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Ah, Kirk, my old friend... (lemmy.world)
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[-] the_dopamine_fiend@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Who's that planting one on Merritt Butrick?

[-] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Think it's Kirstie Alley.

[-] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

seems plausiblescreenshot of wikipedia text "Some sources state that Butrick was homosexual.[8] Kirstie Alley, his co-star in Star Trek II, identified Butrick as being bisexual.[9]" with citation 9 saying "Alley, Kirstie (2012). Art of Men (I Prefer Mine Al Dente). Simon & Schuster."

out of curiosity i found her book; it only has two sentences about him:

screenshot of text "I got married in 1983 while I was simultaneously doing a TV series and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof onstage. I’d done Star Trek II in 1981 and I was slightly crushed out on my young, bisexual costar Merritt Butrick, who became my friend. Sadly, he died of AIDS in 1989 at the young age of 29."

... and one photo:

photograph with caption "Merrit Butrick and I goofing around on the set of my first movie, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan."

[-] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Thanks for the informative read. Unfortunately, since everything is wrapped in a spoiler tag, none of the links/pics show appropriately.

[-] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

it renders fine for me on the web.

which client are you using? if images in spoilers don't work, that is a bug.

[-] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I'm on Connect, guess they haven't figured out how to keep those connections separated yet.

[-] Alkaseltzer028@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago

Okay, ... where is Spock?

[-] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but...

[-] kaitco@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Also, where is Uhura?

[-] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

Third row, behind DeForest Kelly? Can't be sure.

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

Taking the photo?

[-] Davel23@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago

Shatner and Montalban were never on-set together, it's possible this is the only time they met in person for the entire filming of the movie.

[-] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Kinda like Bruce Willis and Gary Oldman in The Fifth Element.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Why? Did they hate each other?

[-] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

No, it's actually just a quirk of the story where the main protagonist and antagonist never actually meet. They do nearly run into each other at an elevator.

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

Didn't know that Cousin It was a member of Starfleet

[-] AlexisFR@jlai.lu 2 points 11 months ago

What is up with the weird clothes in the upper picture?

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It was 1982, so basically still the 70's.

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