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I would think Spring is the least depressing season.
It is from my perspective. Not too hot, not too cold; it’s just right.
INT. ENTERPRISE/BRIDGE
On the bridge, almost all is as it was before the arrival at Starbase 104; the only change is that Ens. Dfhue – an eight-foot-tall Axanari woman – has taken Mitchell’s place at the helm.
The turbolift door to the bridge slides open. Stepping out of the turbolift, Kirk and S’Pock head to their stations.
S’POCK: Captain on the bridge.
KIRK: (sits down) There’ll be no more of that, Mr. S’Pock.
S’POCK: Yes, Captain.
KIRK: Mr. Kelso.
KELSO: Yes, sir?
KIRK: Lay in a course for system S3OBB-44600.
KELSO: Course laid in, sir.
KIRK: Ens. Dfhue.
ENS. DFHUE: Yes, Captain?
KIRK: Take us to maximum warp.
ENS. DFHUE: Maximum warp, aye.
EXT. SPACE
The USS Enterprise disappears from conventional spacetime, speeding through the darkness of warp space on a mad dash for P2G-0091.
Also why does Vader without helmet look in Empire like a monster, but in Jedi he looks like a British gentleman ?
I see little difference in the back of Vader’s head between the two movies.
UGH, they kept the Unknown Regions as a giant blot that reaches right next to the Galactic Core. So DUMB.
I’ve always maintained that the Unknown Regions should have been one of the spiral arms of the galaxy. At least that would have made some sense.
Good EU elements stay in limbo, bad/pointless EU elements get re-canonized.
Bonjourrrrrrrrrrrrr (ye cheese-eatin’ surrender monkey).
Why do women have such boring hair styles these days? They all look so bland and flat.
I watched an episode of Murder, She Wrote a couple days ago. Guest starring in the episode was this actress, Jennifer Runyon:
I don’t know what she looks like today, but she sure had great bone structure when this was shot.
Where I am it’s summer. The second depressing season of them all.
FTFY
In the spirit of the season, can some of you refrain from being a prick?
But winter’s depressing…
Exactly. That’s why no one needs to make it any worse than it naturally is.
Double negatives, my good sir? Tsk tsk. ;-P
How can people possible like Part 3 more than Part 2?
Perhaps because it’s not just the first movie retold from a different angle?
You want better, fucktard? I can do better.
Slide a shotgun down your throat, stick a flamethrower up your ass, then pull the triggers of both at the same time and alleviate the universe of your caustic existence, you shit-eating afterbirth.
I’m disappointed Superman never came by to answer these questions.
ROTS is my definitely my least favourite prequel. The atrocious execution of Anakin’s fall and the Jedi Purge, Padme’s death, Palpatine with a lightsaber, “younglings”, the CG overkill – it’s all too damn much for me to stomach.
TPM is clearly the best of the prequels for me. The story/acting/characterization still suck, but there’re more physical sets/locations to balance out the CGI, Anakin’s not a hateful asshole, and there’s less violation of the OT mythos.
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That was a bittersweet time in my life. Why couldn’t I have been a part of this community then?
Can’t say I love the original movie (haven’t seen any of the sequels), but I never found it bad, either. It may be interesting to see what they do with a series.
^This.
Smiles, everyone, smiles!
Why do all my dreams come to an end the very moment they start getting really good?
Because your brain has no database of sexual experiences from which to derive plausible dreamstuff.
Duh.
Fuck off, asshole.
INT. ENTERPRISE/CORRIDOR OUTSIDE SICKBAY
Kirk is standing outside sickbay, anxiously awaiting news on Mitchell’s condition. The sickbay door slides open and Dr. Piper walks out, his expression stoic.
KIRK: Doctor, how is he?
PIPER: I managed to stop the internal bleeding and heal the most grievous damage, but it was a serious injury ….
KIRK: (grabs Piper by the shoulders) Give it to me straight, Doctor.
PIPER: His condition’s been stabilized, but I can’t say with any certainty that it’ll improve. (beat) Only time will tell.
Swallowing audibly, Kirk releases his grip on the doctor.
KIRK: Can I see him?
PIPER: Yes.
