Dan of Hivelogic reminded me of how much I was fascinated by the bald, gorgeous Persis Khambatta in the otherwise execrable “Star Trek: The Motion Picture.” She was Miss India of 1965 (when she was 15!), she wrote a coffee table book called “Pride of India,” and she wasn’t actually bald. Sadly, she died of a heart attack in 1998.
She was definitely the only reason to watch that movie, and I remember thinking she had the coolest name ever. Persis Khambatta. Say it out loud a few times and you’ll understand what I mean.
Y’know, as I was reading this post, I was thinking to myself, “Yeah, and she had such a cool name, that I remember it to this day …”
On the other hand, I would say my first major adult disillusionment came when I watched this movie for the first time.
I just like yelling KIRKUNIT! DECKARDUNIT!
Dude! I saw STTMP on HBO the other night and was just thinking about this and looking at her IMDB.com page! Whoa! When I’m too tired to enter something in my blog I should just link to the entry you wrote – it’s like you read my mind. I should also note that the other night was the first time I ever noticed how HOT she is in this flick. Even bald. Those legs and lips mmm.
Hivelogic — cool layout!
Watching it this weekend was also the first time I realized how beautiful she was. As a kid I think I noticed but was more aware of her baldness than her beauty. How things change.