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Agree - I couldn't understand how Stewart could agree to take part in this - surely he must have read the script. The only thing I can think of is that he's 80

Agree - I couldn't understand how Stewart could agree to take part in this - surely he must have read the script. The only thing I can think of is that he's 80 something and getting out of the house, being part of a bigger project again, acting, meeting your old friends etc - it's exciting. So he compromised.

jonnycomputer 4y ago
These shows don't always write the scripts ahead of time, so he might have only see the pilot, which wasn't that bad.
- bsder 4y ago
  For "Picard", I wholeheartedly disagree. Supposedly, Picard was kicked out for a "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" level speech that pissed off EVERYBODY in Starfleet Command. That they never showed. You have an actor practically synonymous with Shakespearean scenery chewing and you never have him deliver the actual speech that supposedly kicks off the whole series?!?!?! That should be an unending shame to the series writers. Furthermore, had the writers created that speech, it probably would have created a much better series as it would have set up the boundaries of the world properly for the series writers to operate within.
  - paulryanrogers 4y ago
    Agree that missing speech really left a bad taste. My guess was it must have been years ago to explain why the series was beginning when Picard was at such an advanced age.
Swalden123 4y ago
You never know what goes on behind closed doors and what he was lead to believe. Eg The Witcher series it seems Henry Cavill signed on for a different portrayal of the world then what was delivered.
philistine 4y ago
He's a producer on the thing and has given input on the direction of the story. Patrick Stewart famously insisted on having Picard drive a dune buggy in Nemesis. He's never been in tune with what Star Trek ought to be.
- paulryanrogers 4y ago
  > He's never been in tune with what Star Trek ought to be. What ought it be? What about insisting on driving a dune buggy is problematic?
  - philistine 4y ago
    I get your point. I really do. But proof is in the pudding, and the Picard show is really missing the mark. I don’t think it’s growing the brand, and I don’t think it’s pleasing fans either.
    - morelisp 4y ago
      To get to the point, I think neither the people who want dune buggies nor those who want space utopianism are too happy to see weak it's-a-metaphor-but-literal-but-a-metaphor daddy issues.

jonnycomputer 4y ago

These shows don't always write the scripts ahead of time, so he might have only see the pilot, which wasn't that bad.

bsder 4y ago
For "Picard", I wholeheartedly disagree. Supposedly, Picard was kicked out for a "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" level speech that pissed off EVERYBODY in Starfleet Command. That they never showed. You have an actor practically synonymous with Shakespearean scenery chewing and you never have him deliver the actual speech that supposedly kicks off the whole series?!?!?! That should be an unending shame to the series writers. Furthermore, had the writers created that speech, it probably would have created a much better series as it would have set up the boundaries of the world properly for the series writers to operate within.
- paulryanrogers 4y ago
  Agree that missing speech really left a bad taste. My guess was it must have been years ago to explain why the series was beginning when Picard was at such an advanced age.

Swalden123 4y ago

You never know what goes on behind closed doors and what he was lead to believe. Eg The Witcher series it seems Henry Cavill signed on for a different portrayal of the world then what was delivered.

philistine 4y ago

He's a producer on the thing and has given input on the direction of the story. Patrick Stewart famously insisted on having Picard drive a dune buggy in Nemesis. He's never been in tune with what Star Trek ought to be.

paulryanrogers 4y ago
> He's never been in tune with what Star Trek ought to be. What ought it be? What about insisting on driving a dune buggy is problematic?
- philistine 4y ago
  I get your point. I really do. But proof is in the pudding, and the Picard show is really missing the mark. I don’t think it’s growing the brand, and I don’t think it’s pleasing fans either.
  - morelisp 4y ago
    To get to the point, I think neither the people who want dune buggies nor those who want space utopianism are too happy to see weak it's-a-metaphor-but-literal-but-a-metaphor daddy issues.