YOUTUBE - Relics | Star Trek TNG Reaction & Review
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Always loved that wonderful little callback joke to Scotty drinking the alien under the table “it is green” gets a smile every time
I read the novelization of this episode. The whole first chapter was set 75 years ago, with Scotty struggling with adjusting to retirement and feeling old and useless, and befriending Franklin, a young officer serving on the Jenolen. The later story also included a lot more of the exploration of the sphere itself, with away teams beaming to the inner surface and exploring the abandoned mega-world. Great book!
I really never got over what an ass Geordy was to Scotty.
Did anyone mention about the cut scene between Troi and Scotty? I think you can watch it on YT.
In regards to your observation of Troi being in the final scene, she was in an earlier scene but it ended up on the cutting room floor. She and Scotty discussed his feeling useless because he was so behind the times.
Also, I believe in the script she tried to tell him what happened to his crewmates, but he didn't want to talk about them just yet
BSG gets better in the middle seasons. I definitely think you guys should give it a second chance AFTER DS9
It would have neat if instead of going into the transporter with someone named Franklin that he would have come out with some very minor TOS background character who hardly ever spoke like Leslie, Hadley, Lemli, Galloway, etc. I also wished they had added some familiar minor characters to Star Trek III to run the engine room or something while they were stealing the Enterprise.
REALLY good efditing by you guys on this one.
It wasn't in the budget to recreate the entire TOS bridge set, but they did rebuild a portion of it, including the captain's chair and some of the stuff in front of and behind it. The rest was dropped in using shots from TOS and green screen.
Scott was promoted to Captian of Engineering on the Excelsior in Star Trek III. He was never demoted.
I think he wore a commander rank at the trial in Star Trek IV. Doohan said that fans paid attention to that stuff, and it was just a bunch of pips to him, but, of course, Doohan served in the D-Day Normandy landings, rising to the rank of lieutenant. "Doohan graduated from Air Observation Pilot Course with 11 other Canadian artillery officers and flew Taylorcraft Auster Mark V aircraft in support of 1st Army Group Royal Canadian Artillery. All three Canadian (AOP) RCAF squadrons were crewed by artillery officer-pilots and accompanied by non-commissioned RCA and RCAF personnel serving as observers. Although he was never actually a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force, Doohan was once labelled the 'craziest pilot in the Canadian Air Force'. In the late spring of 1945, on Salisbury Plain north of RAF Andover, he slalomed a plane between telegraph poles 'to prove it could be done', earning himself a serious reprimand."
Love your reaction to seeing Scottie. This one is special for sure and connects TOS and TNG in the best way. Easy S.
Three in a day? What did we do to deserve this gift?
"Following the highly rated appearance of Doohan as Scott in "Relics", it was later reported that he had been urging Paramount to add him to the cast of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine." Wow, that would have been awesome! Makes me mad that they didn't do that. Don't they understand how many more viewers they could have gotten by doing that?
Is this a spoiler?
Josh's thumbnail face is the same as mine when I had porn playing on my phone that went quiet when my wife pulled up in the driveway with the car and took over the bluetooth audio.
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Starting Monday off right!
I can't remember the exact circumstances about how and why James Doohan came back, but I do remember that he said that he didn't want to wear all the old-age makeup like DeForest Kelley did in "Encounter at Farpoint". Alexander Singer, the director was about 64 year-old when this was filmed. "in the 1960s, 'I was across the lot for a few years doing Mission: Impossible (like Star Trek, a Desilu production), and I wanted to work with Star Trek. I met Gene Roddenberry and, for one reason or another, it hadn't worked out. So the aspect of the Scotty character and his resurrection had a kind of multiple resonance. Having Jimmy Doohan there, I felt I was in the middle of some kind of mythic experience myself.'" I also remember that the image of the bridge view of the original series was taken from a screen shot of "This Side of Paradise" when the crew abandoned the ship.
Three episode drops... Really?