Posted on 12/06/2015 4:59:37 PM PST by DogByte6RER
That Time Ronald Reagan Visited Star Trek: The Next Generation And Took The Captain's Chair
Ronald Reagan was a fan of Star Trek-and even a critic of it sometimes. In his diary he talks about watching Star Trek III in the White House theater and how he thought it sucked. In his post-presidential years apparently this interest in the franchise continued, and in 1991 he visited the then-highly popular Next Generation Set.
The Gipper's attendance at Paramount Studios Stage 8 came as the cast and crew were filming the season four Klingon-centric two-part finale, Redemption. There were Klingons running around everywhere, to which Reagan supposedly noted "I like them, they remind me of Congress."
In another encounter, then-ailing Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry was walking Reagan through the elaborate Klingon ceremonial hall set when he dropped his cane. Supposedly Reagan reached down to picked it up for him, after which Gene noted "I felt as if I had been knighted."
Yet the best story from this obscure cross-section in pop culture and American history comes from Patrick Stewart himself. During a recent appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers, Stewart recalled a peculiar moment during Reagan's visit. He said that during VIP visits, people-even members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-politely asked him if they could sit in the captain's chair. But not Reagan:
Reagan just went over and sat in it, without asking. Perks of the job.
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Well, he can eat a big bag of s**t then.
I look at him as I look at his buddy, Ian McKellan. Both are fine actors, but McKellan is an insufferable poof with a serious hatred for Christianity (he was the one defacing bibles in hotel rooms where it said his faggotry was a no-no) and Stewart is an ultra-left nutter in his politics.
It’s funny, Stewart learned his radical politics from his father, whom he admitted was an abusive bastard. You’d think he’d have gone the opposite direction, NOT wanting to emulate his father in that regard. Some people never learn.
Both of them can FOAD then.
“You’d think he’d have gone the opposite direction, NOT wanting to emulate his father in that regard.”
Like me. My “father” was an FDR/Kennedy worshiper.
Yeah I read that in Reagan Diaries only thing he complain about Star Trek 3 there was no KHANNN aka Ricardo Montiban
I hear year later Ronnie got private screening at WH of Star Trek 2 Wrath of Khan
Was that the one with Capt. Janeway and First Officer Chipotle? /s
A lot classier.
The Gipper a Trekie!? Whoa! Who knew!
He looks more relaxed in the second photo.
Chakotay (Robert Beltran) is a Christian conservative. Mulgrew is a lib nut, but she is pro-life.
I heard an interview with, IIRC Brannon Braga. He said that some big name actors, some names that would surprise many if anyone knew that they liked sci fi would come by the set of Star Trek: TNG. Some wanted to be made up as an alien in any small role to be a part of the Star Trek universe. He had to say no as SAG union rules wouldn’t let them. Had something to do with giving new actors a chance.
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