7.20.2005
The Final Frontier
I just read that James Doohan, who played Scotty on the original Star Trek series, died early this morning. (Read CNN obituary.)
I think he was one of my favourite characters in the original series, largely because of that endearing Scottish brogue. Lines like "The engines canna take much more a this, Captain" and "Admiral, there be whales here" just would not have sounded the same in a standard, non-regional American accent (or Canadian... I didn't realize that Doohan was Canadian! Or maybe I knew that and just forgot... Shame on me).
A few final words, perhaps more apropos than ever (depending on your afterlife belief system): "Beam me up, Scotty... There's no intelligent life down here."
I think he was one of my favourite characters in the original series, largely because of that endearing Scottish brogue. Lines like "The engines canna take much more a this, Captain" and "Admiral, there be whales here" just would not have sounded the same in a standard, non-regional American accent (or Canadian... I didn't realize that Doohan was Canadian! Or maybe I knew that and just forgot... Shame on me).
A few final words, perhaps more apropos than ever (depending on your afterlife belief system): "Beam me up, Scotty... There's no intelligent life down here."
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