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Sebastian Doyle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-08 07:51 PM
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Mister Sulu...... phasers on......GRUDGE....!
Shatner upset Takei didn't invite him to wedding

Wed Oct 22, 7:32 PM EDT

William Shatner is setting his phaser to stun against his old "Star Trek" co-star George Takei. In a video posted on Shatner's Web site Wednesday, he lashed out at Takei for not inviting him to his wedding last month.

The 77-year-old Kirk said Takei, who played Enterprise helmsman Sulu, apparently harbors a grudge against him that kept him from being invited to Takei's nuptials.

"The whole thing makes me feel badly," Shatner said in the video. "Poor man. There is such a sickness there. It's so patently obvious that there is a psychosis there. I don't know what his original thing about me was. I have no idea."

Takei and Brad Alman tied the knot Sept. 15. "Star Trek" alums Nichelle Nichols and Walter Koenig — who played Uhura and Chekhov, respectively — were among the attendees at the multicultural ceremony at the Japanese American National Museum. Takei and Altman had previously stated that Shatner was invited to their wedding, but he never RSVPed.

"It is unfortunate that Bill was unable to join us for our wedding as he indeed was invited to attend," Takei responded. "It is our hope that at this point he joins us in voting no on Proposition 8, which seeks to eliminate the fundamental right for same-sex couples to marry in California."

Shatner said he felt he never knew Takei when they worked together on the original TV series and later in the "Star Trek" films.

The "Boston Legal" co-star also attacked Takei's decision to come out of the closet later in life, saying "Who cares? Be gay. Don't be gay. That's up to you, George."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxyOe0MYKhg
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-08 07:53 PM
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1. "Who cares? Be gay. Don't be gay. That's up to you, George."
Edited on Wed Oct-22-08 07:54 PM by Orrex
So, being gay is Takei's choice?
:wtf:
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Sebastian Doyle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-08 07:56 PM
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2. Either that, or the Klingons did something to him, I guess?
:shrug:
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Selatius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-08 08:00 PM
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3. Capt. Picard weighed in on the whole mess as well:
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Octafish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-08 08:04 PM
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4. Capt. McPike wanted to go.


"Beep beep! Beep beep!"

He's a mav'vrick, ya know!
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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-08 08:08 PM
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7. OMG!!! OCTI!!!!
:rofl:
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neverforget Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-08 08:49 PM
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9. OMG! LOL!
:rofl:
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-08 08:55 PM
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12. hahahhahaha
God, you're killing me here..... :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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BlueStateMind Donating Member (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-08 08:05 PM
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5. I've got nothing against Shatner, really
But if I had the choice of him Coming to my wedding or not. I'd probably not invite him.
I dunno.. something about Dis-inviting Shatner seems more amusing to me than him actually being there in the flesh flirting with cocktail waitresses and making a "Shatner-esque" spectacle of himself.

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TlalocW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-08 08:08 PM
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6. Shatner was reportedly upset that Takei's character Sulu
Was made a captain for Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country. He could probably hold a grudge 17 years.

TlalocW
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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-08 08:14 PM
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8. Sulu roasting Kirk:
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texasleo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-08 08:52 PM
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10. I love black wang.
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Dukkha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-08 08:54 PM
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11. like ALL of his costars said, Shatner's a self-absorbed megalomaniac
"There is such a sickness there. It's so patently obvious that there is a psychosis there."

yeah that's it. why else would you be snubbed?
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