STAR TREK: HOW WILLIAM SHATNER CHANGED THE WORLD(2005)
As you might expect, this is basically Bill talking
about how Star Trek "changed the world"!! Or more
exact, how the things portrayed in Star Trek have
been adapted to our every day life! And about how
the mixture of personalities on the show has helped
the US to except each other for who we were inside
and not what we look like on the outside!!
This even has George Tekai in it talking about his
place in Star Trek!! It also has many scientists and
others who's lives have been affected by Star Trek!
He talks to people from NASA, CETI, and other
walks of life! A lot of humor, and not boring as
I kind of expected! A
A review from IMDb.com:
This documentary makes a very nice overview of the
evolution of the Star Trek era and how the show
changed the world. Of course, it doesn't take itself
seriously and Shatner is even able to laugh at his own
short sightedness.
You will probably fall into two categories: those who
think Star Trek is overrated and those who think Star
Trek is underrated. I think I fall somewhere in the
middle. Star Trek is based on a world that was evolving
even before the show ever took the air. But I think
it was a catalyst for the speed at which the technical
evolution was occurring.
Worth viewing if you remotely like Star Trek and a
nice showcase of the evolution of technology as
pushed by "Star Trek geeks". - M.N
William Shatner ... Himself - Host / Narrator
Jon Adler ... Himself - Stanford University School of Medicine (as Prof. John Adler)
Martin Cooper ... Himself - Inventor, Cell Phone
Rob Haitani ... Himself - Product Designer, Palm One
Yuri Gagarin ... Himself - Soviet Cosmonaut (archive footage)
Marc D. Rayman ... Himself - Chief Propulsion Engineer, NASA, JPL (as Dr. Marc D. Rayman)
George Takei ... Himself
Mae C. Jemison ... Herself - NASA Astronaut 1987-1993 (as Dr. Mae C. Jemison)
Seth Shostak ... Himself - SETI Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence (as Dr. Seth Shostak)
Bruce Damer ... Himself
Bill Gates ... Himself (archive footage)
Miguel Alcubierre ... Himself - National University of Mexico (as Dr. Miguel Alcubierre)
D.C. Fontana ... Herself - Writer, Star Trek 1966-1969 (as Dorothy C. Fontana)
Jonathan Frakes ... Himself
Walter Koenig ... Himself (archive footage)
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