# Star Trek V Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-v-question/264373>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 14, 2004, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-v-question/264373 "2004-09-14T05:14:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-v-question/264373/61 "2004-09-20T21:19:50Z")

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**High Cheese** , I see your _Curse_ and raise you [THIS!](http://imdb.com/title/tt0084796/)

Being from another planet, I could hardly sit through it.

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**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-v-question/264373/62 "2004-09-21T05:52:09Z")

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> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> Who _is_ this guy?
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> 🙂

What, you mean me?

I think I finally have my fist vanity sig. 😃 (Sort of.)

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**Author:** ![thwartme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@thwartme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thwartme)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-v-question/264373/63 "2004-09-21T12:45:38Z")

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> [@High Cheese](#):
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> I mentioned that Spock’s “I feel fine” response was the second most poignant and dramatic of the series. The first? Kirk, at the end of “Khan” when he says, as they are about to bury Spock in space, "Of all the souls I’ve met in my travels, his was the most… (pause as Kirk chokes back tears) …_human_. This almost made me cry; though I’m quite sure I had something caught in my eye at the time.

Kirk’s eulogy for Spock is one of the few times it is considered acceptable for men to cry at the movies. “Old Yeller” is another, and when Michael has Fredo whacked.

thwartme

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**Author:** ![High\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8797f3/32.png) [@High\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/High_Cheese)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-v-question/264373/64 "2004-09-22T01:30:36Z")

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> [@NoClueBoy](#):
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> **High Cheese** , I see your _Curse_ and raise you [THIS!](http://imdb.com/title/tt0084796/)
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> Being from another planet, I could hardly sit through it.

Ok, **NoClue** …at this point, I fold. I rented this movie and watched it. Having seen your hand, and seeing how stacked the odds are against me, my best option is to throw in my cards.

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**Author:** ![High\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8797f3/32.png) [@High\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/High_Cheese)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-v-question/264373/65 "2004-09-22T01:35:11Z")

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> [@thwartme](#):
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> Kirk’s eulogy for Spock is one of the few times it is considered acceptable for men to cry at the movies. “Old Yeller” is another, and when Michael has Fredo whacked.
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> thwartme

Whew! Thank you. That was a veiled attempt at seeking sanctification. I can now freely and fully confess that I _did not_ have anything caught in my eye at that time.

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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-v-question/264373/66 "2004-09-22T02:01:22Z")

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> [@thwartme](#):
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> Kirk’s eulogy for Spock is one of the few times it is considered acceptable for men to cry at the movies. “Old Yeller” is another, and when Michael has Fredo whacked.

You forgot “Brian’s Song.”

People cry when Fredo gets whacked? Really? It was business.

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