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Trektoday, that font of knowledge, informs me of a very worrying news item: Click on me
I'm shocked Paramount allowed her to do this. I don't care what one-liners some dumb senator spouts in the Congress, and I don't care how democratic Mulgrew's politics are.
Her character is a role-model, especially to kids watching the show, and I think any attempt to bring the cultural power and reputation of Trek into the world of day-to-day politics is a disgusting and shameful act. Gene Roddenberry would have blown a fuse, but he's dead so I'm blowing one instead.
She wants to express an opinon? fine. Let her do it in a shopping mall, or an office block, or on the streets. But not IN THAT UNIFORM, or ON THAT BRIDGE.
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If Paramount "frows" upon it, as the article says, how did it happen? Did Mulgrew sneak in after hours with a film crew, get into costume, shoot the ad, get the film, and run out? Possibly stealing some apples on the way?
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Considering the security they have at Paramount it is absolutely impossible that anything could have been filmed on the sets without the cooperation of Paramount itself.
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I believe the article stated that "Paramount generally frowns upon Star Trek actors wearing their uniforms while promoting any marketing or partisan political cause..." (emphasis added). This means that it is unclear whether Paramount authorized such action.
If Paramount specifically did not authorize this 30-second clip, we shall hear all sorts of uproar over this, as they are supremely jealous of their trademarks and copyrights. If they did, we shall hear nothing -- and the sound of silence will confirm that Paramount is backing democratic candidates.
Ugh! I wish the studios, at least, would keep their views to themselves. It's hard to tell actors to stay out of politics, since as soon as they become popular, they begin to believe that the ability to show up on time, remember their lines, and hit their marks means that they are also political geniuses who know better than we do.
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Baloo, certainly your not saying that simply being famous eliminates the right to have and state opinions where politics are concerned. Just like all the rest of us simple citizens can.
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Yes, but they're going beyond that here. It's not Mulgrew speaking, it's the Star Trek franchise.
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To be sure, Mulgrew calling out the Bolian vote in uniform represents something rather distasteful.
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Interesting... She never even addresses the other candidate's opinions. She just chastises him for saying "Beam me up" in Congress. And she's doing a political commercial in a SF uniform. Let's just think about that one for a while...
Of course, I think it would be supremely funny if it turned out that Paramount had not authorized this, and, suddenly, the Voyager's captain is mysteriously killed sometime between episodes...
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Depressed by an alien species refusal to stop polluting their world's environment, Captain Janeway enters the holodeck to enlist the aid of a hologram of Al Gore, who suggests a helpful five-point plan she can propose...
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They give him the Holodoc's mobile emitter, and he beams down to the planet, invents the Internet, and then all the aliens spend all their time online and don't have the opportunity to pollute. :-)
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I dislike this concept as well. Er... is it for certain to be true? I mean, it does kind of sound like a tabloid report...
As for democrats in television and Hollywood, I think it's practically a requirement to get in, nowadays. The only Republicans left are Charlton Heston and Tom Sellek.
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This is why, if you look closely, you'll see that EVERYONE on TV who obtains a firearm, who is not a police officer or in a military organization, no matter who they are or what their character was like before, IMMEDIATELY becomes a complete idiot. Standard practice is that they then become trigger-happy or paranoid or fear-stricken and wind up hurting or nearly hurting themselves or someone else.
Totally unrealistic bias.
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First of Two, I personally haven't seen the ad, but a few people at the Trek BBS have. So, somewhat unfortunately, it does exist.
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I find it simply amazing how every argument on politics seems to come back to guns on some level.
Kate Mulgrew made a tv spot for a politician. She's a leftist pinko commie Democrat like everyone else is in Hollywood. She and they hates guns! Damn them for trying to take mine away!
Fascinating.
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