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As most of you know at the start of the movie, Captain Harryman is at a loss on how to try to save the ships in the nexis ribbon. Kirk is biting a hole in his lip not to offer any advise without being asked. He constantly gets up and sits down because of the frustration.
After a few times of this, Scotty says to Kirk "Is there something wrong with your chair?"
It was a good laugh line in the theater but it always struck me odd that Scotty would say that.
Well, I read some interview (can't remember exactly where) with Leonard Nimoy and the subject of Generations came up and why he turned it down.
He said that the part was incidental and the lines could've been done by anyone, and they were done mostly unchanged by Jimmy (Doohan).
And it made sense now, what Scotty said was originally written for Spock.
Because Scotty should understand that Kirk was frustrated and fidgety. And while Spock could understand Kirk was frustrated, he would be unfamiliar with it manifesting itself in him constantly standing and sitting.
I am sure some of Spock's lines were "tailored" to fit Scotty but they must of felt that was a good laugh line even though it made no sense coming from Scotty.
After a few times of this, Scotty says to Kirk "Is there something wrong with your chair?"
It was a good laugh line in the theater but it always struck me odd that Scotty would say that.
Well, I read some interview (can't remember exactly where) with Leonard Nimoy and the subject of Generations came up and why he turned it down.
He said that the part was incidental and the lines could've been done by anyone, and they were done mostly unchanged by Jimmy (Doohan).
And it made sense now, what Scotty said was originally written for Spock.
Because Scotty should understand that Kirk was frustrated and fidgety. And while Spock could understand Kirk was frustrated, he would be unfamiliar with it manifesting itself in him constantly standing and sitting.
I am sure some of Spock's lines were "tailored" to fit Scotty but they must of felt that was a good laugh line even though it made no sense coming from Scotty.
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