loverso@sunybcs.UUCP (John LoVerso) (06/09/84)
[Oh! My poor Enterprise...]
#define GRIPE
I've neglected news for two weeks, and I came on today and have just
read 400+ articles in net.startrek and net.movies - just so I be a
good netter and not post about something that's already been dragged
thru the mud. Well, it turns out ONE person mentioned this subject,
but not a single comment was made on it...
What am I talking about? The fact that Saavik did not know to bring
Spock's katra back to Vulcan at the end of ST2?!?!? Shouldn't Sarek
have been mad at her, rather than Kirk, as she should have known
of such a thing?? One line of argument could be that she's only
half-Vulcan, half-Romulan, >>BUT<< if she knew about pon far, and
exactly what to do for it, WHY (I ask again) didn't she know to
get Spock to Vulcan?
Also, I seem to remember somewhere that long ago (during the series),
the Klingons and Romulans had a pact, and the Klingons were supplying
the Romulans with ships. If so, it would follow that if the Romulans
had a good design, they might sell some to the Klingons. No?
#ifdef GRIPE
Just to get this off my chest, I'll say the movie wasn't my all-time
favorite. ST2 was MUCH better. Nemoy IS NOT A DIRECTOR, in any sense
of the word. The special effects were great (ILM), but the plot didn't
make use of them to enhance the movie - instead they were just ``there''.
Too bad Ulhura couldn't have gone with the guys to genesis. THAT
WOULD HAVE BEEN GOOD (could've left Chekhov behind, though). The
``resurrection'' scene was totally bogus, but the Star Base was
fantastic. Alas, poor Enterprise, for I knew her well...
{why couldn't it have been the Excelsior; it looks like a bomb to me...}
#endif
Oh, well. I'll just have to wait for ST4.
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are where thy dark eye glances, Edgar Allen Poe
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by what eternal streams."