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[Blade2.0]

William Shatner to RLM

 

[Cunth]

what a bizarre sequence of events

 

[megamerican]

Shatner can't be bothered to watch more than 60 seconds of a video then spends a week talking about it. The he writes a long ass rambly blog post where he makes about every possible incorrect assumption and somehow ties in some literal nonsense about Kevin Smith. He also mentions that he didn't watch RLM's response and then describes a portion of it?

 

[ManaByte]

yeah and Shatner has been doing this for longer than they have probably been alive.

i always heard that story that he blew up at some fans at a convention but that was probably a long time ago. he seems to have had more of a self-depreciating sense of humor about it all for the past few decades. tho he no doubt sees his share of crazy people.

part of me thinks he is just trolling everyone w all this.

That didn't happen. It was a SNL skit.

 

[ManaByte]

 

[oagboghi2]

RLM isn't trying to win, or even "fight" him.

Any interaction, or in this case, non-interaction, that isn't groveling is seen as a fight on social media.

 

[Shadowplay1979]

nm chrome issue

 

[EviLore]

Jokes about Shatner’s ego are fair play, I think. Mike loves original Trek though, and has given Shatner a lot of praise over the years—probably the strongest praise of Shatner’s acting I’ve ever heard from a relatively legitimate critic.

 

[Ememee]

I find this all hilarious and want to point out on a recent BOTW Rich literally said “Mike, one of these days karma is going to hit you in the face like a ton of bricks”. Then boom: somehow, through no doing of his own, Mikes hero has repeatedly shit and clown on him. Rich Evans called it again.

 

[Halo is Back]

Clueless boomer

 

[Halo is Back]

Imagine if RLM got an interview with George Lucas. Now THAT, I would pay money to see

 

[Stiflers Mom]

The whole rant is doing what he's accusing them of doing.

Basically getting your own fans to be angry at someone you don't like.

Wow, you are right...
Didn't think about this in that way before.

 

[Rentahamster]

Like I said in the other thread, either this is a crazy Kaufman-esque troll, or Shatner is one of the least self-aware humans to currently exist.

Imagine if RLM got an interview with George Lucas. Now THAT, I would pay money to see

I would soil myself with joy.

 

[Jon Neu]

I find this all hilarious and want to point out on a recent BOTW Rich literally said “Mike, one of these days karma is going to hit you in the face like a ton of bricks”. Then boom: somehow, through no doing of his own, Mikes hero has repeatedly shit and clown on him. Rich Evans called it again.

-Rich Evans predicted this.

 

[The Hamburglar]

Shatner is great

 

[-Minsc-]

First thought: He's describing himself (or atleast an image of himself I have learned about from reading things over the years.)

Second thought: The man has had to deal with crazy and obsessive fans for longer than the age most people here.

Final thought: I spent too much time reading and commenting on this thread.

 

[Bullet Club]

TJ Hooker doesn't do podcasts, Sporto.

 

[GloveSlap]

Shatner can't be bothered to watch more than 60 seconds of a video then spends a week talking about it. The he writes a long ass rambly blog post where he makes about every possible incorrect assumption and somehow ties in some literal nonsense about Kevin Smith. He also mentions that he didn't watch RLM's response and then describes a portion of it?

On point. These type of people are insufferable. He still can't get it through his head that RLM never asked him to do the show and that Nerd Crew is satire.

 

[BlackOlivesMatter]

Shatner is like...

Meanwhile RLM is like

 

[EverydayBeast]

William Shatner is a lot of peoples favorite actors who can do it all.

 

[PrCat88]

Only RLM could be in a situation where Mike's childhood hero despises him over a simple misunderstanding. It's as funny as it is tragic.

RLM never asked for Shatner to be on their show. William keeps getting that part wrong. Some fans might have asked, but not at the request of RLM.

I'm not going to blame RLM on any of this. They're not responsible for some of their fans anymore than Shatner is responsible for his fanbase. If Shatner doesn't want to watch their content he doesn't have to, but making assumptions and guesswork off out-of-context clips and what others have said doesn't do him any favors. It's not a show for him. He just doesn't get their humor.

 

[Cunth]

RLM fanboys sound annoying as fuck though

 

[GloveSlap]

RLM fanboys sound annoying as fuck though

Most internet fan bases are and trolls love to stir up drama. I can understand the RLM obsession though, some of the best content around IMO.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

I felt so bad for Mike.