Sunday, July 02, 2006

To First Officer Spock...



The other day saw an add that 'Enterprise' was going to go into its second series. Now I am a major Sci-Fi buff,
but this got me thinking about the original series , you know the 'Star Trek'.
The great thing about the original trek series was that along with the sci-fi it managed to blend humor into its character's perfectly.



For me the most memorable character was Spock,or in the words of Spock the most fascinating one . Yeah , Kirk had his moments , but Spock was the star, no two ways about it. You always expected Spock to have the last word ..... and he always did. Spock contrasted beautifully with the crew of the enterprise. When you had Spock and McCoy in the same room, you expected banter and very rarely did the repartee disappoint.

This is one of the rare occasions when McCoy gets the better of Spock.

McCoy
: Once, just once, I'd like to be able to land someplace and say "Behold, I am the Archangel Gabriel."
Spock: I fail to see the humor in that situation, Doctor.
McCoy: Naturally. You could hardly claim to be an angel with those pointed ears, Mr. Spock. But say you landed someplace with a pitchfork...

The above was more the exception than the rule .

McCoy: I'm not a magician, Spock; just an old country doctor.
Spock: Yes. As I always suspected.

Or

Spock: Random chance seems to have operated in our favor.
McCoy: In plain non-Vulcan English, we've been lucky.
Spock: I believe I have said that, doctor.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Always loved the original series. Spock definitely was the most 'fascinating' character in the show.And his arguments with McCoy were the best part of the show :)