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From: phillips@reed.UUCP (Patrick Phillips)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Kirk Fight Scenes
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Date: Fri, 15-Mar-85 03:26:11 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 15 03:26:11 1985
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>I think the more impressive scenes are when Kirk takes on people (or 
>aliens) of obviously superior abilities.  For example, in "Space Seed",
>first we see Kahn mold Kirk's phaser into Silly-Putty, but after Kahn
>says (in his suave Mediteranian accent) "I have five times your strength,"
>Kirk pummels him into jelly with a styrofoam crowbar!
>
>My favorite confrontation scene ("fight" is such an ugly word) is from
>"The Paradise Syndrome."  Kirk figures that in order to snap Spock out
>of his spore-induced muntinous frivolity, he must get him angry.

I don't think that I agree with this.  For one thing, Kirk loses to Spock
in "The Paradise Syndrome;" not a good way to prove how awesome a fighter
Kirk is.  "Space Seed" is not too different, Kirk is losing there too,
but I guess that we have to give him credit for thinking far enough 
ahead to put those styrofoam crowbars into Engineering just in case he needed
them (why else would those things be there :->).  

I am most impressed with the "confrontation" scenes in which Kirk displays
true fighting skill and cleverness, not just the ability to effectively
use a weapon.

			Patrick (phillips@reed)

"Give me a good phaser, and I'll beat the Old C'ptin"