Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site rochester.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!floyd!cmcl2!seismo!rochester!ciaraldi From: ciaraldi@rochester.UUCP (Mike Ciaraldi) Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Harve Bennett on ST3 Message-ID: <7250@rochester.UUCP> Date: Sun, 3-Jun-84 20:46:39 EDT Article-I.D.: rochester.7250 Posted: Sun Jun 3 20:46:39 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Jun-84 20:00:49 EDT Sender: ciaraldi@rochester.UUCP Organization: U. of Rochester, CS Dept. Lines: 39 From: Mike 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!ciaraldi