ginger@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ginger Grover) (09/24/85)
I know that hplabs!follmer probably expects a favourite Star Trek
line to be humorous or silly, but mine is from the final scene of
"Requiem for Methusala"; a gesture of Spock's that is very beautiful.
The scene is (I believe) in Kirk's quarters. Spock is there, giving
the captain a status report; Kirk is sitting at a table, regreting
the death of Rayna; he folds his arms on the table and rests his
head on them, apparently falling asleep. McCoy enters, sees the
captain is asleep and decides to wait to make his report. Then he
lectures Spock about what the Vulcan misses by being "unemotional",
- the glorious misery of love, etc. - "all these things you will
never know, all because the word 'love' isn't written in your book".
Spock does not respond. As McCoy leaves, he looks again at Kirk
and says, "I just wish he could forget her". Alone again with the
captain, Spock looks at him thoughtfully, then goes over to him,
gently touches his head in the mind-meld posture and simply says, "Forget".
Another line I especially enjoy is also one I rarely see because it
was a casualty of the hatchet-men at the local station which shows
the Star Trek re-runs. It is in the episode where the voice-tapes
for the computer had been replaced, and the star-base personnel who
made the tapes had amused themselves by doing them is "sultry"
feminine voices. Kirk complains to Spock about it, who rolls his eyes
and grimly replies, "It also has an unfortunate tendency to giggle".
Soon now I will buy a copy of this episode and then *I* can say "nyaaah"
to Channel 11!
Ginger
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*** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** My favorite line of Kirk's comes from Miri, when the onlies, etc. were holding him captive and were taunting him. He said, forcefully: No More Blah-Blah-Blah!!!! -Ted Ives (tedi@dartvax)
mchas@drutx.UUCP (CharlesMW) (09/25/85)
Erik, I beleive Mr. Spock said: "I am practicing a peculiar form of diplomacy, Sir" mchas drutx!mchas
kaufman@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU (09/26/85)
Another good line that comes to mind: "Shut up Spock, we're rescuing you!"
From "The Immunity Syndrome"
And my favorite bad line: "Brain and brain - what is brain?"
From the classic "Spock's Brain"
Ken Kaufman (uiucdcs!kaufman)gadfly@ihuxn.UUCP (Gadfly) (09/26/85)
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From the one with Peter Graves as the cheif servant of Vaal:
"Where are all the children?"
"Children?"
"Yes, you know, the little ones."
"Little, ones? Oh, you mean 'replacements'."
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..ihnp4!iwsl8!ken *** ***thiel@ut-ngp.UTEXAS (Stephen W. Thiel) (09/26/85)
Kirk's "No more 'Blah, Blah, Blah!'" is pretty good, but my favorite
from _Miri_ is:
"STUDY, STUDY, STUDY! or Bonk! Bonk! on the head, bad kids!"
I'll have to remember that one when I finish my dissertation and start
my faculty position at "another" university.
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... the OFF-WORLD Colonies! A golden opportunity for a new beginning! ...okie@ihuxi.UUCP (Cobb) (09/26/85)
*** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR FAVORITE ***
A couple of my favorites come from...
..."The Trouble with Tribbles," when Kirk is getting the story
from Scotty about the fight, and finds out that Scotty got
angry when the Klingons insulted the Enterprise, not when
they insulted Kirk --
Kirk: "You hit the Klingon because he called the Enterprise
a garbage scow... not because --"
Scott: "Sir, it was a matter of *pride*!"
..."By Any Other Name," when Scotty gets the Kelvan drunk --
Kelvan: "What is this?"
Scotty: (examining bottle) "Well, it's -- it's green!"
...and "City on the Edge of Forever," when Edith catches Kirk
and Spock in their room with Spock's "contraption," and Spock
explains (quote not exact) --
Spock: "I am attempting to construct a duotronic memory circuit
using stone knives and bearskins."
My favorite bad line is any line taken from "The Omega Glory."
B.K.Cobb
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Spock: "I may have been mistaken."
