The TOS 'stupid statements' thread
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ScatmanRescueMe
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Kirk was brown haired and hazel eyed.
But then again, Germans aren't all blond & blue-eyed anyway---probably not even half of them.
I once heard a co-worker claim that if the Nazis had won WWII there would have killed everyone on Earth who wasn't blond & blue-eyed.
I said to her, "Including the millions of Germans, Dutch, English, French, Scandinavian, Irish, Scotish, etc people who are dark haired & dark eyed?"
She looked at me like I was crazy. I guess she thought they were going to kill 3 billion 750 million people over hair color.
But then again, Germans aren't all blond & blue-eyed anyway---probably not even half of them.
I once heard a co-worker claim that if the Nazis had won WWII there would have killed everyone on Earth who wasn't blond & blue-eyed.
I said to her, "Including the millions of Germans, Dutch, English, French, Scandinavian, Irish, Scotish, etc people who are dark haired & dark eyed?"
She looked at me like I was crazy. I guess she thought they were going to kill 3 billion 750 million people over hair color.
Kirk was brown haired and hazel eyed.
But then again, Germans aren't all blond & blue-eyed anyway---probably not even half of them.
I once heard a co-worker claim that if the Nazis had won WWII there would have killed everyone on Earth who wasn't blond & blue-eyed.
I said to her, "Including the millions of Germans, Dutch, English, French, Scandinavian, Irish, Scotish, etc people who are dark haired & dark eyed?"
She looked at me like I was crazy. I guess she thought they were going to kill 3 billion 750 million people over hair color.
Not to mention Adolf Hitler himself. (Or did you co-worker assume he was blonde and blue-eyed too?
)ScatmanRescueMe
Lieutenant Commander
Kirk was brown haired and hazel eyed.
But then again, Germans aren't all blond & blue-eyed anyway---probably not even half of them.
I once heard a co-worker claim that if the Nazis had won WWII there would have killed everyone on Earth who wasn't blond & blue-eyed.
I said to her, "Including the millions of Germans, Dutch, English, French, Scandinavian, Irish, Scotish, etc people who are dark haired & dark eyed?"
She looked at me like I was crazy. I guess she thought they were going to kill 3 billion 750 million people over hair color.
Not to mention Adolf Hitler himself. (Or did you co-worker assume he was blonde and blue-eyed too?
She probably did. She was pretty dumb.
Yes after the world was conquered and all the billions of non blue-eyed and/or blond were killed hitler would have killed himself and therefore removed the stain of 'brown hair' from the face of the earth.
I always cringe when I hear Uhura's "Captain...I'm frightened" line in City on the Edge of Forever.
In the context of the scene:
The uniform Spock was wearing was that of an army lieutenant (going by dialogue, at least) and many lower-grade army officers were not Party members. However, membership in the Nazi party was a prerequisite for becoming a Gestapo (secret police) officer. Spock's line is pretty much a "back atcha" zinger at Kirk for "bragging" about his nicer uniform.
Not in my experience. Cars and computers "die" all the time.
"Dude, did you get my email?"
"No, my computer's dead."
Agree completely. Maybe not 'stupid' in 1967, but 'cringe-worthy' for a few decades now.
I think it would be so much better to just show her face with a "oh, shit" look on her face. Stuck on this ball of dust and the Enterprise and earth are gone. Scary, but not requiring a public announcement of such.
I hate that line. With all the rewrites this episode went through, it's a wonder that stinkbomb got on-screen. It's amazing Dorothy Fontana didn't take it out. Or maybe she did and Gene (or someone else) put it back.
Real-life:
COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER: "Captain...I'm frightened."
CAPTAIN: "Okay, you're fired."
ScatmanRescueMe
Lieutenant Commander
Along those lines......
In 'Squire' filmed as #18 Kirk disappears and Uhura simply stands up startled.
In 'Arena' filmed next as #19 Kirk disappears and Uhura jumps up and screams.
WTF?
Why does she let out this terrible 'female' scream one time and not the other? None of the men scream. Totally lame.
Too bad she couldn't have said to the director of 'Arena', "You know on the very last episode we filmed the exact same thing happened and Uhura didn't lose her cool."
Hopefully he wouldn't have thought she was getting 'uppity'
I wonder which was her preference, to play it as the scared female or keep her cool? And if she preferred playing it cool, did they over-rule her and say, "just let out the scream and get it over with."
I dunno. The universe as she knew it had been destroyed. If Scott had said "Captain, I'm fackin' terrified!", it would have been just as appropriate. I don't find it particularly sexist.
Counterintuitively, I hate virtually all the rest of CotEoF...
