  • @theartofbeingcompletelyran1788
    @theartofbeingcompletelyran1788 9 років тому +3

    Well, in the movies he acts better (well ok not the KAHAHAAAAAAAAANNNNNHHH) but he was decent.

    • @yanivp1
      @yanivp1 9 років тому +3

      +Odin Eidolon The Khan scream was and still is my favourite moment of any movie ever.

    • @theartofbeingcompletelyran1788
      @theartofbeingcompletelyran1788 9 років тому +2

      yanivp1 Lol it's actually pretty epic.

  • @margaretlatocha1474
    @margaretlatocha1474 Рік тому

    Em shatner, put all his emotions into the character he was playing just made him so awesome