Comments | rionaleonhart: Holmes Was A Tall Man, With Long Fingers And Curiously Pointed Ears.

rionaleonhart

Holmes Was A Tall Man, With Long Fingers And Curiously Pointed Ears.

Jul 23, 2009 21:38

I am at ms_treesap's house at present, struggling with the tiny keyboard of her Eee! Yesterday, I came here to watch the original series of Star Trek with her, rhaegal, fera_festiva and heyorion, all of whom were delightful.

The extent of my Star Trek knowledge prior to this experience ( Read more... )

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brewsternorth July 23 2009, 21:31:53 UTC

because the writers really, really wanted to make that 'no tribble at all' pun.

Pretty much, although the original pun was "may their tribbles be small ones". And in this case, the writer was singular - David Gerrold's maiden script was "TTWT".

rionaleonhart July 23 2009, 21:34:54 UTC

Hee, I sort of love the idea of naming creatures purely for the sake of a pun. Well done, writers.

(EDIT: It's not clear at all that the 's' is struck through there, is it? Whoops. Thank you for the correction; I generally use 'writers' when I have no idea who was responsible for what I've watched.)

littlemoose July 23 2009, 21:40:10 UTC

PERHAPS SPOCK IS SHERLOCK HOLMES.

It would certainly explain the deerstalker - why else would Holmes need a hat with built in earflaps?

rionaleonhart July 23 2009, 21:42:29 UTC

...I was going to mention that Holmes is never said to be wearing a deerstalker in the original stories, but that explanation is so perfect that I am going to pretend he is.

littlemoose July 23 2009, 21:50:27 UTC

I was coming from the same place in making the joke; once the image is there, it's too good to pass up on... *g*

jeanne_dark July 23 2009, 21:45:27 UTC

PERHAPS SPOCK IS SHERLOCK HOLMES.

Actually, descended from him, as Spock himself stated in the sixth movie. Or Conan Doyle. It can go either way, really.

rionaleonhart July 23 2009, 21:50:02 UTC

Oh my goodness, really? That's wonderful. Thank you for informing me of this.

jeanne_dark July 23 2009, 21:51:41 UTC

Haha, yes! The quote you mentioned is a callback to that movie, where Spock goes, "An ancestor of mine maintained that when you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."

th_esaurus July 23 2009, 21:50:50 UTC

This is the best Star Trek thing I have ever seen.

http://community.livejournal.com/trek_crack/5426.html

rionaleonhart July 23 2009, 21:56:21 UTC

Curiously, only the preview seems to want to load, but I actually think I saw that a week or so ago. I found it mildly alarming, if brilliant.

wolfy_writing July 24 2009, 01:21:11 UTC

That frightened me. In a good way, I think. Although the Scotty bit made me sad.

missnoface July 23 2009, 21:55:27 UTC

McCoy is a great doctor.

/goes back to lurking.

rionaleonhart July 23 2009, 21:58:01 UTC

I am sorry for slighting McCoy! Perhaps I have not yet seen the episodes in which he displays his skill. (Actually, I absolutely loved him in the film.)

missnoface July 23 2009, 22:03:25 UTC

I guess you've yet to see the episode where he slaps a pregnant woman. (Same, he's an absolute nut.)