Deep Roy Hopes Keenser Will Return For Star Trek Sequel June 7, 2010
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Keenser, Scotty's little loyal alien sidekick in 2009's Star Trek, was played by veteran genre actor Deep Roy. And in a new video interview, Roy talks about working with director JJ Abrams and his hopes for Keenser to return in the 2012 star Trek sequel. Watch it below.
Deep Roy on Keenser in the sequel
Deep Roy's long career includes many genre roles. Perhaps most famous for playing the many different Oompa-Loompas in Tim Burton's Willy Wonka, he is the only actor who has appeared in the Star Wars, Doctor Who and Star Trek franchises. Roy was recently a guest at the Sci-Fi Expo in Richardson, Texas where he was interviewed by the My Free Netflix Blog. The interview covers some of his roles and upcoming work. Regarding Star Trek. Here is what Deep Roy had to say about working with JJ Abrams and the sequel:
JJ Abrams is another talented director, writer, creator. I love him. And hopefully I will be in the sequel of the Star Trek, which is still writing at the moment. I am glad he put me on the starship, on the Enterprise. And let's see what happens in the sequel.
As noted by Roy, the final moments of Star Trek show Keenser on board the USS Enterprise in uniform, as a member of Scotty's engineering team. If we see Keenser in the sequel, perhaps we will learn more about him, like where he is from and how he ended up exiled with Scotty on Delta Vega.
One of the final scenes of "Star Trek" showed Deep Roy's Keenser as a member of the crew of the USS Enterprise
Here is the full video interview from the My Free Netflix Blog.
POLL: Keenser in the sequel?
Should JJ Abrams fulfill Deep Roy’s hopes and bring Keenser back back for the Star Trek sequel?
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Only as a real redshirt with one line ;)
He’s kinda cute, and I love his voice!
beegee beegee beegee whats up Buck!
His given name, Gordeep, means ‘God’s Light.’ From IMDB.
Do we really need another male member of the crew?
I see him as a welcome change to the new Star Trek universe,,
Its nice to see Scotty with a helper
:)
@NCC-73515 At this point, all the shirts are red….
set phasers to kill
- he’s there for the kids
A jar jar for the star trek universe
Forget Keenser…let’s bring in Yeoman Janice Rand! Who’s with me on that one???
nurse chapel and janice rand are more important characters than tiny novelty aliens
He might be the only one……
I didn’t think he really added anything to the movie. It kind of just seems like a forced in kids character. I’m really not sure what they could do with it at all and I’m not really a fan of a person being in a film strictly for the purposes of telling or being the butt end of jokes. I suppose if they were making a comedy that would be a different story.
Keenser was fine…Certainly not overdone, and a nice addition to Scotty’s ‘mess’ on Delta Vega. Keep him in, I say.
They made him and Scotty seem like such close friends that it’d be weird if he wasn’t in a sequel, even if he doesn’t get to do much.
I agree keep Keenser like what harm is he doing?
Not needed at all.
@Jeyl
“Do we really need another male member of the crew?”
He’s already on the crew per the end of the last movie. That ship has sailed. Are you suggesting they remove him because he’s male?
I think Keenser fits in with TAS only, we need Nurse Chapel and Yeoman Rand in the next movie!
This is the kinda character little kids love. I want more of him!
Get effing real – he’s as essential as an alarm clock in a funeral home.
I’ve said it before, he should be killed by the villian in the next movie. So yes he should be in the sequel, and he should be killed in the first half hour of the movie, along with a number of red shirts of course.
Light Bulb appears above my head! He should die early on saving Scotty’s life.
I’m all for more Keenser — more alien characters in general would be welcome — but only if they treat him with respect rather than infantilizing him because of his size.
Add me to the line waiting for Rand and Chapel… and Helen Noel and Carol Marcus and… oh wait, if all Kirk’s babes are in one movie, they’ll need more starships.
Anyway — Keenser was cute. PLEASE don’t feel compelled to repeat exactly what he did in the first movie. (That seems to be what happens to novelty characters, a la the b-list of the Pirates movies and the SW prequels.) One or two quick scenes will be fine. Yes, he can even die early saving Scotty’s life. Just remember, the focus is on Kirk/Spock/McCoy! With some Scotty et al.
Oh shudder … as if it wasn’t painful enough to have it in the first movie.
More Keenser! :-)
I like him and the Enterprise really needs more alien crew members. Otherwise the crew will be too human dominated in my opinion. So please give Keenser a role in the sequel, but not only has comic relief. Let him be useful. He could have a scene for example, where he repairs something together with Scotty.
