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Re: Monday Morning Diversion
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Thu, 26 Aug 2004 18:35:22 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, David Koudys wrote:
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I’m sorry, but for my money, 6 was ‘perfect’ trek--as perfect as one could get
in the Star Trek universe.
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One minor point that bothered me was how Ensign Slater just let himself into
Capt. Sulu’s quarters to wake Sulu, and how Kirk later just let himself into
Spock’s quarters. It all suggests a level of familiarity not customarily found
on military vessels. Spock and Kirk, maybe, but it’s still rude to bust in on
someone while he’s meditating!
Oh, and another thing! When Lt. Valeris blasted the mashed potatoes with a
phaser, thereby triggering the ship’s alarms, is it really likely that Uhura
would race to the scene? Is it standard procedure for the Communications
Officer to run to the galley to investigate unauthorized weapons fire? And why
wouldn’t the ship detect phaser discharges on stun, especially if those
discharges can be apparently as deadly as a disintegration?
And don’t 23rd Century transporters maintain any kind of log or trace? They
should have been able to identify the assassins with ease!
And if you’re running a famously harsh prison colony, wouldn’t you search your
prisoners for weapons, communicators, and tracer patches? The whole arrested,
tried, sentenced, incarcerated, and rescued sequence (which took apparently less
than 24 hours) was kind of hard to take, too.
I know, I know. It’s easy to spot errors when you want to. But some seem to
stand out more glaringly than others.
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The quotations were fantastic--“Still think we’re finished?” “More than
ever...” or “I can’t believe I kissed you!” “Must’ve been your life-long
ambition”...
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But the diarrhea of Shakespeare quotes quickly got out of hand, regardless of
how much I like Christopher Plummer. Also, as a geeky English major, I’m always
a little vexed when scriptwriters trot out the same famous handful of
Shakespeare quotations, as if the man only penned two dozen lines. Let’s hear
something evocative that *isn’t* among the most well-worn lines; if the audience
doesn’t “get” them, poo-poo for the audience!
By the way: When General Chang saw the hot-rodded photon torpedo bearing down
on him, King Lear’s “O untimely death!” would have been a more fitting line than
Hamlet’s “To be or not to be.”
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The link to the Klingons eventually coming into the Federation is there, and
so much more.
Speial effects were superb (after the dismal effects in 5) and it was a good
way to wrap up Kirk and crew and the ‘ongoing mission...’
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The battle between the Enterprise, the Excelsior, and the prototype bird-of-prey
was very nicely executed.
Dave!
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| In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Dave Schuler wrote: <snip> (...) Since we're talking Trek, let's talk about some of our favourite eps from TOS-- Corbomite Maneuver - was first season, which helps, and knowing that the kid is Richie Cunningham's older (...) (20 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) <snip> (...) <snip> (...) I'm sorry, but for my money, 6 was 'perfect' trek--as perfect as one could get in the Star Trek universe--you have the 'moral story' that Roddenberry liked to do, like eps--'A Private Little War' and the one with (...) (20 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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