Did they make a fat joke in regards to Scotty?
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I hope that Pegg gets tp play Scotty's more serious side, largely because I find many comedians make very good dramatic actors and I always loved Scott when he was being his most bad-assed ("The Enterprsie Incident," for example).
That said, Scotty was often used for judicious comic relief.
That said, Scotty was often used for judicious comic relief.
He certainly is.
The crazy thing about a petition such as the one mentioned (should it be real and not a windup) isn't that some people feel that way, it's that they think it has a chance of working. Why do it otherwise?
Nothing's wrong with Scotty in the nuTrek. The sidekick was not funny, but didn't take much screentime.
Maybe in this timeline, Scotty has not lost a finger yet, so he is still very happy-go-lucky! The sandwich things may be a fat joke and I'm fine with it.
Yep often with a wide eyed look of surprise. "Ye canna change the laws of physics!!!!!" I think Doohan liked the comic bits and his "slow burn" in Tribbles is a wonderful performance as is his explanation of the fight. Pegg take seems to draw on that stuff.
He also does an excellent hard-assed no-nonsense cop in Hot Fuzz. Run Fat Boy Run has plenty of "serious" acting moments too.
I was listening to the audio book of William Shatner's "Star Trek Movie Memories" and he says of the whales in TVH: "Until now Jimmy Doohan was the largest mammal we'd seen in a Star Trek film."
For what it's worth, my first thought during the film was that it was a subtle joke at how most people imagine Scotty (e.g. the old Simpsons sketch where he's too big to reach the engineering controls). It seems a little tasteless to the late Doohan but still kinda funny if you understand it.
Of course, only after the film do I realize it wasn't a joke as I thought.
Of course, only after the film do I realize it wasn't a joke as I thought.
You could not be more wrong on your first point.
You could try, but you'd fail.
Congratulations on your second point. In the three weeks this movie has been out no one has made that pretty simple connection.
Kudos to you.
I hope you're being sarcastic because that particular point has been made quite a few times right on this board, IIRC, not to mention in some of the reviews.
it's a pretty blatant homage, I must say.
Congrats, you got the joke.
it's too late at night for me. time for bed!
...Nice one.
SPOCK: "A joke is a story with a humorous climax."
Still waiting for that humorous climax.
You didn't make a joke. You were using sarcasm. There is a difference.
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