Comments on: Stewart Opens On Broadway + Talks A Little Trek

By: heroesSTfan

heroesSTfan — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:35:47 +0000

WOOHOO! I just got tickets to see this on Broadway in MAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Lendorien

Lendorien — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:56:54 +0000

I would love to see Stewart in Macbeth. It’s my favorite of the Shakespeare Corpus, and from what I’ve seen of clips of him, Stewart has a lot of ability in that realm. I’m glad that he was able to move past the traditional typecasting that many Star Trek actors suffered and show that he can do more than wave his fingers to make the warp drive go.

By: Captain Future

Captain Future — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:40:36 +0000

I guess this ship has sailed by now but my editorial conscience forces me to point out that the article quoted here is in New York Magazine, not the New Yorker. Two different–sometimes very different–magazines.

By: That One Guy

That One Guy — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:00:02 +0000

I love Patrick Stewart. It’s a good thing that his two captain roles never met each other:

Ahab and Picard.

Think about it:

“Earl grey, hot” vs “Blood of the white whale!!!!”

By: Marlena Moreau

Marlena Moreau — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:43:35 +0000

Aaw. It’s so great to see that Patrick Stewart really seems to appreciate his time on Star Trek. I never really liked TNG, but I adore him! I saw him do a one man show of The Christmas Carol a few years ago, and it was wonderful! I’ve met him quite a few times as well, and he couldn’t be nicer.

By: Garovorkin

Garovorkin — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:41:13 +0000

Patrick Stewart was the right man for Star trek the Next generation. Like Kirk the Captain of the Enterprise has to be larger then life and Stewart being a theater actor could project that larger then life persona. I remember that Stewart did contemplate leaving the show after the third season and as much as i like Johnathan Frakes, I don’t think he would have worked as lead actor in the show. I think the show would have suffered because of Stewart’s absence.

By: Crusade2267

Crusade2267 — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:23:45 +0000

Oh, and by the way… you see all that blood on his hands in the picture? Lady Macbeth gets much bloodier…

By: Crusade2267

Crusade2267 — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:23:07 +0000

This production was awesome. It is very violent and bloody, but the truely terrifying aspect of it is the psychology behind the charicters. The ghost scene is done twice: once when the audience sees the ghost, and once where we do not. It was a statement that Macbeth is losing his mind. Stewart effectively brought us into his head.

New York does indeed love Patrick Stewart.

By: cugel the clever

cugel the clever — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:03:45 +0000

#44

I totally agree. Stewart has always been a class act, has always defended ST, and has always expressed appreciation for the career opportunities which ST provided for him. Being a great actor, he naturally did not want to fall into the typecasting trap and a few years ago he felt that it was time to move on to other work. It doesn’t mean that he disrespected ST, only that his work there was finished. Some rabid fans and some of the media misinterpreted his actions as ingratitude, which couldn’t be further from the truth.

I somewhat disagree about the lack of a proper sendoff for TNG – the series finale “All Good Things” was by far the best series finale of all the Trek series’ and showcased all the best things about TNG and ST in general.

It bothers me more that TOS never received a proper send-off. The last episode filmed and broadcast, Turnabout Intruder, was the worst of all TOS episodes and one of the worst in all of Trek. Hardly a fitting end to one of the great television series of all time.

For some reason I view the TOS movies in a different light than the series – since they were made so much later than the television series, they had a completely different look and feel, and the actors had substantially aged. Although most of them were fine movies, it just didn”t feel the same.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:59:07 +0000

People took his comments a few months ago about that part of his life being over the wrong way. He was gracefully bowing out, acknowledging the fact that the TNG movies were over. He never said a dispariging word about playing Captain Picard.

Just because you complete a task that you are very proud of and say that it is finished, doesn’t mean that you are any less proud of the work you have done.

He’s a class act that’s never had any problems defending Trek and it’s fans with the media… or correcting them when they are wrong.

It still bothers me that the TNG crew will never get a good send off movie. Oh well. It’s rare for most movie series to end on a good note. I guess TNG was no different.