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From: rjnoe@riccb.UUCP (Roger J. Noe)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Movie inspiring episodes question
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Date: Wed, 2-Oct-85 18:05:25 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct  2 18:05:25 1985
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> >  Captain Matt Decker, father of Will Decker.  
> 
> 	That is COMMODOR [sic] Decker, not Captain. I never understood why Kirk
>   had to be reduced from Admiral to Captain after the end of the first movie.

Because anyone in command of a vessel is a Captain, whether he holds that rank
or not.  Therefore, if someone with the service grade of Admiral is in personal
command of a starship, it is entirely appropriate to address her as "Captain."

> > Yet nowhere in the movie are any of these interconnections even hinted at.
> 
> 	Not so.

Poor choice of words on my part.  I meant they are not explicitly mentioned
anywhere.  The hints are there, for any trekker familiar with the episodes
to pick up on.  But do you think the average viewer notices the name Decker
and says, "Hey, wasn't there a Decker in the planet-eater machine episode?"
Or any of the other connections, for that matter?  Oh, some astute non-fans
have been reminded of similarities between The Changeling and ST-TMP, but
only after seeing them one after the other.

>	2) Both men sacrificed themselves for the rest of humanity.

"Sorry, neither."  Matt Decker was nuts and obsessed, which is why he sac-
rificed himself.  His son did what he did for himself.

>	3) The Doomsday Machine was headed toward "the most densely
>	   populated part of our Galaxy" (Spock). V'Ger was headed
>	   through the most densely populated part of our galaxy
>	   straight toward Earth.

Where do you get the idea that Earth is anywhere near the most densely popu-
lated part of the galaxy?  I don't remember any such statement in ST-TMP.

>	4) Both Decker's were in command of the Enterprise for a
>	   short length of time before Kirk was responsible for them
>	   being relieved.

Strictly speaking, I don't know we can say that Will was in charge of Enter-
prise, since he was relieved before it left spacedock.

>	5) Both machines had traveled from another galaxy before
>	   becoming a threat to humanity.

That is not positively known in either case.
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Roger Noe			ihnp4!riccb!rjnoe


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