Scott Bakula on William Shatner and The Captains

[myfriendangel1]

do u believe he is 80 yrs old i hope we all look that good at 80 

[aleon1018]

It's been my view that it would be part of our evolution to follow the lead of the Star Trek honor system and do away with the need for a monetary system. Would William Shatner and Scott Bakula endorse Ron Paul if this was also his vision for the world ?

[jonno2019]

@aleon1018 It would be an achievement to get to the stage of human development they portray in star trek, getting rid of the worlds social problems entirely.It would require really really radical thinking. Its just not gonna happen.

[FreudRulz]

Dunno about y'all, but I thiught that Enterprise was a great deries.

[L8onL8on]

Too bad about Enterprise, cancelled once it was starting to get better. And Archer was a badass, I always thought.

[maskscraper]

@L8onL8on I know it is worse than the star trek series before...

But It is really

Still better than the recent star trek!

[antihero355]

Second star on the right... and straight on til morning

[Fenrisulfir]

Now all together, the guy that build up the Franchise (Shatner) and the guy who ruined it (that guy)

[bighforu]

Scott is a great guy. I worked with him on the Pilot for 'Quantum Leap' and you really couldn't have asked for a more courteous or nicer guy.

I'm really glad he 'made' it. But then, I knew he would.

[Davkuy]

I boycotted Enterprise thinking that it was going to be a 2nd rate resurection of the series. I never actuallys saw it until now, I just completed the second season, and I must say that it is an excellent addition to the family, and is exactly what was needed to complete the overall story. I love how they're affraid to use the transporter.

[cgrbutterflyfish]

Damn, I miss Enterprise.

[dipafella]

Scott Bakula was Great as Captain Archer on Enterprise. he was one of the best, right up there with Shatner.

[katybrewer1966]

where have all the Star Treks gone? really nice interview.

[kpreston69]

They screwed over Scott and Enterprise big time. Right when it was getting it's place. Generations sucked for awhile and soared after it fell into place.

I still don't understand why they can't make an Enterprise movie and Paramount really drove the franchise into the ground. I like the new Star Trek but after the next two, that's the end. They need to create a real Star Fleet Academy with the ideals of the series and maybe we as a humanity WILL be saved after all instead of this evil.

[BMWM3GTRLOVER]

0 people are... oh wait

[TheEarthforge]

Oh my. Shatner pretty much flipped off Scott Bakula as an actor, and Scott Bakula is acutely aware of it. Wow. I don't like Scott as an actor that much, but that was... actually very believable.

[aerohurtz]

Wheres captain Pike?

[KJTV67]

@aerohurtz Um-DEAD!

[starscreamdkmo]

Scott Bakula is from my home state

[EL12111]

Dammit ! i want more star trek series > : (

[Delta4ms]

For some reason I think everyone who has had anything to do with Star Trek should know each other. Like they're part of some secret club or something. and of course since I'm a fan I get to be part of the club too.

[maskscraper]

@Delta4ms Perhaps studying the theory of warp drive or Faster than light theory together and make the Phoenix.

Perhaps some of us have to rename ourselves to be called Zefram Cochrane.

[GARY42353]

to great captains

[ClydesRevenge]

How the fuck is he 80 dude looks like hes in his 60's

[MechoMadness]

@ClydesRevenge

Easy life; LA weather; Healthy diet; Hair Dye; Wig.

[ClydesRevenge]

@MechoMadness Healthy diet lol good one!

[thubtenchojenyima]

"I'M the Captain" says the Admiral.

[mtkk22]

They had never met till July 20, 2011?

[IHS7]

Trick Question - Who was the first captain of the Star Ship Enterprise

[yryriza]

@IHS7 That's not a trick question if anyone watched star trek. that guy who ends up retarded from some alien is retarded that does the beeping. He is wearing a red shirt. Pike or something.

