Seems like a completely normal and natural reaction to large-scale disturbing changes. Staying sane is the first priority. Or as they put it in Wrath of Khan…
Carol Marcus: “How can you think of food at a time like this?”
Kirk [eating an apple]: “First order of business - survival.”
It was actually McCoy who said “how can you think of food”, not Carol. Kirk was not eating an apple (yet), McCoy was responding to Kirk having just said “Is there anything to eat? I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m starved.”
Kirk IS eating an apple later in the Genesis cave during the conversation with Saavik about the no-win scenario. “I don’t like to lose. into communicator Enterprise, it’s been two hours, are you ready?” Spock: “Right on schedule, Admiral. Give us your coordinates and we’ll beam you aboard.” “All right. to Saavik I don’t like to lose crunches apple”
Seems like a completely normal and natural reaction to large-scale disturbing changes. Staying sane is the first priority. Or as they put it in Wrath of Khan…
Carol Marcus: “How can you think of food at a time like this?”
Kirk [eating an apple]: “First order of business - survival.”
Useless pedantry:
It was actually McCoy who said “how can you think of food”, not Carol. Kirk was not eating an apple (yet), McCoy was responding to Kirk having just said “Is there anything to eat? I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m starved.”
Kirk IS eating an apple later in the Genesis cave during the conversation with Saavik about the no-win scenario. “I don’t like to lose. into communicator Enterprise, it’s been two hours, are you ready?” Spock: “Right on schedule, Admiral. Give us your coordinates and we’ll beam you aboard.” “All right. to Saavik I don’t like to lose crunches apple”
You miss 100% of the useless pedantry you never try. - Vince Lombardi