Patrick Stewart

[Jarhead0331]

My personal experience with him was quite different. Maybe he has matured?

[Gusington]

What happened?

[MetalDog]

Yeah, JH, you can't just drop that little nugget and walk away.

[Jarhead0331]

A friend of mine in law school was a huge Trek fan, so anytime there was a local convention, he would twist my arm and drag me along.  Stewart came to one of the conventions, arrived late and generally seemed to be in a really foul mood.  He was on Broadway at the time, and seemed like all he wanted to talk about was his theater role.  Never mind the fact that he was at a Trek convention and nobody really cared about his stage accomplishments.

Anyway, eventually he opened the floor up for questions and I noticed this little kid dressed like a Borg standing on line.  The kid must have waited over a half hour to get to the microphone and when he finally did, he asked a most likely common, but fair question..."If you could change anything about Capt. Picard, what would it be and why?"

After a few moments of silence, Stewart responded, "I'm not going to answer that question because quite frankly, I find it boring."

The child dropped his shoulders low and trudged back to his mom and dad, dejected.

The audience was stunned.

[Martok]

Wow, that is harsh.  Hopefully Stewart was just in a bad mood that day -- not that that excuses him, but it would at least explain his boorish behavior. 

[GDS_Starfury]

that doesnt bother me that much really.  I have empathy for the kid but I also know what a theater/production schedule is like.  Id chalk it up to him being tired.  as you said he was in theater mode at a ST convention.

[bob48]

I agree with you, Star, and he was most likely booked to go to the convention by his agent even if he did not want to go. But still, even when you're knackered, a kind word for a kid who's a fan does not take a lot of effort.

[GDS_Starfury]

ya i know that.  I also know that I left that career path because of 16+ hour days.  could ha have handled it better sure but Im not going to hang the guy for it either.  besides...  you know what kind of nuts go to those conventions?  :o

[bob48]

Nope, I'll not condem him if its just an isolated incident - even I have off-days  ;)

I do believe I've seen a couple of pictures of convention-goers in one of our threads here.............

[GDS_Starfury]

I do believe I've seen a couple of pictures of convention-goes in one of our threads here.............

exactly

and those people are the normal nuts type.  though I do call BS on JH being 'dragged' to the convention.  I bet he has either a Klingon headpiece or a set of Vulcan ears.  my moneys on the Klingon swag though.

[bob48]

..or a Klingon codpiece?

[Gusington]

^A massive one no doubt.

Star show me your jazz hands.

[Martok]

..or a Klingon codpiece?

Klingons need no codpieces.  Their balls are made of steel and fury. 

[LongBlade]

Not to derail a perfectly good discussion on Klingon balls, but guys like Stewart are paid to show up at conventions. I don't care how crappy his day was on Broadway, that's no excuse to act like an ass - particularly to a kid.

FWIW I found him to be the worst of all the Trek captains. He always struck me as an actor who was acting rather than starship captain. And don't get me started on how much of a pussy he looked like whenever they had a hand-to-hand combat scene. They *never* should have written parts where he had to fake a fight. Never.














Ever.

[Gusington]

Ever?