Patrick Stewart Receives Knighthood

[syndicated44]

I heard his voice when I read that quote.. I am a little scared now.

 

[KwaggaDan]

Okay, so now Star Trek has a knight in it's pocket too. Well, until Liam Neeson gets knighted...

Wait, is that a Star Trek vs. Star Wars comment? Uh...Sir Alec Guinness...the original Obi-Wan?

Yup. It's Star Trek - 1 and Star Wars - 1.

That is until Liam Neeson and/or Ewan MacGregor gets knighted. Then it'll (hopefully) be 3 - 1.

 

[Digikid]

Well deserved!

 

[FolkLikePanda]

HELL YEAH! Now we only need Ozzy and we're all sorted.

 

[Stooo]

can someone explain what the Knighthood means and where it came from? Cause im terribly confused on what just happened

Purely honourary, it's part of the system that the British Empire / United Kingdom has used to recognise its most distinguished citizens for centuries now. The titles are primarily feudal relics. As I recall knighthood is the step beyond OBE (Officer of the British Empire) and CBE (Commander - this is why James Bond is sometimes referenced in the stories as Commander Bond, as he had a CBE).

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can someone explain what the Knighthood means and where it came from? Cause im terribly confused on what just happened

Purely honourary, it's part of the system that the British Empire / United Kingdom has used to recognise its most distinguished citizens for centuries now. The titles are primarily feudal relics. As I recall knighthood is the step beyond OBE (Officer of the British Empire) and CBE (Commander - this is why James Bond is sometimes referenced in the stories as Commander Bond, as he had a CBE).

Can this man get any more awesome?

Well, he could get a peerage, which is the next step beyond and would give him a seat in the House of Lords. Because if Sir Patrick Stewart is awesome, Lord Patrick Stewart would be a Crowning Moment of Awesome. (Lord Stewart, Baron of Enterprise?)

Commander Bond was referred to as such because that was his commissioned rank within the Admiralty not because he held a CBE. A CBE only entitles you to have it after your name, no title is attached.

 

[Danallighieri]

This is one of those rare knighthoods that I actually find awesome, hooray for Sir Patrick Stewart!

 

[The Critic]

Hey, I was reading this thing about Christopher Lee, has he been knighted?

Cause he ruled in WW2

Christopher Lee was Knighted, but the date at which that occured escapes me.

EDIT: He was Knighted October 30th, 2009


As far as Patrick Stewart's Knighthood is concerned, I say that this was overdue. He's a great actor. Heck, I would have said that he deserved Knighthood just based on his Robin Hood Men in Tights performance.

 

[superbatranger]

Sir Patrick rolls off the tongue, doesn't it?

 

[WhiteTigerShiro]

Kirk would beat Picard in a fight, but Picard would talk him out of it first.

;-)

So shouldn't that say, then, that "Kirk could beat Picard in a fight..."? /grammar-nazi

Anyway, I've been wondering this for about as long as I can remember (ever since Sir Alec Guinness), what exactly does it mean to be knighted?

 

[kickyourass]

Well-deserved indeed, god bless you Sir Stewart. My uncle and cousins once met him in person and now I bleed envy everytime I speak with them.

 

[Antiparticle]

Awesome. What a guy.

 

[YouCallMeNighthawk]

I think knighting someone because they act in movies is stupid, when people who are saving peoples lives just get a pat on the back and a basket of muffins!!

 

[Uncompetative]

Kirk would beat Picard in a fight, but Picard would talk him out of it first.

;-)

So shouldn't that say, then, that "Kirk could beat Picard in a fight..."? /grammar-nazi

Kirk couldn't beat Picard in a fight - he would never get the opportunity, there would be no losers, only diplomacy would prevail.

Of course, Picard versus a whole planet full of Gorns is another matter entirely...

 

[Tolerant Fanboy]

I'm frankly a bit surprised he hadn't been knighted earlier. Still, Sir Patrick Stewart. Awesome.

 

[WhiteTigerShiro]

Kirk would beat Picard in a fight, but Picard would talk him out of it first.

;-)

So shouldn't that say, then, that "Kirk could beat Picard in a fight..."? /grammar-nazi

Kirk couldn't beat Picard in a fight - he would never get the opportunity, there would be no losers, only diplomacy would prevail.

Of course, Picard versus a whole planet full of Gorns is another matter entirely...

Ah, I get ya. So you meant that "Kirk would (as-in, gladly) beat-up Picard, but he wouldn't get the chance due to Picard rolling a 20 on his Diplomacy stat."

 

[Lavoscraft]

Well he was a king...in Hamlet.

 

[PrototypeC]

I really thought he already was. Perhaps people were preemptively calling him Sir Patrick?

 

[dex-dex]

that is awesome!

now i have to work on becoming a sir! but first i need to become a male

 

[Blatherscythe]

All hail Sir/Emporer/Captain Patrick Stewart!