The cinematography was very distracting here. Apparently zooming in and out on the Red Alert lights was a nod to one of the guests playing on Batman. It's still weird and distracting.
But the zooms and extreme closeups during the self destruct sequences are very weird and distracting. They don't add anything to the tension, other than, "that's a really tight closeup!" Too bad, too, because the scene had plenty of inherent tension.
Bele chasing Lokai for 50,000 years makes no sense. After all, the Enterprise just barely saved Lokai from death. Hard to believe these guys could be doing Todd this long if they need spaceships and oxygen environments, etc. Was this the first close call?
I think a better explanation is Cheron was actually destroyed 50,000 years ago and Lokai and Bele are ghosts, doomed to fight this battle for all eternity.
But the zooms and extreme closeups during the self destruct sequences are very weird and distracting. They don't add anything to the tension, other than, "that's a really tight closeup!" Too bad, too, because the scene had plenty of inherent tension.
Bele chasing Lokai for 50,000 years makes no sense. After all, the Enterprise just barely saved Lokai from death. Hard to believe these guys could be doing Todd this long if they need spaceships and oxygen environments, etc. Was this the first close call?
I think a better explanation is Cheron was actually destroyed 50,000 years ago and Lokai and Bele are ghosts, doomed to fight this battle for all eternity.