Greg Cox wrote:
horatio83 wrote:
Greg Cox wrote:
From a narrative standpoint, I don't see Kirk being rewarded for brawling. I see it as the point where Kirk hits rock bottom and realizes that he wants to do more with his life. Pike wasn't saying, "Wow, you kick ass. You should be a Starfleet captain." Pike was saying "You're better than this and I'm going to give you a chance to prove it."
As for that other cadet . . . well there are always going to be jerks in any organization, even Starfleet. Remember Ben Finney? Now that was holding a grudge!
And Finnegan and Captain Styles and the racist guy in "Balance of Terror. Nobody ever said that everybody in Starfleet is perfect and gets along perfectly everybody else.
Remember all the squabbling among "The Galileo Seven"?
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I agree, your reading of the scene is far better than mine. |
Thanks. For what it's worth, I appreciate that we can debate this stuff on a literary level, without arguing about which of us is a bigger Trekkie! |
Speak for yourself. I was the biggest Trek fan around....until I got booted from Trekdom a couple of pages ago.
As to your assessment above, I'd say it is very much spot on.