Posted on 07/24/2015 10:38:00 AM PDT by GoneSalt
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz offered some surprisingly strong opinions on the politics of Star Trek in an interview published Thursday in The New York Times Magazine, arguing it is quite likely that Kirk is a Republican and Picard is a Democrat.
Let me do a little psychoanalysis, Cruz says when asked about the fictional space captains from the landmark 1960s television series and its Next Generation follow-up, which aired some 30 years later. If you look at Star Trek: The Next Generation, it basically split James T. Kirk into two people. Picard was Kirks rational side, and William Riker was his passionate side. I prefer a complete captain. To be effective, you need both heart and mind.
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I don’t picture Stewart with cats-maybe poodles and yorkies?
Shatner is also fond of horses in his “real life”-he rides and owns several of them.
Most Brits with any pretention to class own and ride horses-even my Brit neighbor does-but I don’t know if Stewart has equestrian skills...
I liked DS9, too-it was such an improvement over that awful sequel with Captain Janeway, or whatever her name was...
So did I, especially in the first episodes-I suppose I’d been expecting the Captain to have Kirk’s balls-to-the-wall way of dealing with problems-not acting like some college law professor...
Nope.
Stewart has cats.
Shatner has some incredible show horses and has had both them and the Dobes since his Star Trek days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPQjqwhpPxQ
His most recent Dobes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1CIJkvcj10
Guess who I prefer.
:)
Steward is an admitted socialist. Though, he does admit he did smile and wave like a “silly schoolboy” when GBush passed him at an event.
Kirk knew the E Plebnista by heart.
Red shirts = the future’s version of cannon fodder.
JTK will be born in Riverside, Iowa. Iowa has two Republican Senators and three of four Representatives. Unless things change between now and March 22, 2233, it’s more likely he is a Republican than Democrat.
“I liked him better as Locutus”.
Those are nice looking dogs-cuties.
I can’t imagine an animal as independent as a cat being a pet to a person who leans socialist-it isn’t like they can be totally controlled-my 3 rebel at the mere hint...
That’s a terrible thing to say about Harvey.
DS9 greatly improved once it got a more continuous story line. I think Babylon 5 pushed it hard.
Competition is good.
The Ultimate [Computer] Tyrant Starring Barrack Obama as himself.
There are no Muslims in Star Trek.
Hmmm.
LOL!
That was the episode that came to mind when I saw this thread.
;D
I don't know if Stewart does, but Picard was an equestrian. http://en.memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Horseback_riding
And...my skin just crawled right off and is hiding under the sofa.
jjabrams or original series?
in jjabrams he decides to kill kirk’s father.
in the original series, kirk’s father was present at the ceremony where he took command of the enterprise for the first five year mission. (NCC-1701, no a, b, c, d, or bloody e)
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