RIP James "Scotty " Doohan

[far-trader]

Title about says it all.

 

[Scarecrow]

Damn!

 

[Keklas Rekobah]

James Doohan, beloved by Star Trek fans for his portayal of Commander Montgomery Scott, died at the age of 85 in his home last night due to complications from pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease.

Let our good thoughts and best wishes go out to his family and friends.

Keklas

 

[Andrew Boulton]

:-(

Not surprising, but very sad. Scotty was always my favourite TOS character.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4701167.stm

 

[deadlock]

To the beloved Miracle Worker, the Aransala salute thee.

*salute*

 

[clementk]

R.I.P., at least he's not suffering any more.

Doohan is one of my favorite TOS actors. I had the chance to meet him once briefly and get his autograph and I'm glad I did.

It's good that the news is mentioning his Canadian military service in WWII.

Startrek.com biography page for James Doohan

 

[hirch duckfinder]

r.i.p.
the series just would not have worked without him.
such an important player in the progressive dream!!!

 

[Jame]

Damnit, another one whose hand I'll never get to shake.

But I thought he died last year?

 

[Malenfant]

 

[Jeff M. Hopper]

Crap. I always liked him, even when he was on Space Academy.

 

[clementk]

Originally posted by Jame:
But I thought he died last year?

You may be thinking of his retirement from public apperances last year. Or another actor.

 

[mike wightman]

Sad,

and the BBC perpetuates the mythical line...

 

[The Oz]

...sigh....

Goodbye, Scotty.

 

[Shadowdancer]

Very sad.
RIP, Scotty.

 

[jwcarroll60]

Scotty got beamed up this time, on a new voyage of discovery

 

[Erik Filean]

Raise a glass tonight. And whatever is in it, make it green.

 

[Liam Devlin]

Sigh.

We'll miss ye 'Mr. Scott'. At least I did get to shake your hand.

Auf wiedersehen.

 

[Whipsnade]

Alzheimer's is a bitch, so I'm both very sad he's dead and relieved he's no longer suffering.

I got to see him when he visited NAS Alameda scouting locations for the Star Trek 'Save the Whales' movie. The real USS Enterprise was homeported there at the time and I guess Paramount was figuring on shooting some scenes aboard her. For whatever reason, it fell through and another, fossil-fueled carrier got the job instead (USS America IIRC).

Anyway, we all wanted him to come aboard and tour the enginerooms, shake hands, get photographed, etc. but the command nixed it. He did charm the pants off the base though. A Marine air group was stationed in Alameda and, as a pilot himself, he mixed perfectly with them all.

He and the fellow who played the helmsman were the only actors I felt were 'real' in ST:TOS. They rest all seemed to be charectitures; crotchety doctor, alpha-male captain, somewhat alien alien, etc. With just a little suspension of disbelief I could believe that 'Scotty' and 'Sulu' actually did the jobs they pretended to do on TV.

I know squat about acting, so that's my rule of thumb for it. If I believe you as the charecter you're playing, you've acted well. If I keep remembering you as another character while you're playing this one, you've done poorly.


To Absent Friends,
Bill

 

[Madarin Dude]

Bill I agree toatally. James Doohans character Scotty is a lot like a lot of Crew cheifs I know in the air force. You can make fun of them you can make fun of the pilot for the plane, but never say anything bad about their bird. (unless it is tail number 140 which was such a piece of junk it never flew but that is another story)
I agree with your assessment Bill Sulu was sort of a gearhead and that would go with the turf too.
Scotty was the best engineer of any of the series. I wish I could have met him and had a beer.

 

[Jame]

Originally posted by jwcarroll60:
Scotty got beamed up this time, on a new voyage of discovery

Kind of ironic, that statement: according to an MSNBC News piece on the net, his ashes are being sent to space.