Jean Luc Picard learned some valuable lessons in his youth. They even did an episode centered on it. One of the best of TNG.
He was proud, hot-headed, arrogant, and not a talker or diplomat.
But the thing that set Picard apart was that he grew up. He matured. He still had the anger. But it did not control him and it only really came out when he saw injustice, oppression, or the innocent being hurt. He would still look for a way to resolve conflicts peacefully until the other party made it impossible, and then he would calmly draw a line between bully and victims and stand in the way.
That's a mature masculinity. A mature humanity.
Of course a performative asshole like Ted Cruz wouldn't understand it. Then again, he doesn't really understand Kirk either.
Kirk always had a vulnerable side. Star Trek 2, 3, and 6 all deal with his existential crisis, the loss of his best friend, the loss of his son, and the lingering issues and prejudices he carries because of it. Kirk was heroic because despite his vulnerabilities and fears and prejudices, he had a moral compass that pointed the right way more often than not and he followed it no matter where it led.
My late father-in-law, an attorney in LA, handled some of Stewart's legal affairs. He came to breakfast at my in-laws at least once, but unfortunately I wasn't there. He did have good taste in lawyers, as my father-in-law was brilliant, utterly meticulous, and completely ethical.
There's a video clip of Stewart comforting an abuse survivor at a public talk. He was a complete and utter mensch.
Watched “The Inner Light” last night. Was having a silent yet ugly cry as Picard played his Ressikan flute on the Enterprise, and the closing credits rolled. That last scene gets me every damned time, and it’s especially heart-rending now.
he also was a fine Sejanus in I, Claudius (with fellow brit super-actor Derek Jacobi) but he had either the world's worst toupee, or as a youth his hair was a bit wacky.
I loved this guy. He was a class actor and a class act.
I was lucky to catch him and Ian McKellan in a limited run of Waiting For Godot in NY. I brought my kids, although they were very young & really couldn't understand the play. "Daddy, what's this show about?" "Nothing. It's a play about two people together doing nothing. But it's fun." "Oh." After the matinee, they both walked out the theater's side door onto the sidewalk & met the audience. They introduced themselves to my kids as Professor X and Magneto and said they hoped they'd always come to the theater when they got older. When I mentioned that they were also Captain Picard and Gandalf, the kids eyes got very wide. They're in their 20s now and both theater fans. Mission accomplished!
PS - his one man version of A Christmas Carol is one of the most compelling pieces of theater that I've ever seen.
Oh look! A Soviet army uniform at the WH Halloween party. That should trigger you Ukraine libs! No one went as a “ghost” with a very pointy head or Charlie Chaplin in a 1930s central European military uniform?
The first time I saw Patrick Stewart was in I, Claudius when it played on PBS. He played Sejanus, a Roman military commander and Praetorian Guard prefect who becomes the powerful right-hand man to Emperor Tiberius. He wore a curly wig in the role. It is not a big part, but I noticed him enough that I knew who was when Next Gen came along. By the way if you've never seen I, Claudius you should. Also read the book and its sequel Claudius the God. Damn good stuff.
I geeked hard on I, Claudius as a teenager. Brian Blessed being...well, Brian Blessed, blasting the Senate, "is there anyone in Rome who has not slept with my daughter?!"
I want to see the law licenses of Todd Blanche and every other MAGAt lawyer in the Justice Department thrown on to a bonfire so big it can be seen from the Moon.
Jean Luc Picard learned some valuable lessons in his youth. They even did an episode centered on it. One of the best of TNG.
He was proud, hot-headed, arrogant, and not a talker or diplomat.
But the thing that set Picard apart was that he grew up. He matured. He still had the anger. But it did not control him and it only really came out when he saw injustice, oppression, or the innocent being hurt. He would still look for a way to resolve conflicts peacefully until the other party made it impossible, and then he would calmly draw a line between bully and victims and stand in the way.
That's a mature masculinity. A mature humanity.
Of course a performative asshole like Ted Cruz wouldn't understand it. Then again, he doesn't really understand Kirk either.
Kirk always had a vulnerable side. Star Trek 2, 3, and 6 all deal with his existential crisis, the loss of his best friend, the loss of his son, and the lingering issues and prejudices he carries because of it. Kirk was heroic because despite his vulnerabilities and fears and prejudices, he had a moral compass that pointed the right way more often than not and he followed it no matter where it led.
The two captains had that in common.
I will miss Sir Patrick Steward.