@#3 & 8:
Spot on. If he actually served a purpose rather than to be Pegg’s comedy foil then fine.
Personally I thought they played far too much towards the pratfall, slapstick comedy side of things with Scotty. I hope they reign that in a bit in the sequel/ the one liners etc are fine but less of the Marx Brothers approach please, the guy is third in command of the ship (or at least will/ should be).
Thinking of that we actually need a scene in the new one with Kirk & Spock’s landing party trapped, with Scotty left in command to be his bad ass self as he was in TOS when he was in command!
Picture this –
In the next Star Trek film (after a battle sequence)- Scotty appears on the bridge, bloodied and distraught, holding Keenser in his arms, Uhura gasps, McCoy – “He’s dead, Jim.”
@16 Cap’n Calhoun: “Are you suggesting they remove him because he’s male?”
Star Trek needs more women. Period. And not just more of nice looking ladies who wear short skirts.
One Word- NO
One of the things I didn’t like about the movie was the casual depiction of alien species I’m pretty sure we hadn’t seen before, like the lady with the big eyes who delivered James Kirk and the one with the green/scaly face who turns to look when Sulu can’t make the ship go. Using known aliens could have been a means of driving home the point that, yes, this movie with an alternate-timeline storyline does take place in the familiar Star Trek universe. I didn’t mind the use of a new alien (Keenser) as a relatively substantive character, but the ones who were just “passing through,” I thought, would have been better if they had been familiar. (Yes, I understand that because history diverged at the point where Nero attacked the Kelvin, it’s possible the Federation encountered some species they didn’t encounter in the “real” timeline, but I’m talking about audience comfort and satisfaction, not canon.) I also wasn’t happy that in the prequel series, “Enterprise,” they introduced a species (Denobulan) I’m also pretty sure we’d never seen before. No doubt the implicit explanation is that Denobulans are known to and possibly even members of the Federation in Kirk’s time and Picard’s time — we just didn’t see any. Just as Archer had a ready room and Picard had a ready room but Kirk didn’t have a ready room — oops, he probably did, we just didn’t see it. But now Denobulans are part of the canon — would it have killed them to make the two alien characters I referred to above members of species we already knew about, such as Denobulans or Bynar or whatever?
Please god no…..i hate attempts at comic relief characters…
#27 hahahhahahhahahhahaahah!! that’s the funniest thing I’ve read in months!! Yeah he’s a jar jar, A bat mite, A wonderdog, an orbity, Snarf!!, A robin, A gleek, I could go on but I can’t recall any more names of mascots, sidekicks, super pals..etc…
30:
The films, especially TMP and TVH, always had some new aliens hanging around we had never seen before or since. TMP had ‘Big Head Guy’ on the Bridge, and some new ones during the mission briefing, and TVH had a peanut gallery of both knowns and unknowns during Kirk’s “trial” at the end. (Panther Guy, and Bald Seal-Chirping guy). It adds a bit of mystery to the background, and shows there’s more to the Federation than just a couple of races.
I thought he was a nice addition to the crew, and it would be nice for him to come back helping scotty save something or whatever (you can see why I’m no on the storyline comittee) but I think if he died it would be kinda sad and he hasn’t really done anything wrong, he’s just kinda hung around being all cute and innocent.
hey thats an idea! He could be some kind of Ferengi in disguise! (’cause when I saw his little black shadow bouncing down the hall for a milisecond I almost thought he was one).
Acually now that I think of it its kind of a stupid idea…..
I don’t see the complaining about Keenser. He’s there briefly, and he doesn’t do anything that I personally found annoying. His exchange with Scotty about food was funny (”You could eat…a bean…and be done”). Isn’t the only word he says is “Me!”?
hey, seems like a nice guy, I say keep him… If not Keenser, Balok’s brother…
Keenser is just what Star Trek needs! To make it more accessible to the children, we need a character like this. Give him a bigger role with lots of funny scenes!
As we have been told before, the JJ Abrams ST is another/alternate universe. So he may or may not have been in the Prime timeline, he just may be a bigger character in the JJ timeline. Who knows where they will go with him?
The character belongs in Star Wars, i.e. Jar Jar,
NOT IN STAR TREK !! He was placed in the movie for the kiddies.
I see no need for the character.
I kind of groaned when I saw him in movie
I wouldnt miss him.
No offense to the actor- work is work
Ugh
Keenser is one of the elements of the new film I had no complaints with; he was un-stuffy and pleasant (or at worst, harmless). Thumbs up for Keenser.
