wanttaja@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ronald J Wanttaja) (05/14/85)
> > >I can't believe that three Klingon cruisers would have been able to ambush > > >and trap the ship... > > > > Why did they use only three Klingon ships in the movie? SIMPLE! They > > used stock footage from the opening of STI-TMP and it only had three ships! > > If you recall, the same blunder (using only three ships to surround the > Enterprise) was commited in "The Enterprise Incident", you know, the one where > Spock gets all googley-eyed over that female Romulan commander... At last the light dawns... It's TRADITION! The most powerful weapon in the military arsenal! "Come, come, Lt Saavik, you know that it's Star Fleet tradition that three Klingons will whip the tar out of the Enterprise..." Much like Spanish treasure ships in Hollywood pirate films. (See George MacDonald Fraser's, THE PYRATES." Ron Wanttaja (ssc-vax!wanttaja) "There are no hero's graves... only holes in the ground for fools" T. Blood