And anyway, you can't fire someone from an organization that no longer exists.
ScatmanRescueMe
Lieutenant Commander
^^^^^
They didn't have Scott say it because it would have made him sound like a fool---just as it did with her.
They just (wrongly) felt it wouldn't sound stupid from a woman.
They didn't have Scott say it because it would have made him sound like a fool---just as it did with her.
They just (wrongly) felt it wouldn't sound stupid from a woman.
She comes damn close to saying it again in "Mirror, Mirror."
I remember reading a parody in one of the Best of Treks where she gets out "Captain" and everyone else says, in mocking unison, "I'm frightened." Of course, her response was just as classic, something like "What do you expect me to say, 'Feets don't fail me now'?"
I usually hate fan parodies of Trek but that was just great.
I remember reading a parody in one of the Best of Treks where she gets out "Captain" and everyone else says, in mocking unison, "I'm frightened." Of course, her response was just as classic, something like "What do you expect me to say, 'Feets don't fail me now'?"
I usually hate fan parodies of Trek but that was just great.
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"She comes damn close to saying it again in "Mirror, Mirror."
Very true...I had forgotten that! At least in this case, she pretty much redeems herself by her later performance on the bridge "distracting" Sulu
Very true...I had forgotten that! At least in this case, she pretty much redeems herself by her later performance on the bridge "distracting" Sulu
Just watched Enemy Within and noticed two stupid lines.
When Fisher walks in on Kirk/Rand and then runs to the intercom, doesn't give himself enough time to say where the trouble is because he spends too long saying "geologicial technician Fisher..."
Also when Kirk is talking to his double in the sickbay, he says "you won't be afraid if you use your mind - think, think! You can do it!" Then Bones comes over and says "Jim, he is back!" WTF???? Did they snip some dialog out during post-production???
When Fisher walks in on Kirk/Rand and then runs to the intercom, doesn't give himself enough time to say where the trouble is because he spends too long saying "geologicial technician Fisher..."
Also when Kirk is talking to his double in the sickbay, he says "you won't be afraid if you use your mind - think, think! You can do it!" Then Bones comes over and says "Jim, he is back!" WTF???? Did they snip some dialog out during post-production???
Re: TOS 'stupid statements' thread
This is a glaringly bad command decision by the Captain. He obviously should have brought the ship into the hanger bay.
Every once in a while, you'll hear some statements or dialog in a TOS episode that seems to be either out of place, redundant, or simply stupid.
Case in point, "Tomorrow is Yesterday", shortly after Captain Christopher was beamed aboard, we hear this:
Spock: "Captain, the aircraft has completely broken up. Shall we turn off the tractor beam?"
I understand the Captain is there to make decisions, but glaringly obvious ones like this seem like they shouldn't require the Captain's approval, just because he ordered the tractor beam on. It was to hold the aircraft in place, but it couldn't hold up. After it breaks up, there is certainly no reason to leave the tractor beam on...
Anybody remember other lines that simply shouldn't be there or are in bad need of a rewrite?
This is a glaringly bad command decision by the Captain. He obviously should have brought the ship into the hanger bay.
Not a 'stupid statement' but a rather bad reading---I always thought.
"I-AM-ROGER-CORBY!!"...... was oddly said
I always thought it shoud have went......
"I AM Roger Corby!"
Meaning, I really am Roger Corby, in here. (the robot body)
The other way, it just sounds awkward----too broad. I don't know why the emphasis was on all the words and not on the 'AM'
"I-AM-ROGER-CORBY!!"...... was oddly said
I always thought it shoud have went......
"I AM Roger Corby!"
Meaning, I really am Roger Corby, in here. (the robot body)
The other way, it just sounds awkward----too broad. I don't know why the emphasis was on all the words and not on the 'AM'
I have grown to dislike Balok's......
"you'd never have been frightened of my true appearance."
They weren't frightened by the balok's 'puppet's' image---they were frightened with the ease the Fesarius defeated and held the Enterprise & the subsequent death sentence.
That's like saying you wouldn't be frightened if some young gang-banger wanna be, 10 year old, pointed a gun at you and you were sure he was going to use it.
"Aw, he so small and cute---i just can't be scared of him."
"you'd never have been frightened of my true appearance."
They weren't frightened by the balok's 'puppet's' image---they were frightened with the ease the Fesarius defeated and held the Enterprise & the subsequent death sentence.
That's like saying you wouldn't be frightened if some young gang-banger wanna be, 10 year old, pointed a gun at you and you were sure he was going to use it.
"Aw, he so small and cute---i just can't be scared of him."
See Omar and Kenard, The Wire.
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