I find it fairly amazing that they could say this without mentioning the episode "The measure of a man" in which Picard literally makes the case.<p>Perhaps it is uncomfortable for people to think about now.
In case people are wondering... This is THE scene.<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRHAkfoxSFM" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRHAkfoxSFM</a>
One I need to rewatch<p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708807/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl" rel="nofollow">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708807/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov...</a>
It's all very well while the robot is politely sitting down while humans decide its fate!
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So many posts and comments are saying the same thing. I guess it's one of the things we remember most about Patrick Stewart and his portrayal of a starship captain. The quintessential captain. Honorable, wise, but humble, diplomatic, reasonable, with high morals, and fortitude under pressure.
I think the most memorable of the Picard-focused TNG stories for me was "Tapestry". It really hammered home how much of one's potential is lost when one never takes risks.
I've always felt very conflicted about the ending of that episode. That to Picard, a life as a reliable if ordinary astrophysicist on the Enterprise was literally a fate worse than death always shocked me, given that I could think of no greater opportunity in life than to be an ordinary astrophysicist on the Enterprise. I understand it was not what he personally strove for in his career, but I always felt a little awkward as he lambasted it.
"Tapestry" changed how I looked at life.
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I enjoyed the episode reference in the title.
> Stewart, of course, was far more than Picard. He anchored the X-Men film franchise and was for decades a dynamo on stage.<p>Actually, Patrick's biggest impact, IMO, was via theatre. It's where his skills
originated from. You can notice it in his performance - in Star Trek TNG, he
had a stronger presence on the screen, without necessarily overacting. Jonathan Frakes
was also an excellent actor, but Patrick was IMO better. His roles had a much stronger screen-presence.<p>In the wolverine franchise, he could not do as much as he did in Star Trek, and in Logan I noticed his health was getting worse, e. g. he looked increasingly frail. That was about ten years ago. I think his health was worse than he conveyed, with his somewhat surprising recent death really. You typically don't die as quickly from Alzheimer, so I guess there may have been some additional neurological issue.<p>Overall I think his role in Star Trek was the most impactful though. He and the others kind of resurrected Roddenberry's idea to some extent. (Roddenberry was more impacted from the cold war, so his views became a bit more outdated compared to the 1990s and beyond. But watch what Nichelle Nichols had to say here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSq_UIuxba8" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSq_UIuxba8</a>)
Related:<p><i>Patrick Stewart has died</i><p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50294702">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50294702</a>