Keenser is cool. Nothing remotely similar to Jar Jar Binks at all. I’d like to see him in the sequel.
If the crew is too “human” they should have used the vast array of aliens that were introduced in TOS. From memory there were Humans, Vulcans/Romulans, and Orion Slave Women.
Throw in a few Andorians and Tellarites. After all they’re all founding members of the Federation. Perhaps a few Denobulans or Rigelians thrown in there too.
Beyond that, give Keenser a cameo with him working in the background.
i agree comparisons of Keenser to Jar Jar are silly. Keenser is in the film far less and is also not over the top stereotype annoying. Sure he may be overly cute, but it is just a bit of fun. I liked his interactions with Scotty, especially his little whimper when Scotty beamed away. I am cool with more Keenser in the sequel, but did vote for ‘a little keenser goes a long way’, which appears to be the majority viewpoint.
Maybe in a Star Trek book or comic we can find out more about Keenser, and also how he and Spock Prime got off Delta Vega and found their way back to Earth (and what possible adventures the two had on the way).
I think it makes more sense to have a mostly human crew in the new movie. During this time we saw that other ships in Star Fleet were of one species. (Intrepid being manned by Vulcans) It’s sensible for the sake of logistics for the crew replacements and leave to have the crew being regional. If the Enterprise were to spend days running crew members home all the time they would get nothing done. Spock was known to be the first Vulcan serving with a human crew. I’d like to think that the time frame during the original series showed the beginning of more species serving with other species on starships. Keeping in mind that Star Fleet was an Earth organization, I expected to see mostly humans. But as was mentioned earlier, we saw plenty of other species shown during Federation gatherings. Perhaps some of these species chose not to be part of the policing arm of the Federation.
#45: “I liked his interactions with Scotty, especially his little whimper when Scotty beamed away.”
Exactly this. That tiny moment of sadness made me care (which brings the grand total of moments I cared about anyone in the film to two, the first time being the excellent pre-credits sequence).
I don’t get the Jar-Jar comparisons at all … :/
At first, I didn’t like Spinach dude. Then, he kinda grew on me. I hope he’ll be back.
Scotty doesn’t need a helper. He needs booze and his engine room and to stay away from strippers on Argellius III.
His face reminds me of the aliens in insurrection- Chasing Picard – Worf- Data in that Starfleet dune buggy (He IS a lot shorter though!)
Please, no.
I actually liked Keenser. He wasn’t anything like Jar Jar Binks at all. He hardly said anything in ST XI. I wouldn’t mind seeing him as Scotty’s helper fixing equipment in Engineering or working on the bridge in ST XII.
He looks like a younger version of the aliens from Star Trek Nemesis on Kolarus III, when they went down to the planet when the crew found the positronic signal.
I have no problem with bringing new aliens into Star Trek, there is no way to keep the franchise going as previously, trek will just back in hiatus again rehashing old stories as was common under the old reign.
More Keenser less Uhura. More Rand, less Uhura. No Spock romance!
He is ok, I would prefer to see him being actually useful, rather than just hanging around. . .
I would also love to see more familiar aliens in the next Trek,
Like the Trill Dax was alive in this time, and had a fling with McCoy as I recall. I’d love to see her in a cool role in the film.
@Jey
Agreed, but I don’t see that getting rid of existing guys helps fix that problem.
Keenser was OK as a funny minor character, but I think he works best as an enigma; a puzzle never to be solved. Kind of like Cousin Itt in “Addams Family”.
I enjoyed his appearance in Trek ‘09 and it was nice to see him in uniform aboard the Enterprise at the end, but I’d be very careful of having too much of him. He’s the kind of character that works well in limited doses. There’s a danger in overexposure of comic relief bit parts.
And no, he is NOT a Jar Jar. I found nothing offensive or obnoxious about Keenser. He was a nice balance; and frankly, learning ANYTHING about him would be too much (I don’t want to know his home planet, or what he had for breakfast; I LIKE that he is an enigma).
I’d welcome him back, but here’s also hoping they don’t let him overstay his welcome.
Keenser’s better than Jar Jar Binks. =P
@58, when you put it that way who can argue.
I can’t believe the yes vote is currently at 29%. What a terrible character. (nothing against the actor of course)
“lease god no…..i hate attempts at comic relief characters…”
Eh, if you think about it… Kirk, McCoy, Checov, Sulu and Uhura all had their comic relief moment in the movie… :)
“less Uhura…”
Watch out… This is a new universe, they might very well replace Uhura with a new character… ;)
@22: Amen to this, brother!
