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by montgomery gator

I read the article and did not know he was a war hero at D-Day. He was one of my favorite Star Trek actors. Too bad DeForest Kelly is no longer with us to tell William Shatner "He's Dead Jim!!" upon hearing of the passing of James Doohan.

by jck

it had been on that website you quoted 25 minutes. Some of us have to work, you know.

Shame on you for using Scotty's death to chide us...I hope all your applesauce goes sour and your shoes wear twice as fast! :p

by jmgarvin

Good bye scotty and god speed.

It is sad to see the loss of yet another Star Trekker....

by the admiral

It was James Doohan's character, Mr Scott that got me involved with engineering. Now I can only hope to continue to create innovative things with his memory in mind.

by wordworker

Scott: I find it hard to believe I've come MILLIONS of MILES --
Bones: Thousands, Scott, thousands!
Scott: -- THOUSANDS of MILES! - The Whale Movie

"It's green."

"My bearin's, my poor, poor bearin's."

by jaqui

not pick..
well okay I'm nit picking..

bearns not bearins.
the ins sound is the accent. :)

just like the "Broons"
( Browns )

by Jay Garmon

Jimmy Doohan was a good man, but from my understanding he was struggling hard with Alzheimers in recent years. Glad to know he's finally at peace. I too was surprised to learn of his role in D-Day. Sounds like I need to rustle up a Scotty-centric Trivia question for all my fellow Trekkers out there.

by itgirli

I had really expected you to be all over this. I figured you would take the day off to mourn.

by jck

The day Gene Roddenberry died, I literally left school, went out to a park...and cried like a baby for about an hour.

The world is forever changed because of that man's vision. And, all of those actors played a part in making the imagination of people become the innovation of tomorrow.

Thanks Scotty...God Bless

by tomsal

I'm sorry for his passing and my sympathies for his loved ones/friends. As a human being I'm sorry for his passing.

However strictly for his role on Star Trek -- well I was never really a fan of the series to begin with.

by jck

may a thousand million carnivorous tribbles infest your rectum. :p

by dmambo

...and Tom's rectum, is that tribbles are furry little balls and someone who would post such a thing as Tom did deserves much worse. :^O

by jkaras

Do you think they will say beam me up during the eulogy? Do think Shatner will show? Does the federation flag fly at half mast? Will they have his body at a convention for viewing? Do you think the paul bearers will wear red?

Just kidding. As cheezy as his lines were, he made it fun. I'm sure there is going to be marathons of Star Trek this weekend. I do remember watching Trekkies and he talked about turning someone around who was depressed that it made everything worth while. From what I can tell he seemed like a class act.

by jck

at least I wouldn't enjoy tribbles up my arse!

I always had a thing for that green alien dancer woman...ooh laaa laaaa... ]:)

by montgomery gator

One of the last episodes, where they had THREE of the green Orion women, who, I must say, were quite hot, ohh laaa laa X 3!! ]:)

by jck

talk about getting a sudden, warm fuzzy feeling...bwahahahaha ]:)

by jck

never gone green...

I like my coffee black...like my women...hahahaha ]:)

by zen37

Thanks for the laughs
Thanks for making Scotty such a remarkable character
Thanks for being there for your fans
Thanks for a job well done.

Rest now, you deserve it.
So long lad.

by m_quy

Guys, bear with me...I'm new at trying to be witty in discussion groups, but here goes nothing:

"Enterprise...one to beam up."

by jmgarvin

May the road rise up to meet you
May the wind always be at your back
May the sun shine warm upon your face and the rain fall soft upon your fields
Until we meet again may God hold you in the palm of His hand

by jaqui

a decent actor, a great human being.
the type of person that would have brought joy into the world even if he had never become famous.

by montgomery gator

I read that James Doohan's ashes will be launched into space. It would be appropriate if at that occasion, there was a bagpiper playing "Amazing Grace", like Scotty did in "Wrath of Khan" for Spock's funeral, when Spock's body was launched from a photon torpedo tube.

by montgomery gator

Nelson is the big bully kid in "The Simpsons", who is always making fun of people by pointing at them with his tag line "HA HA!!" followed by a comment.

by jamesrl

I would be extremely suprised if he did, as although he wasn't a native born scot, he certainly would have been exposed to the correct scots pronounciation in Vancouver.

I use the word all the time, i.e. ma wee bairn. No i sound in the second syllable syllable.

James

by wordworker

...get my hands on a copy of the episode and replay it. It'll be quite the burd'n, but if I have to, I'll force myself to watch them ALL to ferr't out the fact of the matt'r.

by old phat mc (ea, cne, ms, nremt-i/99, etc)

I met Jim Doohan at a San Diego Star Trek/ComicsCon in a relatively small session. He was classy, he was involved, he was delighted to be there (unlike certain spokes-toupees for Priceline.com)! He knew that Star Trek had imprinted his life and he really was living it up. I'm sure that up to the end, he enjoyed his life as much as he could.

If we all could be so blessed.

by jbaker

He was always classy and wonderful to the fans. The only other that is almost as good as him is George Takei (Sulu). Shatner is/was an ass most of the time, and I have never had the cahnce to see Nimoy. Then there are some of the newer actors...'Q' (John de Lancie) is a prick.

by bhunsinger

He has three Sci fi books at Bean with S. M. Stirling. First one is called The Rising. A decent read. In the intro, it talks about Rodenberry writing Scotty based on Doolan. I always thought his appearance on ST enterprise was the coolest.

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