Released in the year of the Woodstock concert, and made in a year of wo tragic assassinations (Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King), he Vietnam War buildup and Nixon""s election, the tone of this ""alternative"" film is remarkably downbeat and bleak, reflecting the collapse of the idealistic 60s." Kirk also argued that they must be unpredictable: "The logical thing is to be unpredictable," although Spock asserted that Nero""s arrival from the future had already altered the course of history, disrupted the time continuum, and changed everyone""s destiny: "Nero""s very presence has altered the flow of history, beginning with the attack on theUSS Kelvin, culminating in the events of today, thereby creating an entire new chain of incidents that cannot be anticipated by either party.The novel""s ending included the double-suicide of wo star-crossed lovers (similar to Shakespeare""s Romeo & Juliet tale, and a modified version of the "Madame Butterfly" plot) - an enlisted man and his Japanese bride (Buttons and Umeki), and the termination of the close romance between an AF Major (Brando) and his Japanese girlfriend.[Note: Much of the film took place mostly in this single location.The apartment would soon become symbolic of Carol""s own body - penetrated first (and cracked open) by Michael""s intrusions, and then violated by two demanding males: Colin and the Landlord.This was Chaplin""s first film after his successfulCity Lights (1931), released nine years after the advent of ""talkies.