I am so on the same page with you @StephenM<\/a>!
The fact that they have not cure Hyperopia by the 32rd Century is an abysmal oversight on the writers!\ud83d\ude24<\/p>\n
Also @paramountplus<\/a> needs to up the budget because I\u2019m sure that a well oiled organization like Starfleet in the distant\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/96MtYUGGWf<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) January 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n But it did not take long to become apparent that the Canadian-born actor\u2014who played Captain James T. Kirk in the original Star Trek series\u2014was ridiculing Miller as he feigned outrage over Hunter\u2019s character wearing glasses. <\/p>\n \u201cThe fact that they have not cured Hyperopia by the 32rd Century is an abysmal oversight on the writers!\u201d he wrote. \u201cAlso @paramountplus<\/a> needs to up the budget because I\u2019m 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.\u201d<\/p>\n Shatner continued, \u201cDo they pass the glasses around while piloting the ship? Shame on the line producers!\u201d before addressing Miller directly:<\/p>\n \u201cThat is what you meant, right? I am ready to assume command of the series! Call me!\u201d he wrote. <\/p>\n But the dig apparently went light-years over Miller\u2019s head.<\/p>\n Paramount screwed up royally when they decided to kill off Kirk in Star Trek Generations. @WilliamShatner<\/a> disagreed strenuously but was a team player and out-acted everyone in the film. But it\u2019s not too late for Paramount to make amends with Shatner and save the franchise. Do it! https:\/\/t.co\/YORaoM0JEV<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Stephen Miller (@StephenM) January 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cParamount screwed up royally when they decided to kill off Kirk in Star Trek Generations. @WilliamShatner<\/a> disagreed strenuously but was a team player and out-acted everyone in the film. But it\u2019s not too late for Paramount to make amends with Shatner and save the franchise. Do it!\u201d the oblivious Trump aide replied to Shatner\u2019s post.<\/p>\n Shatner, whose character was killed off in the 1994 film Star Trek Generations, told the Daily Beast in a 2017 interview<\/a> that he was \u201capolitical.\u201d <\/p>\n But he slammed Trump in May for the president\u2019s repeated calls to make Canada the U.S.\u2019s 51st state. <\/p>\n \u201cAt a certain point, persistence becomes insulting,\u201d Shatner told Fox News\u2019 Jesse Watters, before quipping that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney should turn the tables on Trump and offer the U.S. a spot as Canada\u2019s 11th province.<\/p>\n To all of you wonderfully dear naive & gullible types out there whom I love so much\u2026 <\/p>\n If you are angry about my posts on the US becoming a Canadian province: imagine how Canadians felt when an actual leader of a friendly neighboring country floated that idea across the border.\u2026<\/p>\n \u2014 William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) May 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n In a follow-up X post, Shatner encouraged his followers to consider Trump\u2019s annexation ideas through a Canadian\u2019s eyes. \u201cDoesn\u2019t feel good; does it? Learn a lesson from it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n![\"William](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/46LU5WEKBBG5HPF5IDEX7SQJEU.jpg\")
William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk in 1967. \u2018Star Trek\u2019 has long demonstrated creator Gene Roddenberry\u2019s progressive values, breaking new ground with moments like broadcasting one of the first interracial kisses on television between Shatner\u2019s Kirk and Nichelle Nichols\u2019 Uhura in 1968. CBS via Getty Images <\/p>\n