If all the writers do is give him “wacky antics” to do, then no thanks.
Give Keenser stuff to do that would make me believe that one of his people could legitimately command a Federation starship with dignity.
That being said, I love when Trek shows aliens like him that aren’t the standard sized human with a forehead. So if not Keenser, then some alien characters like him, of wildly different sizes and shapes than the norm. I recall in a couple of TOS novels there was a really badass Horta ensign that ate Romulans (hint, hint)….
What harm is he doing? you ask – I’ll tell you. He’s making a character who was originally authoritative, competent and an engineering genius look like A TOTAL CLOWN.
As for “It’s nice to see Scotty have a helper”, well he had plenty of those in the original series – they were called ‘technicians’ and ‘engineers’ and if they’d made him look as stupid as Keenser makes him appear, they’d
have been transferred off the ship pronto.
If the writers really want Scotty to have a ‘helper’, how about giving more screen time and lines to that lad alongside him in the Transporter Room? He seemed to know what he was doing :-)
@63: What about Keenser, precisely, makes Scotty look like a clown? Is it cause of his height, or the fact that he isn’t human?
Keenser. He’s what’s for dinner.
If there were a Jar-Jar in ST09, it was Scotty. I hope they fix that next time. In good Trek, the funny stuff wasn’t technically assigned to a particular character – it was on a sort of rotation. The actors definitely have the chops to pull it off (especially Urban) so I hope they go in that direction.
Keenser is just crap, doesn’t need to be there. If Sulu were climbing up consoles and perching on things like a parrot, would you laugh it off and say “git down!”? No! Well I’d laugh, but that’s because it’s Sulu. I’m sure if it were real life he’d probably get a reprimand or something for being batty.
I liked Keenser. Bring him back!
#66: “In good Trek, the funny stuff wasn’t technically assigned to a particular character – it was on a sort of rotation.”
Definitely. An excellent observation and summary.
“… climbing up consoles and perching on things like a parrot … I’m sure if it were real life he’d probably get a reprimand ….”
Climbing around on (and through, and in, and under) things is something we’ve seen Engineering do a lot of through the years. Keenser can’t help being _better_ at it …
I bet he could get up a Jeffries Tube faster than Scotty. Yeah, keep him around, if only in passing… but kill him off? No, that’s a bit stupid. Even a heroic death, it would be as pointless as Peter Preston’s in TWOK. We don’t know him, so any heroism is merely a gesture that is quickly forgotten.
#64 The poor dumb creature is there as a comedy foil, that makes Scotty the comedian. And for anyone who thinks he was the “comic relief” in the original series, go take another look. Yes, he had a sense of humor, they all did, but he also commanded respect.
In ‘Way to Eden’, it takes just one single glance from Scotty to make an engineer (who is ‘conducting’ to the ‘music’) get back to work. Hands up if you can see Pegg’s idiotic Scotty commanding anything like that kind of authority? No. me neither.
Keenser was a dumb idea, stupidly executed. At the end of the movie he’s climbing around engineering like an excited child, yet is wearing a starfleet uniform. Are we really supposed to believe that the thing has graduated from Starfleet Academy? And if so, shouldn’t it know better than to clamber where it’s not supposed to be?
Pur-lees. Put it out an airlock.
I thought Scotty commanded things pretty well at the end of the movie when they’re about to die from the black hole.
The thing with simon pegg is he can play straight very well and ride the line between a straight character who has comic moments.
I would like to see Scotty played a little more seriously. Still light hearted as the original Scotty was but less goofball.
#70: “And if so, shouldn’t it know better than to clamber where it’s not supposed to be?”
By what means did you conclude that Keenser wasn’t supposed to clamber there? Isn’t it just as simple to conclude the opposite, that if he’s a qualified Starfleet engineer (and his uniform suggests either A* or B*, with A being the simplest and most consistent with prior Trek), he’d know exactly which bits are safe to climb on and which bits aren’t, and clamber accordingly?
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* A: Keenser is, in fact, a qualified Starfleet engineer.
B: Keenser isn’t, but Scotty finds it fun to dress him up as one, in the same way some people put sweaters on poodles.
OK, I voted that a little Keenser would go a long way, but now. . . I say, “Full steam ahead!” Kirk and Co. need to fight the JJverse Klingons as they prepare to attack Keenser’s homeworld and Deep Roy needs to play them ALL! And let’s see an Ensign Arex on another ship somewhere before he gets transfered . . .
