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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: Kamen, just take their statements for what they are. | Report this post to moderator
By: sb2004 (Odo's file, contact) @ 18:55:05 on Jun 11, 2009

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I actually thought Solow had a very fair critique. He liked it, but recognized that there were flaws.

Fair enough. No film is perfect, and Star Trek 11 is no different. And that means they have something to improve upon when they do 12.

But to respond in part to the OP, this trend towards condemning anything said by the actors is nothing new. I think it's been around as long as the Internet. Beltran was blasted for criticizing Voyager. Bakula was blasted for defending Enterprise. Anyone connected to TNG was blasted and told to go away if they put in their two cents about the franchise (there is particular hatred towards Michael Dorn for reasons I just do not understand). More recently there were those going "enough already" whenever Shatner spoke about wanting to be in the new film. And now Stewart is getting knocked.

Just about the only guy to get any respect in recent years is Nimoy. And even then there are those condemning him for taking part in the Abrams film and some how abandoning Roddenberry, as if Gene created a religion.

It's not a religion -- it's a movie, people.

This idea of biting the actors for their opinions is one of the saddest developments in Trek fandom, and is one of the reasons why I no longer consider myself a Trekkie. Doctor Who fandom as a general whole tends to treat its actors with a bit more respect (well, except for Matthew Waterhouse, maybe!)

Al

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