The Captain's Summit (Video 2009)

The Captain’s Summit: Directed by Tim King. With William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes. For the first time in Star Trek history, five of the final frontier’s greatest names have been brought together for a 70 minute rare and unprecedented round table event. Filmed exclusively for the Star Trek: Original Motion Picture Collection. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes and host Whoopi Goldberg share candid insights, humorous moments, and intimate details about life on the set, working with each other and how Star Trek has affected their lives.

“There may be some who knows the inner limited Trek geek in me, but I have to admit after picking up the Star Trek Original Motion Picture Collection in Blu Ray that reviewing everything in one sitting is still quite daunting. So as usual I would be taking my time, but why not start things off with the special disc included which recorded the rare time when William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Patrick Stewart and Jonathan Frakes all sat down for a round table session moderated by Whoopi Goldberg, to share their views on their respective characters, thoughts on the series, its impact and the likes.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eGranted this is like a peek into the Captain and their respective First Officeru0026#39;s minds from the series, to the movies, to how lives have been changed, their own and the people and fans they inspire, and itu0026#39;s completely anecdotal, which is what is so valuable in this presentation. There are moments when Goldberg did great at asking some pointed questions and getting answers on record, but I suppose the mood was nothing less than a jovial one, so answers, while candid, were kept civil, despite the heated arguments and rivalry at times that you read from various sources, especially between Shatner and Nimoy, and Shatneru0026#39;s revelation on what he thought of the Next Generation series.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSplit into three parts with a play all function available, it runs no more than 70 odd minutes, which is a genuine pity because each of them definitely have much more to share and tell about, and having a combined session only meant shorter answers in order to bring everyone into and have a go at the discussion, spanning many, many topics that Trekkies everywhere, or just fans of the movies or even the casual movie-goer, would come to enjoy since all of them havenu0026#39;t quite graced the screen, in costume or otherwise. altogether at the same time.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI wonder if there will be another version which will involve the rest of the surviving members of the crew as well, from both the original and the Next Generation series. Surely such a thought would have crossed some executiveu0026#39;s mind at Paramount.”