• RojoSanIchiban@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    88 light years an hour means crossing from one side of the galaxy to the other in about a month and a half.

    Good luck hitting warp 9.999999999999 in that garbage scow!

  • aeronmelon@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I wonder if the time-travel plot of Star Trek IV was subconsciously planted.

    Star Trek III was released in 1984, Back to the Future was released in 1985, Star Trek IV was released in 1986.

    Did the writers watch Back to the Future, remember that Lloyd was in Star Trek III, and unknowingly self-suggest they write a time travel story?

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      1 year ago

      Movies generally have a much longer production time than a year. So the script was most certainly finished before ST III was released in cinemas. So BTTF writers would only have knowledge of ST III if they also wrote it, and even then it’s highly unlikely that at the time of writing BTTF it would’ve been public knowledge (or even a made decision) Lloyd would be in ST. Getting most certainly wouldn’t have even started for BTTF.

  • M500@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I just watched the movie for the first time in the past month. I recognized his voice right away. I was surprised but happy to see him as a Klingon