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[Shamrock Holmes]

Could be the whole "Khan Noonien Singh" was made up

Particularly as the structure of the name is suspect.

Noonien Singh makes sense, and roughly corresponds to an South-East Asian national of some sort.

Khan is confusing though, as it's more associated with China and the rest of (North)east Asia.

The South-East Asian title would AFAIK be Sultan rather than Khan.

 

[Tim Thomason]

Particularly as the structure of the name is suspect.

Noonien Singh makes sense, and roughly corresponds to an South-East Asian national of some sort.

Khan is confusing though, as it's more associated with China and the rest of (North)east Asia.

The South-East Asian title would AFAIK be Sultan rather than Khan.

?? Noonien doesn't make any sense. It's a made-up name that's been debated amongst Star Trek fans for years.

 

[DaveyNY]

?? Noonien doesn't make any sense. It's a made-up name that's been debated amongst Star Trek fans for years.

Noonien, is a Chinese name.
Granted it was made up by somebody a very very long time ago, but it wasn't Mr. Roddenberry that created it.
He actually had a friend during WWII with that name.

 

[Tim Thomason]

Nooien, is a Chinese name.
Granted it was made up by somebody a very very long time ago, but it wasn't Mr. Roddenberry that created it.
He actually had a friend during WWII named that.

Any source? I've been looking and can't find any that doesn't trace to Roddenberry and his mythical friend. If it's a Chinese name, it's very, very rare. To the point that naming experts were unfamiliar with it.

 

[BillJ]

...but it wasn't Mr. Roddenberry that created it.
He actually had a friend during WWII with that name.

I thought that was the Klingons and was from a person he worked with in the LAPD?

 

[Nerys Myk]

I thought that was the Klingons and was from a person he worked with in the LAPD?

Both are true.
Kim Noonien Wang was the WWII friend
Lieutenant Wilbur Clingan was the LAPD officer.

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

The boots. They're not overly decorated like the DSC ones, which is nice.

Back to basics! Love it. But does it have the cuban heel?

 

[cooleddie74]

Someone commenting about the image on another website thought they saw one.

 

[Mudd]

Back to basics! Love it. But does it have the cuban heel?

Anson Mount is six-foot-one.

 

[Saul]

No, we were specifically talking about real world examples and I gave real world examples, not my hunch about fictional characters and their reactions.
Going back to Khan Noonien Singh his parents gave him a name that according to your logic nobody would want to be associated with, like Genghis Khan, but apparently they didn't care.

If you google anything you're going to find real world examples. We're living in a world where flat Earth is a thing again for some. With over 7 Billion people you can find examples for everything. But I doubt you'll find anyone named Hitler or Stalin in your community or among your friends and their acquaintances.
Are we also now declaring books and comics canon in this argument?

 

[GNDN18]

 

[Nerys Myk]

Shat's must of had extra heel.

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

Shat's must of had extra heel.

He certainly had extra lift in his boots, as seen in a close up in "What Little Girls Are Made Of".

 

[GNDN18]

Shat's must of had extra heel.

Doohan said that for years.

 

[cooleddie74]

Even the TOS boots weren't smooth black pullover boots. They had lots of seams and angles.

 

[GNDN18]

He certainly had extra lift in his boots, as seen in a close up in "What Little Girls Are Made Of".

I wonder if he had a several pairs with different heel/sole thicknesses depending on who was on the call sheet for a particular scene.

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

I wonder if he had a several pairs with different heel/sole thicknesses depending on who was on the call sheet for a particular scene.

Seems likely as Hollywood has several tricks depending on the shot composition, blocking, actors varying heights, etc.

The padding in the "What Little Girls..." boots might be even more cause of Ted Cassidy.

 

[DaveyNY]

Seems likely as Hollywood has several tricks depending on the shot composition, blocking, actors varying heights, etc.

The padding in the "What Little Girls..." boots might be even more cause of Ted Cassidy.

No amount of padding was going to equalize that.

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

No amount of padding was going to equalize that.

"Someone get Bill a ladder please!"

 

[GNDN18]

Seems likely as Hollywood has several tricks depending on the shot composition, blocking, etc.