Final Act of the movie

[Kpnuts]

Now from what we've seen, the major action sequences centre around the attack on the Kelvin (opening scene of the movie) and the attack on Vulcan (the drilling platform). Now there may well be two different drilling attacks, one on Vulcan and one on Earth who knows...

But my question is, does anyone think that there's still a huge chunk of the film, not shown in any way? Ie the BIG final climax act of the movie.

Abrams has always been about the secrecy of his projects, yet he seems to be revealing quite a lot in trailer form. Having said that, there could be so much more we haven't a clue about.

 

[BorgPhil]

Some people have suggested that the attack on Earth is the movie's finale, which I can imagine being possible, thought I'd rather it was something that we had no idea about.

What I'd love to know is how on earth they are going to destroy the Narada, warship or not, the Enterprise is going to be no match for it in a straight fight.

 

[RoJoHen]

What I'd love to know is how on earth they are going to destroy the Narada, warship or not, the Enterprise is going to be no match for it in a straight fight.

Well, you see, Old Spock is bringing B-4 with him from the future. And just when the Enterprise can't take much more, B-4 is going to flying through space and enter the Narada through some kind of hatch, where he will find a big glowy light and fire his phaser at it.

 

[Kpnuts]

Some people have suggested that the attack on Earth is the movie's finale, which I can imagine being possible, thought I'd rather it was something that we had no idea about.

To be honest we haven't really seen any of that at all I don't think. The drilling beam hitting SF, yes, but apart from that...

It hasn't been spoiled in a way that the scenes on Vulcan and the Kelvin battle have.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Fat Harry has said that it's remarkable to him that no information released - including the 20 minutes or so of footage that's been shown - really hints at what most of the movie is about.

 

[Kpnuts]

Excellent! Was that a recent quote?

 

[Procutus]

But my question is, does anyone think that there's still a huge chunk of the film, not shown in any way? Ie the BIG final climax act of the movie.

I tend to agree, I think there's still a major element we haven't had a glimpse of yet that will blow our socks off even more than this new trailer.

I am now officially psyched for this movie.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Excellent! Was that a recent quote?

Yep, within the last two weeks.

 

[Kpnuts]

I am now officially psyched for this movie.

Same here, can't wait!

Btw, 1.19-1.20 time wise in. I'm surprised you can't see it.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

The final act of the movie had better take place at least 10 years later than the rest of the film, since if Kirk at age 25 (as Pine's recent comments have implied) is the whiny brat who's not yet entered the Academy...

Hey, it's either that or "cadet to Captain in a week". Which would YOU rather have?

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Any chance they jump forward in time within the movie? Like, whiny brat Kirk gets his lecture from Pike, then it's "5 years later".

 

[Lashmore]

I think we've seen the battle climax. Old Spock...saves the day. I personally believe that fancy little ship is Spock's time ship and he rams the nerada up its butt with his own 24th century shippy.

 

[SalvorHardin]

I think we've seen the battle climax. Old Spock...saves the day. I personally believe that fancy little ship is Spock's time ship and he rams the nerada up its butt with his own 24th century shippy.

I too believe that is Spock's timeship ramming the Narada but somehow I doubt Abrams and the rest of his team would include it in the trailer if it was the ultimate climax.

Maybe it's not Spock piloting it in that scene. Or of course i could be wrong and it is Spock and he dies that way. We'll see

 

[Timofnine]

Wasn't their reports of a big land based army type battle with Klingons at some point in the movie?

 

[Kpnuts]

I doubt Spock ramming his time ship is that big a deal in the movie to be honest. Why would Abrams show it? It doesn't NEED to be in the trailer and the VFX of the scene is hardly jawdropping to warrant inclusion.

One thing we can be quite certain of is Nero's "James Kirk was a great man" line is in the final showdown between kirk and Nero, probably on the Narada. In the second trailer there's a quick scene of Kirk aiming his phaser (right at the end). That's probably as he's infiltrated the narada I would imagine.

 

[Franklin]

Well, IF we want to believe the premise of the comic books, there is a threat to the entire universe in old Spock's time.
Perhaps the movie begins with an allusion to the end of time. That they failed in stopping the massive supernova. Nothing exists.

To that end, old Spock, Nero, and Nero's crew somehow became refugees in time. If so, Nero is now crazed and wants to create havoc and have his revenge on those who allowed his world (and the universe?) to be destroyed. Spock, one would presume, sees a chance to save the universe while stopping Nero.

So, I'd guess the climax is over stakes far greater than just saving the Earth from Nero. (Which would be an anti-climax and egocentric thinking, anyway, if they failed to save Vulcan before it. Kinda half-heroic.)

The climax may make it clear that the future is at least guaranteed. That in stopping Nero, old Spock has also started in motion events that will prevent the entire universe from going out of existence in the late 24th century. A noble reason to mess with the timeline, perhaps.

And, the line "The future begins," would make sense, too.

 

[ManOnTheWave]

Fat Harry has said that it's remarkable to him that no information released - including the 20 minutes or so of footage that's been shown - really hints at what most of the movie is about.

Which, if true, makes me so very, very happy.

 

[M'Sharak]

Wasn't their reports of a big land based army type battle with Klingons at some point in the movie?

I don't remember anything about a land-based battle, but it was stated (by Abrams, I think) that there had been a Klingon-oriented subplot which ultimately got left out of the final version of the screenplay (because they felt it might be potentially confusing to the less Trek-fluent members of the audience) and was never filmed.

 

[Timofnine]

Wasn't their reports of a big land based army type battle with Klingons at some point in the movie?

I don't remember anything about a land-based battle, but it was stated (by Abrams, I think) that there had been a Klingon-oriented subplot which ultimately got left out of the final version of the screenplay (because they felt it might be potentially confusing to the less Trek-fluent members of the audience) and was never filmed.

That Squelch guy who plays Checkov said that he filmed scenes fighting klingons against green screen in a massive land battle, I'm sure of it. Will have a dig around for the article... maybe I'm mixing things up.

 

[Franklin]

Wasn't their reports of a big land based army type battle with Klingons at some point in the movie?

I don't remember anything about a land-based battle, but it was stated (by Abrams, I think) that there had been a Klingon-oriented subplot which ultimately got left out of the final version of the screenplay (because they felt it might be potentially confusing to the less Trek-fluent members of the audience) and was never filmed.

That Squelch guy who plays Checkov said that he filmed scenes fighting klingons against green screen in a massive land battle, I'm sure of it. Will have a dig around for the article... maybe I'm mixing things up.

No, I remember reading that, too. Could be he had it all wrong, or it's part of Kirk's "no win" scenario test at the Academy.