Star Trek Into Darkness — Page 5

Well, I'm sold.

(Kirk turns to his crew)

"I'm sorry."

This is all I needed to hear from the new Star Trek series.

If Harrison's ship isn't called the "Reliant", I will be very surprised.

Looks like a solid summer action spectacle whether it translates into a Star Trek film is another matter, and i don't mean in name only.

I would like to see this New series grow its own legs though, rather than rehashing the old movies or tv shows.  The last movie had way too many nods to the old movies for my taste and should have been a total reboot.

If its not my dads star trek then why is was Leonard Nimoy in it? I mean Trek 2009.  Why the nods to scenes from star trek 1-6, or even the loathed and much hated generations that killed Kirk.

I don't totally love or totally hate the 2009 film and i understand why it was made the way it was made from a production point of view.

But they could have taken a lot more risk and updated the thing rather than basically giving us old hat trek in a new and more faster paced, sexier veneer.

I think have some major plot points for STID figured out. Possible SPOILERS if I'm right:

Movie starts with the crew helping out a planet that isn't technologically developed (see IMAX 9 minute preview). Kirk no longer believes the Prime Directive is the best around (see "Countdown to Darkness" comics), so the ship is hidden underwater (instead of in space for some reason). The planet is being threatened by volcanos, Spock risks his life to turn the volcano off(?).

After the mission, Kirk is called back to Starfleet Command to get in trouble. On the way back, Harrison blows up some stuff in London. Kirk and Spock are at a meeting where Harrison attacks with a shuttle, killing several Admirals, including Pike (trailers don't feature him after dressing down Kirk for the PD thing).

Kirk wants revenge for Pike's death. He claims its for London and what it represents, but its personal. Admiral Marcus (Peter Weller) won't let him go, but he does anyway.

I'm pretty fuzzy on everything else. So maybe I don't know much of anything.

doubleofive said:

I think have some major plot points for STID figured out. Possible SPOILERS if I'm right:

Movie starts with the crew helping out a planet that isn't technologically developed (see IMAX 9 minute preview). Kirk no longer believes the Prime Directive is the best around (see "Countdown to Darkness" comics), so the ship is hidden underwater (instead of in space for some reason). The planet is being threatened by volcanos, Spock risks his life to turn the volcano off(?).

After the mission, Kirk is called back to Starfleet Command to get in trouble. On the way back, Harrison blows up some stuff in London. Kirk and Spock are at a meeting where Harrison attacks with a shuttle, killing several Admirals, including Pike (trailers don't feature him after dressing down Kirk for the PD thing).

Kirk wants revenge for Pike's death. He claims its for London and what it represents, but its personal. Admiral Marcus (Peter Weller) won't let him go, but he does anyway.

I'm pretty fuzzy on everything else. So maybe I don't know much of anything.

He, thanks to some clue, pursues Harrison to the Klingon homeworld of Qo'noS, violating treaties and traveling covertly. They find Harrison and fight, with Klingon involvement (probably as a third party and not on either side), but Harrison escapes.

Harrison then proceeds to hijack and steal a secret Starfleet prototype heavy-weapon ship. Maybe he did this earlier in the film, I dunno. Either way, knowing he has this involves Admiral Marcus's daughter, Carol, who does weapons research for Starfleet and worked on the project.

Harrison is coming to Earth, probably to destroy everything, and the Enterprise races home to stop him. Big explosions. Harrison's stolen ship crashes into San Fran, the Enterprise may or may not also crash (but probably not thanks to Scotty).

EDIT: Note: I never said why Harrison is pissed at Starfleet. I have no idea.

Perfect! The best part of our breakdown is that IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE KHAN. In fact, unless its REALLY good, if it is Khan or any other existing character it would cheapen it.

But I've not seen it, I don't know.

Wait... are you telling me that they put a Vulcan... in a Vulcano?

*mind blown*

Is this a Star Trek first?

Does he come out vulcanized? 

TheBoost said:

xhonzi said:

Wait... are you telling me that they put a Vulcan... in a Vulcano?

 

*mind blown*

 

Is this a Star Trek first?

In the next movie they need to put a human... in a humidor!

 And Tribbles in a trouble!

Oh, wait...

And Klingons in a staticy dryer!

doubleofive said:

And Klingons in a staticy dryer!

No... you took it too far.  It's not funny now.

doubleofive said:

Perfect! The best part of our breakdown is that IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE KHAN. In fact, unless its REALLY good, if it is Khan or any other existing character it would cheapen it.

But I've not seen it, I don't know.

Well, and that's where his motivations come into play. Was he really born "John Harrison"? I think he's some kind of rogue secret agent (thus his knowledge of the weapon-ship program), but his origins before that are a mystery. That one shot of the cryotubes in the trailers has really got me wondering.

And Klingons in a staticy dryer!

I was so confused when my Mom bought some window cling-ons once.

Okay, I guess I've cooled a bit on the trailer since first blush, and I have a few worries. Why do they have to have a battle over Earth? Didn't they do that in the previous movie? Another avenging humanoid villain? Apart from the bit with the red planet that is from the first few minutes, where are the strange new worlds?

It's like they returned from their mission and then the story was like, oh, back to the important stuff. Let's mostly run around inside the Enterprise and hang out on Earth.

I really hope there's something that they're not showing us, Kirk's character aside.