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SocialDemocrat61

(7,519 posts) Tue Jan 20, 2026, 09:18 AM Jan 20

William Shatner responds to Stephen Miller

Link to tweet

😳 😱
I am so on the same page with you @StephenM!
The fact that they have not cure Hyperopia by the 32rd Century is an abysmal oversight on the writers!😤

Also @paramountplus needs to up the budget because I’m sure that a well oiled organization like Starfleet in the distant future could afford more than one pair of glasses for at least this hyperopic bridge crew.🤷🏼

Do they pass the glasses 👓 around while piloting the ship‽ 🙄

Shame on the line producers!

🤔That is what you meant, right‽ 😉👍🏻

I am ready to assume command of the series!

Call me! 🤙🏻🙂!

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William Shatner responds to Stephen Miller (Original Post) SocialDemocrat61 Jan 20 OP

OK. So, I had to look it up. Norrrm Jan 20 #1

Can someone translate this nerd-speak? wolfie001 Jan 20 #2

Hyperopia is the medical term for farsightedness GusBob Jan 20 #4

Go here SocialDemocrat61 Jan 20 #5

Hey Einstein, what I want to know is why Shatner seems to be..... wolfie001 Jan 20 #8

Einstein? SocialDemocrat61 Jan 20 #17

If you know, you know wolfie001 Jan 20 #22

The logic perplex me..................... Lovie777 Jan 20 #3

True. OldBaldy1701E Jan 20 #6

Miller saw only one episode and misinterpreted it. Marcuse Mar 5 #31

Shatner does not remember edhopper Jan 20 #7

Deep Geek! RetiredParatrooper Jan 20 #9

That's Why He Had... ProfessorGAC Jan 20 #14

Just so McCoy could gift them to him again!!! slightlv Jan 20 #19

He was being sarcastic SocialDemocrat61 Jan 20 #15

Of course he was edhopper Jan 20 #26

Yes SocialDemocrat61 Jan 21 #29

Touche' edhopper Jan 21 #30

This nerd has just fallen in love with you. nt Ilsa Jan 20 #16

I'm 100% sure he was being sarcastic. FascismIsDeath Jan 20 #24

See answer #26 edhopper Jan 20 #27

And you must remember this: They boldly go where noone has gone before, except GreenWave Jan 20 #10

Ha! WestMichRad Jan 20 #11

It worked with the original wording Kaleva Jan 20 #20

What's with Shatner using all those old-style selfies? Really!?! FakeNoose Jan 20 #12

Apperantly Murderer Miller is a Star Trek fan, how weirdly normal. Vomit. BradBo Jan 20 #13

Stephen Miller can go to hell LymphocyteLover Jan 20 #18

He was being sarcastic SocialDemocrat61 Jan 20 #23

He was gently mocking him. Its pretty obvious. FascismIsDeath Jan 20 #25

OK, good, thanks-- I guess it went over my head LymphocyteLover Jan 20 #28

Would love to see Shatner assume command gulliver Jan 20 #21

Norrrm

(4,868 posts)

1. OK. So, I had to look it up.

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Original post)

Tue Jan 20, 2026, 09:25 AM

Jan 20

wolfie001

(7,576 posts)

2. Can someone translate this nerd-speak?

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Original post)

Tue Jan 20, 2026, 09:26 AM

Jan 20

Thanks

GusBob

(8,237 posts)

4. Hyperopia is the medical term for farsightedness

Reply to wolfie001 (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 20, 2026, 09:30 AM

Jan 20

Actually the term hypermetropia is also used

SocialDemocrat61

(7,519 posts)

5. Go here

Reply to wolfie001 (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 20, 2026, 09:31 AM

Jan 20

https://www.google.com/

wolfie001

(7,576 posts)

8. Hey Einstein, what I want to know is why Shatner seems to be.....

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Reply #5)

Tue Jan 20, 2026, 09:39 AM

Jan 20

....having a mild back and forth banter with a POS nazi. A cute little laugh while this scum is killing people.

SocialDemocrat61

(7,519 posts)

17. Einstein?

Reply to wolfie001 (Reply #8)

Tue Jan 20, 2026, 11:38 AM

Jan 20

wolfie001

(7,576 posts)

22. If you know, you know

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Reply #17)

Tue Jan 20, 2026, 12:48 PM

Jan 20

Lovie777

(22,832 posts)

3. The logic perplex me.....................

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Original post)

Tue Jan 20, 2026, 09:27 AM

Jan 20

that magas, nazis, rwers, kkk, white supremacist, white nationalists, overall hateful individuals and groups like Star Trek?

Stat Trek ideology is the complete opposite of them.

OldBaldy1701E

(11,035 posts)

6. True.

Reply to Lovie777 (Reply #3)

Tue Jan 20, 2026, 09:37 AM

Jan 20

They do not get the meaning of the show. They just see conquerors traveling to other planets and making them 'American'.

It is some serious selective reception, let me tell you!

Marcuse

(8,974 posts)

31. Miller saw only one episode and misinterpreted it.

Reply to Lovie777 (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 5, 2026, 01:10 PM

Mar 5

edhopper

(37,293 posts)

7. Shatner does not remember

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Original post)

Tue Jan 20, 2026, 09:39 AM

Jan 20

that they have a cure for hyperopia, but Kirk was allergic to Retinax 5.

