From: SAAVIK              
To: JONBOY              
Subject: St             
Date & Time: 02/16/91 01:09:56
Message Number 12243

Amen, Amen. Shatner played Kirk with a hint of Shakespere(sp?) and a 
pound of macho. By the way, "Look who's coming to dinner" is one of my
favorites. Star Trek had many aspects that were "before it's time". 
That's one reason it was canceled. Just not enough people made noise 
until it was too late. Shatner was a ham, especially when compared to 
the others in the show. He often launched into poetic speeches (very
shaksperian(excuse the spelling, it's, like, 1:15 am, my eyes are 
drooping a little). I think a lot of people viewed Star Trek as a corney
spoof. But I came away from it with something else, a view of the future
and enough fantasy to make me look forward to the Kirk's and Spock's of 
yet to come. I was a mere child when the original series ran ('nuff 
said about age) and I believe that watching the show molded a lot of 
minds about equality between both the sexes and the races. "Give peace
a chance" and all that. And..... if all else fails, lock on target and 
fire torpedoes. But above all, do not break the Prime Directive!!!!