Scotty, Beamed up.
Jul. 20th, 2005 09:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rayvyn2kI was saddened to hear of the death of James Doohan. I didn't realize that he was 85 years old. I feel like I've lost an old friend, even though I never met him.
I have been a Star Trek fan forever, it seems. I have vague memories of watching the original series on television...but I really discovered the show in reruns (just like so many others). I remember when the only thing there was WAS the show...usually it was on either late at night or at the dinner hour on some UHF station you had to fiddle with the antenna to bring in clearly. (Wonder how many on my f-list will get that reference? I'm dating myself...) Anyway, I was hooked very early on. I would scour the bookstores looking for any new stories--in those days, they didn't publish ten or twelve new titles per month like they do now. (My favorites are still "The Price of the Phoenix" and "The Fate of the Phoenix".
One of my best friends and I wrote a novel together based on the original series. She went on to have a couple original novels published. (I, meanwhile, still muddle away writing fanfic--go figure)
I still remember how thrilled we were when Paramount announced that they would finally--finally! be making a Star Trek movie with the original cast! And how disappointed we were in the final product. But ST-2 more than made up for it.
I cried when DeForrest Kelley died...and I got a tear in my eye today, too.
Peace and long (after)life, James Doohan You will be sorely missed on this planet.
I have been a Star Trek fan forever, it seems. I have vague memories of watching the original series on television...but I really discovered the show in reruns (just like so many others). I remember when the only thing there was WAS the show...usually it was on either late at night or at the dinner hour on some UHF station you had to fiddle with the antenna to bring in clearly. (Wonder how many on my f-list will get that reference? I'm dating myself...) Anyway, I was hooked very early on. I would scour the bookstores looking for any new stories--in those days, they didn't publish ten or twelve new titles per month like they do now. (My favorites are still "The Price of the Phoenix" and "The Fate of the Phoenix".
One of my best friends and I wrote a novel together based on the original series. She went on to have a couple original novels published. (I, meanwhile, still muddle away writing fanfic--go figure)
I still remember how thrilled we were when Paramount announced that they would finally--finally! be making a Star Trek movie with the original cast! And how disappointed we were in the final product. But ST-2 more than made up for it.
I cried when DeForrest Kelley died...and I got a tear in my eye today, too.
Peace and long (after)life, James Doohan You will be sorely missed on this planet.
