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Yeah, I really liked ST III, especially after Spock died in Wrath of Khan. It was perfect having his mind lodged in McCoy's head, considering their combative relationship.
I used to watch Star Trek TOS on Sunday mornings with my dad after hockey. We'd have toast and molasses. Hockey, football and Star Trek was our thing. Cherished memories.
The first time I ever recall crying was Spock's funeral scene, that got me good. Like when Picard lost it after he was brought back from assimilation, Kirk's fighting back the tears, and knowing one of my fav characters (Spock) was dead, I fell apart. I'm pretty sure my dad welling up too.
Wrath of khan had it all, awesome call back villain, strategic combat, amazing score, and a relationship-centric story between our beloved characters dealing with loss and getting older, had something for everyone.
After far as I was concerned, Spock was dead, so getting him back in III, and seeing Vulcan with a budget, was amazing. It was a great follow up to the Genesis project from Wrath of Khan, and Kirk's kid. I felt they could have done more with David (Kirk's son) though.
The only thing I didn't like was recasting Kirstie Alley's character. She may have been my first tv crush, loved those eyes. Her replacement was awful
A really cool fact about Wrath of khan is that director Nicholas Meyer hadn't every seen an episode of Star Trek, or knew little about it at least. He watched everything before coming up with the script. What a difference between that care for the lore results in, compared to hacks on garbage like the Witcher Netflix series, Disney Star Wars films, or Rings of Power, where writers throw the lore in the toilet.
Meyer also did IV and VI, making him the goat Star Trek movie maker.
I warmed up to the actress who replaced Alley. Did you know that Star Trek IV (at the beginning) had a line of dialog that implied Saavik was pregnant, which was cut in editing? Fascinatingly, Saavik was originally to be Kim Cattrall's character Valeris in part VI.
Nimoy directed part III (and uncredited writer), directed and wrote the story for part IV, wrote and executive produced part VI. He was also the first person asked to executive produce TNG, but declined, allowing Roddenberry and his associates to have complete artistic control. In this initial pre-production stage, Nimoy did not believe that TNG could ever be as popular as TOS. It makes one wonder what TNG would have looked like if he, instead of Roddenberry, had signed on.
