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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)

★ 6.6 · 1,507 ratings on TMDB

A dying planet. A fight for life. The search for Spock.

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock poster★ 6.6

A surprise visit from Spock's father provides a startling revelation: McCoy is harboring Spock's living essence.

DirectorLeonard Nimoy
CastChristopher Lloyd, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, James Doohan, Mark Lenard, Merritt Butrick
GenresAction, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
The emergence reading

In Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, consciousness is carried by aliens. The story fights on E8/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Also inConsciousness hiding in aliensFilms that move consciousness off the human
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Same rung, same subject

Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.

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Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

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Also hides consciousness here

Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)dir. Leonard NimoyStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)DeForest KelleyStar Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)DeForest KelleyStar Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)DeForest Kelley3 Men and a Baby (1987)dir. Leonard NimoyStar Trek: Generations (1994)James Doohan