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   From: jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid   
      
   Jerry Brown sent the following on 06/30/2017 at 12:18 PM:   
   > On Thu, 29 Jun 2017 14:56:04 -0500, "Jim G."   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> anim8rfsk sent the following on 06/28/2017 at 11:57 AM:   
   >>> In article ,   
   >>>    Jerry Brown  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> 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.   
   >   
   > The novelisation claimed that Scotty was trying to get Preston to   
   > sickbay but the elevator screwed up due to damage during Khan's   
   > attack.   
      
   That would have been a nice thing to see, too. It just seems unfortunate   
   that, like the transporter business, a minute or two of time spent on   
   the pretty light shows couldn't have been used for this sort of   
   explanation instead.   
      
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