Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site imsvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!floyd!cmcl2!seismo!rlgvax!cvl!elsie!imsvax!rcc From: rcc@imsvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.startrek,net.movies,net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK (Heavy duty SPOILER!) Message-ID: <190@imsvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Jun-84 10:04:31 EDT Article-I.D.: imsvax.190 Posted: Tue Jun 5 10:04:31 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Jun-84 07:33:05 EDT References: <1775@dartvax.UUCP>, <2826@alice.UUCP> Organization: IMS Inc, Rockville MD Lines: 30 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... :-) -- The preceding message was brought to you by -- Ray Chen umcp-cs!eneevax!imsvax!rcc (NEW ADDRESS)