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From: gray@hound.UUCP (B.GRAY)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: ST IV (heresy!)
Message-ID: <995@hound.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 14-Mar-85 14:32:15 EST
Article-I.D.: hound.995
Posted: Thu Mar 14 14:32:15 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 15-Mar-85 04:30:38 EST
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Has it occurred to anyone that the makers of the Star Trek
movies may have no intention of "getting Kirk out of this
one?" All these arguments about the main characters'
relationship to Starfleet would conveniently become
unimportant if the characters all left the service and started
having adventures on their own.

There is no logical reason to have all the characters on 
the same starship anymore (or even to have all of them on 
a starship), so they simply write the Federation out of 
the script!

Oh, sure, it might still chase after the "deserters" but it
could be like the old "The Fugitive" show, with the Feds just
about to catch up with our heroes at the end of each movie,
then conveniently losing their trail at the start of the
next. It's a big universe. How many ships does Starfleet have? 

This isn't the TV series anymore: they have lots of time and
money to make each episode, so why be hemmed in by the format
of the old show? Now they're free to explore whatever avenues
they wish. (I hope this doesn't sound like heresy; it is
becoming apparent to many, judging from the articles on the
net, that you can have either the old characters, or the old
format, but not both.)

As for Kirk's "best destiny," I think the last couple of
movies have been trying to show a change in his mood and
personality. After his own son and his best friend are killed,
his ship is destroyed, and his friend is resurrected, he may
have no taste for commanding a starship. He (and his
companions) have already demonstrated that their friendship is
more important than Starfleet.