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Patrick Stewart Says He Loved J.J. Abrams Star Trek Movie

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By GustavoLeao / 19:24, 10 June 2009 / Star Trek: Nemesis

The Yorkshire Post posted a new interview with Star Trek The Next Generation star Patrick Stewart and here are few excerpts of the article.

"Yesterday, I took my grandchildren to see the new Star Trek movie. There were three movie trailers, one for the new Terminator movie, one for the new Harry Potter and one for a Pixar animated movie. All the trailers sounded and looked the same. Full of standardised levels of noise, violence and special effects and I thought, 'My God, nothing would attract me to any of these'.

"I love animated movies and I especially love Pixar but I weary of standardisation. I don't know what's happened... but I better not go on, you never know, they might want to cast me in one of them."

He might want to leave it there, but given he spent seven years playing Captain Picard, what did he think of the 21st-century version of Star Trek?

"I loved it. I absolutely loved it," he proclaims. "It was a very, very odd experience to be in the cinema watching a new Star Trek movie that I wasn't in. Not only that, but with the exception of Leonard Nimoy I didn't know any of the cast... but, it's Star Trek. They've taken some quite innovative decisions but it's absolutely essential, right down the middle Star Trek. I got a great kick out of it."

He also says of Chris Pine, the young actor playing Captain Kirk: "He's brilliant. He is charming, truthful, funny and utterly delightful."

The full article is here.



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RE: The REAL no-win scenario. | Report this post to moderator
By: Kamen Rider Blade (Odo's file, contact) @ 12:12:04 on Jun 11, 2009

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The only bitter person here is you.


Says the guy who's been bitching about the "evil men who screwed Shatner over" for... how long now?

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RE: The REAL no-win scenario. | Report this post to moderator
By: prometheus 59650 (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 14:43:37 on Jun 11, 2009 | Edit History (1)

He's in no boat at all. He gains or loses nothing by saying whether he liked the movie at or not.

"I didn't like the Star Trek movie."

Or "I didn't like it, but I'm glad others like it as I wish Star Trek continued success."

He's just a guy with an opinion. Contrast that with

"Paramount is a bunch of evil, money-grubbing whores that pissed all over the franchise.

Or "Sumner Redstone is a scumbag."

See the difference between voicing a personal opinion on a PRODUCT of a potential employer and voicing an opinion on the employer?

Of course you don't.

You know what? Even if he did blast everyone involved with the new film it might cause some negativity for a while, but if Para thinks he can make them money somehow???? "S'all water under the bridge.

He was being interviewed. He has a history with Trek. The subject got to the film. He gave his opinion with absolutely NO career risk involved and said:

"I took my grandchildren...and we loved it, absolutely loved it. "Straight down the middle Star Trek."

The above is the sole reason that you're bitter. Yes, bitter. So bitter...so ticked at actually being out in the wildreness with with the few other fanboys howling at some perceived "destruction" of Trek that you'll create some fantasy that Stewart is afraid for his career in order to deal with it.

You're passing bitter and flirting with sad.

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RE: The REAL no-win scenario. by Kamen Rider Blade @ 15:02:39 on Jun 11
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