this will correct the famous mistake where Khan recognizes Chekov
Yes, it was a "mistake", but the simple explanation that everyone from the staff gave at the time was that Chekov was part of the crew, just not yet assigned to the bridge complement, so Khan encountered him during the ship takeover (Chekov probably put up a fight, or screamed one of his girly screams or something, and so Khan learned his name...the ST2:TWoK novel explains that Khan never forgets anything; part of his "powers").
As far as altering the movie goes: just leave it alone, warts and all. If they want to use seamless branching to include the deleted scenes, then okay I'm all for that. But I want the original version in my library as well. I already have the current DVD release, so I suppose I can just hang onto it, but I hate having the same movie on my shelf twice, y'know?
FX alterations and other mistake fixes...nope. Not for me! This is clearly NOT a situation like ST:TMP, where they had to leave it unfinished and blah-blah-blah (I'd STILL like the original version of TMP to be on DVD). This is a situation where the few nitpicky bad decisions made (using drydock stock footage, etc.) are being questioned and asked for correction 20 years later, and changing FX that were a product of their time.
No, I won't be a part of this revisionist filmmaking. Leave it the way it is! Thanks,
Despite whether or not TMP was improved with the changes, I was very disappointed that the film, as originally released, was not preserved on DVD also.
I can buy the creation of the planet from the nebula.
I can too because the Genesis Torpedo simply (hee hee) rearranges matter (according to a specified matrix) from non-living into living. The source of that matter is irrelevant.
The Mutara Nebula is an incredibly huge source of matter in gaseous/plasma form. Our sun and every planet in our solar system was originally formed from such a nebula, so I see no problem that there is enough matter in Mutara to supply the raw materials for a planet (and sun).
I've always wondered what the plot device "proto-matter" is, as it explains away how the Genesis torpedo does what it does.
Proto-matter must be some super-special stuff, for if the sheer amount of energy needed to accomplish the creation of a planet/sun were contained in a device the size of an arcade game, with energy and matter being interchangeable, a device the size of the Genesis would essentially be a small star or black hole with the associated concentration of gravity. How do carry something like that, much less replace its batteries?
But in ST's defense, reality and physics never got in the way of a good story, and warp drive, matter beaming, and controlled singularities were everday occurances as readily available as a Dell PC.
