markl@ncar.UCAR.EDU (Mark A. Lindsay) (11/02/90)
Below is the article, reprinted without permission from THE OKLAHOMA DAILY,
Friday, October 19, 1990 issue. The DAILY is the University of Oklahoma's
student paper. I have checked for spelling well enough, but who knows,
I'm only human. The words are at least right! Some of the article concerns
a con that was here the following weekend. I didn't go though.
[Reprinted in rec.arts.startrek.info by permission of the Oklahoma Daily,
Norman, OK. My thanks to them - ed.]
SCOTTY BEAMS OUT CAPTAIN KIRK IN TELEPHONE INTERVIEW
By Jonathon Nicholson
Entertainment Writer
James Doohan travels at warp speed and has no plans of slowing down.
Better known as chief engineer Montgomery Scott of the Starship Enterprise,
Doohan spends about 40 weekends a year on the road making personal
appearances.
The 70-year-old actor will be the guest of honor at TREKFEST, a
"Star Trek" convention being held Sunday at the Holiday Inn Northwest in
Oklahoma City.
In a telephone interview Monday, Doohan was optimistic about "Star
Trek VI," the latest installment in multi-million dollar sequels to what was
otherwise a very good television series.
Doohan was happy that Nicholas Meyer, the director of "Star Trek II:
The Wrath of Khan," was writing and directing the latest effort.
"Just give us a good script and we'll make a good movie," Doohan said.
He criticized Paramount for waiting two years to begin work on "Star Trek V:
The Final Frontier."
He said that it was important that Paramount not "pay certain people
too much money" - a reference to William Shatner who directed "Final
Frontier."
Doohan said all the previous movies had even turned a good profit -
even the almost interminable "Star Trek: The Movie," in which a large green
cloud bores the audience to death.
Asked why "Final Frontier" did not do well, Doohan candidly replied,
"They allowed Bill Shatner to run the whole thing."
Directors "have to know what the hell they're doing" and Shatner was
not up to the challenge, he said.
Despite the gristle, one senses a very no-nonsense attitude from
Doohan. He said up until about 1974, he hated the series because it made
him unable to get work because he was typecast.
But he said a friend convinced him he had created a character that
wouldn't die and he may as well enjoy it.
TREKFEST starts at 11 a.m. and will feature "Star Trek Bloopers,"
a question-and-answer session with Doohan.
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