[IHS7]

@yryriza It is a trick question - Jonathan Archer (played by Scott Bakula in the TV series Enterprise) was the first captain of the Star Ship Enterprise. Now if i had asked "Who was the first actor to play a captain..." Then you would have been right.

[yryriza]

@IHS7 Corny. I don't watch any star Trek shows anyway.  Bakula was much better as Sam Beckett.

[IHS7]

@yryriza YEAH!!! Quantum Leap!

[hibernia22]

@IHS7 Captain Johnathon Archer of the NX-01 Enterprise

[djeec1976]

"I'm the captain!"

[GFJasonX]

Enterprise rocked, WAY to underrated.

[handleydan]

Wait a minute, 80?!?! wow..... Bill looks good in his age.

[yryriza]

@handleydan He was born March of 1931 in Montreal Quebec. A Canadian Jew of Hungarian descent.

[adduby]

@yryriza Time for some epic nitpicking! It's a bit misleading to say Hungarian, since 1) national borders fluctuated substantially in the last several centuries, and 2) the Ashkenzim were typically segregated from the ethnicities associated with the national identity, such as Magyar. As of the 1800s, the Schattners (of which I'm one) all came from a village called Kuty in the Galicia region of what is now western Ukraine. Of course, I am ignoring Shatner's other, non-Schattner origins...

[yryriza]

@adduby I'm simply repeating what Shat wrote in his own autobiography.

[adduby]

@yryriza Sorry--I didn't mean to suggest that *you* were misleading people, even though...that's how I ended up phrasing it. It's just that there's so much more to the story, and I clearly get a little overexcited about Schattner genealogy.

[adduby]

@yryriza If you're curious, you can read more by Googling "Schattner Genealogy" and checking out Peter Schattner's genealogy page.

[backfire357]

Stick together a bridge out of office dividers and give some orders captain.

[voniak289]

DAAANG HE AINT 80 FROM MY PERSPECTIVE

[lostinmyroom1981]

id take enterprise any day over double j screw the cannon crap.

[robbiewwebster]

The logo at the end looks like two sperm swimming around an egg lol...I'm stupid...In all seriousness, I love both of these men. I think they both made fine captains in the Star Trek universe.

[CheapSushi]

SHATNER!!!! YOU FREAKIN ROCK!!!!!!! :)

[zestydude87]

Loved Enterprise... wish it was still on.

[CYRAPHYM]

Trekker's just are unable to stop watching STAR TREK reruns (remastered)...it's an addiction!

[jimbopumbapigsticks]

Bring back Enterprise! It was just getting good!

[bassdemon16]

I'm massively disappointed that EPIX doesn't yet offer their services to the UK, therefore "The Captains" is out of my reach for the time being. Hopefully some time soon it'll appear on YouTube or LoveFilm.

[elrond70]

Where is the clip where Captain Kirk and Captain Archer face each other in a duel to the death?

[starscreamaut]

we need another star trek series!!!!!! 

[ianjrivers]

@starscreamaut The good news is that a new series has been commissioned, it's about the USS Phoenix, set 42 years after Star Trek Nemisis, so quite a few possibilities for TNG guest stars. The timeline is from the TNG and not the star Trek re-boot film. The Phoenix's captain, served as a lieutenant under a certain Captain Worf...!

[RichardMontalban]

@starscreamaut It's coming... within five years.

[BourgeoisPhotography]

Exciting to see the stars taking the cameras into their hands and then we really get to see them in real life like.. without all of the hollywood hoopla. glad this is real stuff!

LeLinda Bourgeois of

BourgeoisPhotography

[ricus78]

Bill looks really younger than 80!

[doobersmanster]

THe Shat is so funny

[ryandocflash]

The only way I will be able to see this highly anticipated documentary is if it comes out on DVD.....hint, hint.........PLEASE COME OUT ON DVD!!!!! I can't wait to see it!!! Thanks for doing this documentary, Mr. Shatner.....

