I have been so looking forward to Shatner's roast - but clips I see

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make me think it's less a genuine roast, in the old Dean Martin method, and more of a chance for people to say insulting things but in really uncreative, drunk, and assholish ways. The idea of the roast is to lovingly poke fun at the person, not just be unfunnily vindictive, uncreative, and assholish.

And I have not yet seen a clip that makes me think that anyone, except maybe Sulu, will actually be funnily and friend-ily insulting.

All that I've seen is just crude, unrefined, and totally exemplary of the state of creativity and the arts in this country - Republican: meaning, unintellectual, lacking in subtlty, lacking in nuance, lacking in creativity, mean, nasty, rude, in-your-face, and totally unfunny.

And I find it so sad, because Shatner is such an incredible person, incredible actor, with an acting career spanning decades, and is perhaps the greatest living American(/Canadian) Hollywood icon. A guy like him deserves a GOOD roast, a CREATIVE roast, a roast of love within the friendly barbs and jibes.

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1. I think I can kick this, since it's on in a few hours

It looks so awful, I fear that I will have to turn it off after a few minutes.

[wildhorses]

2. I like Shatner. Lucky man owns some nice horseflesh.

Met him at Tattersolls a few years ago...with his new wife...he spent some major bucks that day as I recall...

[buddhamama]

3. when Shatner croons, I swoon

his covers of Dylan are the shit. :)

[Broken_Hero]

4. it looks so so to me

but I hope its better than Hugh Hefners roast...:( His was sorta lame. I plan on watching Shatners , 9pm cst....:) I just hope they get Nimoy, or Sulu up there talkign smack...:)

[xmas74]

5. Thanks for the reminder.

I forgot all about it being on in about an hour from now.

(edit-messed up the time. thought it was later for some reason.)

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6. Not for another hour

[xmas74]

7. I changed it.

It's been a long day and I thought it was almost 9 pm for some reason right now.

Maybe it was just wishful thinking that it's later then it really is.

[LeftyMom]

8. I'm gonna have to DL it (no cable)

But I will since I'm a shameless trekie and also because I wanna be half as cool as nichelle nichols (uhura) when I grow up and she should be at the thing.

[CrushTheDLC]

9. Nichols and Takei are scheduled to be there, Nimoy wasn't.

But then, who ever heard of a funny Vulcan? Maybe that's why he skipped it (if he did). I'm thinking he'll be the surprise guest or something like that. They'll "beam him down" at the last minute, probably.

[Deja Q]

10. Shatner and Nimoy are good friends... Nichols and Takei? Well,

I don't recall Takei's stance, but from Nichelle's autobiography, she's not exactly on good terms with him.

I betcha that what they get to say in this "roast" would fry a chicken more quickly than the vat at McDonalds...

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11. My morning after review: it could have been, and should have been, better

There were indeed some pretty funny moments, but it was sorely lacking in creativity and wonderment, and overflowing in crudity and junior high humor. Yes, I know it was a roast, and the intent is to be insulting to the honoree - but much of it wasn't all that great, just lots of easy jabs without much thought behind them.

I watched the whole thing just out of curiosity, but now that I've seen the whole thing, I wish I hadn't watched it at all.

[Iniquitous Bunny]

12. I saw part of it last night.

After the 15,000th Andy Dick/anal sex joke, I got a little bored and moved on. :boring: