so Roddenberry could talk Miss India into shaving her hair

[J.T.B.]

It never occurred to me that some people might not recognize Scotty, but of course some of us had been prepared in advance:

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

They should CGI it away. I'm not kidding.

Sadly enough, I believe you.

 

[Amaris]

but he couldnt talk Doohan to shave that moustache?

That was an obvious and avoidable visual continuity break I think. I'm serious. 10 years of ageing for the actors and all the prduction value added to TMP related to the series, I couldn't recognize Scotty in the movie. I was like, who's that guy?

In comparision, McCoy had a beard and shaved it for military duty.

Are you kidding, guy? Scotty's mustache was awesome!

 

[The Old Mixer]

The 'stache is canon.

 

[scotpens]

Well, in the past "beard" usually meant the "hair that grows on a man's face often" but not necessarily "excluding the mustache" (Merriam Webster), and whisker meant a hair of the beard, ergo whisker=facial hair.

"Castro has a beard. Rasputin had a beard. Gabby Hayes had whiskers!"

-- George Carlin

 

[xvicente]

They should CGI it away. I'm not kidding.

Sadly enough, I believe you.

I dont know what exactly saddens you, but it's either you love moustaches or hates CGI. I'd guess it's CGI. So many people don't like CGI these days.

 

[xvicente]

It never occurred to me that some people might not recognize Scotty, but of course some of us had been prepared in advance:

That's news to me. Just watched some on youtube. Funny. (extra funny for the repeated use by Filmation of the same sound effects and music from TAS and theur other productions ).

 

[RoJoHen]

Well, in the past "beard" usually meant the "hair that grows on a man's face often" but not necessarily "excluding the mustache" (Merriam Webster), and whisker meant a hair of the beard, ergo whisker=facial hair. The other terms seem like they were used when you shaved part of the beard away and left some subsection, e.g. sideburns, muttonchops, mustache, circle beard, goatee, what have you, but it was all part of the beard.

Well, sure, but when you're talking about the wide variety of styles, you wouldn't say "beard." A mustache isn't a type of beard. Sideburns aren't a type of beard.

Whiskers just sounds...dumb. Cats have whiskers. If you were to describe a man's facial hair as "whiskers," I'd picture something very thing and scraggly coming out of his cheeks.

 

[marksound]

I couldn't recognize Scotty in the movie.

Really? He's the one with the moustache.

 

[HortaVorta]

Is it wrong that I sometimes wish 3rd-season Scotty had the moustache as well?

 

[Lance]

That's no mustache, it was a Tribble that he missed transporting.

 

[Belz...]

No problems with Scotty growing a moustache, and his increase in girth between the first two films actually supports the canon timeline's assertion that the films take place over a decade apart....

Unfortunately, his further increase in girth between Trek III and Trek IV makes it harder to believe they take place within mere months of each other.

Scotty's metabolism doesn't agree with Vulcan cuisine.

I dont know what exactly saddens you, but it's either you love moustaches or hates CGI. I'd guess it's CGI. So many people don't like CGI these days.

Yeah, no other options. Or he doesn't care about the mustache and finds it silly someone would want to see it removed.

 

[marksound]

No problems with Scotty growing a moustache, and his increase in girth between the first two films actually supports the canon timeline's assertion that the films take place over a decade apart....

Unfortunately, his further increase in girth between Trek III and Trek IV makes it harder to believe they take place within mere months of each other.

Scotty's metabolism doesn't agree with Vulcan cuisine.

Not to mention, those Klingon food packs were giving him a sour stomach.

 

[xvicente]

I dont know what exactly saddens you, but it's either you love moustaches or hates CGI. I'd guess it's CGI. So many people don't like CGI these days.

Yeah, no other options. Or he doesn't care about the mustache and finds it silly someone would want to see it removed.

But he cares, he told us he is sad.

 

[Belz...]

But he cares, he told us he is sad.

Re-read my post, please. I said he found the comment silly. So did I, but I didn't find it worth commenting on.

 

[Herkimer Jitty]

I dont know what exactly saddens you, but it's either you love moustaches or hates CGI. I'd guess it's CGI. So many people don't like CGI these days.

Yeah, no other options. Or he doesn't care about the mustache and finds it silly someone would want to see it removed.

But he cares, he told us he is sad.

You grind that axe any harder, it'll snap.

 

[Commander Kielbasa]

Is there really a ten year gap between TMP and TWoK.

 

[CorporalClegg]

Yes. Just like there's a three year gap between the last post and yours.

 

[Marsden]

I guess I was not the only one that thought they got a new Scotty. To 9 yr old me, he looked different.

Of course, the real reason is it's not Scotty, it's Welshie, but we're not supposed to notice.

 

[Khan 2.0]

It never occurred to me that some people might not recognize Scotty, but of course some of us had been prepared in advance:

Renegades 70s style