Tongue Tied Tubba

[RobertScorpio]

Was watching me some DS9 last night. Colm Meany, I think, was the best speaker of "techno babble talk" of all the actors. Jadzia was good too. But when O'brien uses it I actually think he knows what he's talking about...

Of all the STAR TREK actors who had to speak 'techno-babble' which actors do you think were the best, and worst?

I loved Jimmy Doohan, but recently while watching Generations, he just seemed out of his element when he was trying some of th babble talk while the ENTERPRISE B was caught in the Nexus wave...

Rob

 

[sbk1234]

As has been discussed ad-nausium, those words were written for Nimoy. I wonder if they would have just sounded better coming out of Spock's mouth.

Brent Spiner could do that techno-babble with android-like quality.

 

[Sector 7]

Jimmy's Scotty knew his stuff... he was The Miracle Worker. I don't believe he ever used the technobabble much. Some people try to impress with big words; others get the job done on skill. Scotty was the latter.

 

[Nardpuncher]

Data
Lt Riley
Spock
Kirk
Odo

 

[Nardpuncher]

Thread's dead honey, thread's dead.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I loved Jimmy Doohan, but recently while watching Generations, he just seemed out of his element when he was trying some of th babble talk while the ENTERPRISE B was caught in the Nexus wave...

Probably because Scotty wasn't supposed to be saying those lines. It was supposed to be Spock. But Leonard Nimoy didn't want to appear, so Doohan got the call.

Just like Chekov - all of HIS scenes were supposed to be McCoy, but De Kelley wouldn't do the film.

 

[RobertScorpio]

I loved Jimmy Doohan, but recently while watching Generations, he just seemed out of his element when he was trying some of th babble talk while the ENTERPRISE B was caught in the Nexus wave...

Probably because Scotty wasn't supposed to be saying those lines. It was supposed to be Spock. But Leonard Nimoy didn't want to appear, so Doohan got the call.

Just like Chekov - all of HIS scenes were supposed to be McCoy, but De Kelley wouldn't do the film.

Even hearing spock use of that TNG-era babble talk would have been hard to take...that just wasn't them. To much babble talk, and especially in a movie, is a bit too much I think..

rob

 

[Nardpuncher]

Sarek
Vic Fontaine
Lwaxana Troi
The Main Computer

 

[You_Guyz]

Jadzia Dax, just because I loved her so much I guess.

 

[RobertScorpio]

Jadzia Dax, just because I loved her so much I guess.

yeah she did it good too...

Rob

 

[Kellytong]

Jadzia Dax, she did well, excellent. I like her too.
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