I overheard a teenager doing an imitation of James Doohan today, calling him "the Irish guy from STAR TREK."
Welp, I guess that's better than nothing.
Happy birthday to the actor and war hero who played Scotty so unforgettably for nearly 30 years. Your legacy lives on.
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This unedited scene from #StarTrek #TheNextGeneration's episode "Relics" with Deanna Troi and Scotty that was left on the #TheCuttingRoomFloor feels clunky and awkward, but one of the comments stood out to me: "I wonder how many other scenes of Deanna actually doing her job, have been edited out."
https://youtu.be/v7MZb93Xxww
So when I was in the second grade, let's say 1974/75, for some reason one day #JamesDoohan showed up at my school.
The reason, in fact, was that one of his relatives worked there (Denver) & thought the kids might like it if he were to visit. And so it came to pass.
One afternoon, we were all suddenly, unexpectedly assembled in the auditorium. Mr D, as himself, in street clothes, not in character as Scotty, introduced himself & made some brief comments to the effect that, "It's really great to be here."
Then the floor, as it were, was opened for questions. Soon a kid my age (7ish) a few seats down from me shot up his arm and then breathlessly inquired: When you get into the transporter and beam down to the planet, how does that work?
So far having avoided entering the character, Doohan now smiled and indulgently explained, "Well, it mixes up the atoms & molecules in our bodies, turns them to pure energy, then reassembles them on the planet."
At 7, I thought:
NO IT DOESN'T.
It's science FICTION. It's not real. No such thing ever happens. What the *!@$ is wrong with this kid, and why is JD humoring him?
Which I guess explains a lot of my relationships with my peers throughout life. Lol
Star Trek: The Animated Series S1E02 - Yesteryear
So here we are, only two episodes in, and Star Trek: The Animated Series is already going for the emotional jugular with Yesteryear.... click link to read more.
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Star Trek: The Animated Series S1E01: Beyond The Farthest Star
Welcome to the first in a series of reviews marking the 50th anniversary of Star Trek: The Animated Series, the oft-overlooked but... click link to read more.
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#StarTrekII : The Wrath Of Khan (1982)
With the assistance of the Enterprise crew, Admiral Kirk must stop an old nemesis, Khan Noonien Singh, from using the life-generating Genesis Device as the ultimate weapon.
Close up of #JamesDoohan (Scotty) from Camera assistant #CatherineECoulson and Director #NicholasMeyer
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I found a curious connection in 1956: That year #LeslieNielsen starred in Forbidden Planet and #JamesDoohan--a WWII infantryman and pilot who a decade later played Scotty on #StarTrek--starred in a Canadian live television play called Flight into Danger; the following year, it was remade a few times, including into a 1957 feature film called Zero Hour!, which was parodied in the 1980 film Airplane!, starring Leslie Nielsen.
Also, before creating Star Trek, #GeneRoddenberry had been an airline pilot for #PanAm and in 1947 crashed in the Syrian desert.
from Bob Lawrence -
"Scotty" make the world a little better.
#JamesDoohan
