@ltning @nocontexttrek I see several copies on eBay, one of which says it's 1994.
@mariellequinton I can't find a single one. :( I feel dumb now :D What are you searching for?
Cc @nocontexttrek
Cc @nocontexttrek
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@mariellequinton @nocontexttrek GOT IT!!!
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(OCRing that was a bloody pain since I refuse to use "AI" tools... Just sayin'..)
@ltning @nocontexttrek For presumably federation reasons I can't seem to load that picture, it's truly awesome you actually bought it! I can't believe you actually did it! So cool!
@mariellequinton How about these? ;) Cc @nocontexttrek #StarTrek #TVGuide
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![PS: Yes. They were broadcasting, from the Next Generation set and the weatherman was dressed in a Star Fleet uniform. I thought that it was disrespectful. They were doing shtick in our costumes, and I thought it was demeaning to the show. I know it sounds pompous, and I don’t give a damn. Nevertheless, I should not have done what I did. I regret it. TVG: Picard is known for his diplomatic mien. PS: I'm at my least diplomatic when there's a lack of respect. And I’m not speaking only of me, but when I see anyone or any group of people being treated disrespectfully. That’s when I'm inclined to lose it. TVG: You've said that you had a violent Childhood. How violent? In what says? PS: Life was scary when I was growing up. I wasn’t beaten, but there was violence in the house. My father would get very angry. He would lose control, [Pauses.] But recently, I came across a photograph. I’m sitting on a beach, in a deck chair, and my father is tickling me. And I am squirming with laughter. I must have been about 6 years old. If anybody would have asked me, “Did your father ever make you laugh?” I'd have said, “Absolutely not.” He made me feel a lot of things, but he never made me laugh. And yet there it was. And 1 looked at the photograph and I could remember it. I knew what his fingers felt like in my ribs. I'd forgotten that my father made me laugh. And that’s as important a memory to record as that he occasionally lost control of himself. TVG: Some might say that your transition from the Royal Shakespeare Company to a TV starship was equally surprising. What did your colleagues in the RSC think of your going into space? PS: My closest friends were delighted and astonished, perhaps a little envious. Later, one of the nicest things to happen was meeting Terry Hands, artistic director of the RSC, in New York, where he confessed to being a fan of the original series and now of what I was doing. Nothing could have been more satisfying. TVG: Were you a fan of the original Star Trek? PS: I saw it on occasion, with my children as they were growing...](https://plam-staging-01.sdu.li/media/116864431307191927.jpg)
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![...up. It used to air in England on Saturday afternoons, and when I was vorking for the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford, I could get home between a matinee and an evening show and have tea with my family. Sometimes that meant watching whatever was on TV with my children, and very often it would be Star Trek. I don’t think I ever saw a complete episode, but I remember thinking that it was interesting and odd and out of the ordinary. TVG: How did you get the call to audition for the part of Picard? PS: I was assisting a friend, a professor at UCLA, in a public lecture one night by reading extracts to illustrate his lecture. Robert Justman, who was one of the show’s producers, was in the audience. He claims he turned to his wife and said, “We've found our captain.” I met [Trek creator] Gene Roddenberry two days later. I had two formal auditions, then followed by, to my astonishment, a third, when I was told, “It’s down to you and a couple of others.” TVG: Long after Roddenberry’s death, his positive, humanist vision has lived long and prospered. Yet some dismiss Star Trek as escapist entertainment. Is it? PS: It’s only dismissed by people who don’t watch it. Even though it’s full of fun, high adventure, dazzling technology, and all kinds of bizarre creatures, it’s a very serious show, and that’s the way serious things should be presented. Shakespeare wrote entertainment, but clearly his plays could be very serious, too. We're conscious that some people think of us as “that syndicated kids’ show,” and as far as a large part of the TV industry is concerned, we are. Otherwise, how can you explain the total lack of Emmy nominations, for directing, writing and acting? Oh, I was angry for a while. I wondered: Are we so bad? Are we getting it wrong? Are our numbers somehow totally misleading as to the quality of the work? I watch the show and I think it’s very good. In fact, it’s as good as anything I’ve ever been around in my life as an actor. So how do we explain this? It’s interesting that on the first “American Television Awards” show we “got” a nomination - from reviewers and critics. But never from the industry, unless it’s a technical nomination for special effects or makeup - which are highly deserved. It’s somehow a curse to be too popular. TVG: Violence on TV is a big topic these days. How do you handle it on Trek? PS: We’re not exclusively non-violent, though I’m told we’re much less violent than the original series, which used physical conflict more frequently. TVG: You don’t punch guys out as much as William Shatner did. PS: I don’t personally, although I have thrown a punch or two [laughs]. Captain Picard’s approach to most situations is diplomacy. He always strives to see someone else’s point of view and ...](https://plam-staging-01.sdu.li/media/116864431307323001.jpg)
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