Dukhat wrote:

Mr. Laser Beam wrote:

Dukhat wrote:

Because it's ridiculously stupid, that's why.
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Wouldn't be the first time.
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The only thing I thought was ridiculously stupid in the first film was Kirk getting command of the Enterprise while only a (Lt.) cadet.
This would be five million times more stupid.
I doubt Orci and Kurtzman even knew who this Lt. Harrison joker was.
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Field promotions, like the one Kirk received from Pike, are common during battle/wartime. Considering all the Starships that were destroyed, and all the Starfleet officers that were killed by Nero's ship, and Kirk's heroic performance in rescuing Pike and defeating Nero, it isnt ridiculous at all...