William Shatner Beams Down to FAN EXPO Denver

Evan Semon November 1, 2021 8:05AM

Skip ad in seconds.
Skip ad in seconds.
More slideshows

Go on the Road With Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady

Evan Semon

39 images

Governor's Mansion Is Shiny and Bright for the Holidays

Evan Semon

18 images

A Look Inside the Psychedelic Shroomski Brunch at Ant Life

Westword Staff

16 images

Denver Goes Green for 61st St. Patrick's Day Parade

Evan Semon

27 images

1 of 22

Evan Semón

William Shatner enters a packed Bellco Theatre.

Freshly back from space, William Shatner landed at the first FAN EXPO Denver on October 31. "I'd never say I was an astronaut. Maybe a half-ASStronaut," he told fans, most of whom knew him best as Captain Kirk of Star Trek. During a 45-minute talk, the 90-year-old actor described his trip on Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin rocket, and also discussed climate change."In those four minutes of weightlessness I was overcome with a great sadness," he said. "A sadness of what we are doing to that fifty or so miles of thin air we call our atmosphere. I looked down at earth, the great giver of life. I looked up at death, darkness."

William Shatner Beams Down to FAN EXPO Denver

Additional Slideshows

Denver Goes Green for 61st St. Patrick's Day Parade

A Look Inside the Psychedelic Shroomski Brunch at Ant Life

Governor's Mansion Is Shiny and Bright for the Holidays

Go on the Road With Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady

Noches Iluminadas Lights Up the Denver Botanic Gardens

Meow Wolf Opens Convergence Station September 17