ciaraldi@rochester.UUCP (Mike Ciaraldi) (06/04/84)
From: Mike Ciaraldi <ciaraldi>
>From "Star Tek III: Thr Search for Spock--
Official Movie Magazine" published by Starlog.
In addition to producing Star Trek II, Bennett had rewritten the
script by Jack Sowards after the premature revelation that it included
Spock's death prompted some adverse fan reaction. In earlier drafts,
Spock was slated to die one-third through the film.
"That concept vanished when the leak happened,"
Bennett explains.
.........
After its completion Tek II was screened twice
to garner audience response. There was one major finding:
audiences were saddened by Spock's death.
they didn't really want him to be dead--
and they didn't believe he was.
"So, we went back and did two days of pickup shots,"
Bennett explains, noting that several crucial shots
were filmed AFTER the screeningss and added to the film before its
release. "What we did was add a couple of things
to Trek II which made Spock's death consciously ambiguous..
It gave the audinece just a bit of hope.
Was he really dead.?"
The new shots included Admiral Kirk annnouncing
that "There are always possibilities" (a libe
Bennett wrote), Spock's brief
mind-meld with McCoy ("Remember") and the shot
of Spock's coffin nestled amidst the greenery
of the Genesis planet. In Star Trek III,
these three plot elements become pivotal,
provifing plot points crucial
to the film's storyline.
Transcribed by
Mike Ciaraldi
ciaraldi@rochester
sesmo!rochester!ciaraldijlp@inmet.UUCP (06/06/84)
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inmet!jlp Jun 5 12:47:00 1984
Hmmm..... "Remember " an addon, eh? That explains why McCoy recovered from
the neck pinch fast enough to yell "Spock! Get out of there!"
The Organ Keyboard of
Jerryl Payne
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