Congrats Simon!

I agree with Sir John Ross here. Guarantee me it’s 50 % Simon Pegg in this movie and I’ll be there at the opening night. Otherwise count me out.

Over and Out

Simon’s character feels like a geek. Scotty never felt like a geek to me. But that’s hardly Simon’s fault, he’s only doing what he was cast to do. I think the producers / writers got that wrong.

It won’t hurt my adoration of neither Scotty nor Simon as an actor. But I don’t think I want to spend money on this movie.

Poor Pegg, though. For him, the whole of 2009 will just be a torrent of people telling him how “it’s exciting” to meet him, and if they’re fellow celebrities he’ll have to pretend to laugh.

So “Buckle Up” people, it’s onward to May, wapr factor 8

Simon Pegg has managed to make being a science fiction fan cool in his own little way. I watched Shaun of the Dead recently (albeit late to the point where it was early in the morning, and drunk to the point I was nearly sober again), and the laughs were even more belly-aching than the first time I saw it. I watched the first series of Spaced recently too (which you should all buy in America now that it’s available on DVD – it’s extremely funny and will surely ease any worries of how committed a sci-fi fan Pegg is for the unbelievers out there), and I found it most entertaining. He had great supporting casts in both of his roles in these projects, but they would have been nothing without him. And I think he deserves every recognition for this contribution, and I’m sure he’ll go on to do better and will go further into mainstream public consciousness, without forgetting his background.

On a more geeky note, and no disrespect to James Doohan (who did invent the Klingon language, after all), but Simon Pegg’s Scottish accent, from the tiny snippet heard in the trailer, is infinitely better than the original Scotty’s. Probably because Pegg is from that much closer to the real Scotland and was more exposed to the Scottish accent. But I have heard James Doohan’s accent and often cringed at how poor it was (being a Celt myself, I suppose). This didn’t diminish my enjoyment of his character. It’s just an observation.

And to Chris Doohan, in reference to his above post: fair play for the comment, and also please post more often! We love to hear from those close to the current Star Trek movie, and those close to the people involved in the original series. It doesn’t need to be said that you’re welcome here, obviously. And the above comment was indeed most honourable and nice to see directed toward a fellow cast member. I look forward to seeing you in the new movie, too.