"Well, what about all that atmospheric equipment we're carrying..."

[Shazam!]

I LOVE Star Trek VI, but the above line could be the worst line in ANY Star Trek movie. It's just so convenient. It had never been mentioned before and it just so happens that that was EXACTLY what they needed to save the day...

Discuss this and any other clunkers of lines.

 

[SilentP]

Re: "Well, what about all that atmospheric equipment we're carrying...

Welcome to the phenomena of dues ex machina (sp?)

 

[SonicRanger]

Re: "Well, what about all that atmospheric equipment we're carrying...

It was supposed to refer the previously mentioned mission had cataloging gaseous anomalies. In the script draft here...

http://www.geocities.com/ussmunchkin7/Star_Trek_VI.htm

... Uhura's line is: "Well, what about all that atmospheric equipment we're carrying to catalogue gaseous anomalies?"

Of course there was a mix-up somewhere along the line because it was the Excelsior which was explained to have that mission.

People have therefore explained the mission of cataloging gaseous anomalies as a fleet-wide project that all Starfleet ships received special equipment to do or that the Enterprise originally had the mission before the Excelsior was assigned to it -- either is good enough for me.

 

[Shatmandu]

Re: "Well, what about all that atmospheric equipment we're carrying...

People have therefore explained the mission of cataloging gaseous anomalies as a fleet-wide project that all Starfleet ships received special equipment to do -- that's good enough for me.

Very true.

But the line, and the line reading, with Uhura casually leaning on the bridge rail in the middle of the ship getting the shit kicked out of it, like she's waiting for extra bacon to be put on a Five Dollar Foot Long, was bad.

Bad writing, bad acting, bad direction.

Joe, good

 

[KirkusOveractus]

Re: "Well, what about all that atmospheric equipment we're carrying...

But the line, and the line reading, with Uhura casually leaning on the bridge rail in the middle of the ship getting the shit kicked out of it, like she's waiting for extra bacon to be put on a Five Dollar Foot Long, was bad.

Bad writing, bad acting, bad direction.

Joe, good

What's even worse continuity is that she doesn't get the Five Dollar Foot Long until after the exterior shot at the end, so we never know if she got it...

 

[cardinal biggles]

Re: "Well, what about all that atmospheric equipment we're carrying...

It was supposed to refer the previously mentioned mission had cataloging gaseous anomalies. In the script draft here...

http://www.geocities.com/ussmunchkin7/Star_Trek_VI.htm

... Uhura's line is: "Well, what about all that atmospheric equipment we're carrying to catalogue gaseous anomalies?"

Of course there was a mix-up somewhere along the line because it was the Excelsior which was explained to have that mission.

People have therefore explained the mission of cataloging gaseous anomalies as a fleet-wide project that all Starfleet ships received special equipment to do or that the Enterprise originally had the mission before the Excelsior was assigned to it -- either is good enough for me.

Actually, the line is referring to a cut scene where we actually got to see part of Kirk's pre-dinner tour for the visiting Klingons. One of their stops was a science lab where they had... you guessed it: atmospheric equipment for cataloging gaseous anomalies. Find scene 41 in the screenplay you linked to.

 

[David cgc]

Re: "Well, what about all that atmospheric equipment we're carrying...

People have therefore explained the mission of cataloging gaseous anomalies as a fleet-wide project that all Starfleet ships received special equipment to do or that the Enterprise originally had the mission before the Excelsior was assigned to it -- either is good enough for me.

It's the first one. That script you linked to has the deleted scene establishing it.

INT. R DECK CORRIDOR 41

leaving the Enterprise Science Labs...

GORKON
Your research laboratory is most
impressive...

KIRK
Starfleet's been charting and
cataloging planetary atmospheres.
All vessels are equipped with
chemical analytic sensors...

GORKON
This cannot be easy for you,
Captain...
(off the look)
I would feel awkward if I had to
give you a tour of OUR vessel...

The man's courtesy makes Kirk feel guilty...

KIRK
Would you care to go topside?

CHANG
Very much.

CHEKOV
(pulling Kirk aside)
Captain, you're not going to show
them the bridge??

KIRK
(clenched teeth)
Full diplomatic courtesy, Mr.
Chekov...

The party passes Uhura and a YOUNGER CREWMAN.

YOUNGER CREWMAN
Would you want your daughter to
marry one?

 

[MarianLH]

Re: "Well, what about all that atmospheric equipment we're carrying...

