Two sides of a coin

[dieastra]

When I saw this picture of William Shatner on a recent convention in Las Vegas, I suddenly had a déjà vu. The credit for the left picture by Ferry Teunisse is on the pic, the right picture of Richard Dean Anderson was taken by my friend Paya at Gatecon 2008. Posted with her permission.
What do you think? Two sides of a coin?

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This is part 2/2 of my comment, please see part 1/2 for the beginning.

The last time I saw Rick was a bit odd as well. There is quirkiness, and there is oddity, and I was seriously wondering about his health with some of the things he did and said on stage. The people laughed at everything, but I actually felt a bit sad. I don’t want him to be made fun of. It looked like he was very uncomfortable. Sometimes it even looked as if he had no idea where he was or what he was doing there. Someone who saw him a few weeks later at an American convention said he was much different there, so maybe it was just Germany.

I really do wonder why Paul puts him on so many cons. People expect him to still talk about Stargate, I think it is understandable that he has no memory of things that happened more than 10 years ago. Problem is, he has nothing new to talk about. Other actors always have a new show, a new project they burn for. The only time he lit up and was passionate about at Fedcon was when he was talking about Wylie. I truly worry what he will do once she (soon) leaves for college. Then he is sitting alone in this big empty quiet house. What is he doing all day long? Could he not drop a Twitter line once in a while, saying how he is, what he does? I do really ponder that. Of course we don’t know whether or not there is a woman in his life, but I wish there is. Otherwise he will be very lonely. And it gets more difficult the older he gets.

I’m not saying William Shatner is and always has been an angel. But I think this is a case of maybe getting a different opinion when getting to know him better, and, unless you actually have indeed met him and can tell a personal and probably different story which I would be open to hear, possibly being influenced by a public opinion generally considered as “fact”.

Just my two cents, and half a Dollar on top of it.