George Takei: "Enterprise Was a Metaphor for Starship Earth"
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2016
- On the 50th anniversary of Star Trek's premiere, the legendary actor recalls his first day on set and the mission statement creator Gene Roddenberry shared with the cast.
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George is an amazing guy. Was put in Japanese camps during WW2, fought for gay rights, represented Asia in Star Trek and yet, so down to Earth.
He would correct you and say it was an AMERICAN INTERNMENT CAMP, not a Japanese internment camp. I heard him on Howard Stern last year saying the same.
Paul Sop OK...good point
Just gonna leave this here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niihau_incident so people understand where the American people were mentally when they enacted internment, they basically saw a few Japanese Americans take the acid test and fail.. No one talks about it.
Thank you for the link McGee. the best use of youtube coments. well done for posting something worth reading.
And even after the camps, he still loved America. That says a lot about his character.
Mr. Takei has an iconic voice.
he does have an iconic voice. It reminded me of Morgan Freeman
oh my...
No-one should get both a voice & a face like that, damnit. It's cheating is what it is.
roddenberry's genius and vision cannot be overstated
George Takei is a national treasure protect him
Mr. Takei's face of pure joy after the "Red Alert" bit made my day.
Takei is a legend, but it's his sincerity that I like most about him.
And humor. Don’t forget humor!
I love the fact that he's still so very much into it. A lot of actors who do a show or a movie with several sequels over years are often fed up with it and don't even want to talk about it.
I love that he's still so passionate about the ideas and message of the show. Not to mention he's funny and a great guy. :)
50 years?! My gawd, has it been that long? How the hell did that happen? I can still remember seeing the previews for Star Trek on NBC. We were right in the middle of the space race. What an amazing time to be a kid!
The man, the legend, the voice.
George is good, too
Oh my, the Voice.
+japzone No, I think you meant "Oooohh Myyy...The Voice."
The Learned Soldier Text can't do his voice justice.
***** Well Koenig's parents were Russian, so it's not completely fake.
george always has a smile on his face, seeing him like that is really uplifting
I got to meet Spock in 1972 at a TV station telethon in Seattle.
I was 13 and so excited !
And there was Leonard Nimoy wearing puka shells and an open Hawaiian shirt.
Seemed... illogical. (But still so very cool !)
For anybody who has older relatives, you'll know what I mean: George is incredibly healthy, active and mentally there for an 80-year old. If only everybody was like that!
Knock on wood
Yep, cause being gay prevents you from having kids.
***** ....www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17450453
....the figure i gave you was wrong....it should have been 66% of 'em have some form of mental illness
....5 different sexual partners per year was in "monogamous" homosexual rationships....there are several dozen "barebacking" websites where these guys are looking for anonymous unprotected sex
....these guys also have something call "bug chasing" where they seek the possibility of HIV infection as a sexual thrill....something like russian roulette
....the most way out republican is normal compared to these guys
Joseph McDermott ....no dude....these are called normal gays....ever hear of the AIDS epidemic of the '80s....most of 'em wouldn't stop barebacking despite knowing the consequences ....
The OP made a statement about Takei's wonderful physical and mental constitution, and now people are bitching about gays. Jesus fucking Christ.
This man has an amazing Ted talk that anyone who finds history interesting should watch!
What kind of history?
ww2 stuffs
Takei is an amazing fella: I'll watch anything with him on it!
except the fellow he says got blackballed for being outed, actually had his career get better. The whole talk revolved around it, kinda disapointed but still love him.
he destroyed the character in lieu of $$$ - I have lost all respect for Mr Takei
Met and talked with him and his husband last year. Very cool.
***** shame on you (and you have the word "angel" in your user name??)..because, no, it's *not* "cray." and that man has an amazing personal history going back to his childhood, well before he was ever the respected actor and humanitarian that he is today - you really should educate yourself about him and his incredible life.
+roxanneworld11 You sound like a SJW, chill. He was surprised, that's all. You don't need to cause an outcry because you just don't understand context and language.
Chill the fuck out.
Just a side note because I think it is really cool, you guys should check out the Ted talk that Takei did. It is really interesting.
guys who fucking cares if he's gay
one of the best human beings ever.
This is honestly the cutest thing.
