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Speaking of which, she turned 18 during the shooting of "The Toolbox Murders" wherein she played the 15 years-old protagonist. It beat the hailed "Halloween" to theaters by almost eight months in 1978 and, in my opinion, is just as worthwhile if you appreciate slasher flicks.
You speak of "many other" supposed plot holes as well. I'm sure one of them is this oft-cited one, which happens to be easily explained:
Picard's purpose in leaving the Nexus was to stop Soran from annihilating the Enerprise-D crew and the entire Veridian solar system, including the 230 million people that live on Veridian IV. Since Picard could leave the Nexus and "go anywhere any time," as Guinan pointed out earlier, why go to Veridian III about a minute before Soran launches his rocket? Why not go back to when Soran was a guest on the Enterprise-D and apprehend him then and there? Writer Ronald D. Moore defended Picard's decision on the grounds that Picard didn't want to risk the dangerous and unexpected consequences that can occur when tampering with the timeline; hence, his journey back in time from the Nexus is only a matter of a minute or so.
<blockquote>Explain how the Klingons penetrate the Enterprise-D shields, but don't target something important, so the ship's fine but the Enterprise controllers don't change the shield frequencies, which is something they had to do when facing the Borg on a regular basis; so they allow themselves to be hit multiple times. Yet, when you consider the location of the hits, none of them are major systems. (Later on, the Klingons target the Bridge before they are hacked and destroyed).</blockquote>
This was an outcast band of wild Klingons using a long defunct Bird-of-Prey, so Picard & the Enterprise had zero worries about their sudden uncloaking. What Picard & Co. didn't know is that these outlaw Klingons bugged Geordi's visor and thus were able to acquire the modulation specs of the Enterprise shields. Once they got it, they rashly torpedoed the ship. Remember, these weren't official Klingon military personnel, so they acted out of impulsive fervor rather than discipline (which is clear in the sequence), not to mention they probably weren't savvy of the Enterprise's vital areas beyond the basics.
The entire battle only lasted a little over a minute in which the Enterprise was clearly <i>in motion</i>. Within that short time, the Klingons <i>were</i> able to hit both Engineering and the Bridge before the Enterprise was able to destroy the Bird-of-Prey.
Why weren't the Enterprise controllers able to change the modulation specs of the shields within that time frame? The Enterprise was taken totally by surprise by these bush league Klingons (who are a far cry from The Borg). They simply weren't braced for a serious attack and so were unable to quickly change the modulation specs for one reason or another. One possibility is that the first attack damaged something in the computer system, which hindered them from quickly changing the specs. Or maybe the controller of that particular console got knocked out; or maybe s/he was in the restroom. That last one's a joke but, seriously, there are any number of possible reasons.
Details like these don't have to be spelled out by moviemakers, particularly in the heat of battle. The creators are more concerned with executing a compelling sequence. The viewer simply <i>assumes</i> that there's a good reason why the Enterprise personnel weren't able to change the shield specs faster.
Apparently, murderous psycho biyatches don't care about fairness in their slayings.
<blockquote>What is a "dem" sandwich?</blockquote>
Choice cuts of Nancy Pelosi put between pieces of bread, usually with mayo, onions, cheese and lettuce.
That's puke-inducing, I know. (lol)
Absolutely! It's so sad that minorities are constantly and grossly oppressed in modern America, the supposed Land of the Free. True, Smollett had to hire two Nigerians to be oppressed in this particular case, but it doesn't change the fact that America is the most <b>EVIL</b> nation in human history. Why people of all skin colors from all over the globe keep willingly pouring into the USA -- legally or illegally -- is a great mystery!
Bluster and the corresponding ad hominem insults are not conducive to a convincing argument in a debate. Rather, they make the person out to be ignoble, ignorant, juvenile and pathetic.
Learn how to phrase your points in a knowledgeable and effective manner, at least if you want to be taken seriously by anyone over 11 years-old.
Thank you. I was wondering about the odd title and where it originated.
Agree. I can see producers wanting to do that back in the 60s, but not in the modern era.
Thanks for the input. I need to give it a rewatch since I haven't seen it for like five years and such details are foggy.
