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Old 10-22-2013, 04:18 AM   #41
Peter Knutsen
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Default Re: What makes a good villain?

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Originally Posted by jason taylor View Post
Captain Kirk could have taken him back to headquarters where they would have to spend the rest of their lives in prison. Instead he offered them a chance to try out their own worldview by building a civilization on their own. If Khan meant what he said, then any risks he took were part and parcel of that and Kirk was being a magnanimous and chivalrous opponent.
If Star Trek had been science fiction, those two planets would never have swapped orbits.
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