Man, that is the most authentic wide smile I've ever seen. I hope I can be that happy when I'm 80
A million years ago I was at a convention in Ottawa that Mr. Takei spoke at. I have a Theatre BA, and was astounded to watch him stand up to speak. He breathed as if he was a properly trained Shakespearian actor. Diaphragm breathing! I had no idea he was a trained stage performer, I had just thought of him as "Sulu". Basically, having him perform on Star Trek was like taking a Triple Crown winning race horse and chaining him to a plow. I think that a lot of the "bridge team" were properly trained stage actors, which is why the characterisation was so good. Why else would the allure of that little sci-fi show last for so long?
Thanks on behalf of all Star Trek fans for enriching our lives and giving wonderful morals. A true TV gem that was well ahead ahead of its time.
He is so sharp for his age! I was 10 when Star Trek first started broadcasting. Every kid I knew was a devotee. Happy anniversary to a show generations have loved. Let me be as full of life and intelligence as George Takei when I am 80.
Love ya George,thanks for decades of joy and fun
RED ALERT!!!!!
I'd love to pull this act on strangers at my house. Lights go red. Alarms ringing. My family leaning left, then right.
Just for the "WTF" expression on the visitors' faces. Priceless.
Dude, his voice is really cool
I WANT THAT
George Takei is a hero to me. When I was young, I used to dream that he was my birth father. Wrong race, and always not into women, as far as I know, but a girl could dream and when you are adopted and having a bad day, sometimes you would think who you're birth parents might be. My adopted kids have done it too, and my birth children have told me they wished they had been put up for adopting in their teens. It's a common thing for adopted kids and now I know kids that come out of you and you raise. George and Nichelle Nicholsl where my absolute favorites.
I met Nichelle Nichols at a STAR TREK convention and found her super articulate, very intelligent. I was taping interviews for a fan magazine, and hers was so good that it got the leading spread in the article on the convention!
Oh my!
Nichelle Nichols is one of the few people in the world I would want to take to dinner and just sit and listen to for hours. She seems incredible. Groundbreaking actress, smart, just someone worth admiring.
I friggen love this guy. His enthusiasm for life is contagious. He had a horrendous childhood and instead of feeling victimized and angry for the rest of his life, he embraced every moment and lived it up. I recommend checking out the documentary about him, it's very interesting. Aaaaand he even made watching Colbert bearable. That's a feat unto itself.
Love that someone as prominent as Colbert is such a huge geek.
Star Trek fan since he was a kid, memorized every Tolkien fact, comic book fan, was _the first_ Star Wars fan (he got tickets to the very first showing of A New Hope)...
He is an inspiration to nerdy people everywhere.
it's always awesome to see Stephen geeking out! =D
Marvellous, thank you Stephen and George.
Star Trek is the series that will be remembered for centuries!
This is why Colbert is the best!
I love that George is shocked that Stephen is a trekkie. He's going on expecting to have to explain what Star Trek is all about and Stephen's busting out episode names and singing the (in)famous fight music...
With a voice greater than my aspirations
Met George Takei at a convention three years ago-funny and sweet guy. :)
I just love George Takei.
Star Trek came on when I was a little girl. As a Native American, I was very sad, when I noticed that no NAs were in Star Trek, and had not survived to live in this future timeline.
Alas, I soon learned that the genocide of the indigenous peoples was commonplace, and according to Gene Roddenberry, many ethnic & races failed to make it onto Star Trek team diversity.
But then "Star Trek: Voyager" had Chakotay
Who was played by a Mexican with 0 ties to any native american tribe.
Roddenberry also hated bald white people, he made Sir Patrick Stewart wear a wig. He also hated continuity.
No. Roddenberry did not make Sir Patrick wear a wig. He wore a wig because he though he had to get roles. Fortunately, someone told him to take it off.
Roddenberry did at first say that he thought the captain should be younger and not bald, but he changed his mind when he saw Sir Patrick's performance.
And, from then on, when people asked about him, saying "Why in the future would there not be a cure for baldness?" He would say "In the future, no one cares."
ZipplyZane scifi.stackexchange.com
Dude has the best voice ever. The futurama episode with him is my favorite guest voice in the whole show
Stronger Together
definitely holds true in our society. to bad we don't apply to most aspects.
He has literally the best voice!
Man I do Love Star Trek. Sometimes I love Star Trek more than I love Star Wars, but sometimes I love Star Wars more than Star Trek, depends on what I'm looking at
Love George takei, he was my graduation speaker, was really nice
That description of the meaning of Star Trek makes me almost cry every time I see it.
I was a kid when Star Trek started...loved watching it and thought George Takei was so very handsome, still do.
