> On Jul 17, 9:54 pm, Anim8rFSK
cox.net> wrote:>>> On Jul 17, 8:10 pm, "Kweeg" wrote:
>>>> "SLWatson"
gmail.com> wrote in message>>
>>
>>>>> In all fairness, this die-hard Scotty fan thought Relics sucked.
>>
>>>> Except for the part about Scotty give'n shite for not having real booze
>>>> in
>>>> the mess.
>>
>>>> --
>>
>>>> Qapla'
>>>> Kweeg
>>>> Ten of Canadian Clubs in the Eeeevil Trek Cabal
>>>> "Half a gallon a'scotch!" Scotty (Spectre of the Gun)
>>>> 1,079,252,848.8 km/h, not just a good idea, it's the law.
>>>> "So say we all!"
>>
>>> That was okay. The episode would have been infinitely better if he
>>> had decked LaForge. And then proceeded to kick his ass around the
>>> warp core.
>>
>> Yes. Geordi's reaction to Scotty was just stupid. How could he not be
>> thrilled to meet him? And how, with 1000 people on board, could they
>> not find SOMEbody that wanted to talk to Scotty, on any given shift?
>> There have to be engineers and historians. You'd think the
>> schoolteachers would invite him for show and tell. It was just stupid.
>>
>> --
>> Star Trek 09:
>>
>> No Shat, No Show.
>
> Tell me about it. Relics pissed me off. I did lots of flailing and
> that. "You dipshits! Do you have any idea how pathetic you are
> compared to him?! Jesus, he just did his damn job, he didn't need to
> spout of fifty miles of technobabble. Noooo... insteady of prattling
> on, he just saved the ship and had done with it. And you, LaForge,
> when was the last time you kicked the crap out of a bar full of
> Klingons?"
>
> Needless to say, I'd rather have one Scotty than any number of anyone
> else of the TNG cast. And this is from someone who mostly liked the
> show.
I was hoping Scotty would end up on Deep Space Nine. They kept making a
point about how they had trouble keeping the station going because all
the tech was 75 years old. Seemed like such a good fit ...
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Star Trek 09:
No Shat, No Show.
