People cite Kirk's incompetence at not raising the shields in time, thus leading to the tragedy of what ensued. However, I blame Terrell and the Reliant crews' incompetence and not detecting Ceti Alpha V. I think what happened was a symptom of the Federation having settled into complacency for the first time ever and the events of this movie were a gut punch to get out of that.
However that might be overthinking it. Does anyone think that Bennett & Meyer wrote the movie with that intention? Or all they cared about was ginning up a lot of drama/action/tragedy?
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