dxa@bentley.UUCP (DR Anolick) (03/05/85)
I am an avid Star Trek fan, and I place The Wrath of Kahn (TWOK) as
number four on my all time favorite movie list. It is my number four
not just because it is Star Trek, but because it was a well crafted
movie, about a man who faces his own mortality. The fact that that man
happens to be James Kirk makes it (for me) a five star movie. But
this movie would be a good movie in any setting, not just the Star
Trek universe.
I've seen the original version of TWOK many times, so I could easily
pick out the scenes which were added for TV. Am I the only one on the
net who is not pleased with the additions?
Granted that some of the additions were valuable, but many were not.
It would have been nice to know about Scotty's nephew, but the scene
where his nephew spoke out to Kirk was not believable, and more
importantly took away from the flow of the movie. It slowed down
Kirk's inspection, and made Kirk seem less anxious to get underway
with the training mission. And Kirk being anxious is one of the keys
to the movie, that he should be a captain (His first best destiny),
and not an admiral.
My biggest complaint comes from a very small addition on the Genesis
space station. The Reliant is coming, and the scientists are arguing
what to do. The original version ends with someone saying, "But what
about Reliant, she's on her way." (not an exact quote) The original
then cuts to the Enterprise, but the TV version adds the following
dialogue: (again, not exact quotes)
Carol Marcus: Ok, everyone, get your things.
Someone: Where are we going?
Carol Marcus: That's for us to know and Reliant to find out.
This short addition takes away the suspense of the scene when Kirk,
McCoy and Saavik beam to the space station. They don't find anyone at
first, and you would think that is because they got away. But in the
original, at first you're not sure what's happening. Then when they
find the bodies, for a minute you think that perhaps everyone has been
killed, until Kirk realizes that Carol and David aren't among the
bodies. It seems to me that those three lines really change the
feeling of a long and suspenseful scene. _I'M_ very glad that those
lines weren't in the original.
I could comment on other additions, but this is long enough. (I know
I'm nitpicking, but sometimes it seems nitpicking is the character of
net.startrek :-)# Any comments? Am I alone in thinking the network
could have (and maybe should have) left TWOK as it was?
TTFN,
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P.S. I want to add that I WAS very glad to see the additional scenes.
After watching so many reruns, it's always nice to see some NEW trek.
But I'm also glad that the original did not contain these additions.
Unlike other posted opinions, I found the original to be far superior
to the TV version.