I know their accuracy isn't always 100 percent...but they seem to have a script review (rather negative) and a source saying they've seen footage.
Trek 11 report
Trek 11 report
How about this AICN report?
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I'll tell you one thing. I've always been afraid they'd take that direction with Kirk. Of course, some great military leaders were not the best students at academy (Grant and Custer come to mind). It just didn't seem to fit Kirk, to me.
Or, if we see a hedonistic Kirk learn the importance of responsibility and duty (use his powers for good, so to speak), then MAYBE that would work.
Or, if we see a hedonistic Kirk learn the importance of responsibility and duty (use his powers for good, so to speak), then MAYBE that would work.
Let's be honest, most news about this movie 'won't work' for a large proportion of the people on this BBS. 
This is probably legit, as AICN really doesn't have this supposedly awful reputation for reliability that gets bandied around far too much. Their news is usually fairly reliable, and they usually say if they are unsure about the scoop as they have done with the second contributor in this article.
As for the description of Kirk here, personally I don't think it sounds frat boy really. More like he is an unusual candidate for Starfleet who has a rebellious quality about him which often involves him breaking the rules. Sounds like Kirk to me, and if they can show the transition from unruly cadet to the Kirk of TOS then that is a pretty good journey for the character IMO.
This is probably legit, as AICN really doesn't have this supposedly awful reputation for reliability that gets bandied around far too much. Their news is usually fairly reliable, and they usually say if they are unsure about the scoop as they have done with the second contributor in this article.
As for the description of Kirk here, personally I don't think it sounds frat boy really. More like he is an unusual candidate for Starfleet who has a rebellious quality about him which often involves him breaking the rules. Sounds like Kirk to me, and if they can show the transition from unruly cadet to the Kirk of TOS then that is a pretty good journey for the character IMO.
Agreed. He obviously was a restless lad. The chief break from that that we know of, was his stint as a JR officer at the Academy as an instructor.
"Stack of Books With Legs", "Watch out in Lt Kirk's class. You either think, or sink."
Obviously there is something that happened which made him shape up and fly right...too right, for a time. The officer he eventually became was a fusion of the early rebellious nonconformist and the dash to the other extreme.
He became a competent, skilled, talented pro who took his job seriously, yet was very aware of how the book could fail you.
But you still needed to know the book, not only as a useful reference, but you can't be a truly good rulebreaker, until you know the system well enough to get away with it.
"Stack of Books With Legs", "Watch out in Lt Kirk's class. You either think, or sink."
Obviously there is something that happened which made him shape up and fly right...too right, for a time. The officer he eventually became was a fusion of the early rebellious nonconformist and the dash to the other extreme.
He became a competent, skilled, talented pro who took his job seriously, yet was very aware of how the book could fail you.
But you still needed to know the book, not only as a useful reference, but you can't be a truly good rulebreaker, until you know the system well enough to get away with it.
The same way I got to see ILM's Iron Man FX footage last summer, I would imagine.
It's becoming more common for visual effects to be produced in tandem with principal photography especially when there's a lot of blue/greenscreen work. I'd be shocked if there hasn't been something generated already.
This is almost certainly 100% fake. There is absolutely no detail given regarding anything, and the Area 51 item is most likely tossed in just to annoy the fans. AICN has been posting so many bogus stories lately it's not even funny.
Nothing too shocking in there, long on opinion and scarce on actual fact on the script itself.
But hey, who am I kidding?
I'm going to see the movie on Christmas, no matter how bad or good it looks.
But hey, who am I kidding?
I'm going to see the movie on Christmas, no matter how bad or good it looks.
This report is complete bullshit. Even the actors have not seen the entire script. So how could he know what's in the movie ??
I thought young Kirk was a bookworm and Picard was the reckless youth?
can you imagine a scene where the enterprise launches from a planet like the space shuttle
can you imagine a scene where the enterprise launches from a planet like the space shuttle
