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Friday, May 1, 2009
Books / TV SHAT ATTACK!
Posted by Erik Henriksen on Fri, May 1, 2009 at 12:05 PM
Local writer Jeff Burk's new book, Shatnerquake: An Action Novel, just arrived at the Mercury offices. My reaction could best be described as "unrestrained giddiness." I'm gonna read Shatnerquake over the weekend, so expect a review on the blog next week—but in the meantime, just to whet your Shatner-tite, here's the cover art (above) and the back cover text (below). Both are things of beauty.
After a reality bomb goes off at the first-ever ShatnerCon, all of the characters ever played by William Shatner are suddenly sucked into our world. Their mission: hunt down and destroy the real William Shatner.Featuring: Captain Kirk, TJ Hooker, Denny Crane, Priceline Shatner, Cartoon Kirk, Rescue 9-1-1 Shatner, Singer Shatner, and many more. No costumed con-goer will be spared in their wave of destruction, no red shirt will make it out alive, and not even the Klingons will be able to stand up to a deranged Captain Kirk with a lightsaber. But these Shatner-clones are about to learn a hard lesson... that the real William Shatner doesn't take crap from anybody. Not even himself.
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I smell a "cease and desist" order.
oh my god. If they made a film version of this and somehow got Shatner to star in it, it would be the BEST MOVIE EVER MADE.
Not doubt Will. I would go see that movie at least twice. I don't know Blabbs - Shatner seems quite comfortable with being parodied. He's one of the few people to Jump ON the Shark and keep riding - second only to the great Adam West.
@Abusive I think Blabby is probably referring to the studios that own the various characters. But I don't know if they're on any solid ground suing someone for writing a parody. That's fair use, no?
And for a small taste of what the movie might be like, I'd like to reference the Shatner on Shatner fight scene in Star Trek IV, when Kirk fights the David Bowie's shapeshifter wife.
True - didn't think about that. I just think of the Shat as his own entity rather than as a paid employee of studios. This could be his "Being John Malkovich".
Did I say Star Trek IV. I so meant Star Trek VI. I think I lose a rank pip for that one.
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