Misunderstood Dialog

[dg1379]

I still hear it to this day when watching TMP. When Spock is with the Vulcan priests and he rejects the Kolinar, I hear the priestess say "Spock, let me do drugs."

 

[scotpens]

The first few times I watched the TOS movies, I was unaware of the convention of the gender-free use of "mister". So I always understood Kirk to be saying "Miss d'Saavik" instead of "Mister Saavik."

I hadn't heard of this gender-free use either, so couldn't fathom what Kirk was saying. Nothing seemed to fit ("Miss T'Saavik"? "Mistress Saavik"?). It still seems ridiculous and must cause unnecessary confusion.

Was any other female Starfleet officer ever addressed as "Mister"? I thought it was done with Saavik in TWOK just because it sounded "cute."

 

[allstar77]

^^ I thought she was saying something about whooping cough.

 

[toughlittleship]

In "The Way of the Warrior", Bashir tells Odo to "watch his back" during the upcoming Klingon attack - I thought Bashir said "once you're back" and that Odo was immortal or something.

 

[Jedi_Master]

I always got confused when Lieutenant M. Mann complained that he was "blinded by the light- wrapped up like a douche on a corner of the night". That just never made any sense.

 

[Sir Rhosis]

I always thought the actor playing the Grissom's Communications Officer was going overboard with honorifics and titles when he said (of the cloaked Bird of Prey), "Sir, it's from astern, Captain."

Only with captioning did I see that he said "Surge from astern, Captain."

Sir Rhosis

 

[Tora Ziyal]

Love is the doctrine of this church,
The quest of truth is our sacrament,
and service is our prayer.
To dwell together in peace,
To seek knowledge in freedom,

and one fated day, at this point, I blurted out,

"...to bodly go where no man has gone before."

That's great!

 

[dub]

I always thought the actor playing the Grissom's Communications Officer was going overboard with honorifics and titles when he said (of the cloaked Bird of Prey), "Sir, it's from astern, Captain."

Only with captioning did I see that he said "Surge from astern, Captain."

Learned something new today! I always thought he was saying "sir, from astern, Captain." Initially though, I thought he was naming the class of ship or something. "Sur'frum astern, Captain." LOL

 

[Joel_Kirk]

I always thought the actor playing the Grissom's Communications Officer was going overboard with honorifics and titles when he said (of the cloaked Bird of Prey), "Sir, it's from astern, Captain."

Only with captioning did I see that he said "Surge from astern, Captain."

Learned something new today! I always thought he was saying "sir, from astern, Captain." Initially though, I thought he was naming the class of ship or something. "Sur'frum astern, Captain." LOL

I always thought the actor playing the Grissom's Communications Officer was going overboard with honorifics and titles when he said (of the cloaked Bird of Prey), "Sir, it's from astern, Captain."

Only with captioning did I see that he said "Surge from astern, Captain."

Sir Rhosis

I always thought it was the officer saying the ship was coming 'astern' as well....lol

It just goes to show we're so engrossed in these films, that bits of dialogue we misunderstand still - somewhat - fit into the plot of the story.

 

[Nebusj]

The first few times I watched the TOS movies, I was unaware of the convention of the gender-free use of "mister". So I always understood Kirk to be saying "Miss d'Saavik" instead of "Mister Saavik."

I hadn't heard of this gender-free use either, so couldn't fathom what Kirk was saying. Nothing seemed to fit ("Miss T'Saavik"? "Mistress Saavik"?). It still seems ridiculous and must cause unnecessary confusion.

I'll bite. What unnecessary confusion is created by using 'Mister' to speak to or of a lower-ranking officer in a professional context?

 

[Brian]

Star Trek IV. The computer testing Spock asks him to identify the person who said, "Logic is the cement of our civilization, with which we ascend from chaos, using reason as our guide."

I have always heard, "Logic is the SUMMIT of our civilization, TO which we ascend from chaos, using reason as our guide."

I prefer mine. It makes more sense to me, given the ascent metaphor.

 

[Green Shirt]

In "Doomsday Machine" when Decker orders the Enterprise to turn and attack the Planet Killer, Kirk, over the radio addresses Decker with the line, "You're the lunatic who..."

I used to think he was saying "You're the one who heck . . ."

From the same episode I once thought the Kirk's line was "lower your deflector screens and line up (instead of long enough) to beam us aboard."

 

[BK613]

In Space Seed, Khan has the line

Improve a mechanical device and you may double productivity. But improve man and you gain a thousand fold. I am such a man.

which as a kid I heard as

Improve a mechanical device and you may double productivity. But improve man and you gain a thousand foes. I am such a man.

Never understood how that was supposed to entice the crew LOL

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

I was always interested in the fact that (Journey to Babel) Spock's mother tells Bones the name of the teddy bear creature, but he says it completely differently.

Never knew what Spock was saying in TUC with linguistic ledger-domain and a degree of infrapidity or something, and wish I learned more in college to know what the heck he was even talking about.

 

[Iamnotspock]

Never knew what Spock was saying in TUC with linguistic ledger-domain and a degree of infrapidity or something, and wish I learned more in college to know what the heck he was even talking about.

Legerdemain.

 

[suarezguy]

I had a hard time understanding Kirk's comment after Valeris mentioned Romulan ale in TUC, at first maybe "Imperative thinking" and it still sounds like "Opposite thinking" but the captions say "Officer thinking."

 

[dub]

^ I've always thought that was a strange line. Is that an actual phrase that's used among officers? If not, it was a poorly written line as well.

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

Meyer brought in a writer named Denny Martin Flinn for Star Trek 6. He is a decent guy, and his commentary with Meyer for the film is pretty good.

However, the problem with that film has always been the little details. Little strange bits of writing, in particular, that somehow made it onto the film, seem to really hurt it. "That Klingon bitch..." line from Scotty seems so unfitting for the film. So many little things seem "off."

 

[FormerLurker]

Never knew what Spock was saying in TUC with linguistic ledger-domain and a degree of infrapidity or something, and wish I learned more in college to know what the heck he was even talking about.

Legerdemain.

Intrepidity.

 

[dub]

From TWOK
Khan: "...but you... oh, I never forget a face. Mr. JACKOFF. Isn't it?"