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   From: jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid   
      
   anim8rfsk sent the following on 06/28/2017 at 11:57 AM:   
   > In article ,   
   >   Jerry Brown  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Tue, 27 Jun 2017 07:58:57 -0400, Obveeus  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 6/26/2017 11:26 PM, Jim G. wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Seriously? I never knew that, and I've seen the movie many times.   
   >>>   
   >>> For whatever reason, the plot point never made it into the film.   
   >>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I knew that the young Vulcan destined to never take Spock's place was   
   >>>> one of the victims (since Decker had to pull double-duty until Spock   
   >>>> showed up), but when did they tell us that the other victim was the love   
   >>>> of Kirk's life? And why didn't he react more strongly if that was the   
   >>>> case?   
   >>>   
   >>> The extended scene of Kirk walking around the ship in a daze after the   
   >>> transporter accident was supposed to be all about him processing the   
   >>> loss of his love.  Maybe the director decided that it still had that   
   >>> dramatic effect (showing that Kirk felt intense loss at the death of a   
   >>> crew member) without identifying the loss as something personal to Kirk   
   >>> (which could diminish the idea that he feels for every member of the   
   >>> crew or could make him look callous for recovering in just a few minutes   
   >>> and getting back to work after the loss of his significant other)?   
   >>   
   >> Similarly STWoK removed references to Ensign Preston being Scotty's   
   >> nephew, possibly for the same reason. IIRC these scenes are available   
   >> as extras on recent releases.   
   >   
   > And that was just stupid.  They saved about 10 seconds of screen time,   
   > and made you wonder why the Hell Scotty was wandering around carrying   
   > his body.   
      
   EXACTLY! If you're gonna cut the family ties reference, then don't make   
   Scotty look like an idiot. Well, frankly, he would have looked like an   
   idiot either way, but it would have been somewhat understandable if we'd   
   known about the family ties all along.   
      
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