I recently rewatched Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. There is a running joke throughout the movie that actually is fundamental to its point. Spock quotes ‘an old Vulcan proverb,’ “Only Nixon could go to China.” There is discussion of Shakespeare in the original Klingon. And Chekov makes reference to the Russian epic of Cinderella. But in fact, what … Continue reading Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country