Lest we forget Lifeforce and Excalibur!
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Lest we forget Lifeforce and Excalibur!
Don't know if that deviates too much from the topic but I have a fun fact for Excalibur;
Originally Excalibur was supposed to be a Lord of The Rings movie, but something went wrong with the license.
Kinda sorta, but not exactly. John Boorman started with the idea of something Arthurian, which was turned down by UA, who offered him Lord of the Rings instead. Boorman's LOTR script was subsequently turned down, so he went back to the Arthurian story, but held onto some of the design work done for the aborted LOTR film.
I didn't see those.
Here's something, though: Waaay back a long time ago, Patrick Stewart appeared in a production of Hamlet. The actress who played Ophelia was Lalla Ward, who was on hiatus from playing Romana II in Doctor Who. According to an interview I saw recently, she said that Stewart asked her why she did so much television, and "why science fiction?". This was well before TNG, so many years later, she was able to turn the question back on him after he'd put in all those years as Picard.
I believe something kinda similar happened with STAR WARS. George Lucas flirted with getting the rights to FLASH GORDON, but eventually just went ahead and invented his own swashbuckling space opera series.
Probably a good call!
He actively sought the rights and couldn't get them.
I believe something kinda similar happened with STAR WARS. George Lucas flirted with getting the rights to FLASH GORDON, but eventually just went ahead and invented his own swashbuckling space opera series.
Probably a good call!
He actively sought the rights and couldn't get them.
I thought that was the case, but couldn't remember for sure.
It's just as well George Lucas didn't get the rights to FLASH GORDON. If he had, we'd never have gotten the 1980 film, which despite what has been called silly camp, captured the look and tone of the original comic strip in a way that Lucas probably wouldn't have even considered.
Not to mention we'd never have gotten Max Von Sydow as Ming the Merciless.
Not to mention we'd never have gotten Max Von Sydow as Ming the Merciless.
Well as long as it would have meant we would have gotten a young Helen Mirren as Galadriel or even just any adaption of the LOTR that wasn't Peter Jackson's overproduced action schlock, I'd still would have been very happy.
Parts of Excalibur actually do seem rather Lotr-esque. I would have liked to see how it would have turned out.
I didn't see those.
Here's something, though: Waaay back a long time ago, Patrick Stewart appeared in a production of Hamlet. The actress who played Ophelia was Lalla Ward, who was on hiatus from playing Romana II in Doctor Who. According to an interview I saw recently, she said that Stewart asked her why she did so much television, and "why science fiction?". This was well before TNG, so many years later, she was able to turn the question back on him after he'd put in all those years as Picard.
That was Dereck Jacoby's Hamlet for the BBC, circa 1980. IMHO, the best filmed (well, videotaped) version of Hamlet ever, It's available on DVD (or was a few years ago). Jacoby was Hamlet, Stewart was the King.
Don't forget the Metamucil!
Hmmm, they could of had all the characters from all the series, including TOS and ENT at the wedding reception seated at various tables, talking in the crowd of guests ...
... and then not explained how they were there.
Actually that sounds pretty cool, maybe a scene featuring the dance floor. And they could have CGI'ed in Gene Roddenberry somewhere.
And he'd be chasing the bridesmaids!
Thanks for the link- I never noticed it was the same guy in all those parts. I can see how he could double for Scotty...
Is it possible that this was the inspiration for Shatner's 'TJ Curly'?
And besides, they already showed an interracial kiss in "Mirror, Mirror." I guess people don't think of Barbara Luna as an ethnic minority, despite her background.
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Is it possible that this was the inspiration for Shatner's 'TJ Curly'?
Wow! So he did once have hair!
How do we know it's his?
Is it possible that this was the inspiration for Shatner's 'TJ Curly'?
Wow! So he did once have hair!
The TJ Curly seemed popular back then. I think Robert Reed and Burt Reynolds used it.
Is it possible that this was the inspiration for Shatner's 'TJ Curly'?
Wow! So he did once have hair!
It's a wig. Patrick Stewart himself has been naturally bald since he was 19, which he looks older than in that picture.
Wow, naturally bald since 19. Did not know that.
I bet he's all like, "and now that I'm old my baldness is finally hot! YEAH!"
I bet he's all like, "and now that I'm old my baldness is finally hot! YEAH!"
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