Make plans to be part of the biggest paintball game ever.

February 17, 2002 9:53 PM

Make plans to be part of the biggest paintball game ever. Mark your calendars, set your schedule, sign up quick. August 31, 2002 will be a historical date in the annals of Paintball history. William Shatner, the man known to millions of fans as "Captain James T. Kirk" will lead one of the three teams attempting to control the destiny of the universe.
posted by tcobretti (15 comments total)

Makes me think of Fight Club.
posted by tcobretti at 9:55 PM on February 17, 2002

I love Paintball. They don't call me the "Bombay Bomber" for nothing. :)
posted by riffola at 10:19 PM on February 17, 2002

I can picture it now: my moment of glory.

I jump out from behind the tree, point my gun at Shatners head and scream, "This is for all those red ensigns, you bastard!!"

*pow* *pow* *zap* *splat* *splat*
Die!! Die!!
Aaahahahahahahahahahaha...</laughter type="maniacal">

ahem... excuse me...
posted by Lionfire at 10:20 PM on February 17, 2002

dang, when I glanced at the title, I thought it said "biggest pinball game ever".
posted by billder at 10:44 PM on February 17, 2002

Man, that would be fun. Paintball is silly, but - DAMN is it fun. WFS would propably be fun to play with, too.
posted by GriffX at 11:14 PM on February 17, 2002

I thought it said "biggest pinball game ever"

Hey, me too! I was imagining Shatner using the Enterprise's tractor beam to make Gandymede bounce off Jupiter and Saturn and then hit Pluto to double the bonus and light the Neptune spinner.
posted by straight at 5:31 AM on February 18, 2002

Alas, it's already been done.
posted by straight at 5:33 AM on February 18, 2002

Is there ANYTHING that Shatner can't or won't do? Mark my words, when he shuffles off his mortal coil, the impact on US culture and outpouring of emotion will be enormous...akin to Princess Di's death in the UK. You laugh at my statement, but you'll see...
posted by davidmsc at 8:15 AM on February 18, 2002

Cool link. I was planning on heading to Chicago this summer sometime to see relatives and look into a business thingy.

Now I think I have some firm dates.
posted by ebarker at 8:20 AM on February 18, 2002

Ah, but will Shatner assemble his mighty Iron Chefs to do paintball battle (and then maybe make a nice salade nicoise for afterwards)?

(sorry about the Flash)
posted by briank at 8:22 AM on February 18, 2002

< thread hijack>

Iron Chef USA didn't hit the mark for me. It was just missing that, I dunno, wacky earnestness that was omnipresent in the Japanese import.

The second one was better than the first, though.

< /thread hijack>
posted by ebarker at 8:32 AM on February 18, 2002

Personally, I would pay good money to see someone hit that smug bastard Todd English in the face with a paintball.
posted by briank at 9:14 AM on February 18, 2002

I swear, Shatner is my favorite everything. From spoken word Priceline ads to this, davidmsc you are right, when Bill dies the earth shall weep.

/end somewhat sarcasm
posted by plemeljr at 6:13 PM on February 18, 2002

davidmsc:
Is there ANYTHING that Shatner can't or won't do?

we can't very well have a thread asking what shatner can't/won't do without mentioning this
posted by juv3nal at 9:43 PM on February 18, 2002

World's largest pinball machine, was I believe called "Hercules". The ball itself was wooden, as was the gameplay from what I remember.

Ah, pinball. A good excuse for having a supple wrist.
posted by Kafkaesque at 10:08 AM on February 19, 2002