God Speed Mr. Scott
James Doohan passed away today on the anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing July 20, 1969.
If Kirk, Spock and Bones represented man's will, intellect and emotion, Scotty represented man as tool maker and user.
He showed pride in understanding how things worked and the pleasure in making and running machines to carry out man's will. I loved how in ST:TNG he talked about how he would overestimate the time it took to do something so that he would appear as a miracle worker to the captain. My favorite episode of The original series was when he found love, for it allowed Doohan to act all goofy and then show his pain when he lost her. I also was impressed in one of the movies when he held the bloody body of a young dead engineer and almost cried as he said the boy was his sister's son and how "he stayed at his post when the others ran"
I work with a lot of engineers and I just want to say that my appreciation for Scotty the engineer reflects my appreciate of real engineers. I honor and appreciate their talent just as I honor and appreciate the acting talents of Doohan.
(and thanks to the most wonderful Sarah Grimke and GradeSchoolTeach for the news)
If Kirk, Spock and Bones represented man's will, intellect and emotion, Scotty represented man as tool maker and user.
He showed pride in understanding how things worked and the pleasure in making and running machines to carry out man's will. I loved how in ST:TNG he talked about how he would overestimate the time it took to do something so that he would appear as a miracle worker to the captain. My favorite episode of The original series was when he found love, for it allowed Doohan to act all goofy and then show his pain when he lost her. I also was impressed in one of the movies when he held the bloody body of a young dead engineer and almost cried as he said the boy was his sister's son and how "he stayed at his post when the others ran"
I work with a lot of engineers and I just want to say that my appreciation for Scotty the engineer reflects my appreciate of real engineers. I honor and appreciate their talent just as I honor and appreciate the acting talents of Doohan.
(and thanks to the most wonderful Sarah Grimke and GradeSchoolTeach for the news)
2 Comments:
Hiya Spocko!
I didn't know that Scotty had beamed up for the last time until I clicked to your site a few minutes ago. I'm saddened because I've known Scotty (though not Jimmy Doohan) all my life. I've used his "Never tell 'em how long it'll really take" method myself many times (the reputation as a miracle worker is slow in the growing, however). And I actually said the "It's green" line out loud along with Data on Scotty's episode of TNG. It's always been my favorite of Scotty's fine array of quotable quotes from the first series and I felt it coming.
I'm glad I heard it from someone who appreciates Scotty for what he (the character) represents rather than just as another dead celebrity as I fully expect from tomorrow's news (as I'm in Seattle it's local).
He'll be missed.
PS. I watched that moon landing (I have been assured) propped up in a highchair, because my parents wanted to be sure that I saw it happen.
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