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Patrick Stewart: New Star Trek Show a ‘Response to Brexit and Trump’
newsbusters.org ^ | 1/9/2020 | Scott Whitlock

Posted on 01/10/2020 10:08:47 AM PST by rktman

Patrick Stewart returns to Star Trek and the role of Jean-Luc Picard in a new CBS streaming show, but the reason it exists at all is, unsurprisingly, political. The liberal actor told Variety this week that Picard is “me responding to the world of Brexit and Trump.” He also said that the United States (under Trump) and Britain (under Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson) are “completely f****d.”

Talking to Variety’s Daniel Holloway, Stewart explained why his character is getting a revival:

Trump seemed to be responsible for a lot of old TV shows coming back. In 2018, the creator of the '80s/'90s sitcom Murphy Brown explained why that show returned: “We definitely wouldn't have had the show” if Trump hadn’t won. She added, “We didn't have a motivation do it. We didn't really have the meat or a story. And then when the election happened, I mean, if Hillary had won, we would just be dancing in the streets.”

Stewart connected the United States, Britain, Brexit, Trump and Johnson into one political lament:

“I’m not sure which one of us is in the most trouble,” he says of Britain and the United States. “I think it’s actually the U.K. I think we’re f—ed, completely f—ed.” He points to studies predicting decades-long economic damage inflicted by the country’s looming withdrawal from the European Union. Of the U.S., he says, “There is a time limit to your f—ed state, which is four years away.” He expresses hope that “the United States that has given us the Trump administration” can change...

But, the actor added, “He will likely get reelected..”

In November of 2019, Stewart told a French audience that he’s “embarrassed” by Brexit and thinks it’s a “disgrace.”

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TOPICS: Philosophy; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: bojo; borisjohnson; brexit; brexitparty; hollywood; jeanlucpicard; nigelfarage; patrickstewart; scifi; startrek; startrekdiscovery; t2020; unitedkingdom
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To: rktman

Much as I liked TNG, he can go eff himself.


121 posted on 01/10/2020 11:13:32 AM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: rktman

The show is DOA.


122 posted on 01/10/2020 11:14:48 AM PST by fortheDeclaration
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To: exDemMom
Picard was the worst captain ever. Every plot line was solved by talking things over--which does not work in real life. And the show was mostly leftist pipe dreams. Ugh. TNG was a stain on the Star Trek franchise.

I disagree. I thought Captain Janeway on Star Trek Voyager earned that title.

123 posted on 01/10/2020 11:17:04 AM PST by PapaBear3625 ("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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To: rktman

Once you play French, you can’t go back.


124 posted on 01/10/2020 11:20:42 AM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: rktman

Stupid bastards have a death wish and want to force it on everyone else. STFU and entertain as an actor, STFU and sing, STFU and report the news.

As a “consumer” I make it a point to never send my money to people who feel compelled to preach their leftist nonsense, insofar as possible. And it is very possible.


125 posted on 01/10/2020 11:23:40 AM PST by Freedom4US
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To: ConservativeMind

He was about as French as William Shakespeare.


126 posted on 01/10/2020 11:27:35 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: OttawaFreeper

He’s Buggus Dickus now.


127 posted on 01/10/2020 11:31:19 AM PST by WakeUpAndVote
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To: Buckeye McFrog

I’d say there were two. Too bad I can’t put my finger on them though.


128 posted on 01/10/2020 11:33:10 AM PST by WakeUpAndVote
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To: rktman

Oh, I foresee a FLOP in Stewart’s future.


129 posted on 01/10/2020 11:37:13 AM PST by Maris Crane
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To: Jeff Chandler
The original Star Trek was a “wagon train to the stars”.

The Next Generation was a “community college faculty meeting”

I tell trekkies that TOS was a sort of "John Wayne" variety of Trek, while TNG was more an "Alan Alda" variety.

130 posted on 01/10/2020 11:38:52 AM PST by Spirochete (GOP: Gutless Old Party)
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To: cuban leaf

[[[Pretty funny. I remember when TNG first came out. I called it “Star Trek for women”.]]]

LOL. What a putrid series. A wimp fest.

I used to call it, “The Next Imitation”.


131 posted on 01/10/2020 11:40:10 AM PST by headstamp 2 (There's a stairway to heaven, but there's also a highway to hell.)
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To: Spirochete

Kirk would have kicked Picard’s ass then bedded his woman. All in the same episode.


132 posted on 01/10/2020 11:41:25 AM PST by Spruce
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To: OttawaFreeper

[[[Who here remembers “I Claudius”? ]]]

I do. All 852 parts.


133 posted on 01/10/2020 11:42:49 AM PST by headstamp 2 (There's a stairway to heaven, but there's also a highway to hell.)
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To: OttawaFreeper

I do! I do! “I Claudius” was very good!


134 posted on 01/10/2020 11:43:51 AM PST by RedMonqey
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To: Boogieman

[[Yep. They added an officer to the ship just to have a “Ship’s Counselor” who had super-empathy to detect feelings. Then they gave her a seat on the bridge right next to the Captain. That’s some cucked up **** right there.]]

Counselor Diana Cleavage


135 posted on 01/10/2020 11:44:10 AM PST by headstamp 2 (There's a stairway to heaven, but there's also a highway to hell.)
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To: rktman

example number 462 why hollywood has imploded.


136 posted on 01/10/2020 11:44:25 AM PST by olesigh
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To: headstamp 2

Picard brought his high school guidance counselor along!


137 posted on 01/10/2020 11:45:12 AM PST by Reily
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To: headstamp 2

Counselor Menage A Trois


138 posted on 01/10/2020 11:45:30 AM PST by olesigh
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Pardon me while I stroke out.


139 posted on 01/10/2020 11:47:20 AM PST by headstamp 2 (There's a stairway to heaven, but there's also a highway to hell.)
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To: PapaBear3625
I thought Captain Janeway on Star Trek Voyager earned that title.

I liked her. I always thought she was twice the man that Picard could ever dream of being.

140 posted on 01/10/2020 11:47:56 AM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org)
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