RIP James Doohan (1920-2005)

POSTED BY: GunRunner
UPDATED: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 06:02
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BEA

Thursday, July 21, 2005 5:24 PM

There will be a wake for Mr. Doohan tonight Thursday July 21 at the Science-Fiction Museum in Seattle at 7 pm. I called the museum, it is on first come - first serve basis. Here is the link:

http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex
/display?slug=doohan21&date=20050721&query=james+doohan

Husband and I had a memorial yesterday evening for him, we watched "Trouble with Tribbles" and had the last bit of our 21 year old Scotch that we keep for special occasions. He had a good life. I was devastated last year when they announced that he is suffering from Alzheimer's. Myself have seen to many people slowly deteriorate and vegetate for years. It seems like a blessing to me that his suffering was "only" one year but it still hurts to see someone as magnificent as "Scotty" suffer from it. May he have found his peace.

You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with 'til you understand who's in ruttin' command here. (Jayne)
You can't open the book of my life and jump in the middle. Like woman, I'm a mystery. (Mal)
We gotta go to the crappy town where I'm a hero. (Wash)
The government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned (Book)

TALLGRRL

Thursday, July 21, 2005 10:44 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by sagrilarus:
Ladies and Gents, Mr Doohan was Canadian. The Scottish accent was strictly for the TV.
A Molson may be a more fitting drink for him. Although I suppose it wouldn't hurt to drop a shot of Dewars in it. With a name like Doohan I can't help but think a tartan or two is in his family tree.

Sag.

Doohan was an accomplished radio and TV actor who specialized in accents.
The "Scottish" he did for TV is more toned down for American ears than a true Scottish accent.
(While I was in college, I dated a Scotsman. Believe me, peeps, Doohan toned his accent way way back!

)
Cheers, Jimmie!

"Take me, sir. Take me hard." -- Zoe

BROWNCOAT1

Friday, July 22, 2005 2:52 PM

You will be missed James. You were so nice to both my wife & myself at Dragon Con back in 2001 & though I was never a huge Star Trek fan, I did always like the original series and loved "Scotty". Could be my own Scottish blood caused me to click w/ his character, but what was not to love about Scotty.

(Raises glass of Ardbeg) Here to you James!

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SAFEAT2ND

Friday, July 22, 2005 3:52 PM

I think a line from our favorite show's theme song is fitting here.....
"You can't take the sky from me..."

Well Mr. Doohan, that's rightfully so now. Go see what you can see, no boundaries now.

Oh, and if you happen to run into a fellow RCAF'er from WWII, a wireless gunner that flew in the Lancaster Bombers,....tell him his grandson says hi.

The end of an era draws nigh,
Stand tall and proud.
Bon voyage, Scotty!!

FREMDFIRMA

Friday, July 22, 2005 8:48 PM

Quote:
My favorite Scotty moment was in TNG when he was advising Geordie on how to handle Captains.

"... You dinna tell him how much time it would really take?!? .... How do you expect them to see you as a miracle worker if you tell them how much time it's really gonna take?!?"

Words to that effect anyway. I roared laughing that Scotty pulled to wool over Kirk's eyes for all those years.

Actually Kirk kinda knew it, cause he busted him once, tho I don't remember where...
Went something like this.

Kirk - "Mister Scott, do you always multiply your repair estimates by four ?"
Scott - "Of course sir, how else do you think I work miracles!"

-F

BARNEYT

Monday, July 25, 2005 2:47 PM

oh... I'm going to miss him...

Scotty will live on though, in the SCE books - which is just so cool!

"I bet they bought the old girl out of mothballs just to come and get me"

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"I think the right place to start is to say, fair is fair. This is who we are. These are our numbers." Mr Willis of Ohio - The West Wing

CYBERSNARK

Monday, July 25, 2005 7:48 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by BarneyT:
Scotty will live on though, in the SCE books - which is just so cool!

Exactly what I was thinking. Him and DeForrest Kelly as well; they will live again for a moment whenever I read Star Trek books. They've gained a measure of immortality.

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KNADLES

Tuesday, July 26, 2005 5:02 AM

I know I'm late with this, but I feel the need to add something here...

It's easy, with modern eyes, to look back on Star Trek as nothing more than an old show with somewhat campy, dated production values. After twenty or thirty years of being spoiled by special effects spectaculars, Star Trek's simplistic sets, polyester uniforms, and the same cheesy planet (with different color filters) on the viewscreen week after week sometimes give the impression that the show was less that it really was.

How many TV shows, in fifty years of trying, have given us even one legendary, culturally-embedded character? Star Trek gave us a good four or five, not the least of which was Scotty. He was the regular guy. Spock was the brain, McCoy was the heart, Kirk was the, um...drive, but Scotty was the one who showed up and got the job done. Sometimes heroic, sometimes funny, sometimes brilliant, and always to be counted on if the ship needed just one more ounce of power, a crewman needed to be beamed out of danger at the last possible instant, or to get the drop on a bad guy who underestimated the ship's canny engineer. James Doohan nailed it for all of us, and he nailed it so well that the rest of his life was affected and guided by his simple role on a short-lived and mildly popular TV show.

Firefly, like all good things, owes its existence to that which came before it. When Gene Roddenberry went to the network with his little idea for "Wagon Train in space," he struck a blow for quality science fiction (and quality TV programming in general). At the time, the only good science fiction that had ever been on television was a couple of (admittedly well done) anthology shows. Star Trek gave us more than an upgrade from childish Irwin Allen series featuring people in tin foil suits--it gave us a mythology, along with a view of the future that has proven surprisingly influential. Its fans have included world leaders, Nobel Prize winners, authors, activists, and a geeky kid with a bag of Doritos and an RC plopped in a recliner on the south side of Chicago.

Star Trek and Firefly have a lot in common. Both are rich in characters and stories and groundbreaking for their era. Both were shown a lack of respect by network TV. Both were made into major motion pictures. We have a pleasant future to look forward to if Firefly can be half, no, even a quarter as influential as Star Trek was.

Without Star Trek, there is no Babylon 5, there is no Battlestar Galactica (a mixed blessing, to be sure), and there is no Firefly. Star Trek paved the way, and though by now that particular horse may have run the track a few too many times, in the end, it gave us all it had, and it had a lot.

Thank you, Mr. Doohan, for being a part of so much. Thank you for storming the beach at Normandy, thank you for treating us fans with respect, and thank you, thank you, thank you for Scotty.

Rest in Peace.

PERFESSERGEE

Tuesday, July 26, 2005 6:02 AM

Knadles, it may have been a bit late, but it was worth your time and ours. Thanks for the elegy.

Live long and prosper (and the same to James Doohan, wherever in the 'verse he may be............)

perfessergee

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