Re-writing the climax of STiD

Discussion in 'Star Trek Movies: Kelvin Universe' started by WarpFactorZ, Sep 7, 2013.

  1. OpenMaw

    OpenMaw Fleet Captain Fleet Captain

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    Maybe if taken as absolutely literal, but, the vengeance took out several rows of buildings. I can only guess just how many people were killed. Thousands.

    It's one of the few spots I wish they had paused for just a moment to give the crew a chance to react more. Sulu, especially. He's from Frisco!
     
  2. iguana_tonante

    iguana_tonante Admiral Admiral

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    No.
     
  3. SeerSGB

    SeerSGB Admiral Admiral

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    I got that vibe a little two. Kirk and Khan were both geniuses, exceptional people in an era of mediocrity, that needed a dose of humility.



    It'd be an interesting exercise but some important factors are missing:

    * We need to know the budget.
    * What the studio mandate/expectations are.
    * Director mandate/expectations.
    * Market we're aiming for.
    * Off limits characters and story points
    * Mandated characters and story points.
    * Deadline

    For it work, we need the same restrictions in play as he had to deal with.

    Then it'd be fun (and I mean that seriously, I'd find it fun) to rewrite STID and see if we could come up with something as good or better.
     
  4. Kelthaz

    Kelthaz Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    The physics? No. But a 1 on 1 ship battle right on Earth's doorstep without any intervention from StarFleet is a pretty big plothole. Especially after the entire movie is spent telling us how Earth is gearing up for war with the Klingons and that should include some defense for your home planet.

    Movies should make sense and character actions should be believable.
     
  5. SeerSGB

    SeerSGB Admiral Admiral

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    It's a bit of a Trek staple.

    * TMP, Enterprise only ship in range of an attacker that's a couple days from Earth.

    * TSFS, Kirk steals the Enterprise and Excelsior is the only ship that tries to run her down. No system patrol ships? No other starships hanging around that could have gave chase. It was pretty clear where Kirk was going, there should have been a half dozen ships dropping out of warp behind him. Hell, the amount of time it took them to hack the spacedoors, there should have been a couple ships waiting.

    * GEN, Enterprise B is the only ship in range of the ships in distress.
     
  6. OpenMaw

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    Indeed, and it's not like we didn't see other ships at Starbase One when Enterprise warped off to Kronos.

    Though I think it would have been a really evil bit of dialogue had Marcus said something akin to Kirk being on his own. Implying that the rest of the fleet has been ordered to stay away from the fight or given some other distraction while Marcus runs clean up.
     
  7. Kelthaz

    Kelthaz Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    Don't forget Nemesis. The Enterprise had support in that film, but the ships were too stupid to enter the nebula and help out in the fight. It counts.
     
  8. Flying Spaghetti Monster

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    Spacious argument.
    But Michael Arndt, writer of episode 7, gave a lecture to film students as to why Episode 4 still resonates so strongly after all those years, and that is partly due to all the narratives climaxing and resolving simultaneously. There is nothing wrong with my thoughts that some old fashion actual writing would have saved this film. As opposed to giving in to the short attention spans of today's young audiences.
     
  9. ichab

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    That would work too. It's just so hard NOT to make the Moltalban comparison and Khan's back story clearly predates the time line change. So he should always be someone that's muscular and with an ethnic accent.
     
  10. SeerSGB

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    True. I was only counting stories where the Enterprise was at Earth.

    * TWOK, Enterprise is the only ship in the quadrant. A major scientific project that could tip the balance of power in the Federation's favor and no one thought to put a couple of ships on patrol?

    * TSFS, why no patrol ships in the Genesis space? If nothing else, an armed escort with the Grissom. Shit, a regular starship even that could defend itself.

    * TFF, No one thought to put Kirk on a ship that wasn't falling apart and let him use it to go to Nimbus III?

    * TUC, The starships that ferried the Federation, Romulan, and Klingon delegates to the conference are no where to be seen. Hell, Chang could have called them up and said Kirk has escaped and coming to attack the conference and had him intercepted long before he got there; Enterprise would be a smoking wreck and any threat to Chang's plan would be gone.
     
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  11. Nerys Myk

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    Cumberbatch beefed up and has an ethnic accent, so he fits the bill.
     
  12. JarodRussell

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    On 9/11, they could have potentially killed 40,000 people in just two sky scrapers. They didn't because they attacked too early.
     
  13. Locutus of Bored

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    You hold all the other Trek films, TV shows, books, etc. that employ the same dramatic tactic (which is all that is) to the same high standard, right? Because, if so, that's a lot of Trek history --including some great films, episodes, and novels-- that you've just labeled as having an unrecoverable flaw.

    I know the usual suspects are now going to whine about how they should be able to complain about a flaw in STiD without having to compare it to examples of the same flaws in prior Trek and blah blah blah, but I don't care.
     
  14. iguana_tonante

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    If it's so spacious, does it mean there is room for different opinions?
     
  15. austen_pierce

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    "You keep using that word. I don't it means what you think it means." - Inigo Montoya

    However... I did also find it wierd that Enterprise 'fell' to Earth THROUGH the debris field. Somewhat of a head-scratcher.

    I use my wife as a litmus test. If she see's a plot hole, it's noticeable enough for general audiences. She noticed this.
     
  16. Kemaiku

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    1. Vengeance jamming all comm channels to Earth, but the one to New Vulcan is directed away from Earth so gets through, Marcus/Khan deem it not worthy of attention.

    2. Marcus is the head of Starfleet, and transmitted a stand-down signal to Starbase 1 and Luna Colony to ensure no one goes near them.

    3. Marcus/Khan transmit a harzard warning hail that orders every available ship out of the hazard area immediately, scans from said ships show a debris field, they comply.

    4. All warp signatures and hull profiles in the area are Starfleet, the Admirals flagship and Starfleets flagship, no one is sure what to do and await orders.

    5. Marcus, before leaving the Sol system, ordered the fleet to a point nearer Klingon space. This when added to launching Vengeance, means Starfleet presumes a Klingon attack and one lightyears off, caught very off guard when both return to Sol.

    6. It's a fucking movie and this has happened 100 times before now with no one making this much fuss.
     
  17. BillJ

    BillJ The King of Kings Premium Member

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    I mentioned Spock not contacting Earth when watching with my wife the other night and she made a very good point that I hadn't thought of: Spock simply didn't know who he could trust on Earth. Sending a distress call could've simply brought more ships loyal to Marcus to finish the job.

    How dare you use past Trek's in your argument that this movie isn't an abomination against both Man and God!!!
     
  18. Kemaiku

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    Then my work here is done. ;)
     
  19. Kelthaz

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    I'm not sure why you're jumping to the conclusion that because I pointed out a flaw in the film that I therefore consider that flaw an unrecoverable flaw that ruins the film. Yes, the "only ship in range" flaw exists in quite a bit of prior Trek and I'm not giving those shows a free pass. Nor am I claiming that this flaw ruins the film. Take my post at face value and don't read so much into it. I had problems with the film, but I rather liked Into Darkness.

    Uh, no. People complained about that flaw quite a bit in Generations, TMP, Best of Both Worlds, and lots more. Stop treating everyone who points out a flaw in this film as an obsessed nerd who holds the rest of Star Trek up on a pedestal. As I said to Locutus, stop reading so much into each individual post and take people at face value.
     
  20. OpenMaw

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    You're my new favorite person for this.