I just did not like his eyes…so mechanical….make him Balok or a droid or something else…I agree…too like Jar Jar..and TREK doesn’t need a gimmick like that….
Not needed what…so….ever.
This movie may prove that most Star Trek fans will will accept anything with the “Trek” label because we want it so bad and have no choice. And they (The Supreme Court) knew it.
I mean, there was a Star Wars character in the movie!
Both Keenser and R2 are part of Star Trek canon forever! (In a J.J. style alternate universe kind of way).
I don’t want to call any of the plot devices used in Trek ‘09 “lazy” but they cut some corners, not just with the comic relief.
I also realize that they might not feel the need to cram so much into the next one. This movie is seems one hard-cut after another while they try to bring you up-to-speed with all the characters, happenings and coincidences.
Keenser, Scotty in the pipes, Spock on Delta Vega while Kirk falls out of the sky into his lap.
Red-matter kills a planet in moments, while later it takes forever for it to devour Nero’s spaceship.
It was a very FUN movie but how GOOD of a movie was it really? IDK.
I’m sure the next movie will take a lot of lessons from Trek 11.
Ummm.. I don’t know. That’s kind of like Jar-Jar Binks, and “yippie!” little Anakin, all rolled up into ONE character. While I didn’t mind him in the first movie, I don’t see the need to bring him back on a regular basis.
@ 14. startrekker – June 7, 2010
I agree keep Keenser like what harm is he doing?
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He’s taking up screen time.
Use it on Nurse Chapel, and other minor characters, who can have a couple of speaking lines and contribute to the plot.
@ 6 SirMartman.
The sad little whimper that Keenser emits as Kirk & Scott transport to the Enterprise says to me that Keenser & Mr Scott have a lot more than a working relationship.
Perhaps the exile on Delta Vega made Scotty a little lonely and desperate, I mean, do i have to spell it out?
A MAN HAS NEEDS.
I hope that this unnatural relationship is explored in graphic excess & to hell with the censors!
chew on that SP :P
Kill him off…..
“he stayed at his post….. While the trainees ran……”…
This aint Star Wars. No to Keener. Rand on the other hand……yes.
One thing of which I’m not certain of… was it ever established IN THE FILM that Keenser is male? Everybody keeps referring to the character as “he” or “him”.
I know that the charcater is *performed* by a male, but that isn’t dispositive with an alien role, any more than the fact that the actor is human speaks to the species. This is Star Trek, after all.
Anyone know?
(Gawds, but I wisj I could edit out that repeated “of” in the first sentence!)
-oh never mind-
I agree. We should totally have a scene in the next movie where scotty is in command of the ship. He isn’t expecting it, doesn’t want it, but it’s there upon him, because he is technically third in command of the ship. that would be such a tense sense. Can you immagine the fun that we would have watching Peggs Scotty trying to be in command of a freaking star ship. It would be good for an honest laugh, and for tension building.
As for keenser. I didn’t have a problem with him. He should be in the next film, if only in engineering bits, and shots. This way we could keep continuity from the first movie. However, if Scotty is Forced to take command there could be a cool scene where Keenser is also forced to take control of engineering and everyone has to listen to this short little alien dude, who really knows what he is doing, but may be an adjustment to listen too.
I saw the movie only once, so I might be misremembering, but I seem to recall Scotty being pretty disrespectful to Keenser, almost like he were some kind of pet rather than a fellow sentient being. Is this the kind of attitude we want in the enlightened, 23rd-century Federation?
I have no beef with Keenser. He is only in it for a grand total of about 5 minutes. I would be careful not to overdo it though. I agree with many posters and I am an advocate for expanding Scotty’s role. Montgomery Scott was a great character, and not just for comic relief. He needs to be in the big chair now and again, he needs to keep the ship from blowing itself apart, and he needs to stare down an admiral or ambassador. I also would like to see some familiar aliens, in addition to the new ones.
#50 & 53–Keenser looks exactly like those aliens in Nemesis (except in size). I wonder if they are related:)
Ok, you mentioned Rand. I suggest casting Kristen Bell in the role. Ya readin’ this BobOrci? :)
And Doug Jones as Lt. Arex. God, that would be brilliant!
I guess all you people who hate the idea of an adorable alien providing comic relief in Trek and think Trek is only serious must have never seen The Trouble With Tribbles.
Hell, TOS even had an episode with space hippies.
Stop pretending Trek has never introduced a little cornball fun to lighten the tone.