McCoy: "At least I lived long enough to hear *that*." evan@petfe.UUCP (Evan Marcus) (09/26/85)
You guys (girls, too) may all have your favorite Star Trek lines, but
for overall importance, fine acting, and heartfelt emotion, nothing
can top the line from Catspaw spoken by Mr. DeSalle, who is in temp
command of the Big E, after Kirk, and party are taken prisoner on the
planet below (of course, below is just a relative term...)
Sylvia, the sorceress, has encased the ship in a forcefield, that does
not seem to be coming from anywhere (says Chekov), but nobody seems to
be able to find a source for it. This leads to DeSalle saying:
"But it's real. And if it's real it can be affected...<music swells>...
we may not be able to break it, but <music REALLY swells>, I'll bet you
credits to Navy Beans we can put a dent in it. <music REALLY REALLY
swells...fade to black>"
I'm pretty sure I have the quote exactly, but if not, I surely have the
tone. He also enunciates the last phrase SOO badly!
I really don't think there is a line quite so bad.
--Evan Marcus
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There was a major earthquake today in the tiny African country of Togo...ccrdave@ucdavis.UUCP (Lord Kahless) (09/27/85)
> -- > From the one with Peter Graves as the cheif servant of Vaal: ????? ?????? > ken perlow ***** ***** > ..ihnp4!iwsl8!ken *** *** It wasn't Peter Graves. David Soul was in the episode. I don't remember who the actual high priest, Akuta or some such, was.
watson@cdstar.UUCP (David Watson ) (09/28/85)
Spock to a potential assailant:
"There is a multi-legged creature crawling on your shoulder."
Raising his hand as if to indicate the creature, Spock then uses
his infamous grip to knock the enemy out.
It's like "Look, there's a spot on your necktie" in grade school.
-David.thiel@ut-ngp.UTEXAS (Stephen W. Thiel) (09/30/85)
> Another good line that comes to mind: "Shut up Spock, we're rescuing you!" > From "The Immunity Syndrome" Yes, but Spock's reply is even better: "Why thank you, *Captain* McCoy." -- Steve Thiel ...ihnp4!ut-ngp!thiel ... the OFF-WORLD Colonies! A golden opportunity for a new beginning! ...
usenet@ucbvax.ARPA (USENET News Administration) (09/30/85)
In article <16@drutx.UUCP> mchas@drutx.UUCP (CharlesMW) writes: > >I beleive Mr. Spock said: "I am practicing a peculiar form of diplomacy, Sir" Well, if you wanna get picky, I saw the episode just the other day (let's hear it for Ch.44's excellent timing), and the exact quote is: ``I am practicing a peculiar variety of diplomacy, Sir'' Erik
jpm@ptsfc.UUCP (Jim Moore) (10/01/85)
My favorite line comes after The Enterprise has just blasted
the "Temple" of the great god Apollo ---- Kirk laments,
I wonder if it would have hurt us to have gathered a few
Laurel Leaves.
and of course ".....You could feel the wind at your back in
those days, Bones....."
--
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"Bedsitter people look back and lament,
on another day's useless energy spent..."nessus@nsc.UUCP (Kchula-Rrit) (10/01/85)
In article <1267@ihuxi.UUCP>, okie@ihuxi.UUCP (Cobb) writes: > A couple of my favorites come from... > > ..."The Trouble with Tribbles," when Kirk is getting the story from Scotty > about the fight, and finds out that Scotty got angry when the Klingons > insulted the Enterprise, not when they insulted Kirk -- > > Kirk: "You hit the Klingon because he called the Enterprise > a garbage scow... not because --" > Scott: "Sir, it was a matter of *pride*!" > > B.K.Cobb I couldn't help being amused by the tone of Scotty's voice as he was relaying the Klingons' insults to Captain Kirk. He seemed genuinely happy! Maybe Engineering had a lay-off or a shut-down(without pay, of course) that day? Kchula-Rrit
drew@ukma.UUCP (Andrew Lawson) (10/02/85)
A good Spock line from "Mark of Gideon" is (perhaps paraphrased): "The purpose of diplomacy is to prolong a crisis." -- Drew Lawson "Parts is parts."