INT. ENTERPRISE/SICKBAY
Entering the sickbay, Kirk walks over to Mitchell’s biobed. The major, lying prone atop the bed with a sheet pulled up to his bandaged torso, looks peaceful in his unconsciousness.
Placing one hand on Mitchell’s shoulder and the other across his own face, the captain begins to weep silently.
INT. ENTERPRISE/BRIEFING ROOM
Kirk, S’Pock, Scotty, and Ruan are seated at a long conference table when Capt. Quloob and Yn. Rand enter the briefing room.
KIRK: (rises from his chair and approaches the Tellarite) Capt. Quloob.
CAPT. QULOOB: Capt. Kirk. (shakes Kirk’s hand) If only we could have met under more agreeable circumstances. I hear Maj. Mitchell is in recovery?
KIRK: (nods) He’s still is sickbay. Maj. S’Pock will be handling his responsibilities as first officer until he’s ready to resume active duty.
CAPT. QULOOB: (motions to Rand) Have you met my yeoman, Janice Rand?
KIRK: (glances at Rand) Briefly.
After Kirk and Rand shake hands, the yeoman and two captains take a seat at the table.
CAPT. QULOOB: May I ask how the situation aboard the starbase is being handled?
KIRK: We’ve sent in drones to contain the remaining Klingons and locate any surviving members of your crew ….
CAPT. QULOOB: Are there any? Any survivors, I mean?
KIRK: I’m sorry.
Quloob nods solemnly. This news only confirms what he already suspected.
CAPT. QULOOB: Capt. Kirk, you’re probably wondering what inspired the Klingon Empire to attack us – a small, inconsequential starbase out in the middle of nowhere.
CAPT. KIRK: The thought had occurred to me.
CAPT. QULOOB: (reaches into his jacket) I have a good reason to believe they attacked us because of this.
The Tellarite pulls out a small microtape and hands it to S’Pock. Taking the microtape, S’Pock inserts it into a reader; a projection of the nearby galaxy is automatically displayed from the holographic projector built in the centre of the table.
CAPT. QULOOB: Three years ago, Federation scouts came across a previously undiscovered G-class planet while charting new routes. This planet – P2G-0091 – turned out to be quite extraordinary.
The hologram shifts focus to reveal P2G-0091 in full detail. Rocky and barren, the world is tinted pink by its atmosphere.
CAPT. QULOOB: (cont’d) 85% of its lithosphere consists of nithium crystal deposits. The atmosphere itself is rich with dinithium gases.
SCOTT: (amazed) Ye could build a trillion warp drives over with that much nithium!
S’POCK: Quite fascinating. If that information got out, it could cause a –
KIRK: (interrupts) Gold rush, S’Pock?
S’POCK: (cont’d) I was thinking war, Captain.
CAPT. QULOOB: Well, gentlemen, I think that highly sensitive data has gotten out.
KIRK: (to Quloob) This planet – are you certain it doesn’t lie within Klingon jurisdiction?
CAPT. QULOOB: Absolutely certain. A Klingon presence was never detected on the planet. The world is nowhere to be found on the registry of local Klingon territories. (beat) Captain, there’re over three-hundred colonists living on P2G-0091; they don’t have any means to defend themselves. If you don’t set course for the planet right away, the Klingons will certainly do to them what they did here to us.
Leaning back in his chair, Kirk sighs.
KIRK: How far away is P2G-0091 from here?
CAPT. QULOOB: Approximately 2 light-years.
S’POCK: And the attack on the starbase was staged six days ago?
CAPT. QULOOB: About that.
SCOTT: (to Kirk) Captain, those D7 cruisers canna travel any faster than warp 5.
KIRK: It’d take them about six days to reach P2G-0091. Travelling at warp 8, we could get there within a day.
S’POCK: They do have a six-day advance on us, Captain.
KIRK: Yes. All the more reason to move immediately. (rises from his chair) Dismissed.
Why do all my dreams come to an end the very moment they start getting really good?
*angry sigh*
Ewoks are a pretty good representation of the “little guy,” in a number of ways. I don’t mind the idea behind them, but I do wish the film did a better job proving they could actually take on “an entire legion of [the Emperor’s] best troops,” or at least showed that they got some help from the better trained alliance troops.
My thoughts, too, basically.