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May we not turn into Klingons.
Showing posts with label The Fall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Fall. Show all posts
15 March 2014
The Search for Spock and the Secrets of Genesis
***Spoilers Alert!*** The Klingon Kruge had his mind sent on "ultimate power" in his pursuit of Genesis. He destroyed two vessels with their crew (including his love interest on a cargo vessel; the other one was the science vessel Grissom pictured below) and Kirk's son for its secrets for use as a planet-civilization-destroying weapon.
Just like the devil in the Garden of Eden in the Book of Genesis, Captain Kruge wanted ultimate power and destruction of his enemies. He was jealous of what others had, here the Genesis device. The devil was jealous of the relationship humans had with God.
May we not turn into Klingons.
May we not turn into Klingons.
13 March 2014
The Search for Spock and The Fall Guy
***Spoilers Alert!*** Why did David die in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock? The short answer is that he sacrificed himself as the fall guy in order that Spock and Saavik could live.
When the Klingon Captain Kruge ordered that someone be executed on the planet for Project Genesis' secrets, Saavik was the soon-to-be target. Instead, David was executed when he chose to attack the Klingon that was carrying out the execution. David seemed to do it in order to save Saavik, at least temporarily.
I think an alternative explanation below is more interesting and even more relevant to David's motive.
In the scientific-research stage of Project Genesis, it was revealed in this movie that Dr. David Marcus (at least) used proto-matter. Saavik was stunned when David revealed this fact to her in the movie since proto-matter was banned by the scientific community as being too unpredictable. Kirk's son made the excuse that using the contra-banned substance helped solve certain problems in the project.
God made creation for us to prosper in, to love and to be loved. There are almost an infinite number of things that we could legitimately do, with relatively fewer things that God forbids us to do. The main forbidden fruit is to decide for oneself the criteria for good and for bad apart from God. That's God's domain.
In the Genesis story of the Judea-Christian Bible, the forbidden fruit tree in the Garden of Eden represents this knowledge. God said of it, "The LORD God gave the man [Adam] this order: You are free to eat from any of the trees of the garden except the tree of knowledge of good and evil. From that tree you shall not eat; when you eat from it you shall die." (Genesis 2:16-17)
In The Genesis Device's development, when David took the shortcut in using proto-matter, he took to himself the prerogative to decide what was acceptable and unacceptable, or perhaps decided that there is neither criteria for good nor for ill.
Just like when Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit in the Book of Genesis, in what Christians call "The Fall", they did not die right away, it took some time before David took the fall for his actions in Project Genesis. In a similar way that Adam and Eve were thrown out of the Garden of Eden for eating the forbidden fruit, once the forbidden proto-matter did its dirty work, the Genesis Planet creation essentially threw David out of paradise to his death.
David realized that none of the events on the Genesis planet would be happening at all if he had not eaten the proto-matter forbidden fruit. He must have thought that it was a just act to volunteer for the execution. He was the Fall Guy.
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I think an alternative explanation below is more interesting and even more relevant to David's motive.
In the scientific-research stage of Project Genesis, it was revealed in this movie that Dr. David Marcus (at least) used proto-matter. Saavik was stunned when David revealed this fact to her in the movie since proto-matter was banned by the scientific community as being too unpredictable. Kirk's son made the excuse that using the contra-banned substance helped solve certain problems in the project.
God made creation for us to prosper in, to love and to be loved. There are almost an infinite number of things that we could legitimately do, with relatively fewer things that God forbids us to do. The main forbidden fruit is to decide for oneself the criteria for good and for bad apart from God. That's God's domain.
In the Genesis story of the Judea-Christian Bible, the forbidden fruit tree in the Garden of Eden represents this knowledge. God said of it, "The LORD God gave the man [Adam] this order: You are free to eat from any of the trees of the garden except the tree of knowledge of good and evil. From that tree you shall not eat; when you eat from it you shall die." (Genesis 2:16-17)
In The Genesis Device's development, when David took the shortcut in using proto-matter, he took to himself the prerogative to decide what was acceptable and unacceptable, or perhaps decided that there is neither criteria for good nor for ill.
Just like when Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit in the Book of Genesis, in what Christians call "The Fall", they did not die right away, it took some time before David took the fall for his actions in Project Genesis. In a similar way that Adam and Eve were thrown out of the Garden of Eden for eating the forbidden fruit, once the forbidden proto-matter did its dirty work, the Genesis Planet creation essentially threw David out of paradise to his death.
David realized that none of the events on the Genesis planet would be happening at all if he had not eaten the proto-matter forbidden fruit. He must have thought that it was a just act to volunteer for the execution. He was the Fall Guy.
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