14 Dumbest Things In Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

14. Kirk's Lame Logbook

Okay, fine, the new Enterprise is a lemon and lots of things don’t work. Granted.

But how does that extend to the book-like Captain’s log device which pops apart like a cartoon? Is this an Acme product of the sort used by Wile E. Coyote? Come on, this contraption has a big dedicated SYSTEM FAILURE light on it, which seems to promise just that...and delivers.

In the grand scheme of things this lame gag is small change, but it stands as an example of the movie's biggest dumb: that stupid things happen to get humor into what would otherwise be a dramatic story. But most of this is not in good humor or even good taste. One can be funny without being slapstick, for Spock's sake.