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Originally Posted by Nate the Great

"How is this directed at this particular movie?"

In the Wrath of Khan there is no mention of Kirk taking it three times. If he heard about the test being a no-win scenario and then reprogrammed the computer to allow for a win scenario, that's forcing reality to conform to his ideals. Failing twice and then cheating is petty.

I always figured that this was about how it happened, albeit with less of the overt smugness on Kirk's part during the rigged attempt.

In fact, I'm not sure whether it's Explicit Canon or not, but you're not supposed to know going into the Kobayashi Maru that it is impossible to "win".

It's never occured to me to think of Kirk's cheating as "petty". Interesting thought.

Originally Posted by Wowbagger

The sequence was cut for pacing reasons, and (as I understand it) because it was seen as overly fanboyish.

Good move there. It would have been absurdly fanboyish.