Daily Dialogue — April 30, 2014

Khan: Your crew for my crew.
Spock: You betrayed us.
Khan: Oh, you are smart, Mr. Spock.
James T. Kirk: Spock, don’t…

[Khan knocks him down]

Khan: Mr. Spock, give me my crew.
Spock: What will you do when you get them?
Khan: Continue the work we were doing before we were banished.
Spock: Which as I understand it involves the mass-genocide of any being you find to be less than superior.
Khan: Shall I destroy you, Mr. Spock? Or will you give me what I want?
Spock: We have no transporter capabilities.
Khan: Fortunately, mine are perfectly functioning. Drop your shields.
Spock: If I do so I have no guarantee that you will not destroy the Enterprise.
Khan: Well, let’s play this out logically then, Mr. Spock. Firstly, I will kill your captain to demonstrate my resolve, then if yours holds I will have no choice but to kill you and your entire crew.
Spock: If you destroy our ship, you will also destroy your own people.
Khan: Your crew requires oxygen to survive, mine does not. I will target your life support systems located behind the aft nacelle. And after every single person aboard your ship suffocates, I will walk over your cold corpses to recover my people. Now, shall we begin?

— Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), screenplay by Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman & Damon Lindelof

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Nemesis, suggested by Alejandro. Today’s suggestion by Debbie Moon.

Trivia: Benedict Cumberbatch recorded his screen test at his best friend’s kitchen using an iPhone.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary from Debbie: “Khan is an interesting nemesis here because he’s beating everyone at their own game: he’s already overpowered Kirk, the man of action, and here he (apparently) outwits Spock. As with any good nemesis, he presents the perfect threat and the perfect challenge to the protagonists.”

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