The newest “Star Trek” series is apparently so awful that it got the original Captain Kirk to see eye-to-eye with one of President Donald Trump’s closest advisers.
White House Deputy Chief of Staff and Homeland Security adviser Stephen Miller responded to a brief clip of the new Paramount+ series “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy” in an X post, arguing that the only way for producers to save the show would be to give full creative control to actor William Shatner.
“Tragic. But it’s not too late for @paramountplus to save the franchise,” Miller said. “Step 1: Reconcile with @WilliamShatner and give him total creative control.”
Shatner responded several days later, saying, “I am so on the same page with you @StephenM<! The fact that they have not [cured] Hyperopia by the 32rd Century is an abysmal oversight on the writers!”
“Also @paramountplus needs to up the budget because I’m sure that a well oiled organization like Starfleet in the distant future could afford more than one pair of glasses for at least this hyperopic bridge crew,” Shatner continued, adding, “Do they pass the glasses around while piloting the ship? Shame on the line producers! That is what you meant, right?”
“I am ready to assume command of the series! Call me!” he concluded.
Shatner was written out of the franchise in the 1994 film “Star Trek: Generations” – a move he’s said was made because producers wanted to move on to solely using the “Star Trek: The Next Generation” cast led by British actor Patrick Stewart’s Jean-Luc Picard.
Shatner said that he was told before filming began for “Generations” that Captain Kirk was going to die in the film whether he participated or not – and so he opted for an onscreen death that allowed him a heroic exit.
“So the producer said, ‘We’re going to kill Kirk because we think that The Next Generation will make more money at the box office,'” he explained.
Three more movies followed with “The Next Generation” cast, and the series has since rebooted with three more films, starring Chris Pine as Captain Kirk.
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