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    10 months ago

    (a) how is Starfleet anything but a farce if a mutinous cadet can be promoted straight to captain

    Pike tagging Kirk like that jolted me right out of the first movie. Just… no. I still found it enjoyable overall, but the contrivances really detracted from the experience.