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Thread: James Doohan has Alzheimers -- Merged -- Scotty's Not Doing So Well

  1. 07-02-2004, 09:17 AM #1
    Hugh Casey
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    Unhappy Scotty's not doing well...

    Actor James Doohan is apparently suffering from Alzheimer's.

    You can read the story here:

    http://www.trektoday.com/news/010704_04.shtml

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  2. 07-02-2004, 10:24 AM #2
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    Well, damn.
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  3. 07-02-2004, 02:15 PM #3
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    This is terrible news.
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  4. 07-02-2004, 02:37 PM #4
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    Unhappy

    Oh god, and here I was hoping that the scene from Knight Rider 2000 was just a parody...
    I don't care if you're a scientist or the captain of a garbage scow assigned to Ruh'ra Pente- you don't wait until your shields are mostly gone to start shooting back. If your enemy has already started hurling subatomic death at you, descression has ceased to be the better part of valor!
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  5. 07-02-2004, 05:20 PM #5
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    Unhappy

    I honestly don't know how to respond to this sad news.

    I can only express my gratitude for his contribution to Star Trek. Thank you for being "Scotty."
    Anyhoo, just some random thoughts...

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  6. 07-02-2004, 07:50 PM #6
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    Very sad news.
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  7. 07-02-2004, 10:00 PM #7
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    Originally posted by Flamestrike
    Oh god, and here I was hoping that the scene from Knight Rider 2000 was just a parody...
    Uhm, pardon? I must have missed something.
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  8. 07-03-2004, 06:14 AM #8
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    Unhappy

    There's a scene in the "Knight Rider 2000" TV-movie where Knight runs across (almost over, IIRC) a very confused Jimmy Doohan who's talking like he thinks he's Scotty.

    I never did find that scene particularly funny.

    Especially not now.
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  9. 07-03-2004, 11:04 AM #9
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    I'm impressed and amused you could recall a scene from the Knight Rider 2000 TV-movie.

    But I'm sure that Mr. Doohan's comedic acting is deliberate, just as his comedic scene in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier ("I know this ship like the back of my hand." *Scotty banged head on bulkhead and knocked out*).
    Anyhoo, just some random thoughts...

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  10. 07-03-2004, 09:17 PM #10
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    Originally posted by First of Two
    There's a scene in the "Knight Rider 2000" TV-movie where Knight runs across (almost over, IIRC) a very confused Jimmy Doohan who's talking like he thinks he's Scotty.
    You're forgetting that he had just been zapped by some sort of stun weapon by KITT. So of course he was disoriented and confused.
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  11. 07-07-2004, 10:10 PM #11
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    Sad news indeed. It was because of Scotty I Became an Engineer
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  12. 07-08-2004, 12:14 PM #12
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    Unhappy James Doohan has Alzheimers

    I read on MSN today that James Doohan has Alzheimers. Link to story
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  13. 07-08-2004, 03:34 PM #13
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    Quite sad, indeed.
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  14. 07-08-2004, 07:42 PM #14
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    Yes, it is sad to hear.

    It was TOS that got me into Star Trek in the late 70's.
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