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From: jso@edison.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: ST3 (spoiler, of course)
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Date: Sat, 16-Jun-84 02:42:00 EDT
Article-I.D.: edison.262
Posted: Sat Jun 16 02:42:00 1984
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About the Klingons speaking English: obviously the average Klingon didn't
speak English, ("The only thing speaking is the computer." "Let me hear it!")
so the high ranking Klingons, being suspicious like a good Klingon should,
spoke English when they didn't want their crew to know what they were
saying...

I think the biggest disappointment of the movie wasn't the destruction
of the Enterprise (it was going to be decommisioned anyway), or Spock's
return to life (consistent and almost archetypal), but the new Saavik.
She didn't seem Romulan in the least, and the lack of emotion wasn't
being Vulcan, it was just bad acting!  Kirstie Alley (I've never seen
any other name misspelled in so many ways...) had the right combination
of tentative self-control, outspokenness, self-reliance, and fierceness.
(If you don't know what I'm talking about, read tWoK novel.)  I would
have loved to see how she handled the Pon Farr scene. Too bad they
couldn't talk her into a reasonable contract...  I hope that they either
don't feature Saavik too heavily in STIV, or at least give her a different
hair style! ( 1/2 :-) )

Most of the humor was real ST, but some was too silly to be funny, like
the sputtering noise of the Excelsior and the two Starship captains.

At least it was better than V'ger...

How about votes for favorite line/scene? My votes:
favorite line:
    McCoy [With annoyance and emotion]: "To expect one to order poison
	in a bar is not logical."
favorite scene:
    Kirk and the others on the bridge in their civvies.

John Owens
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