I just saw the commercial on TV during BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. Seeing it on TV, rather than a low res YouTube feed (see yesterday's entry), is revealing. The commercial was put together using exisiting footage from the 1991 movie, with a CGI of Shatner's (2006?) face plastered on his 1991 body. There are 2 short lines of dialogue from Nimoy & Koenig, but mostly it's "Kirk"addressing the camera, professing his pleasure in getting DirectTV installed on the Enterprise bridge.
Yeesh.
It's an odd little piece of schilling.
Hee-hee-hee... You gotta love Shatner.
ReplyDeleteThere's been a good bit of this on Direct TV lately. They're doing a whole line of commercials in this vein.
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