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Date: Tue, 5-Jun-84 10:32:57 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun  5 10:32:57 1984
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STIII is a *dead cat*.  As *dead cat* movies go, it's not bad.
Provides plenty of laughs.  As a sequel to an excellent TV show,
an OK (though slightly boring) 1st movie and a good 2nd movie, 
this one stunk.  My wife and I laughed through the insipid dialogue,
the boring fights in which the only drama was whether Kirk's shirt
would get ripped (SPOILER: it did), and the wooden-faced acting.

What happened here?  Captains of starships are supposed to be
intelligent and strong human beings, and the captains of the
other two starships are wimps.  The crew of the Enterprise seem
to have regressed to a junior high mentality with their uncharacteristic
smart*ss remarks. Where was the drama?

Now I thoroughly enjoyed the TV series and catch the repeats whenever
I can.  I really consider myself a Startrek fan, though I'm certainly
not a die-hard.  I look at my problems with the movie and can come
up with a few guesses at what may have happened.

	1)They are all lousy actors and actresses.
		I don't think so, though they may be tiring of their
		roles.  These are the same actors and actresses who
		have brought me many enjoyable hours.

	2)Nimoy is a lousy director.
		Open for comments.

	3)The script was bad.
		This and the next item are my choices at the moment.
		The lines were horrendous (You Klingon b*st*rd,
		You Klingon b*st*ard, ad nauseum). Not a good
		choice of line, how about Saviik (or whatever
		the *Vulcan woman on Genesis*'s name is) asking
		David out of the blue, with no build up of drama,
		*this isn't the way you planned it, is it?*
		as Genesis is aging rapidly around them.
		And where, in heaven's name, did the statement from
		the guard come from, calling Zulu Tiny?

	4)The editing was lousy.
		A cut here, a chop there.

This movie just was not polished as the TV episodes and prequels (is
this a word?). That may be my biggest gripe.  If the pilot episode
had been shot in a manner like this, I may have tolerated it.  But
not now!  We have all been used to better things and we deserve better.
The second best thing about this movie is that Spock is back.  The
best thing about this movie is that my wife and I caught the early
show which cost us only $2 each.



Dave K.
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