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* [[Unintentional Period Piece]]: In the director's commentary, Nicholas Meyer paraphrases Orson Scott Card's claim that all works are a product of their time, when it's pointed out how Khan's followers look like the entourage of a hair metal group. |
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* [[What Could Have Been]]: {{spoiler|Spock's}} [[Heroic Sacrifice]] was originally placed at the middle of the movie, in an attempt to mimic the ''[[Psycho]]'' gambit. When they wisely decided to make it the emotional climax of the film instead, Peter Preston's sacrifice was put in its place instead. Similarly, the whole ordeal was practically spoiled before the movie began filming because it was what lured him back to the franchise. The Kobayashi Maru sequence was intended as a way to throw off expectations. |
* [[What Could Have Been]]: {{spoiler|Spock's}} [[Heroic Sacrifice]] was originally placed at the middle of the movie, in an attempt to mimic the ''[[Psycho]]'' gambit. When they wisely decided to make it the emotional climax of the film instead, Peter Preston's sacrifice was put in its place instead. Similarly, the whole ordeal was practically spoiled before the movie began filming because it was what lured him back to the franchise. The Kobayashi Maru sequence was intended as a way to throw off expectations. |
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Revision as of 16:30, 8 January 2015
- Unintentional Period Piece: In the director's commentary, Nicholas Meyer paraphrases Orson Scott Card's claim that all works are a product of their time, when it's pointed out how Khan's followers look like the entourage of a hair metal group.
- What Could Have Been: Spock's Heroic Sacrifice was originally placed at the middle of the movie, in an attempt to mimic the Psycho gambit. When they wisely decided to make it the emotional climax of the film instead, Peter Preston's sacrifice was put in its place instead. Similarly, the whole ordeal was practically spoiled before the movie began filming because it was what lured him back to the franchise. The Kobayashi Maru sequence was intended as a way to throw off expectations.