# Beam me up... Simon Pegg. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 12, 2007, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beam-me-up-simon-pegg/422466 "2007-10-12T14:25:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beam-me-up-simon-pegg/422466/21 "2007-10-13T00:47:49Z")
[QUOTE=Arch Trout] Hopefully he’ll make a better job of it than Doohan did. [/QUOTE] Would you care to rephrase that, Laddie? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Arch\_Trout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9f8e36/32.png) [@Arch\_Trout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arch_Trout)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beam-me-up-simon-pegg/422466/22 "2007-10-13T01:06:20Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] Would you care to rephrase that, Laddie? 🙂 [/QUOTE] I dinnae ken whit wis wrang wi’ whit I said. Doohan didnae make a bonny job of oor accent. Hoots mon etc etc… ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beam-me-up-simon-pegg/422466/23 "2007-10-13T01:24:24Z")
I think Simon Pegg will do fine. The only casting so far that seems odd to me is John Cho as Sulu. Cho’s a good actor, but for Pete’s sake, he’s Korean. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beam-me-up-simon-pegg/422466/24 "2007-10-13T01:39:13Z")
So what’s with McCoy? Piper was ship’s doctor in _Where No Man Has Gone Before._ ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beam-me-up-simon-pegg/422466/25 "2007-10-13T02:11:21Z")
Oh, like the timeline hasn’t taken enough hits to justify a few retcons. It’s either that, or the rest of the fans who DON’T memorize these details are going to leave the movie saying, “Wait, so why didn’t they have Young McCoy? Or Young Chekov? I didn’t pay good money to see banter between Young Spock and Doctor Nobody. I want my fourteen dollars back.” I like how the BBC article says that “original Spock Nimoy will have a cameo role.” He’s Original Spock! Like Coke Classic, Original Spock never goes out of style. I hope Zachary Quinto as New Spock gets a better reception than New Coke. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beam-me-up-simon-pegg/422466/26 "2007-10-13T02:56:54Z")
[QUOTE=Terrifel] or the rest of the fans who DON’T memorize these details are going to leave the movie saying, "Wait, so why didn’t they have Young McCoy? [/QUOTE] You don’t have to memorize it, just watch TV. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beam-me-up-simon-pegg/422466/27 "2007-10-13T03:35:52Z")
Well then maybe McCoy and Chekov show up for the movie, and then get called away to do something else during _Where No Man Has Gone Before_. It’s not impossible. Kind of like how, no matter what Worf was doing on Deep Space Nine, he somehow always showed up on the Enterprise for the movies? Or maybe Piper had to briefly take over as Chief Medical Officer after that transporter malfunction, when McCoy’s molecules accidentally exceeded Warp 10 and he turned into a lizard for a while. Thus neatly accounting for his anxiety about transporters! See how neatly it all starts to fit together? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beam-me-up-simon-pegg/422466/28 "2007-10-13T12:46:25Z")
[QUOTE=Terrifel] after that transporter malfunction, when McCoy’s molecules accidentally exceeded Warp 10 and he turned into a lizard for a while. [/QUOTE] Ah, that would explain his transporter phobia. Continuity! I love it! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beam-me-up-simon-pegg/422466/29 "2007-10-13T15:53:25Z")
[Chekov](http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TOS/character/1112505.html) was five when [Kirk](http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TOS/character/1112496.html) entered the Academy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beam-me-up-simon-pegg/422466/30 "2007-10-13T16:12:04Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] [Chekov](http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TOS/character/1112505.html) was five when [Kirk](http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TOS/character/1112496.html) entered the Academy. 🙂 [/QUOTE] So, that means that Chekov can stow away and be the annoying kid that keeps saving the day. ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beam-me-up-simon-pegg/422466/31 "2007-10-13T16:41:44Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] [Chekov](http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TOS/character/1112505.html) was five when [Kirk](http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TOS/character/1112496.html) entered the Academy. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Oh dear God. I’m so sorry I started this thread now. ( 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beam-me-up-simon-pegg/422466/32 "2007-10-13T16:51:06Z")
I can see it now. To a no-name actor about to beam down: “You got red on you.” ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beam-me-up-simon-pegg/422466/33 "2007-10-13T17:47:08Z")
Russians are wery precocious. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beam-me-up-simon-pegg/422466/34 "2007-10-13T19:24:38Z")
[QUOTE=simster] So, that means that Chekov can stow away and be the annoying kid that keeps saving the day. [/QUOTE] We will need an annoying mechanical pet dog… ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beam-me-up-simon-pegg/422466/35 "2007-10-13T19:27:33Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] We will need an annoying mechanical pet dog… [/QUOTE] Or a robot that goes “BideeBideeBidee”… of course, his rank will have to be “Acting Ensign” ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beam-me-up-simon-pegg/422466/36 "2007-10-13T21:28:47Z")
[QUOTE=simster] Or a robot that goes “BideeBideeBidee”… [/QUOTE] I thought it was “Busy Busy Busy”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beam-me-up-simon-pegg/422466/37 "2007-10-13T22:10:44Z")
I’m not a stickler for tiny details, but it would be kind of ridiculous to pretend that the (later) 34-year-old captain and his 22-year-old ensign were at some point in the Academy together. Unless – it’s one of those time travel things they used to love to completely not understand on the old show. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beam-me-up-simon-pegg/422466/38 "2007-10-13T23:10:16Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] I thought it was “Busy Busy Busy”. 🙂 [/QUOTE] [Nope.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twiki) Twiki was voiced by Mel Blanc. “Bidibidibidi” (or “BideeBideeBidee”) was probably influenced by Blanc’s Porky Pig stammer. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beam-me-up-simon-pegg/422466/39 "2007-10-13T23:42:34Z")
Whatever he said, he was an annoying [little bastard.](http://www.jeffbots.com/twiki2.jpg) Looks somewhat like the [golem.](http://www.eaudrey.com/myth/images/Golem.jpg) At any rate, here is a just released publicity photo of [Chekov](http://www.bergamofilmmeeting.it/2007/FOTO/Golem/golem_010.jpg) and his pet robot. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2007, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beam-me-up-simon-pegg/422466/40 "2007-10-14T00:18:48Z")
A lot of you seem to be assuming that it will be set at Starfleet Academy, or the Enterprise’s first mission, and therefore are pointing out contradictions to canon. I’d just like to point out that the story is being kept very carefully under wraps and it has not been leaked what it is actually about or when it is set. Any synopses thus far printed are speculation only. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beam-me-up-simon-pegg/422466.md?page=1)