McCoy's phobia (spoiler?)

Discussion in 'Star Trek Movies: Kelvin Universe' started by kitsune, May 11, 2009.

  1. kitsune

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    When McCoy boards the shuttlecraft, he has a chat with a flight attendant or somesuch. He says:

    It sounds like he says atheophobia, but that's fear of atheists, not fear of dying.

    Thanatophobia or necrophobia would be appropriate, but it doesn't sound like he says that.

    Did anyone catch what he said?

    ETA:

    He actually said,
     
  2. Tentacle

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    i think he said aviophobia, the fear of flying
     
  3. O'Dib

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    I think it was fear of dying in space. Don't know what that would be called... astrophobia?
     
  4. Crewman47

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    Makes you wonder why McCoy singed up for Starfleet in the first place when he doesn't like to fly, doesn't like having his molecules scrambled and is constantly reminding everyone that he's a Doctor. He probably should've stayed on Earth working in a County General Hospital or something.
     
  5. Herkimer Jitty

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    It was required of him after he took his Hypocritical Oath.

    RIMSHOT!
     
  6. StarHarper

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    I don't care what he said. I love him! He makes me smile....:)
     
  7. flightmech73

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    Kirk asked him that and his answer was his wife took the whole planet in the divorce.
     
  8. Crewman47

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    I remeber Bones saying that but at the time I just he was exagerating a bit. So just to clarify what he meant, his wife took everything he had and owned so much so that he no longer had a place to live so his only alternative was to sign up in Starfleet. That the gist of it?
     
  9. Dac

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    I thought Bones was afraid of the transporter and preferred shuttlecraft as opposed to being beamed?

    Or Am I thinking of Pulaski?
     
  10. Crusher Disciple

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    That's what I got out of it. Gotta say, I was wondering what he was doing there, too. But that one line of dialogue cleared it up for me.
     
  11. Admiral Buzzkill

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    I figured it was his way of saying "painful divorce and don't expect a straight answer out of me/none of your business, kid."
     
  12. notwendium

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    "my wife took the whole planet in the divorce" about sums it up.
     
  13. FordSVT

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    Neither of you are married I take it?

    I take it to mean "painful divorce, want to be as far away as humanly possible at the moment".

    It's not meant to be taken as a literal interpretation of his wealth. Bones didn't join Starfleet because he was homeless. :lol:
     
  14. Trekker4747

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    It's interesting that even 300 years from now, in a time that supposedly has shed some of it's material needs, that women still will rape men in divorce settlements. ;)
     
  15. blockaderunner

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    I got that too. I'm sure he could have set up a decent practice, but that meant that the Former Mrs. McCoy would have still tried to squeeze every penny out of him. I would have imagine that he joined Starfleet to gain some xenobiology experience, serve his time, and then move to some far away colony to avoid pesky divorce lawyers and be a happy bachelor.
     
  16. Psion

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    Uh oh.

    INCOMING!
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  17. Crusher Disciple

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    Don't worry- I already checked. You've got nothing for me to take. :(
     
  18. cubbie

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    It also means that money exists in the future.
     
  19. Cheebo

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    And to be fair Star Trek has always been contradictory about money in the future.
     
  20. T'Paul

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    I thought it was pretty lame how he imitated DeForest Kelley's McCoy voice.