Favorite 'Little' Moments...

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  1. FormerLurker

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    Thankyouthankyouthankyou for getting the quote correct. I can't stand it that so many think it's "I speak it with an accent", which is what a motorist said to George Takei at a stoplight in LA.
     
  2. Pauln6

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    Spock's delivery after being cured of the Spores when Leila asks his name is nuanced and I like the fact that not every aspect of alien language can be translated .
     
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    Oh, that's interesting! That was a character bit between Spock and Pike in the DC Comics' version of Kirk's first mission on the Enterprise. I wonder if writer Mike W. Barr had heard that story and decided to incorporate it into the Annual's story.
     
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  4. Phaser Two

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    Is that right? I never heard that before. In any case I'm just glad I didn't blow the quote - although I wouldn't have gotten it THAT wrong - as JTB is not one I have mostly memorized like so many others.
     
  5. Poltargyst

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    Ew?
     
  6. F. King Daniel

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    "Double red alert!" When shit gets so serious Kirk makes up new alert levels:lol:
     
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  7. FormerLurker

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    That's the impression I got when I read that.
     
  8. MGagen

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    Don't quote me on the exact words, but:

    ST:IV -- McCoy addresses an elderly, moaning woman waiting in the hallway of the 20th century hospital.

    "What's the matter with you, darlin'?"

    "I'm waiting for my dialysis."

    "Dialysis! That's barbaric! Here, take this." (Hands her a pill.)

    Later, as our heroes are fleeing the hospital, the old woman seen in the background, excitedly telling an orderly, "That nice doctor gave me a pill and I grew a new kidney!"

    I've always loved that little McCoy moment.

    M.
     
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    McCoy: Dialysis? God, what is this, the Dark Ages?
     
  10. Lance

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    ST IV is full of them.

    First thing came to my mind is the simple moment they put together why the probe is there, and Kirk orders that they prepare calculations for time travel, as if its just a routine day at the office for this crew. :D
     
  11. Phaser Two

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    TVH is just a treasure trove. It wasn't until recently that I noticed Shatner's completely classic expression of puzzlement after "One damn minute, Admiral." So, so funny.
     
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    "He's so... human."

    "Nobody's perfect, Saavik."

    (Translated from Vulcan)
     
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    Or recorded in English and later dubbed into Vulcan. ;)
     
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    I like the pronunciation of Saavik in Vulcan: Saavikam. In Vulcan you add suffixes like romance languages.
     
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    BONES
    Dammit, this woman has immediate
    post prandial upper abdominal
    distension! Do you want an acute
    case on your hands?

    KIRK
    What did you say she was getting?

    BONES
    Cramps.
     
  17. marlboro

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    Smiling Spock checking out the musical flowers in The Cage!

    I enjoy moments when Trek characters express a sense of awe and wonder about the marvelous things they discover. Occasionally it feels like mindblowing things are treated like "just another day at the office." Particularly in later Trek.

    One positive thing I can say about early episodes of ENT is that they tried to capture some sense of that wonder and amazement.
     
  18. Kor

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    If TAS counts in this discussion, then my favorite 'little' moment is of course The Terratin Incident. :techman:

    Kor
     
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  19. Lance

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    From The Final Frontier,a movie with actually a surprising number of cute little moments, one of my favorites is the exchange when the shuttle is coming in for it's landing run.

    SYBOK: How often have you done this?
    SULU: Actually, it's my first attempt.
    KIRK: He's good. ...Really.


    What makes it is Kirk's line is read with this great little look between Sulu and Kirk. Given how much Takei and Shatner didn't like each other, Kirk and Sulu have a lot of cute 'little' moments together. :D
     
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    I don't know if the feud had been invented by Takei yet, at that point. Was it?
     
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