KIESCHE@RU-BLUE.ARPA (02/23/84)
The following is garnered from a recent STARLOG article:
The article reveals no major plot hints, but does show the following in the
way of pictures:
1. A picture of Kirk and Sarek (Mark Lenard) in civilian clothing, in Kirk's
apartment, with Sarek doing a "mind-touch" on Kirk.
2. A picture of McCoy, Chekov, Kirk, Scotty, and Sulu in civilian clothing,
in a dark, foggy forest. They are all looking at something off-camera,
and Kirk is aiming his phaser at it...
3. A picture of Kirk and McCoy in civilian clothing, Kirk is about to inject
something into McCoy's arm.
4. A picture of Saavik (played by Robin Curtis) and David Marcus on THE
GENESIS PLANET!!!!!
5. Kirk and Sarek (I say, but Mark Lenard looks remarkably healthy for a man
who has been atomized on two separate occasions...) in Kirk's apartment.
6. The new Saavik receiving directions from Leonard Nimoy in his role as
director.
7. James B. Sikking (probably familiar to most as "Howard Hunter" in HILL
STREET BLUES) in the role of a starship commander who is "forced into
The Search for Spock."
In the article, the following hints were dropped:
1. A set being built of giant redwood trees...
2. Kim Ryusaki, who played a cadet in STII and others who played cadets
will be back again as full-fledged members of the crew.
3. The Engineering set will not appear in this movie.
4. The Sick Bay set has been cut in half to make room for a new set, a
futuristic bar which will NOT be on the Enterprise, but in San Francisco,
on Earth.
5. We will see more of the "off duty" life of the characters.
6. On the stage where the Regula, Regula One and Ceti Alpha V sets were
built is being constructed a large, multi-level set. The only thing
completed by the time the article was written was a giant golden-helmeted
head positioned against a jet-black background.
7. A giant Vulcan Temple. A GIANT VULCAN TEMPLE!!!!! Mark Lenard and Dame
Judith Anderson appearing in scenes both "powerful and pivotal to the
storyline". Hundreds (HUNDREDS!!!!!) of robed extras, including George
Takei in Vulcan disguise (but not as himself, as a Vulcan extra...).
8. The Torpedo Room in STII, which was the Klingon Bridge in STI, is being
rebuilt. Most likely it will be a Klingon Bridge again in STIII, as one of
the main characters, Kruge (Christopher Lloyd) is a Klingon...
See you all in line on June 1!!!!!
Frederick Paul Kiesche III
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