One of the more ponderous films in the series, with a lackluster villain.Great Scene(s):The USS Enterpriserevealed in dry-dock during a fly-by, the transporter accident, the "wormhole" near-disaster, Mr.As long as she can.Big Daddy""s arrival at the airport is met with a fanfare from Gooper, Mae, their children, and Maggie.)The third of Sam Raimi""s Evil Dead trilogy, a horror comedy, with a countless variety of references to other fantasy and adventure films (Jason and the Argonauts (1963), King Arthur""s court films,Gulliver""s Travels, swashbucklers,The Day he Earth Stood Still (1951)with its "Klaatu Barada Nikto" incantation, andThe Time Machine (1960)).And a second song,You""re a Grand Old Flag,contributed to morale-boosting, flag-waving patriotism and love of one""s country.An image of Africans being brought to America and sold at auction in the South follows the title.The rise of the abolitionist movement of the 19th century demands the freeing of the slaves.Then, in pre-Civil War 1860, the film dramatically focuses on two families.The Northern Stoneman family (of Washington D.C., with a country home in Pennsylvania) is led by imposing parliamentary leader, the Hon.Austin Stoneman (Ralph Lewis), an abolitionist leader in the National House of representatives [in a role patterned after Pennsylvanian Senator Thaddeus Stevens, the Radical Republican leader and anti-slavery crusader].