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Star Trek Movie Memories

By: William Shatner
Narrated by: William Shatner
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The sequel to the best-selling Star Trek Memories, documenting in deliciously lurid and candid detail all the behind-the-scenes shenanigans in the making of the six Star Trek movies, with on-the-scene reporting from the set of the seventh in which Kirk dies!

Star Trek Movie Memories recounts all the chaos, creative turmoil, backstage politics, power plays, and production nightmares that permeated every one of the six Star Trek movies, including the accumulated grudges that haven't yet mellowed with the passage of time. And the stories... Nicholas Meyer writing the script for Star Trek II in 12 days... Kirstie Alley doing her Leonard Nimoy imitation in an audition... How Kirk's love interest in Star Trek IV began as a role for Eddie Murphy... and you can imagine the rest (or maybe not).

With stories and quotes from the principles that have never before been uttered in public, this will deliver a truly unprecedented behind-the-scenes view of the Trek films that will amaze even the most avid Trekker.

©1994 William Shatner (P)1994 HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.

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Not as many

I bought this as a change of pace and it was definitely interesting, but I get the feeling that most of it is someone else's work, with Shatner adding a little color. It's primarily a "production history", rather than a personal memoir, with rather few personal recollections, and very few recoutings of personal interactions between Shatner and those on set. If you're a Star Trek or movie fan, its interesting to hear about what it took to get the movies made - in the boardroom, on the set and elsewhere, but I think Shatner held back on some of the best material.

Shatner himself is surprisingly self-deprecating (given his reputation), and he reads along at a brisk pace. Its hard to tell sometimes if this is because the sound engineer upped the pace, Shatner himself wanted to keep the listener engaged, or if he was just knocking it out as quickly as he could.

Nevertheless, a pretty good listen. I can't help but to listen to Star Trek Memories now to see if the lack of personal recollection here is made up for there.

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Not As Good As The First Book

I enjoyed it, probably way more than I should have to be honest. There's still a lot of great stuff and stories in there about our beloved Star Trek. The worst part of it was that Shatner spends a seemingly endless amount of time talking about his gawd-awful Star Trek V movie "Final Frontier". Ewww that movie stunk, and he doesn't seem to acknowledge that. Anyway, if you want to read/hear about the making of possibly the all-time worst Star Trek movie, and a lot of other stuff, this is your book.

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A good read!

Shatner is an entertaining storyteller. It is also interesting to hear how the movies came together from his unique perspective.

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Shatner talks about the movies.

From the end of the original series to Star Trek Generations this book has Bill Shatner describing his work on Star Trek.

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Into the Final Frontier

A fascinating story about the casts experience and troubles during the filming of the original films. Great read by William Shatner (and author) and descriptive story telling for Trekkies like me.

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Ho-hum

I think Bill needed a little quick cash. There really isn't a lot of "good stuff" revealed, and it comes across as a hastily prepared narrative that outlines the step by step occurances that took place over a period of years. No "insider stuff" here. Shatner being Shatner though, his fabulous ego that we all have grown to love shines through like a beacon in the fog.

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It’s the shatman

I keep buying his books cause I don’t want to stop being talked to by the captain.

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More enjoyable than I expected it to be.

Let's face it, Mr. Shatner has a reputation, that said, some apart from other colleagues in the Star Trek universe. That being said, assuming there's a reasonable amount of accuracy, or at least, from his point of view, he filled in a lot of blanks, in terms of how the movies were made, and I found it quite enjoyable. I would recommend it. More than I expected to.

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Great Memories

Shatner doesn’t disappoint. Well written. The story telling was detailed and enjoyable. I highly recommend.

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Shatner is witty and entertaining

This book was so much fun, hearing all the details of what happened behind the scenes of the Star Trek television program and the movies. Shatner’s brilliance shines through.

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