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Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
(1982)
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| Themes
 | Sacrifice
 | In the second Star Trek movie (released in about
1982-1983), Christological references abound. The crew is faced with
certain death as a nuclear reactor begins to leak and must be
repaired. Spock enters the room where the reactor is and repairs it,
sacrificing himself for the lives of the crew. As he dies, he says
to Kirk words to the effect: "It is better for the one to die
for the many, or the few." He then recites a line from The Tale
of Two Cities (which Kirk has been reading): "It is a far far
better thing I do today, than I have ever done before." Spock
is "buried" with honors (as the bagpipes play
"Amazing Grace")in a capsule that is sent to a planet that
is a newly born paradise, where the "Genesis" project has
just been detonated, bringing life where none was before. (submitted
by Chip Gorman) |
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| Friendship
| Spock: You are my superior officer. You are also my
friend. I have been and always shall be yours. |
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