drew@ukma.UUCP (Andrew Lawson) (10/02/85)
Yet another un-Vulcanly emotional line of Spock's is from the end of (I believe) "Friday's Child" To Kirk (and McCoy), "I think the two of you are going to be insufferable pleased with yourselves for at least a month . . . Sir." -- Drew Lawson "Parts is parts."
gersh@dartvax.UUCP (Jeff A. Gershengorn) (10/03/85)
In article <104@ucdavis.UUCP> ccrdave@ucdavis.UUCP (Lord Kahless) writes: >> -- >> From the one with Peter Graves as the cheif servant of Vaal: > ????? ?????? >> ken perlow ***** ***** >> ..ihnp4!iwsl8!ken *** *** > >It wasn't Peter Graves. David Soul was in the episode. I don't >remember who the actual high priest, Akuta or some such, was. Akuta was played by one Keith Andes. David Soul played Makora. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older Shorter of breath and one day closer to death" -P. Floyd Jeff Gershengorn '88 ihnp4!dartvax!gersh Hinman Box 1772 Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire 03755 Real World: 5 Fairway Drive San Rafael, CA 94901 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
bill@videovax.UUCP (William K. McFadden) (10/04/85)
I've seen many of my favorite lines on the net. Here are some that I haven't
seen.
In the episode with the Neuro-neutralizer:
KIRK: "Can you imagine a mind emptied by that thing, without even a
tormentor for company."
In the episode with the spores: (I really am terrible with episode names)
SPOCK, TO KIRK: "Jim, striking a fellow officer is a court martial offense."
KIRK: "Well... if we're both in the brig, who's going to build the
subsonic transmitter?"
SPOCK: says something like "That is quite logical."
In the episode with M5:
"You don't turn off a child because it makes a mistake!"
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Of course, before doing anything at a frat party in the good old days:
"But first.... The tranya!"
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ihnp4!packard / "You're never alone with a schizophrenic...."jimc@haddock.UUCP (10/05/85)
> From the one with Peter Graves as the chief servant of Vaal:
I don't know what his name was, but it wasn't Peter Graves.
Jim Campbell
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"No dance tonight!"john@moncol.UUCP (John Ruschmeyer) (10/13/85)
I don't have the exact quote in front of me, but there is another good one in "Trouble With Tribbles" along the lines of: KIRK: You should include an instruction manual with these things. CYRANO: If I did, Captain, what would happen to the search for knowledge. -- Name: John Ruschmeyer US Mail: Monmouth College, W. Long Branch, NJ 07764 Phone: (201) 222-6600 x366 UUCP: ...!vax135!petsd!moncol!john ...!princeton!moncol!john ...!pesnta!moncol!john "It all started out as a curiousity in a junkyard..."
timpson@comet.DEC (ACE TECH) (10/14/85)
>Or it could be a beaker of death...
Bones Says it in the episode where the Enterprise comes on a planet
exactly like earth and there are only children left Bonk Bonk...
steve:^)ugzannin@sunybcs.UUCP (Adrian Zannin) (10/18/85)
From postnews Thu Oct 17 19:11:51 1985 Subject: Re: Favorite Line Newsgroups: net.startrek Distribution: net References: <253@ssc-vax.UUCP> > > > >>>"Then GO...or STAY...but do it because it is what you WISH to do!" > > I remember that scene. It always makes me nash my teeth and WISH > that wimpy Marla would zap him in the bedoobies and give him a voice > like Mickey Mouse. > > =-=-=-=-=-=- > > I wonder if Gene Roddenberry has considered using Gary Seven > (Robert Lansing) and Miss Lincoln (Terri Garr) in a ST movie? > At the end of that episode, Spock referred to some future > adventures involving the two. Is Lansing still around? > Haven't seen him in ages . . . While you're at it, why not find a way to bring Zarabeth back from the ice age, even though she might be a little old and wrinkled...:-) -- Adrian Zannin ..{bbncca,decvax,dual,rocksvax,watmath,sbcs}!sunybcs!ugzannin CSNET: ugzannin@Buffalo.CSNET ARPANET: ugzannin%Buffalo@csnet-relay.ARPA BITNET: ugzannin@sunybcs.BITNET