By Chris Snellgrove | Published
You don’t have to be a Star Trek fan to know that William Shakespeare is one of Captain Picard’s favorite characters. After all, Patrick Stewart is a Shakespeare actor, and his business captain The Bard in off -hand comments. It turns out, he thought that Shakespeare’s love actually made Picard a better captain because he touched some signal signs Henry v Performance to deal with some Rascally Romulans in the Episode of TNG “The Dedector”.
Shakespeare is actually part of the open cold of this episode, since we see that Picard directs the performance of the data of Henry v. At first glance, this seems nothing more than a fun way to start the episode showing how huge these two characters are. However, as recorded in Captain records: complete unauthorized walking tripsThe Showrunner Michael Piller later revealed that this Shakespeare’s work influenced the subsequent decisions of Picard when it comes to the Romulans.
“There is a scene in which Picard and the data are talking about the crew is holding, and then Picard says one or two lines echoing the work,” Piller said. While the showrunner did not mention the exact lines, one of them is when Picard directly quotes Henry v For yourself in your room ready.
The data had asked if Picard could not see that his crew trusts in the possible fight against the Romulans, and the captain said Sardónically that “unlike King Henry, it is not easy for me to disguise my troops” to evaluate my troops. ” “” “” “” “” “” “” “” “” “” “” “” “” “” “” “” “” “” “” “” “” “” “” “” “” “” “” “” “” “
Although Shakespeare’s appointment represented Picard’s anxieties about the mission, Piller confirmed that the work also influenced the heroic actions of the Captain’s Duration of the climax. This is, of course, the moment of the multitude plate when the deceitful romulans try to destroy the company after attracting it to the neutral zone, and Picard reveals that it brought the Klingon hooded ships in case its deredia point. According to Michael Piller, “in the confrontation with the Romulanos, there are suggestions of Henry v In the position of Picard, courage and decisions, and what the argument is about. “
Interestingly, this work by Shakespeare would not have appeared in “The Dedector” not at all if it were not for Picard actor, Patrick Stewart. It was originally intended to open with data that Sherlock Holmes reproduce again, but legal problems prevented that from happening. When Piller asked Stewart for open cold replacement suggestions, Shakespeare’s actor suggested open with a performance of Henry v.
What makes this impression even more is that Stewart sacrificed this idea only two days before filming. Despite this small response time, producers were able to create not only a murderous scene of Shakespeare, but also the work as a framed device for the entire episode. Piller was proud of what everyone achieved, and the musician turned into showrunner compared Picard echoing Henry v To the musical arrangements that “echo other songs and play in a melody that reminds you of something else.”
As for us, we cannot avoid thinking about all these revelations about Picard and this work by Shakespeare to raise what was already one of the most ambitious episodes of Star Trek: The next generation. This was an episode with intrigue, action and main development of characters that helped us to have a better idea of what makes the captain work. Both Patrick Stewart and Immortal Bard joined to offer a surprising lesson to fans who look at home: the entire Galaxy scenario is a stage, and the Androids of men in it simply players.