"...Kirk used his smarts to make gunpowder from everyday materials and defeated the brutal, far stronger lizard-guy Gorn..."
I'm still convinced that the Gorn was moonlighting from his day job as the East Oregon State University Fightin' Gila Monsters mascot.
My late father-in-law, an attorney in LA, handled some of Stewart's legal affairs. He came to breakfast at my in-laws at least once, but unfortunately I wasn't there. He did have good taste in lawyers, as my father-in-law was brilliant, utterly meticulous, and completely ethical.
There's a video clip of Stewart comforting an abuse survivor at a public talk. He was a complete and utter mensch.
Watched “The Inner Light” last night. Was having a silent yet ugly cry as Picard played his Ressikan flute on the Enterprise, and the closing credits rolled. That last scene gets me every damned time, and it’s especially heart-rending now.
he also was a fine Sejanus in I, Claudius (with fellow brit super-actor Derek Jacobi) but he had either the world's worst toupee, or as a youth his hair was a bit wacky.
I loved this guy. He was a class actor and a class act.
I was lucky to catch him and Ian McKellan in a limited run of Waiting For Godot in NY. I brought my kids, although they were very young & really couldn't understand the play. "Daddy, what's this show about?" "Nothing. It's a play about two people together doing nothing. But it's fun." "Oh." After the matinee, they both walked out the theater's side door onto the sidewalk & met the audience. They introduced themselves to my kids as Professor X and Magneto and said they hoped they'd always come to the theater when they got older. When I mentioned that they were also Captain Picard and Gandalf, the kids eyes got very wide. They're in their 20s now and both theater fans. Mission accomplished!
PS - his one man version of A Christmas Carol is one of the most compelling pieces of theater that I've ever seen.
RIP Captain. Warp speed, engage!
In case you missed it...
The Sesame Street tribute:
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1884577729567083/?fs=e&mibextid=wwXIfr&fs=e
Nice work Dok, you're making me cry.
Oh look! A Soviet army uniform at the WH Halloween party. That should trigger you Ukraine libs! No one went as a “ghost” with a very pointy head or Charlie Chaplin in a 1930s central European military uniform?
https://www.irishstar.com/news/politics/outrage-trump-hands-out-candy-37828205
And he spent the whole day being chased around the lawn by another kid in a drone costume.
okay Sir Pat Stew
always knew what to do
like Our Hooperman, too!
(yr smoking lamp is nao lit hooraaaaaaay)
Thanks Dok!
The first time I saw Patrick Stewart was in I, Claudius when it played on PBS. He played Sejanus, a Roman military commander and Praetorian Guard prefect who becomes the powerful right-hand man to Emperor Tiberius. He wore a curly wig in the role. It is not a big part, but I noticed him enough that I knew who was when Next Gen came along. By the way if you've never seen I, Claudius you should. Also read the book and its sequel Claudius the God. Damn good stuff.
oh hey, i shoulda read down, but nice to know there's another I, Claudius fan out there! and you're right about the books.
I geeked hard on I, Claudius as a teenager. Brian Blessed being...well, Brian Blessed, blasting the Senate, "is there anyone in Rome who has not slept with my daughter?!"
I saw the censored version on streaming, not the one that originally aired. It holds up well.
I want to see the law licenses of Todd Blanche and every other MAGAt lawyer in the Justice Department thrown on to a bonfire so big it can be seen from the Moon.
well, ok, but easy come, easy go--let's make sure they're officially disbarred as well.
A lot of the DOJ attorneys have already lit their licences (and careers) on fire..
Election funny
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/85616745d3b1c3d8c1d7d9957c8cde370139911ceb7d9aba1818f2dd96164bb0.jpg
LOL
lol
"Sorry, murder clown, but you just can't compete with the parade of horrors the GOP has trotted out this time around."
"A knife? How cute. The clown I'm afraid of has the nuclear codes."
Ya know, I'm not sure Sisko can properly be called the "captain" of DS9. Sure, he has that rank, but he's more the base commander.
Eh, not something worth getting worked up over.
True, but he spent a fair amount of time skippering the USS Defiant (both iterations), at least when Worf and Dax weren't doing that jerb. :D
Respectfully, you're dead wrong.
Energize, deep space, wide dispersion!
Ramaswamy man Vivek
I'd like him to go straight to Heck
I rhymed his name wrong
But you know the song
Someone should shit down his neck.
have a friend whose cat once peed down someone's neck. he didn't last long. the cat, that is.