(August 9, 2018 at 8:28 pm)Kernel Sohcahtoa Wrote:(August 9, 2018 at 6:09 pm)Jehanne Wrote: I have no problem with people wanting to make money, but, after encountering the visionary Gene Roddenberry, I would have thought that Mr. Stewart would have had something a little "deeper" to say while on national television.
From my vantage point, I also don't have a problem with it. However, I must admit that I enjoyed it when Picard would comment about how the main purpose of living in his time was to improve oneself and the society in which one lives; life was no longer about the acquisition of material things. IMO, this is a pretty cool vision.
I remember that episode, also! (I think that there were, in fact, several different episodes where that theme was expressed.) If anything, proves that Stewart is a great actor! I, for one, could not utter such a statement with a straight face without actually believing it in my heart to be true. But, I suppose that is what actors do.
