Shatner and Nimoy discuss the state of Star Trek today

Star Trek icons William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy recently appeared at Dragon Con where they held an amusing discussion about why Shatner isn't in the new Trek movie and some other interesting tidbits like the fact that he's never seen Patrick Stewart perform as Capt. Picard in The Next Generation. Here's part 1 of their conversation:

If you want to see it all, there's a part 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. The running time for the collection of clips is about an hour.

Even if Shatner won't be in any more Star Trek movies, he may have one more role as a captain. Fans want the Canadian navy to name the Montreal-born actor as an honoury captain.

While Shatner, Nimoy and series creator Gene Rodenberry are lauded for their work on Star Trek, the real reason we're still enjoying the show today is because of the man who directed Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Still considered by many to be the greatest of all Trek movies, if that hadn't succeeded, there never would have been a third movie and, most likely, no more television shows.