" Without hearing any dialogue in the noisy, music-filled room, Marty watches as another man is given the same deal and then led to Clara's table.It was an archetypal film for the "New Hollywood" of the 70s, with its adult themes of alienation, sex and drugs, anti-authoritarianism, and a quest for freedom.The film's well-written screenplay (by Borden Chase and Charles Schnee) was based on Chase's novel/Saturday Evening Postserialized story (in six installments from December 1946 hrough January 1947):The Chisholm Trail...Welcome home, Locutus") - he offered himself in exchange for Data's freedom ("I will take my place at your side"), but the android refused to leave ("I do not wish to go"); commanded by the Queen, Data deactivated the self-destruct sequence, entered the encryption codes, and then aimed theEnterprise'squantum torpedoes at thePhoenixduring flight (just before warp speed was activated) -- but the missiles didn't hit their target; the loyal android had deceived the Borg Queen - he ironically warned her: "Resistance is futile" and then killed her with flesh-eating vapor-gas from a smashed coolant tube - the remainder of the Borgs under her command were also neutralized when she perished.