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movie review - Star Trek Into Darkness

the journal of Michael Werneburg

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Toronto, 2015.06.10

This 2013 Star Trek movie was such a mess I couldn't sit through the whole thing. Apparently now Khan and Spock are essentially super-human in their abilities, able to take great falls and make huge leaps with ease. Nothing about this thing really works, from the reveal that the supposed villain is Khan (a name unknown in this timeline) to the herky-jerky filming. It's very popular on IMDB but I disagree.

Not recommended.

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Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.

—Hermann Goering