James Doohan 1920–2005
To wherever you have beamed, may the dilithium cystals be plentiful and may the soft-focused green woman have large breasts.
Moment of silence for James Doohan.
(Thanks, Lubow.)
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Moment of silence for James Doohan.
(Thanks, Lubow.)
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3 Comments:
It's always actors like Doohan that raise the bar, and lend credibility to goofy shows like STAR TREK. Plus, I'm positive he could've kicked Levar Burton's ASS is a bar brawl.
Bless you, Scotty, I'll miss ya.
Speaking of bar brawl--I've always loved that scene in the Trouble With Tribbles where Scotty and Chekov are drinking in the bar, and arguing the reletive merits of Scotch and Vodka. HAW HAW HAW! Y'see, Scotty is SCOTTISH and Chekov is RUSSIAN, and their drinks of choice are...aw, fuck it.
All bashing of Trek's subtle-as-a-flying-mallet writing aside, I'm pretty fond of Mr. Scott and Doohan's portrayal of same. He's the only one I ever really bought as an actual expert in his field. On the downside, I got pretty sick of the Scotty references and imitations when I got stuck living in an engineering dorm my first year at U of I.
James Doohan will always have a place in the hearts of Star Trek fans and I'm sorry to hear of his death. Off screen, he was a bitter and tempermental man at times. I think he was the leader of the "Shatner is full of himself" club which, ironically, served to show as much that Doohan was also full of himself.
I also hope he is now in a place with an abundant supply of dilithium crystals and green women with ample breasts.
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