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Old 14-October-2003, 07:12 PM
Jason Thompson Jason Thompson is offline
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Oh, how to choose?!

Star Trek VI is a fantastic film. The final battle (nicked almost wholesale for Nemesis) is fantastic. The torpedo hit that blew a hole clean through the saucer elicited a "Bloody hell!" from me and my mate the first time we saw it, and the plasma seeking torpedo was a marvellous touch, watching as it inevitably homed in on Chang's ship. And the ending is unashamedly emotional, with Kirk's final log entry and the signiatures of all the cast wrapping up the film. And of course, "if I were human, I believe my response would be, 'go to hell.' If I were human."

But then Star Trek II has Ricardo Montalban stealing every scene he's in, so this one comes out on top. And the bit with Reliant's prefix code is one of the best scenes in Trek ever, fact.

BTW, I loved hearing Ricardo Montalban being interviewed on the Special Edition DVD and saying that TWoK was one of the hardest jobs he's ever done. Not because of script complexities or complicated plot details, but because he and Shatner never had a face to face scene, he had to deliver lines dripping with hatred and bitterness in response to Kirk's lines being read by a young female production assistant with the sweetest little voice he had ever heard! Priceless!
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