ST VI question

[l***@gmail.com]

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In Star Trek VI there is ONE LINE that I can't make out
on my video tape.
When some female character suggests that they get
some Romulan Ale to help the dinner with the klingons
go more smoothly, just as Kirk is about to step
off the bridge he says
``... thinking ...''
Probably something LIKE ``good thinking officer'' but
its NOT that. I can't quite make it out.
the word `gasarch' in your response to the net
so I can search for it easily.
bill gasarch

Reading replies below, I think the suggestion that Kirk's reply is "Officer thinking, Lieutenant" makes the most sense. I amended the IMDB synopsis to reflect that today, 10-11-13. Thanks for opening the original topic -- this thing has dogged me for a long time!

[Michael Prenez-Isbell]

Post by l***@gmail.com

(Sorry if this is the wrong newsgroup for this.
Just tell me politely if this is the case and I'll post
to the correct one.)
In Star Trek VI there is ONE LINE that I can't make out
on my video tape.
When some female character suggests that they get
some Romulan Ale to help the dinner with the klingons
go more smoothly, just as Kirk is about to step
off the bridge he says
``... thinking ...''
Probably something LIKE ``good thinking officer'' but
its NOT that. I can't quite make it out.
the word `gasarch' in your response to the net
so I can search for it easily.
bill gasarch

Reading replies below, I think the suggestion that Kirk's reply is "Officer thinking, Lieutenant" makes the most sense. I amended the IMDB synopsis to reflect that today, 10-11-13. Thanks for opening the original topic -- this thing has dogged me for a long time!

ARGGGGGHHHH

OH FOR THE LOVE OF....

APPOSITE thinking. APPOSITE, as in APT, as in "appropriate or suitable in the circumstances."

If you speak the English langauge, it's really not that difficult. Star Trek has often been written by very literate people with good, adult vocabularies. And so this.

[Tavis Ormandy]

Post by Michael Prenez-Isbell

Post by l***@gmail.com
Reading replies below, I think the suggestion that Kirk's reply is "Officer thinking, Lieutenant" makes the most sense. I amended the IMDB synopsis to reflect that today, 10-11-13. Thanks for opening the original topic -- this thing has dogged me for a long time!

ARGGGGGHHHH
OH FOR THE LOVE OF....
APPOSITE thinking. APPOSITE, as in APT, as in "appropriate or suitable in the circumstances."
If you speak the English langauge, it's really not that difficult. Star Trek has often been written by very literate people with good, adult vocabularies. And so this.

I'm not convinced, it *really* sounds like "officer thinking" to me.

I found the clip:

Very hard to believe he is saying "apposite" there! Maybe it would
have been a better word choice, but I don't think it's what they went with :)

Tavis.

[Tavis Ormandy]

Post by Tavis Ormandy

Post by Michael Prenez-Isbell
ARGGGGGHHHH
OH FOR THE LOVE OF....
APPOSITE thinking. APPOSITE, as in APT, as in "appropriate or suitable in the circumstances."
If you speak the English langauge, it's really not that difficult. Star Trek has often been written by very literate people with good, adult vocabularies. And so this.

I'm not convinced, it *really* sounds like "officer thinking" to me.
http://youtu.be/AkqZja1IBfk

Ah, I found a copy of the original script online - it even has Denny
Flinn's handwritten notes:

https://assets.scriptslug.com/live/pdf/scripts/star-trek-vi-the-undiscovered-country-1991.pdf

Post by Tavis Ormandy
Kirk smiles, relieved.
KIRK
Officer thinking, Lieutenant.

Case closed, I think :)

Tavis.