America is <i>so</i> oppressive toward minorities that a black Liberal has to hire two Nigerians to oppress him (lol).
He (or she) was obviously talking about the election in Nauru, Micronesia.
You're deep.
<blockquote>The entire event, to me, reeked of woman scorned acting out.</blockquote>
As it is said, "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned."
Megalon is symbolic of faith. For instance, it took megalon (faith) for Cesar to be healed from his serious head wound. It also took megalon (faith) to manifest the spectacular gold city of Megalopolis, which is a type of the eternal city, the New Jerusalem (Revelation 21-22). Only the penitent who have faith will enter this awesome city (e.g. Cesar, Julia, Cicero and Crassus) whereas the impenitent reap the wages of their carnal ways (Wow and Clodio).
<blockquote>He's too ugly to be a leading male actor.</blockquote>
Who the fudge are you to determine who's ugly or handsome in such an absolute sense? Let's see a pic of <b>you</b>, Quasimodo. Then we'll determine how Adam compares.
I like the way the first half paints her as a kinda dull blonde-next-door, but she surprisingly emerges as the stunning main protagonist in the second half with an interesting character arc à la “Lord of the Flies.”
Thanks for the balanced review.
I did answer your main criticism:
Neither Kirk's Enterprise nor the ships carrying El-Aurian refugee came in intentional contact with the Nexus. The refugee ships were inadvertently snared by the mysterious energy ribbon and the Enterprise came to rescue them. The Enterprise was only able to save <i>some</i> of the refugees before the ships were destroyed. A total of 318 people lost their lives; only 47 were saved. Meanwhile the Enterprise incurred heavy damage and Kirk is declared lost in space, but was actually transferred into the Nexus. You can attribute this to James T. Kirk's acclaimed luck or, perhaps, the Nexus was able to receive him because the hull/bulkhead was removed prior to claiming him. Remember, the Enterprise wasn't trying to fly into the ribbon, it was simply assisting the refugees.
If this is what happens with inadvertent vessel contact with the Nexus, then obviously you shouldn't try to enter the ribbon by directly approaching it with that intent; that is, if you want to live. As such, Soran had to come up with a creative plan to get back into the Nexus, which took eight decades of research and planning. Even then, he was taking a risk, but he was addicted to the illusory 'paradise.'
<blockquote>Nexus really doesn't make any sense</blockquote>
As I pointed out, the Nexus was probably created by the Talosians from "The Cage" and "The Menagerie," who were obsessed with providing an illusionary sanctuary for qualifying people, like Pike and Vina. If not created by them, it was formulated by a race <i>like</i> them, with a similar perspective.
Since Star Trek is intrinsically about encountering the unknown in outer space -- and the myriad mysteries thereof -- the Nexus doesn't <i>have</i> to make perfect sense. It simply exists in the Star Trek universe and the protagonists have to deal with it. Great mysteries go hand-and-hand with space exploration.
<blockquote>Explain how its claimed you cant get into Nexus via a ship because they get damaged/destroyed yet Kirk gets into it that way</blockquote>
It's established later in the movie that Soran was unable to safely fly a ship into the ribbon, which explains his highly creative (and mad) scheme to destroy a star in order to manipulate the Nexus ribbon to the planet Veridian III. This is where he'll be able to safely enter back into an illusionary 'paradise,' which is like a drug to him and he's addicted. As such, it doesn't matter to him that hundreds of millions of humanoids on a nearby planet will perish.
In the beginning of the movie, two ships transporting El-Aurians were inadvertently snared by the mysterious energy ribbon with one vessel being destroyed, costing 265 lives. Kirk's Enterprise is able to save 47 refugees in the other ship before it's also destroyed, costing 103 more lives. But the Enterprise becomes trapped by the ribbon and is heavily damaged before escaping. Unfortunately, the ship's hull was breached and Kirk is presumed dead since he went to the inner control area to help the ship escape.
This entire opening segment showed that encountering the Nexus via a space vessel was very dangerous and so trying to enter it this way was nigh suicidal. As such, Soren had to concoct a safer, surer way to enter the weird extra-dimensional realm, which took him 78 years to figure out.
I'll address your other technical cavils once I give the film a rewatch; give me a week or so, thanks.