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== Edith Keeler Banned from the Future? == |
== Edith Keeler Banned from the Future? == |
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* ''City on the Edge of Forever'': in the simplified manner in which time travel and its consequences via the Guardian was presented to the viewers, it should have at least entered Kirk's or Spock's mind some time in the weeks they were there that |
* ''City on the Edge of Forever'': in the simplified manner in which time travel and its consequences via the Guardian was presented to the viewers, it should have at least entered Kirk's or Spock's mind some time in the weeks they were there that perhaps they could have taken her with them instead of letting her die. Maybe the Guardian would have been a [[Jerkass]] and disallowed it, or maybe it could have been a timeline-altering move, but what Bugs Me is that (unless I missed it) [[Idiot Ball|the possibility wasn't addressed]], even though Kirk would ostensibly have been trying to think of some way to avert the tragedy. A perfectly good [[Tear Jerker]] ruined by my ability to over-think. Hrmph. |
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** We don't see the method by which they get back. One moment they're weeping on the street, the next they're just coming back to the Guardian's planet side of the Guardian. It probably only opened a portal when there was no possibility of the timeline being skewed again. |
** We don't see the method by which they get back. One moment they're weeping on the street, the next they're just coming back to the Guardian's planet side of the Guardian. It probably only opened a portal when there was no possibility of the timeline being skewed again. |
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** Likewise, the future had already been changed before they left, so, due to the way the Guardian's portal works, they probably couldn't return to their own future until after Edith had died. They had to restore the past to make the portal lead back to the Enterprise. |
** Likewise, the future had already been changed before they left, so, due to the way the Guardian's portal works, they probably couldn't return to their own future until after Edith had died. They had to restore the past to make the portal lead back to the Enterprise. |
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** The impression I got was that they never had the chance to really plan. She's killed only seconds after they reunite with McCoy, before they have a chance to do anything. |
** The impression I got was that they never had the chance to really plan. She's killed only seconds after they reunite with McCoy, before they have a chance to do anything. |
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== Balok's Puppet... Brr... == |
== Balok's Puppet... Brr... == |
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