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From: rcc@imsvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK (Heavy duty SPOILER!)
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Date: Tue, 5-Jun-84 10:04:31 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun  5 10:04:31 1984
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One problem with your article.  If you want to rant and rave about
how meaningless Spock's death was, if they were going to bring him
back why did they kill him in the first place, etc., direct all
screams >Leonard Nimoy.  The plot for ST II was designed for one
purpose only, to write Spock out of Star Trek.  His death was originally
planned to occur a third of the way through the movie, but after word
got out, they decided that Spock's death would have to be the climax
of the film if things were going to work.  Then, of course, somewhere
through the production of ST II, Nimoy was having so much fun that
he decided he wanted in on ST III, also.  (I'd give a lot to see Harve
Bennet's face when he got *that* piece of news)  So, they went back
and shot a few extra scenes that would make a "ressurection" possible
(the remember scene and the Genesis planet surface scenes) and Bennet
started tearing his hair out trying to figure out how he was going
to write Spock back *in*.  Given the rather conclusive way he wrote
Spock out, I think he did a pretty good job.

Sure, the film has a few problems, but all in all, I'd say that it
was solid, vintage Star Trek.  Now, I'm waiting for Star Trek IV.
That should be good.  Capt. Styles gets thoroughly embarrased, Kirk
ends up with Excelsior, and then viola, Star Trek V:  The Wrath of
Styles... :-)

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