9 Possible Plots For Star Trek 2
Our take on the sequel to JJ's stellar reboot...
BY Jun 16th 2009 9:09AMFILED UNDER: Features
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Even before the new Star Trek movie became a huge hit, Paramount had commissioned a sequel.
But now, with the movie firmly qualified as a mega-blockbuster, the pressure is on for JJ Abrams and his collaborators to deliver something that surpasses the original.
Abrams and crew claim they already have a few ideas. Here's what we'd like to see...
1. War With Romulus
The Romulans, Star Trek’s other pointy-eared race feature significantly in the first film, but only via Eric Bana's bad/mad guy Nero.
There’s a whole planet of them out there (well, at least for the next 100 years or so) and we’re sure they’ll have been aware of what happened between the Nerada and the Federation.
So what if the Romulans decide that Nero was on the right track and try to take advantage of the Federation’s problems following the attack on Vulcan?
Using the original series episode Balance Of Terror as a jumping-off point, we’d explore a battle of wits between Kirk and his equal among the Romulans.
Problem: JJ and co might want to steer clear of a repeat appearance of the race in the sequel.
Next: Khan!
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1: durden says
ok first of all:the whole paralel universe thing that they used in star trek 1?bull c**p!!!it sucks!!why?because it's gonna allow them from now on to make new movies,completely different from tos and if a trekkie gives then any problems...tey'll simply reply:"hey,it's a paralel universe,it's not the tos universe anymore.things are different now."!!WHICH BY THE WAY SUCKS a*s!!i hate what they're trying to do to the new star trek!!!!
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2: mattburgess says
Just wanted to completely disagree with Durden. You may be a huge trek fan, but so am I. Huge. And I love what they're doing with this new series of movies.
If it was set in the "real" trek universe, they wouldn't be able to do very much with it, such as destroying Vulcan. Now they can change things without pi$$ing off a lot of trekkies. Brilliant.
Can't wait to see what happens next. They should remain unafraid to break the boundaries of what is considered "trek"
Posted: Jun 16th 2009 // 5:16PMAlert a moderator
3: mattburgess says
Just wanted to completely disagree with Durden. You may be a huge trek fan, but so am I. Huge. And I love what they're doing with this new series of movies.
If it was set in the "real" trek universe, they wouldn't be able to do very much with it, such as destroying Vulcan. Now they can change things without pi$$ing off a lot of trekkies. Brilliant.
Can't wait to see what happens next. They should remain unafraid to break the boundaries of what is considered "trek"
Posted: Jun 16th 2009 // 5:52PMAlert a moderator
4: pimpernel says
Got to agree with mattburgess. The freedom this new parallel universe gives them is the whole beauty of the thing. It would have been very limiting to follow the original canon to the letter. This opens so many exciting new possibilities for the franchise! Plus, they're all essentially similar, if not the same characters, so the backbone of the whole thing remains. I'm really looking forward to seeing what they do next!
Posted: Jun 16th 2009 // 6:07PMAlert a moderator
5: AKRajala says
The whole parallel universe where they are all women was already done by Red Dwarf! :)
Posted: Jun 16th 2009 // 6:35PMAlert a moderator
6: somewhatfrail says
I like these ideas. Apart from Khan really. He should be left where he is.
Personally I'd love to see the origins of the Borg. I hear rumours that the probe from The Motion Picture was the beginning but I'm no fanatical Trekkie so can't possibly say it as truth...
Another thing - why would the parallel universe have to be evil? Why not make it so our 'heroes' are actually more bent and corrupt than their counterparts?
The Spock/Kirk conflict idea is a good'n too. Of course they can't possibly re-do anything akin to Amok Time now though can they? haha.
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