Comments on: Pegg: Star Trek Irony-Free

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:19:53 +0000

#42- Exactly, Sarah.

And, no I’m not posting on the wrong site. I love the original Star Trek, but the show was not made great by hair color, funny accents, or even the specific look of Romulans or Klingons. No, the show was great because of it’s vibe, the feeling that it evoked, the story it created, the universe that it posited. If the movie sucks, it will be because JJ Abrams didn’t understand those things, not because he had a different vision for the exact tone of red for the shirts of engineering.

By: Jovan

Jovan — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:50:48 +0000

RD, they did dye his hair. There have been pictures of it on here. His hair is also obviously darker in the new promotional posters. Where have you been?

nahQUN: Funny, but in all seriousness I think Scotty was supposed to have all his fingers. He had all of them in TAS. In Star Trek V, you see his missing finger for a split second when he opens the ration pack, but that’s pretty much filed under goofs.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:35:26 +0000

#41
Superman’s suit is iconic.
Scotty’s hair is not.

By: RD

RD — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:35:22 +0000

#39. Jon, you are probably posting on the wrong site.

That’s the whole point. It is a movie. If you were watching a scene and the actor suddenly went from wearing a red shirt to green with no explanation, you would notice. Sure it’s the same actor giving the same performance, why would you care?

And what if they put Batman in an orange suit instead of a black or gray one? What if they re-booted Superman into a green suit? Would you care? It’s the same thing.

By: The Underpants Monster

The Underpants Monster — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:56:16 +0000

The fact that Pegg is the ONLY actor in the teaser posters who hasn’t been painstakingly styled in some way to be at least *evocative* of the TOS cast strikes me as an odd choice, but it also could be an indicator that it was rushed through, and what we’re seeing isn’t his final look. Time will tell.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:27:58 +0000

Hair color? Seriously?

It’s.

Movie!

By: Trek Nerd Central

Trek Nerd Central — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:18:09 +0000

#33. I still don’t understand the big deal over his hair color. Even if it hadn’t been dyed, even if he wasn’t wearing contacts — the posters show brown eyes and hair — the GIST of Scotty is there. He has the humanity, the humor, and the sense that he might go apoplectic at any moment.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:02:00 +0000

Love him so very much :)

By: Neal

Neal — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:22:35 +0000

When I was a kid in the 70s, I liked “being” Scotty when “playing” Star Trek with my friends. That meant I’d get to be super serious and report on the most grave difficulties, but then also pull out some tools and start fixing it. For my friends and I, Scotty was at his best when the situation was most dire. “I’ve GOT to have thirty minutes!” “I can’t beam up a fly!” “Thirty seconds later, POOF! – Once it’s activated, there’s no stopping it.” “It’s the M5 unit, it’s deactivating systems all over the ship!!”

By: Captain Robert April

Captain Robert April — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:06:34 +0000

I’m just wondering if Pegg’s lurking about, just waiting for his moment to make his presence known.

Like some sort of geeky, ginger-haired Batman….