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John Byrne

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Posted: 04 June 2026 at 12:07am | IP Logged | 1 post reply
One of my occasional problems with TOS STAR TREK is the sometimes inappropriate “chuckle line” at the end of some episodes. Whole star systems get wiped out—but they end with a chuckle. Kirk’s brother and family die—end with a chuckle.

Something of the time, I suppose. Didn’t bother me first run.

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Michael Penn
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Posted: 04 June 2026 at 12:29am | IP Logged | 2 post reply
I do think also that ending a drama with some humor was of that era. That's why the last line in "City on the Edge of Forever" was so jarringly unexpected.
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James Woodcock
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Posted: 04 June 2026 at 6:59am | IP Logged | 3 post reply
But modern films, especially disaster movies, still seem to do this.
I get that they are ‘empathise with the human struggle’, but completely at
the expense of ‘feel for those people who lost their lives’.
The hero dodged the building that wiped out thousands - yay!
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