[dundee101]

just watched the "captains"

i found it moving and enlightening. The human cost for all of the captains is perhaps the hetherto unrecognised tax the burden of the roles demand.

i'm sure the great bird is proud of you all and measure your success on the lives you've all undoubtedly touched.

[scifyjunkie]

awesome, i'm a long time fan, of Shatner's, and yes he is the captain.

[nilbud]

How is it even possible they never met?

[irontusk341]

archer and kirk were always my favorite captains in the star trek universe.

[RatPirate]

I was watched The Captain. Really great and make me very emotion.

I really wish all will come with closed captioning

[stevelee203]

I`M THE CAPTAIN!!!!!

[SpoiledLogic]

@stevelee203 XDDD

[1ownjoo2]

Bill, i just watched your Captains show, and I must say I never relised the emotional toll that being an actor on star trek was to you guys. In a way I almost wish that you guys never had to go through all that pain especially Kate Mulgrew..  However all I can do is thank all you actors for bringing us something that we will never forget. Something that inspired all of us as kids and adults and will continue to inspire future generations.

Please thank all the Captains and the actors for me

[Kittiesrway2cute]

Am I the only that could hear "COOL" in the background? Or am I just crazy?

[Freexnme]

"Will he attack me if I get too close to him?" xD

[bennymutant]

You lot are fucking gay, going on about Bill Shaters' appearance. He'll be Captain Kirk forever

[ThomasTheAlleyCat]

I wonder if the Shat had any plastic surgery to look so good at 80. My father in law is 60 and doesnt look half as good lol

[btflash55]

@ThomasTheAlleyCat well ,he is on the heavy side. overweight people do seem to have less wrinkles than skinny people. im not saying that to be mean....just an observation.

[luvdavy]

@ThomasTheAlleyCat He sure looks like a million dollars, doesn't he? I read once that he said that through all the years he only used ivory soap and refused to wear the pancake makeup actors used to wear. But Thomas is right...as I can attest from experience...heavy people don't show wrinkles like skinny people do. He's still a doll, though.

[ENTERPRISENX01]

*sigh* I guess I'll spend the remainder of my life, just waiting for Enterprise to come back.

[andrsdtz]

Scott is awesome, loved him from Quantum Leap to Enterprise. He was great as Captain Archer. Too bad the show ended after 4 seasons. At least that was one more than TOS got, lol

[GlaciusNLV]

Oh Captain my Captain.

[Deadmansparty2002]

Absolutely awesome. :)

[Paperclown]

<3 SAM BECKETT !

[DarkDennis1961]

I also liked all the Captains. It es not Scott Bakula's fault Enterprise was lame. It was the writer's fault.

[dPWhoooshB]

Weird they didn't meet when Scott guest starred on Boston Legal

[Katfellow]

Before the first episode, I figured Bakula had too much of the whiny puppy dog look to be an Enterprise Captain. He actually pulled it off though. He's no Shatner, but I think there's no denying he made the grade.

[vulcanbreeze]

You'll always be, The Captain.

[sarahkellett]

I really liked Scott in Quantum Leep.

[gragrn]

Scott was fantastic in Quantam Leap and I wish his Enterprise show ran longer, he deserves a lot more credit than he receives. Great Actor! Of course, it goes without saying that William Shatner is a living legend, an immortal of the show business world. Good to see you again Bill, take care!

[angrywhenroused]

The Shat looks remarkable for 80 years old

[photonicus]

@angrywhenroused Yeah..and it's not just the lack of wrinkles.It's also in the way he moves..

[GroceryBag]

@angrywhenroused I agree, but what an unflattering nickname! XD

[MrHoppers002]

if you spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on your face you'd look like that too. leonard nimoy is more accurate portrayal of a 80 year old man.

[TheZacula]

@angrywhenroused I was gonna say... why is it I keep thinking of him as being 50 when he is, in fact, 80? He looks very, VERY good for being 80.

