Bester said:
Simon Frickin' Pegg.
I lost all respect for this guy after he slagged off the PT and George Lucas (calling him a 'muppet'), only to cash a cheque for work on The Clone Wars.
Now this:
http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/simon-pegg-accused-of-lying-over-star-trek-backtrack-062731413.html
Nice way to alienate your target audience, Simon.
So?
The PT sucked absolute balls. Why not slag them off and their creator? At OT.com we do that all the time.
I've only caught bits of the Clone Wars here and there, and really have never had much interest in watching it, but it seems like a solid animated kid's series. From all accounts I've heard from fellow PT bashing SW fans, it is really well done and enjoyable.
If I were an actor, I certainly wouldn't have turned down the opportunity to do the voice of a well known OT character like Dengar!
I don't see how his dislike of the PT and the direction Lucas has taken Star Wars should make him some sort of sell-out for working on the Clone Wars.
Also, I really disliked Into Darkness, I don't know about the worse Star Trek film, but it was pretty terrible. Simon Pegg can tell me "fuck you!" for my opinion on that film, I still love him. Who cares?
Not really sure how you think he is alienating his target audience. Most of the fans who voted Into Darkness the worst Trek are probably fans of old Trek and hostile toward J.J. Trek in the first place.
People get way too bend out of shape and obsessive over the things celebrities say. Who cares what he says or how he says it? Just because he is famous, does that mean he loses his right to an opinion?