The poetic verse is taken fromMiss Kilmansegg: Her Moralby early 19th century writer Thomas Hood.The film opens with an iris-in long shot of the tree-covered mountains of California""s gold country (Placer County), filmed in documentary style.With the tagline: "One journey started it all."It was filmed with new technology that used 48 images (or frames) for every second of footage rather than the traditional 24 frames per second rate, thereby enhancing clarity and smoothness for 3-D viewing (reducing eye strain).McCoy.Spock thanked Kirk for his reinstatement, but then objected to their mission - continuing their ongoing argument: "It is now my duty to strongly object to our mission parameters....That""s because you don""t get the Eastern papers out here.I thought maybe once in a while somebody would toss one out of the Super Chief and you might""ve seen my byline.