'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

[ealgeone]

I think they just initiated the self-destruct sequence.

They should watch the NFL and learn.

And I write this as a former fan of the show. They've lost my ticket to any future movies.

[TTFlyer]

They have been directed to cast their votes for a Gorn named “Hillary.”

[raybbr]

According to the list T'Pol (Jolene Blalock) didn't sign either...

[BenLurkin]

As if Hollywood lefties ever vote any way other than Democrat

[TonyM]

Will they promise to leave the galaxy when Trump wins?

[attiladhun2]

I'm into reality. The Star Trek view of the future is simply not going to happen. I think the future is going to look more like something out of Mad Max.

[EQAndyBuzz]

And when their next picture bombs, they will all sit back and wonder what happened?

I’m starting to think that an entertainment tax is in order.

[drop 50 and fire for effect]

Colossally stupid move. IIRC movie tickets, TV viewers and fan convention attendees are not draw exclusively from the Democrat Party and its sympathizers. Trump supporters and #NeverHillary people might like Star Trek as well.

Good way to lose an audience.

[Gay State Conservative]

I'm strictly TOS.Never seen any of the spinoffs or the films.Spock was my favorite and Kirk and Sulu my least favorite.Except for those two I liked the other regular characters a lot.But I wouldn't take advice...or lectures...even from them regarding issues of right & wrong,decency,morality or politics.

[VanDeKoik]

Fine. I’m totally done with Trek then.

Like what the hell is WRONG with these people that they just feel so comfortable alienating their viewers?!

Do they think all people that watch that show are drooling leftists? How disrespectful and rude!

Star Trek isn’t theirs to use as a bleeping political platform!

Just F these people and this show!

At least Picard and Kirk did not take a dump on the fans.

[RckyRaCoCo]

We'll just call them the brain-fornicated brain-fornicators.

pffffft...(huck follywood)

[piytar]

Well, Ms. Ryan (a) is not a MORON and (b) had personal dealings with politicians. Not shocked she’s staying out of this.

BTW, I would have said TTIWWP, but you provided a picture!!!

[proust]

Real brave to wait weeks after the new movie was released.

[PeteePie]

Ha, dumb asses. Trump don’t play in their universe, begin s> he’s total Sith./s

[Not A Snowbird]

First name I looked for.

[piytar]

Why would I resist?

[SparkyBass]

Hollywood actors... is there anything they don't know?

~Homer Simpson

[eclectic]

J.J.Abrams is not Star Trek - he is an intruder!

[vikingd00d]

>>Seems Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) didn’t sign...

Nor did Worf (Michael Dorn).

[Bubba_Leroy]

Gene Roddenberry, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan and Majel Barrett did not sign, because they are all dead.

Of course, that will not prevent any of them from voting early and often for Hillary.

Here is a recent rally of some of Hillary's most reliable voters: