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From: josie@ihuxw.UUCP (Johanna Clementz)
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Subject: Yet Another STIII Reaction (Spoiler)
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Date: Fri, 29-Jun-84 00:19:28 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 29 00:19:28 1984
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Mister Wayne...you must learn to control your emotions!
(sorry - that was the Spock in me talking)

Valkris was NOT Kruge's mistress; as stated in the STIII
novelizaion...

	 The merchant captain turned on Valkris in a fury.
	 "What's going on? When do we get paid off?"
	 "Soon, Captain," Valkris said, "Quite soon." She
	 spoke again, in formal tongue, to Kruge
	 "Success, Commander. And my love." She did love
	 him, indeed, as the instrument of her bloodline's
	 redemption.
	
	 ...

	The few remaining bits of debris tumbled away. Kruge felt
	completely satisfied. His only regret was never meeting
	Valkris face to face. He had heard much of her, both
	before her bloodline came to grief and after. Her
	information would win for him a great triumph;
	her death would return her family to its previous
	place in their society's hierarchy.
	
It is unfortunate that the deal Kruge and Valkris had made
was not mentioned in the movie version. Apparently, helping
Kruge bring home the "ultimate weapon" would redeem her 
family's status and nobility that had been besmotched by
her playboy brother (Hard to imagine a playboy Klingon! -
just a Wild and'a Crazy Guy).

I would like to see more about the Klingon way of life in
future movies ( the most I've seen has been in the novel
"The Final Reflection").

Does anyone have a reaction to Kirk's last words to Kruge
on the Genesis planet? ("Damn you! I have had-enough-
of YOU!") To me this was T.J. Hooker speaking - not James
T. Kirk! It just doesn't sound like him! Well, perhaps
losing David and his "lady" (the Enterprise) took it's
toll.
-- 


"I'll be gettin' back to my machines noo"

					Josie Clementz
					ihuxw!josie