Mind you, Sean Connery also aged quite well.

[ArcaJ]

Two of my favorite actors in the same room together! My body wasn't ready!

[IRONMANAustralia]

Bakula may be a great guy, but I bet everytime he walks into a convention all the Trekkies set their phasers to 'kill'.

Seriously though, great idea for a doco Shat.

[mikootz]

William Shatner ROCKS!!!11

[thorkyll]

sounds like an interesting documentary. i hope they make a new star trek seriesssssssssssssss!

[xINJUNx]

yes sir u r

[NikKast1981]

Instead of going around and doing nothing they should ALL (Shatner, Stewart, Bakula) get together and make a new STAR TREK MOVIE !!!!!!!

[demonslayer55555585]

@NikKast1981 Yeah just tell them the golden line........BACK TO WORK!!!!! It has to be said in the tone that greedy asshole bosses use.

[NikKast1981]

@demonslayer55555585 It's very sad that they don't seem to care about that at all......If i was them i would do my best to make something extraordinary prior to getting retired.....Perhaps STAR TREK is not so "elegan" for people such as Patrick Stewart but come on guys, we need ya....

[demonslayer55555585]

@NikKast1981 Totally with you friend! Actually this has to be the first decade that Star Trek is absent...nowhere to be seen! OK! The movie alright! But I didn't care for the actors that much honestly speaking! They just seemed eehh....not where they were suppose to be, this is my personal opinion of course! But again nobody seems to want to make a series! Which is probably due to the fact that most TV-channels want their series to be about Vampires and shitty detective stories!

[NikKast1981]

@demonslayer55555585 Forget about the series my friend, these are old people, they can't do something like that....A Movie however is something they CAN do and they SHOULD do.....The new Star Trek was naturally ment for the new "trendy" generation that's why we didn't like it so much.....To be honest with you i never liked TOS either....But i loved ALL the Star Trek movies along with the crew of The Next Generation...

[demonslayer55555585]

@NikKast1981 I was talking more about the continuation of the last Star Trek series or new series....a good one preferably! But I agree they should come together and mix something up, it would be like a nirvana for Trekkies all over the world!

[NikKast1981]

@demonslayer55555585 Anything's possible in the world of ST....Lets say 20 years after the Nemesis picard gets called into active service and while on route with the Enterprise F they fall in a black hole or something....Same exact thing happens in the two other timelines and VOILA, all of them together again :)

Its not hard and Paramount should make buckets of cash...

[demonslayer55555585]

@NikKast1981 ....and a dream come true for me!

[luvdavy]

@demonslayer55555585 And don't forget now it's aliens and dead people/zombies along with the detective stories. Scott is excellent in Men of a Certain Age though. I'd love to see something from ST soon.

[thorkyll]

@NikKast1981 lol in what time period? Shatner died in ST: Generations, and he's not getting younger, so they can't set it back in the Original Series days....... unless he plays someone other than Kirk

[NikKast1981]

@thorkyll It's STAR TREK man, timelines collide all the time ;)

[manoljo]

Only 307 views?! WTF?

[njddonners22]

@manoljo Hang on, it's only 306 views for me. No wonder it's so low if it's going backwards!

[rainbowsalads]

@njddonners22 says 306 views for me too, 30 mins after your comment : /

[WatchVenusSpa]

I always thought Scott had the potential to be an amazing Star Trek Captain but the material just wasn't there on Enterprise.

[illustriouschin]

I liked all the Star Trek captains, yeah that's right.

[Cherri59]

@illustriouschin I completely agree with you. They were each unique powerful characters.

[ugotpwnzored]

@illustriouschin me too!

[razoras]

Cool. Great. Cool. Nice.