Star Trek 2, The Wrath of Khan.

RetiredParatrooper

(158 posts)

9. Deep Geek!

Reply to edhopper (Reply #7)

Tue Jan 20, 2026, 09:42 AM

Jan 20

I love it!

ProfessorGAC

(76,569 posts)

14. That's Why He Had...

Reply to edhopper (Reply #7)

Tue Jan 20, 2026, 10:47 AM

Jan 20

...the antique reading glasses he sold in Star Trek IV!

slightlv

(7,770 posts)

19. Just so McCoy could gift them to him again!!!

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #14)

Tue Jan 20, 2026, 12:08 PM

Jan 20

I hope I can keep my marbles and wit as sharp as Shatner has at 90+ years old. As far Maga types liking Star Trek, it really is a mystery if you try to assign any reason other than they absolutely do not understand a damned thing about the show. Talk about the original "Woke" TV! (LOL) That, and Twilight Zone. Unfortunately, the morality plays are totally lost on them. They couldn't critically think their way out of a paper bag!

SocialDemocrat61

(7,519 posts)

15. He was being sarcastic

Reply to edhopper (Reply #7)

Tue Jan 20, 2026, 11:03 AM

Jan 20

edhopper

(37,293 posts)

26. Of course he was

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Reply #15)

Tue Jan 20, 2026, 02:18 PM

Jan 20

as was I.

SocialDemocrat61

(7,519 posts)

29. Yes

Reply to edhopper (Reply #26)

Wed Jan 21, 2026, 07:47 AM

Jan 21

But he did it well. 😉

edhopper

(37,293 posts)

30. Touche'

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Reply #29)

Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:16 AM

Jan 21

Ilsa

(64,295 posts)

16. This nerd has just fallen in love with you. nt

Reply to edhopper (Reply #7)

Tue Jan 20, 2026, 11:14 AM

Jan 20

FascismIsDeath

(159 posts)

24. I'm 100% sure he was being sarcastic.

Reply to edhopper (Reply #7)

Tue Jan 20, 2026, 02:12 PM

Jan 20

edhopper

(37,293 posts)

27. See answer #26

Reply to FascismIsDeath (Reply #24)

Tue Jan 20, 2026, 02:19 PM

Jan 20

GreenWave

(12,606 posts)

10. And you must remember this: They boldly go where noone has gone before, except

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Original post)

Tue Jan 20, 2026, 10:06 AM

Jan 20

when they get "there" there are always others who got there before.

WestMichRad

(3,216 posts)

11. Ha!

Reply to GreenWave (Reply #10)

Tue Jan 20, 2026, 10:11 AM

Jan 20

Kaleva

(40,334 posts)

20. It worked with the original wording

Reply to GreenWave (Reply #10)

Tue Jan 20, 2026, 12:16 PM

Jan 20

FakeNoose

(41,348 posts)

12. What's with Shatner using all those old-style selfies? Really!?!

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Original post)

Tue Jan 20, 2026, 10:25 AM

Jan 20

I'm starting to think it wasn't written by Bill Shatner at all. Maybe his great-granddaughter?

BradBo

(1,002 posts)

13. Apperantly Murderer Miller is a Star Trek fan, how weirdly normal. Vomit.

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Original post)

Tue Jan 20, 2026, 10:38 AM

Jan 20

LymphocyteLover

(9,767 posts)

18. Stephen Miller can go to hell

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Original post)

Tue Jan 20, 2026, 11:41 AM

Jan 20

sick to see Shatner responding positively to him

SocialDemocrat61

(7,519 posts)

23. He was being sarcastic

Reply to LymphocyteLover (Reply #18)

Tue Jan 20, 2026, 01:58 PM

Jan 20

FascismIsDeath

(159 posts)

25. He was gently mocking him. Its pretty obvious.

Reply to LymphocyteLover (Reply #18)

Tue Jan 20, 2026, 02:15 PM

Jan 20

Miller is going on one of his rants about "OMGZ TEH WOKE!!!" and Shatner turns it into a "oh yea, you're angry about something, it MUST be the glasses that one character wears, right? That is what you were talking about? Right?" kinda thing.

Shatner has already been blasting the Trump administration over the various ways they've been trying to screw with Canada.

LymphocyteLover

(9,767 posts)

28. OK, good, thanks-- I guess it went over my head

Reply to FascismIsDeath (Reply #25)

Tue Jan 20, 2026, 08:58 PM

Jan 20

gulliver

(13,944 posts)

21. Would love to see Shatner assume command

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Original post)

Tue Jan 20, 2026, 12:40 PM

Jan 20

Star Trek was a deep cultural stake for 60s progressive ideas. Brilliant writing from D.C. Fontana to Harlan Ellison to Richard Matheson. Daring, funny, smart, sexy.

It's now just another IP handed to generic hacks and "wunderkindern." I don't know that Shatner could give it depth and relevance again. Certainly not by himself. I'd like to see it become a limited run TV series with the quality of writing of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica or, better, something like Fargo, the TV series.

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