Posted on 09/21/2020 1:45:54 PM PDT by nickcarraway
In reality, the two are friends who have had some fun with each other on social media in the past. Two of the biggest sci-fi icons have finally come face-to-face. Mark Hamill and Patrick Stewart met for equal parts intense and silly moments in a new commercial for Uber Eats.
The (socially distanced) spot opens with the Star Wars and Star Trek actors having an intense standoff over the pronunciation of "tomato," which leads Hamill to say, "Stewart, so it's come to this." To which Stewart replies, "Careful Hamill, daddy's not here to save you" (a solid Vader reference).
An angry Hamill responds, "Oh, I am my daddy!" That line sends both men into confusion over its meaning.
In reality, the two are friends who have had some fun with each other on social media in the past. Stewart's fellow Star Trek actor William Shatner and Hamill are also known for giving each other a hard time via social media for the respective franchises.
In related news, The Empire Strikes Back will be rereleased into theaters this week for the film's 4oth anniversary. Tickets are on sale now.
See the Empire announcement and Stewart-Hamill face-off below.
Fred and Ginger did it with style:
You say potato, I say puhtata, you say tomato, and I say puhtata;
I still have to give to TESB though.
It is a perfect film.
Doubt me? Star Wars has lived off it's success for 40 years.
Same here. Both loud-mouthed bores.
In reality the two are pukes. Dirt bags through and through.
Commercial success does not equate to the best movies.
Blade Runner has 38 years, and is still considered one of the greatest Sci-fi films.
Tears in the rain is considered, by many, as the best sci-fi scene.
(It’s all just opinion without any factual answer)
Have you lost your Vulcan mind?
Stewart looks and sounds like he’s aged twenty years in the last ten.
yes, but he’s 79. spent a lot of time under hot lights and makeup, and he’s not chubby, so the wrinkles are emphasized
Yeah and Hamill can shove his lightsaber up his “tatoo-hiney”!
“How can anyone with an IQ over 50 watch that show?”
1) For one thing Kaley Cuocco is VERY pleasant to look at.
T2) I’ve actually MET people like the four nerds portrayed on the show.
And yes, their cluessness about the real world is both astonishing and perplexing.
3) The storylines never swerved into the political lane, making one of the few shows that didn’t. As such it was a pleasant diversion from the real world. The real goal of true entertainment.
4) The acting was pleasantly good. By modern Hollyweird standards the acting was great. Remember we’re not talking classically trained actors doing Shakespeare.
If all television was held to IQ standards I Love Lucy would have never had a chance. I bet you hated that show too.
It's so unrealistic, like they've never met a scientist or engineer. Any show by Chuck Lorre seems awful and manipulative.
There was a show that the creators Lorre and Bill Prady sat down and talked about the characters they were writing about. They said they each knew at least one person who was typical of each of the characters on the show.
They explained that the tv characters were atypical of the average physicist, engineer or what have you but the examples were pretty common.
I think it was Prady that came up with the Sheldon character. He knew a guy just like Sheldon. No clue about humor, satire, or females (much less sex) who ended up very successful and married to an extremely beautiful woman with whom he had three kids. Even after all that the guy was clueless about everyday human interactions.
Do you maybe have a thing against Lorre himself instead of his shows?
He does stick to a formula that tends to work.
My mother’s 80 and looks ten years younger. I guess genetic elasticity and gravity can mix like oil and water at that age......
“You say potato, I say puhtata, you say tomato, and I say puhtata;”
Did you mean “tuhmahta”?
And let’s not forget those who eat ‘mayter sam’iches”. And those who eat fried taters.
Yep
Whole lotta factors
Smoking and drinking can seriously age you too
I was seriously injured during Season 7 and couldn’t walk for 3 months. Discovered I shared many of their socially awkward experiences as a young adult, and could laugh at them and myself.
No offense taken. :-)
Use the Pacard Maneuver.
“Surrender or I will talk at you again”
Here in Alabama, that's a truism. I see a lot of folks down here who look like a ragged 70, but they could be anywhere from 45+. Me, I smoked two packs a day for thirty years and still can drink most people under the table. Then they don't believe me when I say I'm 57. My misguided youth is all starting to catch up to me, but I'll be a pretty sharp-looking corpse in my box. Unless I apply to get into the veteran's cemetery before I kick. Then they'll just cook me to a turn, pour me in a coffee can, and drop me in a post hole. They'll say a prayer over my marker, mention that I was just a grunt, and give me a three-gun salute with BB rifles. Tell the Lord that Beetle Bailey is on his way.
Yeah, I'm a cynic.
Babylon 5.
Shatner is 89 and while still a bit pudgy, looks pretty good, and still very active.
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