[kr192101]

It's good to see Scott visiting Bill. Wished that they could've done with the series on "Enterprise" episode where Bill could've played Kirk's father or grand father gor that matter. Or some link from the prequel to the original series for that matter. Glad to see Bill face to face with all caracters of Star Trek. :D

[Swidhelm]

My favorite is a toss up between Picard and Sisco. Sisco is bad ass, but Picard is a Renaissance man. Both are epic. Love all of them though really. Janeway is a bitch, but she gets the job done, and earns respect.

[Maryanchyk]

Patrick Stewart was the best, followed closely by William Shatner, Avery Brooks was great also. Kate Mulgrew was really bad and Scott Bacula was the worst captain imaginable

[MisterWhat]

@Maryanchyk Really, you couldn`t imagine a worst one :p?

It`s easy to rag on Archer as a character, when he had no guidelines and directives to follow like the others did. The current crop of navigators are technically better than the ones of centuries past, but they weren`t the ones making mistakes and creating experiences.

For that alone, Archer rulez.

[kb7rky]

Mr. Shatner, there may have been "other" captains of the Enterprise, but you will always be "Captain Kirk" to me, sir.

[EmpireLS56KW]

William Shanter get back you’re command. Get back before you turn into part of this collection LOL.

[Richmunnich]

hahahahaha "I'm the Captain"

[EmpireLS56KW]

If William Shanter was frozen he could be unfrozen in 23rd century and be the captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1071 he is in fact the captain.

[IHS7]

The Captains - of the Enterprise?

[EmpireLS56KW]

I'm captain Kirk I'M CAPTAIN KIRKKKKK! LOL

[msnpassjan2004]

80! The captain is indeed in good shape !

[thomas007]

@msnpassjan2004 he doesnt look 80.

[generalcircle]

I'm captain kirk. >:( IIIII'M CAPTAINNN  KIIIIIIIIRRRRRKKKK!!!!!

[MildManNerd]

Where's Chris Pine & Patrick Stewart? :p

[KathyBentley]

I remember watching the original Star Trek with my dad when I was young and I loved it. Now I can watch the Star Trek Enterprise, NG, etc. with my son and he loves them. The shows encourage peoples' love of sci-fi and creativity in general. How many peoples' imaginations were sparked by the Star Trek series? I am sure too many to count. I can't "imagine" a world without them. Thanks to all the captains (actors) and writers!

[almostconcerned]

Thumbs up.

[OptimusOpie]

Surprising enough, Scott had a guest role on Boston Legal. It is weird they never crossed paths. Seeing this happen sort of brings The Captain's Chair full circle I think as I'm pretty sure all "said Captains" in the Star Trek universe have actually spent some sort of time with Mr. Shatner. (I COULD VERY WELL BE WRONG ON THAT POINT THOUGH).

[BygPhattyPlus]

Very nice! I wish I could see this on TV! Too bad I don't have that channel.

[jen8933]

DUDE! you are indeed the captain.

love you man:)

you too scott...i've always been a fan.

[pattyfromtoledo]

so cool to see these two guys together! I'm a big William Shatner fan, and love Scott Bakula from the old Quantum Leap days (great show!!). And Scott's comment asking if Bill's dogs might attack him if he hugged Bill - too funny. Wish you had show the dobermans meeting Scott (I'm also a really big fan of dobermans!)

[docatomics]

....tiberious is that you;

~you look so fucking young;

=did you turn your OofC into a silver tincture and consume it; or just did what the kirck does best; you old space dog you ?

[SuperLadySheba]

Looking great Mr Shatner!!

[philena30]

Scott shoulda said "OH Boy" a few more times as Capt, then Enterprise woulda had a few more seasons. :P

[danSARS]

I could never get past the theme song to the Enterprise tv show

[TiedyemansVideos]

Why would two captains of the Enterprise NOT get along?

[jlmichael9958]

Wow Scott Bakul's coloring is terrible.  His hair is dyed the wrong color and the makeup is also the wrong color.

[jen8933]

@jlmichael9958

bitch