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Simon Pegg to Play Scotty

In response to yesterday's casting news about Chris Pine possibly taking the captain's chair for the new Star Trek movie, apparently Simon Pegg will be playing the role of Scotty. Simon Pegg is known for his role as Shaun in Shaun of the Dead and more recently for his leading role in Hot Fuzz. "Pegg joins Zoe Saldana as Uhura, Anton Yelchin as Chekov, John Cho as Sulu and Zachary Quinto as Spock in the film which reportedly, and logically, 'chronicles the early days of the Enterprise crew.' Leonard Nimoy will also put in an appearance, while Eric Bana signed up this week as the movie's villain, Nero."

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  1. Re:let it die by jgarra23 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I heard they cancelled Enterprise when Mr. Bakula started calling his tricorder "Ziggy"

  2. Re:The name is Shaun, not Sean! by stefanlasiewski · · Score: 4, Funny
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  3. Re:Impossible. by Generic+Guy · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's going to be like there's a HUGE TARGET painted on the one person on the bridge that isn't in TOS. And here is chief security office Ima Goingtodie.

    Well, as long as he's wearing the requisite red shirt...

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  4. Re:And Korean Sulu by porcupine8 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You think that's bad? I hear Zachary Quinto is from Earth. Pssh.

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  5. Re:Impossible. by raehl · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is the show that gave us the term, "red shirt," after all.

    I thought that was from College Football.

    Note for Star Trek Fans: Football is a form of athletic contest between two groups of players, each group fielding twelve* players at one time. The game is divided into a series of downs, where each team lines up on opposite sides of a brown ball called a 'football', and one group tries to take the ball and advance it past the other group, by carying or throwing the ball, without getting tackled. If they advance it far enough, they get more attempts, and eventually score. But if they don't advance the ball at least 10 yards in 4 tries, the opposing team gets the ball.

    Secondary Note for Star Trek Fans: An 'Athletic Contest' is an event in which multiple participants compete under a set of rules designed to compare the relative motor skills and/or strength/endurance possessed by the participants, although many athletic contests also include a strategy component.

    * If you are not a Star Trek fan, shhhhh.

  6. Re:Wrong guy to do Montgomery Scott. by meringuoid · · Score: 4, Funny
    Get a REAL Scot to do it. Ewan McGregor for the win.

    Cast Obi-Wan Kenobi as Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott?

    You do realise you just exploded the brains of at least two distinct sets of geeks, right?

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  7. Re:English Scotty??? by soundonsound · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Brothers and sisters are natural enemies! Like Englishmen and Scots! Or Welshmen and Scots! Or Japanese and Scots! Or Scots and other Scots! Damned Scots! They ruined Scotland!"

    -"You Scots sure are a contentious people."

    "You just made an enemy for life!"

  8. Re:English Scotty??? by Bill,+Shooter+of+Bul · · Score: 5, Funny
    I do believe a one Albert Gore is Vulcan, is he not?

    Lets see:
    1. Vulcan Attributes
    2. Enjoys Science - Check
    3. Emotionless robot - Double Check
    4. Uses Logic to save the earth -Triple Check
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  9. Re:Wrong guy to do Montgomery Scott. by MsGeek · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dude, as a heterosexual female I do not see this as a drawback. Far from it actually.

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  10. Re:different take on Scotty by Schemat1c · · Score: 4, Funny

    I read somewhere that James Doohan actually faked his accent while playing "Scotty"... How strange that it wasn't his own accent. It's almost like he was... acting?
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  11. Re:different take on Scotty by Colin+Smith · · Score: 4, Funny

    How strange that it wasn't his own accent. As a real Scot, I can tell you it wasn't anyone's accent.
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  12. Re:Wrong guy to do Montgomery Scott. by sqldr · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dude, as a heterosexual female

    what, on slashdot? naaaaaah...

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