
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
1984 · Film · 105 min
Part of Star Trek: The Original Series Collection
Directed by Leonard Nimoy
Science FictionActionAdventureThriller
A surprise visit from Spock's father provides a startling revelation: McCoy is harboring Spock's living essence.
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It's actually a comedic reference to an earlier conversation between Scotty and Kirk from the 3rd Star Trek movie.
(https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Star_Trek_III:_The_Search_for_Spock) see the first bit of dialogue in this page.
Also I don't think it makes him seem like a bureaucrat. I'm no manager. I'm an engineer at the bottom of the org chart, but I still need to deliver estimates to my supervisor. And even if I'm an exceptional engineer, I can choose to estimate the time required for a task as though I were merely average.