In a year that’s seen him cucquean a Kennedy and get outed for constantly ensemenating poor people (proving that his “all the time I am coming” speech from Pumping Iron was more than metaphorical), you’d think Arnold Schwarzenegger’s public image couldn’t take another hit. But now it seems the Austrian ass lover may be guilty of a crime far worse than adultery — not recognizing William Shatner, the sexiest motherf*cker in space.

Keep in mind, the following story comes from a guy who runs a website and could just be a cheap ploy for publicity, but it included pictures and sounded true enough. Writes Brian Warner of CelebrityNetWorth, who says he witnessed the encounter while eating a burrito at the Brentwood Country Mart:

Shatner was finished eating so he and his family threw all their stuff in the trash and started to get up to leave. At this point Captain Kirk sees The Terminator and his eyes get really big. As his family walks out William makes a b-line for Arnold, extends his hand and says:

“Bill Shatner, nice to see you”.

Arnold shook the hand but other than that did not acknowledge Shatner’s existence in any way. He didnt lift his head, didnt utter a word, he actually seemed really annoyed that he was being bothered. Shatner appeared stunned. I think he was expecting a BIG BIG reaction. But no, Shatner got SHAFTED big time. He got nothing. Less than nothing. It was one of the most awkward snubs I’ve ever witnessed. After a few moments of waiting for that big reaction, a red faced Shatner scurried away.

After Shatner had vacated the area Arnold’s son looked over at his dad and said:

Son:
Dad, that was William Shatner.

Arnold:
Who is William Shatner?

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Much to the dismay of mostly just him, William Shatner will apparently play the same role in Star Trek 2 that he played in K.D. Lang’s J.J. Abrams’ first installment – nobody. At a question and answer panel at the Calgary Entertainment Expo on Saturday, the original Captain James T. Kirk told his legion of adoring nerds fans that he will not play a role in Abrams’ second Trek film.

As he signed autographs for more than 600 people in the span of a few hours, Shatner, seen above accepting a cowboy hat from Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi and R2D2, reassured his Trekkies and Sci-Fi fans that he wasn’t pulling their legs, either.

Shatner. who was a little peeved about not getting a cameo in the first ‘Star Trek,’ announced his non-involvement at the Calgary Comic Expo during a Q+A session: “I have become an acquaintance of J.J. as of late but I’m afraid no…I will not be in Star Trek 2.”

Former Trek star Leonard Nimoy (who played a huge role in the first film) will also not be returning for the franchise’s next film. Last year, Nimoy stated that he was ready to retire from acting and that his cameo on the show ‘Fringe’ would be his final role. (Via Popeater)

Shatner could be full of it and keeping a nice secret from us for the sake of nostalgic surprise, but I really hope not. It’s nice to see that he’s taking this in stride and not acting dickish about it. I mean, Ricardo Montalbán won’t be in it either, but you don’t hear him complaining.

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On this week’s Frotcast, the plan was to talk to Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker, the creative team behind CBS’ upcoming show Sh*t My Dad Says, based on Halpern’s best-selling book and Twitter account,  and then review The Other Guys and talk movie news and UFC.  Our interview went longer than expected, so we decided to post it now and save the rest for later in the week.  We discuss many things, I ask them your insulting questions from Facebook and Twitter, and we find out:

• What Shatner is like — will there be a Sh*t The Shat Says DVD feature?
• What it’s like to fire the actor playing you
• How life writing a TV show is different from blogging (Justin once wrote for HolyTaco and Schumacker was the head writer for ScreenJunkies before the show came along).
• Which celebrities Justin has farted on and how his legendary flatulence compares to mine.  (Airbenders recognize our own, but there can be only one).

Anyway, I hope you enjoy it.  If not, be sure to insult my intelligence, family, and entire way of life.  (Interview starts at -55:30 of the streaming file)

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I never watched TJ Hooker growing up, but I went to college in San Diego so I’d like to think I know a little something about prostitutes in Mexico.  Haha, good one, Jay.  Anyway, yeah, they’re making a TJ Hooker movie.

Chuck Russell (“The Scorpion King,” “The Mask”) is in talks to direct. The writing team of Brent Maddock and S.S. Wilson [who, once again, is not a ship] will script the story, which focuses on the relationship between the title character and his father. [Variety]

[Premise of the original series]: After his partner was murdered, veteran plainclothes detective Thomas “T.J.” Hooker (William Shatner) reverted to his former assignment as patrol sergeant, and returned to the beat to rid the streets of the type of criminals responsible for his partner’s death. Back in uniform, Hooker was assigned to train the academy recruits, and was partnered with brash, sometimes hot-headed young rookie Vince Romano (Adrian Zmed). With Romano much his junior, Hooker acted as his mentor on both a professional and social level. The age difference generally being the key hook of the partnership, the pair quickly became fast friends and a good team.

As /Film points out, there was no father in the original series, so…

..I think I can sniff out the gimmick here. This new TJ Hooker will be, I guess, ‘the next generation’. My hunch is that Shatner will return as Thomas Jefferson Hooker, with a younger, comedic actor cast in the role of TJ Jr.

But regardless of who they cast, it will team the guy who directed The Scorpion King with the writers who wrote Wild Wild West.  How could it not be good?  Because when you’re hiring people in Hollywood, it only matters that you’ve heard of someone, not at all where you’ve heard of him.  It’s like telling your wife you picked out a babysitter.  “He’s great, it’s pretty lucky the state made him introduce himself when he moved to the neighborhood.”  So yeah, writing Wild Wild West = Babyf*cking.

^{(Earth added for scale)}

A while ago, JJ Abrams explained that the reason Shatner wouldn’t be in his new Star Trek movie was that for one thing, Shatner wouldn’t settle for a small cameo, and for another, his character had died in a previous movie.  Yesterday, Shatner responded via YouTube (video after jump).  Humble as always, Shatner claims he was never asked to do a cameo.  He goes on to say he wouldn’t have done one anyway.  Then, he proceeds to tell JJ Abrams how simple it would be to bring Captain Kirk back from the dead.

I brought him back to life in one of my books, very easily.  You know the machine where you suck in the air with the molecules? [something about hovering, and fiddling with levers] …We’ve got DNA of dinosaurs 160 million years old we trying to right now with our primitive technology in 2008, we’re trying to reassemble the DNA of an 160 million year old being, and we think we can do it.

I’m not sure what’s sadder, Shatner taking 100% credit for the work of people who write Star Trek books that he gets to put his name on, Shatner thinking Jurassic Park is real, or Shatner comparing himself to 160 million year-old-dinosaurs.  Personally, I could give a shit whether Shatner is in the Star Trek movie.  What I’d really like to see is Thunderdome: Shatner vs. the Travelocity Gnome.  I doubt Shatner has an answer for the gnome’s reach advantage.
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