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I just watched the first scene in Star Trek 6, and found that Tim Russ was nowhere on the Excelsior's bridge, and there were no exploding console(s), like in the VOY episode, Flashback.
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Tim Russ wasn't even cast in ST6 because no one knew about Tuvok yet. But remember that Tuvok's Science station was near the front of the bridge. IIRC, the scenes from ST6 never showed that part of the bridge. For the scene at the end with the bridge crew standing by Sulu, it's possible Tuvok wasn't on duty at the time and therefore would not be present. Or he could be off to one side and the bridge camera didn't capture him in the frame. And the exploding consoles were part of events on Excelsior which were never portrayed in ST6 anyway. Flashback made it seem that Valtane died but for all we know, he might have survived. The episode never made it clear if he died or not. The virus could have just jumped to Tuvok as a precaution in the event that Valtane would die.
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Is TUC out on DVD? If not, it would be cool if they digitally added him in there in that final scene.
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My guess is that once TMP-SE comes out Paramount will wait and see how sucessful it is. If it makes a certain amount of money, they may go ahead and do TWoK-SE and so on. At least that's my reason for not buying any of the Trek movies on DVD yet.
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Scotty was too long in the transporter which caused damage to his memories.
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Yeah. In order to save "Relics" (a pretty good episode) from bashing because of minor continuity slipups (which in this case were the fault of the movie, not the episode), let's list the whole heap of errors in "Flashback" (a pretty bad episode). Feel free to add more errors (which in this case were the fault of the episode, not the movie).
-Valtane a junior officer instead of a Commander -Valtane supposedly dies, while in the movie, he lives -Rand a Commander instead of a junior officer -Rand claims it took her three years to make Ensign rank - why and how? The Academy takes four years or more. Why should somebody starting as an enlisted make faster progress? -A few days pass between the Praxis explosion and Kirk's and McCoy's imprisonment, instead of six months as stated in the movie -Tuvok, Valtane and a bunch of others sleep in their full uniforms, despite NOT having filled their gills with Romulan ale
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I never got the sleeping in few uniform thing either. If it were me, I would of at least taken off the jacket. Also get a decent pillow and sheets.
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There's another little nit...not really a continuity thing, just a funny slip-up:
After the scene where all the junior officers are in their bunks and Tuvok is "arguing' with Valtane, the alarm goes off and they all get up to go back on duty. Tuvok sits up and tries desperately to get his tunic buttoned as he talks to Janeway. When the conversation is over and they get up to leave, the tunic comes undone again. I just thought that was funny.
And, as for that room they were laying down in, I guess I always thought of it as a ready room of sorts, or maybe a lounge. I doubt it was actual quarters. Rand walked right in as though it was a fairly common area.
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That's what I thought of at first. But what sort of readiness do you maintain down on Deck 7 (as blatantly displayed by that silly sign visible through the doorway) when you are stationed on the bridge?
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quote: Only a few years after releasing the last 8 Star Trek films on DVD without adding any extra features, Paramount is now considering creating special DVD editions of each movie after they've released 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture' in November.
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It's understandable that Rand should be a Senior Officer while Valtane a Junior Officer, given that Rand is a long standing character of Trek. Besides, being a senior officer does not mean that only certain duties can be performed.
As for Rand being an Ensign in three years, consider Wesley. He was an Ensign when he went to the Academy. Saavik was a Lieutenant when she was in the Academy, as well as (conjecturally) James Kirk.
But the way I see things, the whole Flashback thing was a piss-poor excuse to bring Sulu back. Really, do you think Sulu would try to barge in to Klingon Space (phasers blazing) without a decent strategy like Spock? I'd expect better.
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