Wednesday 17 November 2010

START TREK VI:
The Undiscovered Country
(1991)

80%



Wonderful science-fiction movie that veers into political satire and self-parody. The plot makes little sense but makes little matter because the film is designed for sheer entertainment purposes - especially Star Trek fans. For anyone familiar with the clichés of the tv series the plot will be predictably-enjoyable and the performances from the cast familiarly-comfortable.

In truth, this is a metaphorical look at the end of the Cold War which is perfectly suited to the optimistic and pacifistic nature of the tv series; leaving one with a good uplift of one's morale with a story of a peace dividend resulting from the collapse of the Klingon Empire. One of the better Star Trek films although not as good as The Wrath of Khan.


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Science:



No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.



Jacob Bronowski… (1908 - 74), British scientist, author. Encounter (London, July 1971).


Sleep of Reason:



The dream of reason produces monsters. Imagination deserted by reason creates impossible, useless thoughts. United with reason, imagination is the mother of all art and the source of all its beauty.



Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes… (1746-1828), Spanish painter. Caption to Caprichos, number 43, a series of eighty etchings completed in 1798, satirical and grotesque in form.


Humans & Aliens:



I am human and let nothing human be alien to me.



Terence… (circa 190-159 BC), Roman dramatist. Chremes, in The Self-Tormentor [Heauton Timorumenos], act 1, scene 1.


Führerprinzip:



One leader, one people, signifies one master and millions of slaves… There is no organ of conciliation or mediation interposed between the leader and the people, nothing in fact but the apparatus - in other words, the party - which is the emanation of the leader and the tool of his will to oppress. In this way the first and sole principle of this degraded form of mysticism is born, the Führerprinzip, which restores idolatry and a debased deity to the world of nihilism.



Albert Camus… (1913-60), French-Algerian writer & philosopher. The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt: New York: Vintage Books, (1984; page 182.)