'Star Trek' cast and crew, including J.J. Abrams and George Takei, sign an open letter against Trump

Los Angeles Times ^ | September 29, 2016 | Melanie Mason

[EveningStar]

Live long and...vote for Hillary Clinton?

A bevy of "Star Trek" cast and crew members from multiple generations signed an open letter Thursday by the Facebook group "Trekkies Against Trump," blasting GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump and arguing against a third-party "protest vote" in the November election...

Endorsed by:

J.J. Abrams
Allan Apone
Richard Arnold
René Auberjonois
Ira Steven Behr
Rick Berman
John Billingsley
Christopher Black
Paula Block
Paul Boehmer
André Bormanis
Brannon Braga
Mark Robert Brown
LeVar Burton
Terri Potts-Chattaway
John Cho
George Colucci
Denise Crosby
Dan Curry
Joseph D'Agosta
Nicole de Boer
John de Lancie
Jonathan Del Arco
Chris Doohan
Aron Eisenberg
Terry Erdmann
Terry Farrell
Lolita Fatjo
Juan Carlos Fernandez
Louise Fletcher
Jonathan Frakes
Bryan Fuller
Tim Gaskill
David Gerrold
Bruce Greenwood
Max Grodénchik
Martha Hackett
Manu Intiraymi
Dominic Keating
John Knoll
Walter Koenig
Alex Kurtzman
Judith Levitt
Jeff Lewis
Justin Lin
David Mack
Dennis Madalone
Chase Masterson
Gates McFadden
Robert Duncan McNeill
Nicholas Meyer
Anthony Montgomery
Ronald B. Moore
Tom Morga
Kate Mulgrew
Larry Nemecek
Adam Nimoy
Susan Nimoy
Robert O'Reilly
Leslie Parrish
Robb Pearlman
Simon Pegg
Ethan Phillips
Robert Picardo
Sandra Piller
Chris Pine
Zachary Quinto
Andrew Robinson
Eugene & Heidi Roddenberry
Marvin Rush
Tim Russ
Zoe Saldana
Naren Shankar
Armin Shimerman
Gregory Smith
Brent Spiner
Rick Sternbach
Peter Sternlicht
Eric Stillwell
Sandy Stone
Carel Struycken
Marina Sirtis
Michael Sussman
Kitty Swink
George Takei
Michael Taylor
Connor Trinneer
Karl Urban
Wil Wheaton
Herman Zimmerman

[fieldmarshaldj]

Well, you worked in Hollyweird, so you’ve got instant cred on every subject. ;-D

[Moonman62]

“HEY! I know what! Let’s kill a franchise!”

...

No amount of lens flare can save it now.

[Oztrich Boy]

Not only dorn, but not Roxann Dawson, Suzi Plaxon, or any of the 4 who played Worf's son.

For Kingons they have 0 for 7

[Jacob Kell]

I guess Klingons ARE the smartest species in Trek.

[Yossarian]

I only made it through the first season of Voyager when it aired. It was horrible. I never understood why they chose *her* for that role. From what I understand, they wanted Genevive Bujold to be the captain (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SIZcDWKyw0 if you’re interested in how that might have turned out).

(Long dead thread revival...)

The reason Genevive Bujold's acting was so odd in that clip...

...isn't that she thought that this was a good way to portray a Starship Captain...

...but rather, by acting this way, she'd be let out of her contract.

Bujold realized after winning the role that she didn't want to work the notorious grind of TV series hours.

[gogeo]

Oh.