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One Title to Rule Them All: Peter Jackson, Patrick Stewart Get Knighted
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| December 31, 2009
| Josh Grossberg
Posted on 01/01/2010 12:43:03 PM PST by EveningStar
...In a host of end-of-year honors, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson and Star Trek actor Patrick Stewart were both feted with knighthood by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II...
(Excerpt) Read more at eonline.com ...
TOPICS: Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: kingkong; knighthood; lordoftherings; lotr; napl; patrickstewart; peterjackson; startrek; xmen
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To: Borges; KevinDavis
To: EveningStar
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posted on
01/01/2010 12:44:13 PM PST
by
pabianice
To: EveningStar
So that’s “Sir Picard”, not “Captain”?
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posted on
01/01/2010 12:47:19 PM PST
by
Telepathic Intruder
(The right thing is not always the popular thing)
To: EveningStar
Now he is Sir Facepalm...
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posted on
01/01/2010 12:50:08 PM PST
by
nhoward14
(Great taglines don't end... they just fade away...)
To: EveningStar
Yeah, give the knighthood to a guy who’s greatest achievement is playing a starship captain that would have surrendered to C3P0.
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posted on
01/01/2010 12:52:33 PM PST
by
Richard Kimball
(We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
To: EveningStar
Nothing against Stewart and Jackson but aren’t they throwing around knighthood a little too loosely lately? I believe the “Order of Merit” is what is specifically designated for achievement in the arts, literature and other tasks of the sort. Knighthood used to be reserved for high civil service and direct service to the crown.
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posted on
01/01/2010 12:53:39 PM PST
by
mnehring
To: nhoward14
To: Slings and Arrows
To: mnehring
I think you are correct. Edward Woodward was awarded the OM. Sad to hear about his recent death.
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posted on
01/01/2010 12:56:41 PM PST
by
mware
(F-R-E-E, that spells free. Free Republic.com baby.)
To: Telepathic Intruder
So that’s “Sir Picard”, not “Captain”? Captain Sir Jean-Luc Picard, actually.
(Knights are addressed by their first name. The proper form of address for Patrick Stewart is now "Sir Patrick.")
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posted on
01/01/2010 12:59:59 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
("The solution to every ill is a cat." --TheOldLady)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
01/01/2010 1:01:49 PM PST
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save the Earth. It's the only planet with chocolate.)
To: EveningStar; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
Good thing no-one mentioned
Dune, or Sir Patrick might have been sent to the Tower.
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posted on
01/01/2010 1:04:57 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
("The solution to every ill is a cat." --TheOldLady)
To: EveningStar
I just remembered Patrick Stewart's role in "Excalibur". Can you tell which one he is?
(Psst....it's the bald one).
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posted on
01/01/2010 1:05:19 PM PST
by
Telepathic Intruder
(The right thing is not always the popular thing)
To: Slings and Arrows
Sir Jean-Luc
Say, isn't that a French name? That should disqualify him right there. But then again, we have a president named Barack...
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posted on
01/01/2010 1:12:51 PM PST
by
Telepathic Intruder
(The right thing is not always the popular thing)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
01/01/2010 1:16:37 PM PST
by
smokingfrog
(Don't mess with the mocking bird! - http://tiny.cc/freepthis)
To: Richard Kimball
Think of it as a consolation prize after not sthupping all the hot green chicks.
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posted on
01/01/2010 1:17:22 PM PST
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Live jubtabulously!)
To: EveningStar
Hooray for Sir Peter Jackson!!!
His King Kong gets better with every viewing, and his Lord of the Rings trilogy was excellently well done and has brought much joy and good entertainment to millions. He has also provided gainful employment to probably tens of thousands of people -- Peter Jackson is a citizen of the world who has brought good, good, and more good.
As for Patrick Stewart ... kudos to him, too, but on balance, I'd say Peter Jackson was far and away the better gift to the world.
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posted on
01/01/2010 1:51:56 PM PST
by
Finny
("Raise hell. Vote smart." -- Ted Nugent.)
To: Richard Kimball
Woulda kicked Kirk's flabby butt any day of the week!
He is a classically trained Shakespearean actor.
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posted on
01/01/2010 1:54:48 PM PST
by
thefactor
(yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
To: Finny
A nutless monkey could have made the LOTR trilogy and made a billion dollars.
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posted on
01/01/2010 1:56:55 PM PST
by
thefactor
(yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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