Mr. Spock had it going on, too. :)
Something that's amazing that I just recently found out was the lucille ball actually owned the company that produced Star Trek. And according the gene Roddenberry she thought it was a show about travelling actors
It's because of her input that Star Trek was even aired. A lot of execs were super reluctant.
George is a treasure. ❤
always loved that man more people sure be more involved like he is
He should be on much longer I could watch him for a whole hour!
Fantastic… George Takei
What a LEGEND!!!
If Star Trek is to air today it would be labeled as a leftist liberal SJW politically corrected show. It just shows how much balls they had back in the late 60s.
In the very first episode broadcast (The Man Trap), we see Uhura, a black woman, taking at various times helm, navigation, and the science station. Clearly, that was to make a point.
Matthew Leo Many might now know this but Uhura is 4th in command of the Enterprise and this turned a lot of stomach back in the day, some even demanded the network to cancel the show.
This is not entirely related but when I went to watch "The Martian", the guy sitting behind was angry at the fact that the a woman (Jessica Chastain) is the captain of the ship, saying that the movie is "too damn politically corrected". It boggles my mind.
I read somewhere this kiss with Uhura and Kirk was supposed to be filmed with kiss and without kiss (just in case it was unapproved), but Shatner and Nichols flubbed the no-kiss so many times on purpose that the studio had no choice.
This man is a national treasure!
Colbert's hair is MAJESTIC
Just a great guy
Getting to do a Red Alert with Sulu. New addition to my bucket list.
I did meet him briefly at Gen Con in the 90s. That was great. :)
I'm glad that he is doing well. After watching several interviews of him and Shatner I realize that the issue between them is very simple. Shatner simply was the star of the show and everyone else was supporting actors. Shatner was more concern with his own career and not everyone else on the show. Shatner said he really didn't even know George Takei outside of Star Trek.
I think George is more popular than Shatner now and for good reason.
he's a lot more approachable than Shatner
He has a much better reputation. As much as nerds love Shatner, he is known as quite the ass.
+OnceUponAPiano Exactly.
George embrace been a treekie all of its life, contrary to Shatner... but we are all friends here
Shatner's cool. He was really nice to myself when I met him. Like George too
He has a great voice!
i love that stephen knows the Amok time tapong reference. we are nerds. 😅
He seems like such a great guy . Would love to have lunch with him. I have to admit I might crack up because of his voice/accent.
George takei is a legend
I met Takei at Toronto FanExpo 2013. He hit on me and we had a lovely chat.
Steven Colbert is living a childhood dream good for him.
I love you George 😍😍😍
Stephens hair is actually so much better here!
Ohh my.....
"He'll always be Sulu to me." Same here, Stephen.
Star Trek is one of the greatest things on the planet, Happy 50th it'll never die
mad love for George!!!!
The "red alert!" was awesome!
I like his deep voice!!
That's some alto sax on the Star Trek theme is amazing.
just Lovely , thank you ....
i love this with all my hearts
50 years, and counting...
George is cool, I'd like to shake his hand someday.
George totally enjoyed doing that!
This was one of the coolest things ever!
Ya gotta love George, ya just gotta.
This whole clip is amazing
I was also going left and right! So much fun!
Thank you.
awsome putting George Takei
Wonderful man
he looks great for 80!!
Takei is a legend.
Stephen being self-indulgent for his inner nerd is the best part of this show. Also he should keep that millenial hair, it's kinda superhawt.
That was fantastic.
What a charming guy.
Stephen You nearly gave me asthma I laughed so hard. Shame. LOL
Dayyyy-byoo. I love George!
George Takei doesn't think that Colbert knows about Vulcan mating habits?
I think it was intended for the benefit of the audience.
Colbert didn't know what IDIC was. Filthy casual.
what a beautiful man
I think Stephen mostly wanted to be on TV just to meet some of his Nerd idols and just geek out with them a life I dream to live one day
This was wonderful!! ☺️
that was awesome....
I heard his "oh myyyy" cameo in Kubo. I kind of want it to be like the Wilhelm scream and show up in every movie ever
AMAZING!
Love Takei
George is the man :)
I love how nerdy Colbert is. I think he knows more about Trek than George!
NB: Stephen looks very cute with his wavy hair!
That was great!
I met George once. Then a while later, I remembered I wanted him to sign something. And he looked at me and said oh you're back yes I would love to sign that for you.