Misquoting Star Trek
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Generations... by Soran. I remember using the actual quote on my way to a date with some girl I was infatuated with back in 1999... lol
Just so we all know, the actual quote is:
"I have an appointment with eternity, and I don't want to be late."
I understood it clearly the first time, FWIW.
"I have an appointment with eternity, and I don't want to be late."
I understood it clearly the first time, FWIW.
There is a bit in TMP on Vulcan where the Kohlinar masters tell Spock, "Kohlinar is not the answer". The subtitles translate the Vulcan as "your human blood is touched by it, Spock", but the Master sounds like she's saying "it disturbs your hooping cough, Spock". So for years that was an in joke for me and my friends.
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Kirk never said, "Beam me up, Scotty." Never. Not once.
^ Didn't Kirk say that just once, in one of the movies?
No.
But in TVH, Kirk says, "Scotty, beam me up!"
I've just realized why this seems odd to me. In other threads you've said you heard this line, "I must check in before your inspection and you." and it didn't make sense to you. It made little sense to me as it reads as a runon sentence. But I've figured it out: Spock's actual quote is "I must check in before your inspection. And you?" Syntax makes all the difference!
That's partly because they filmed it in English, then decided to dub in Vulcan-sounding dialogue, and had to match the vowels to mouth movement. The woman in the scene was apparently slightly nervous about working with Nimoy. She'd only worked bit parts on two other television episodes (non-Trek), the film was her third and final credit.
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McCoy, Star Trek VI, during the torpedo surgery scene.
WHAT I HEARD:
"I'd give a real mind if he'd shut up."
WHAT WAS SAID:
"I'd give real money if he'd shut up."
WHAT I HEARD:
"I'd give a real mind if he'd shut up."
WHAT WAS SAID:
"I'd give real money if he'd shut up."
I read a question on a forum somewhere with someone asking why McCoy says this if there's no money in the future.
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It's a valid question. I love McCoy, and it's pure snark, but it doesn't make sense in any kind of context in that scene.
Our language contains many references to things that are long gone...heck, half the time we don't even know or think about the etymology of a phrase. I doubt that will change in a few hundred years.
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