Star Trek VI
Almost everyone knows Star Trek, the famous television series, where humans and extraterrestrial creatures – other humans wearing funny looking costumes 
- face each other with laser swords and ultra sophisticated space ships. The several movies were a huge success in Cinemas and the series continues endlessly to broadcast on our TV screens. When I say “almost everyone”, you probably understood that some people know nothing about the subject, among those you find me, or should I rather say “found me”.
Until yesterday, I wasn’t aware what Star Trek was all about, the few little things I knew about Star Trek was that it was a science fiction series - well you don’t need to be a wise guy to guess it – and that there’s a weird-looking guy with night-elves ears (Warcraft style) – he turned out to be the so-called Captain Spock - on board of a space ship exploring space and kicking some alien butt.
What I’m getting to is that I watched a Star Trek movie (Star Trek VI – The Undiscovered Country) and I was the least surprised about how good it was. Although you might get lost at first, especially if you’re a Star Trek illiterate, you’ll soon see that the story is coherent and that the movie is not just about superb special effects (well superb for the year the movie was produced in, 1991 that is).
The plot, shortly: After a rough explosion on a moon belonging to the Klingons (the other side), the United Federation of Planets (the side on which the Star Trek heroes are) decide to finally put in place a peace process with the Klingons. The U.S.S. enterprise, an incredible federation spaceship, is commanded by James T. Kirk (William Shatner), a highly decorated officer of the federation haunted by a hatred of the Klingons ever since his son was killed on their hands. He is assisted by his side-kick Captain Spock (Leonard Nimoy), a Vulcan (not a human), supporting the establishment of piece between the two parties. The ship’s misson is to escort the spaceship of the Klingon’s chief, Chancellor Gorkon, to the place where the peace process is too be decided and signed. During the escort period, an incident occurs on the Klingon spaceship and the Chancellor is killed. Every proof seems to be accusing the Federation of betrayal thus threatening the upcoming planned peace. Kirk finds himself in the hand of the Klingons and this is where all the problems start: Traitors are to be discovered on both sides!!
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In 1991, the U.S.S.R. has just collapsed and the world was living in a new era where some people were afraid of change, moving from the cold war to a peaceful period. Analyzing the movie, you would come to compare Chancellor Gorkon, the leader killed by the supporters of a continuing war, to Mikhail Gorbachev who sacrificed his presidency, his vast territory and his diplomatic influence in order to make the world a better place to live in.