Kobayashi Maru

saavik lasted a grand total of 48 seconds... lol

Cool scene. Covered the leak that got out that Spock was going to die in the movie.

Saavik said, "Damn." That's because she's a half vulcan half romulan. The movies failed to mention this.

its supposed to be an unwinnable scenario, to train cadets to not flinch in the face of certain death

you can see a "no smoking sign" 44 seconds in on the right of McCoy. Just a little joke I guess.

Thanks for pointing that out.

gotta love the "futuristic" exit sign at 4:40 lol

If you read the companion novel you would have found out that Spock recommended Saavik for Star Fleet. And Spock commanded a hell of a lot of respect in Star Fleet

You must remember that this is not an actual battle..It is a test designed to be a no win solution. One must understand that a simulation is not a real battle. The point of the simulation is to see how the command figure undergoing the test reacts. Perfectly understandable if you have a military background,

Seeing this in the theater back then: it really caught your attention (we didn't know it was "training").

sure caught mine that's for sure