9. Spock vs Kirk
The latest Trek movie – just as its creators kept promising – focused heavily on the Kirk/Spock relationship and how it moved from fractious to friendship.
But we don’t think they should leave it in typical rom-com 'first they hate each other, then they love each other' territory.
Some of the more emotionally satisfying moments of the original series saw the two friends brought back into conflict, either through emotional means (Amok Time, which sees Spock’s mating urge lead to him battling Kirk on Vulcan) or necessity (The Cage, with Spock disobeying orders to help Captain Pike).
There's plenty in the new film that could lead to issues down the line – what if some of the surviving Vulcans decide that revenge for the destruction of Vulcan is logical and Spock decides to help?
We’ve seen he can be a callous git in his treatment of Nero at the end of Trek.
It would be another personal plot that would let Orci, Kurtzman and fellow writer Damon Lindelof explore the characters they crafted even further, without needing some huge, wannabe epic threat.
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durden
Jun 16th 2009, 14:02
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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mattburgess
Jun 16th 2009, 17:16
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$$ing off a lot of trekkies. Brilliant. Can't wait to see what happens next. They should remain unafraid to break the boundaries of what is considered "trek"
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mattburgess
Jun 16th 2009, 17:52
Just wanted to completely disagree with Durden. You may be a huge trek fan, but so am I. Huge. And I love what they're doing with this new series of movies. If it was set in the "real" trek universe, they wouldn't be able to do very much with it, such as destroying Vulcan. Now they can change things without pi$$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"
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pimpernel
Jun 16th 2009, 18:07
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!
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AKRajala
Jun 16th 2009, 18:35
The whole parallel universe where they are all women was already done by Red Dwarf! :)
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somewhatfrail
Jun 19th 2009, 14:56
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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