I love Trek, but I will never understand those who treat it like some kind of religion and get their panties in a twist when the “sacred texts” are monkied with by new versions of the concept.
It is entertainment people.
No Keenser! He’s stupid.
@87: They were posted together on that listening atation for presumably quite a while; I imagine they’ve developed a rather snarky friendship somewhat like Spock and McCoy.
@86, 88: Agreed. I have no doubt that Simon Pegg can do serious well. Ever seen him in Doctor Who when he guest starred? He was friggin terrifying!
@90: THIS. Oh, so very much.
No thanks. He’s to Ewokian for me. The second I saw the guy I thought “George Lucas.” He never really seemed like part of a Star Trek movie. That and the brewery in engineering just didn’t seem to fit. Otherwise, fantastic film. Please guys, no Ewoks in the next film.
Is it me or does Keenser look a hell of a lot like a short version of the pre-warp aliens from the planet they found B4 on in Nemesis?
the new aliens were mostly remarkable. nicely placed, and well integrated.
the aliens we saw had back stories as well. in the features we learn that the brown scaly girl comes from a planet with four suns, hence the eyes.
the alien between uhura and kirk emoted more than the entire cast of nemisis without a single line..
the “thing” on the bridge of the kelvin showed some serious alien concern with a glance (how is THAT done in a 2 second shot?)
the big eyed doctor on the kelvin was a giant step forward in trek fx, and i found her wholly sexy. who needs prosthetic foreheads when you can do that?
as for keesner, he and scotty may have the best homoerotic relationship since kirk and spock, which cracked me up. they bickered like teen lovers. jar jar? are you kidding? keesner had one line and a minute or two of screen time.
scotty was more than “comic relief” oh hatish ones. he was portrayed as a true miracle worker who enjoyed his genius and bonded so well with the crew. pegg rocked, and is quite capable of being the straight guy if he needs to be…
I vote for Keenser. I liked him.
The people who keep comparing Keenser to Jar Jar have NO idea what they are talking about and need to keep their mouths shut.
97 — I was probably going to Cons and watching sci-fi films and TV since before you were a glimmer in your parent’s eyes.
Keenser IS — as has been pointed out by others very EWOKIAN/JAR JAR. He just is. Sorry you can’t accept that fact, but that’s what it is.
And I don’t want Scotty to have a sidekick. Period. James Doohan managed to play Scotty in three seasons of TOS, 7 feature films and one episode of TNG without an efffing sidekick! For that matter, the character of Scotty while he had SOME comedic MOMENTS — he was NOT a comedy character.
You could take him seriously AS the Chief Engineer of the Enterprise.
If the writers of the JJ films keep writing Scotty as comedy relief with a sidekick (C-3PO/ARTOO anyone?) then that is going to suck more than a black hole! And it’ll demonstrate that they do NOT understand Star Trek…or the dynamics of the characters.
He was fine in the movie, just in it enough and no more. Keep it that way for the next one and I will be happy.
Some of you nerds need to get a sense of humor
He has all the appeal of Jar-Jar Binks, but fortunately, none of the dialogue.
This character was just dumb, what is he?
Scotty’s spinner?
There was too much comic relief in the engineering department in the first movie;if this character shows up in the sequel, he needs to be an amazing engineer!
When movies use characters like this, they need to exist in the context of the premise for a reason; so if Keenser is Starfleet, we need to see why.
So far, he’s as useful as a tribble.
#100 —
Well, exactly! Useless! And silly…
Unlike Jar Jar, Keenser did NOT ruin the movie for me, but please…no more. Leave him — and Budgineering — out of Star Trek.
It sucks. Both of them severely suck.
More Keenser!
I also hope they include a Horta in the next movie.
Yes, a Horta would be good. He could serve drinks on 10-forward like R2D2 did on Jabba’s yacht…
Keenser to me was more a symptom of a bigger problem: relegating Scotty to comic relief rather than problem solving. Didn’t care for either role at all.
I liked to Uhura-Spock relationship. Remember, this is years before TOS, and Spock is still finding a place for his emotions. I’d like to see that one develop, although it should obviously follow a 90210 template.
Big thumbs up on the Rand & Chapel, although it will be tough finding them meaningful roles on an already crowded stage.
Deep Roy was also in Flash Gordon
All he needs is to be in Battlestar Galactica and Buck Rogers
I loved this character, keep Keenser!
But he should stay as a background character who says no more than few words (like in this movie, just “Me”). He reminds me of Morn from Deep Space Nine, who is just sitting in Quark’s bar and doesn’t speak, but he is still part of the atmosphere.