Warbler said:
SilverWook said:
And Spock may not have undergone Pon Farr yet...
wouldn't his relationship with Uhura prevent Pon Farr?
SilverWook said:
Warbler said:
SilverWook said:
The dramatic tension of Kirk's sacrifice is slightly deflated, because the audience has already been told Khan's got magical healing blood. (Which is apparently unknown to 23rd century medicine, and none of Khan's frozen comrades seem to have.) You can see the resolution coming a light year away.
really?? cause I didn't. Yeah you see Khan using his blood to heal the girl, but SHE WASN'T DEAD, and Kirk was. When Kirk died, I honestly thought the next movie as going to be "The Search for Kirk".
Did you read what I wrote? THE GIRL WAS NOT DEAD. Kirk was dead.
If Kirk had lay dying in sickbay of some sort of incurable illness, then it would be clear that Khan's blood was going to heal him. But was it clear that Khan's blood could bring something back to life? No. And, as I said before, I was not expecting it.
Yes, I read what you wrote. It was still telegraphed well ahead of time Khan's blood was important somehow, especially since it's something never talked about in either Space Seed or TWOK.
As per Chekov's Gun, any writer worth their salt does not introduce a plot element like that without intending to use it later in the story. Unless it's a red herring, which is what Carol Marcus was in a small way. Her presence in the story would lead those familiar with TWOK to suspect the mystery torpedoes were proto Genesis devices.
As an amateur writer and old school videographer, perhaps I just see the nuts and bolts of the plot sticking out. My television production instructor warned the class on the first day we would never passively consume a movie or tv show ever again. ;)