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12th Dec 2018

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)

Character mistake: At the trial, the witness said that "With the first shot, we lost our gravitational field. I found myself weightless, and unable to function." However, the first shot caused the ship to start listing to port. It was the second shot that caused the gravitational failure.

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Suggested correction: People misremember events all the time, especially if the events are unexpected and chaotic. At best a character mistake.

I called it a character mistake.

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He could also simply be lying in order to explain why he did not do whatever he should have after the 1st shot, since he was an easy target for the intruders and did not die in battle, which would have been honorable. Klingons are not the most honest of people.

It's also important to remember this was a "show" trial, where many things were manipulated to make Kirk and McCoy look guilty. Everything the Klingon witnesses say is suspect.

That I will agree with.

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23rd May 2017

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)

Trivia: Before his final log entry, in response to Chekov's request for a course, Kirk says "Second star to the right, and straight on 'til morning." This is a nod to the direction to find Never Neverland in "Peter Pan."

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