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		at_a_remove on Jan 27, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We have jetpacks and we do not care This was a limitation of Khan in the second Star Trek film. There is a trilogy of books written covering Khan's life and it very subtly shows why Khan has this difficulty, but never points at it and shouts.

usefulcat on Jan 27, 2022 [–]

I had always thought of that line as metaphorical (“two dimensional thinking”), but that’s a very interesting idea, and fits well with the final battle that immediately follows it.

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