I can see why they cut that, it's pretty redundant. I wish they'd added it back on the DVD with the other restored scenes, though, if only to shut people up about the "error".


Marian

 

[cardinal biggles]

Re: "Well, what about all that atmospheric equipment we're carrying...

That's assuming they actually filmed it, of course. I suppose the lab where Spock and Chekov analyze the Klingon blood sample (a redress of Dr. Crusher's office) could be the same lab that Kirk showed Gorkon & co.

 

[MarianLH]

Re: "Well, what about all that atmospheric equipment we're carrying...

That's assuming they actually filmed it, of course.

Good point, I hadn't considered that.


Marian

 

[caisson2delta]

Re: "Well, what about all that atmospheric equipment we're carrying...

The line in the film never bothered me, but how come no one ever thought of this previously when dealing with cloaked ships?

 

[Bones2]

Re: "Well, what about all that atmospheric equipment we're carrying...

The line in the film never bothered me, but how come no one ever thought of this previously when dealing with cloaked ships?

Because no other cloaked ship has been able to fire when cloaked?

 

[cardinal biggles]

Re: "Well, what about all that atmospheric equipment we're carrying...

That's true, but there's also the possibility of a cloaked ship dropping the cloak, doing a hit-and-run attack, and re-cloaking (IIRC, didn't we see the Romulan Bird-of-Prey do this in "Balance of Terror"?). So long as the cloaked ship doesn't go to warp after the attack, Spock's modified torpedo would be an effective way of taking out an attacker you can't see.

 

[Candlelight]

Re: "Well, what about all that atmospheric equipment we're carrying...

Wait, you're complaining about this line and yet Uhura's follow up of "that thing's gotta have a tailpipe" doesn't???

Who other than a very select few people would get that 20th century reference?

 

[Shazam!]

Re: "Well, what about all that atmospheric equipment we're carrying...

Wait, you're complaining about this line and yet Uhura's follow up of "that thing's gotta have a tailpipe" doesn't???

Fry: Usually on the show, they came up with a complicated plan, then explain it with a simple analogy.
Leela: Hmmm... If we can re-route engine power through the primary weapons and configure them to Melllvar's frequency, that should overload his electro-quantum structure.
Bender: Like putting too much air in a balloon!
Fry: Of course! It's all so simple!

 

[Kirk1980]

Re: "Well, what about all that atmospheric equipment we're carrying...

That was probably the scene the Futurama writers were thinking of!

 

[Peach Wookiee]

Re: "Well, what about all that atmospheric equipment we're carrying...

Yup. I loved those writers. ^^

 

[Welshie]

Re: "Well, what about all that atmospheric equipment we're carrying...

But the line, and the line reading, with Uhura casually leaning on the bridge rail in the middle of the ship getting the shit kicked out of it, like she's waiting for extra bacon to be put on a Five Dollar Foot Long, was bad.

Bad writing, bad acting, bad direction.

Joe, good

What's even worse continuity is that she doesn't get the Five Dollar Foot Long until after the exterior shot at the end, so we never know if she got it...

And of course, this whole "sandwich with bacon on it" situation completely ignores the fact that pigs were wiped out in World War III (as mentioned by Dr. McCoy in the third season TOS episode The Tholian Web), so bacon doesn't actually exist anymore. Ugh, what lazy writers!

 

[Maurice]

Re: "Well, what about all that atmospheric equipment we're carrying...

And of course, this whole "sandwich with bacon on it" situation completely ignores the fact that pigs were wiped out in World War III (as mentioned by Dr. McCoy in the third season TOS episode The Tholian Web), so bacon doesn't actually exist anymore. Ugh, what lazy writers!

Sythapork, silly.

 

[Jack Bauer]

Re: "Well, what about all that atmospheric equipment we're carrying...

But the line, and the line reading, with Uhura casually leaning on the bridge rail in the middle of the ship getting the shit kicked out of it, like she's waiting for extra bacon to be put on a Five Dollar Foot Long, was bad.

Bad writing, bad acting, bad direction.

Joe, good

What's even worse continuity is that she doesn't get the Five Dollar Foot Long until after the exterior shot at the end, so we never know if she got it...

And of course, this whole "sandwich with bacon on it" situation completely ignores the fact that pigs were wiped out in World War III (as mentioned by Dr. McCoy in the third season TOS episode The Tholian Web), so bacon doesn't actually exist anymore. Ugh, what lazy writers!

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