Steve Meerson and Peter Krikes were responsible for the first draft of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, the one that featured Eddie Murphy’s oddball scientist character. In 1991′s unauthorized The Making of the Trek Films, they spoke frankly about the frustrations they experienced, and mentioned a scene that many fans would have really enjoyed seeing:
“We were told to only worry about Kirk, Spock, and Bones, said Meerson. “In their minds, those are the only people that matter.”
Added Krikes, “They also took out a scene we wrote which deals with the people’s mortality and age.”
“My favorite scene we wrote was between Bones and Scotty, where they talk about the fact that they’re getting too old to be doing this. I personally think they would have loved to play it. It was two guys sitting on a park bench in Union Square, completely out of time and space, saying, ‘We’re officially getting too old. If we ever do make it back, maybe we ought to give it all up and retire.’ Then, they both decide that they’ll never retire, because there’s more to life than sitting on your duff.”
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