It's made from a special material that protects him from the carbonite Nero will be using.
Well, JJ said he wanted to make it more like SW.
Which is why I don't understand. I liked Trek the way it was.
Kirk's black tunic - Theories? Thoughts?
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Which is why I don't understand. I liked Trek the way it was.
It's made from a special material that protects him from the carbonite Nero will be using.
Well, JJ said he wanted to make it more like SW.
Which is why I don't understand. I liked Trek the way it was.
I like Trek the way it was too... But it was by no means perfect and even good recipes can be updated and improved.
As a matter of fact, after 40 years they must be updated and improved otherwise they die and become irrelevant.
I will most definitely give a chance to J.J. and his team and see what they can do.
i like what I see and hear so far and if I dislike it after i see the movie at least my opinion will be informed and based on facts.
It's made from a special material that protects him from the carbonite Nero will be using.
Well, JJ said he wanted to make it more like SW.
Which is why I don't understand. I liked Trek the way it was.
I like Trek the way it was too... But it was by no means perfect and even good recipes can be updated and improved.
As a matter of fact, after 40 years they must be updated and improved otherwise they die and become irrelevant.
I will most definitely give a chance to J.J. and his team and see what they can do.
i like what I see and hear so far and if I dislike it after i see the movie at least my opinion will be informed and based on facts.
OMg LOGIC!!!!
THE LOGIC!
Oh sorry, wrong thread.
Oh sorry, wrong thread.
I totally agree with this assessment and the fact that Kirk served as an Ensign on the Republic and as a Lieutenant on the Farragut before taking command of the Enterprise supports this. We do know that he was fast tracked up the ranks but I hope they do not mess with canon on this, as I don't think I could accept Captain James Kirk right out of the academy.
It was mentioned on-screen, in the episode "Court Martial".
Ship name from the preliminary inquiry in Commodore Stone's office:
And rank during the court martial itself:
Best theory I've heard yet. Sometimes a shirt is just a shirt.
That's not Kirk, its a young Captain Will Decker from TMP
Actually with the blonde hair Pine could have been Dekker. Age not withstanding.
Actually with the blonde hair Pine could have been Dekker. Age not withstanding.
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One theory I've thought of, and granted I'm going off EW's calling the black shirt a cadet's uniform, so this may be completely off-base...
I'm thinking the bridge we've been seeing isn't actually the Enterprise bridge, but the Kobayashi Maru simulator (and I do see the 1701 number on screen at bridge aft, humor me a second
).
It's here that we see the infamous sabotage Kirk did to the simulation so he could emerge victorious.
Cue the photo where Spock's trying to choke out Kirk, after figuring out what he did (again an admittedly thin postulate, since I doubt Spock would go that nuts over a classmate cheating).
Spock is convinced to let Kirk loose and storms off (or is escorted out), leaving us with the shot of the assembled crew looking off camera, with McCoy saying something to the effect of "What's up with HIM?!"
Just a theory, and one that could have a Danube-class flown through it, but there it is.
I'm thinking the bridge we've been seeing isn't actually the Enterprise bridge, but the Kobayashi Maru simulator (and I do see the 1701 number on screen at bridge aft, humor me a second
).It's here that we see the infamous sabotage Kirk did to the simulation so he could emerge victorious.
Cue the photo where Spock's trying to choke out Kirk, after figuring out what he did (again an admittedly thin postulate, since I doubt Spock would go that nuts over a classmate cheating).
Spock is convinced to let Kirk loose and storms off (or is escorted out), leaving us with the shot of the assembled crew looking off camera, with McCoy saying something to the effect of "What's up with HIM?!"
Just a theory, and one that could have a Danube-class flown through it, but there it is.
One theory I've thought of, and granted I'm going off EW's calling the black shirt a cadet's uniform, so this may be completely off-base...
I'm thinking the bridge we've been seeing isn't actually the Enterprise bridge, but the Kobayashi Maru simulator (and I do see the 1701 number on screen at bridge aft, humor me a second
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"So I've been wondering, not much has been established about the bridge we're seeing, canonically speaking... "
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Earthling! Gorak now have your precious shiney shirt! Want shirt back, little captain man? Little captain man not feel adequate in black shirt? HAHAHAHAHA!
Meet Gorak in alley behind bar at Rigel 6!
Gorak might give shirt back, Gorak might whip puny "captain" again!
-signed-
Gorak the Opressor
Meet Gorak in alley behind bar at Rigel 6!
Gorak might give shirt back, Gorak might whip puny "captain" again!
-signed-
Gorak the Opressor
Yes, but if Kirk's in the academy, then Chekov should be 10 years old.
I had a similar thought, posted on another website...
Starfleet could be training several crews, the best of which will earn the right to command 1701 (a reason why the KM simulator would have 1701 on it). After all Kirk certainly earned his chair, it was not a birthright. If it was a cakewalk, well what’s the story in that? It HAS to be a struggle. We will all see a little bit of ourselves in Kirk’s transformation from a hormone laced young man to a true adult. Hence the allusion to the emotional nature of the film by those who have seen it.
The writers have stated that they intend to be true to cannon but will change what you know. It has been said that the few released pics hang together. It has also been said that other starfleet captains will be more substantial, something more than an artifact to make Kirk look good. Sorry guys, but the legendary Kirk is going to be taken down a peg. How?
Its about Kirk’s Kobayashi. The night before his final attempt to pass the KM, an unsure and insecure Kirk goes out for a night of boozing and womanizing (some cannon is indestructible). He has reconciled himself to failing and dropping out of starfleet. Unbeknownst to Kirk, a seriously elder Spock has communicated with the present and has his younger self modify the KM. Kirk and team, much to their disbelief (see pic), pass the exam.
The pic where Spock and Kirk appear to be in a fight is not a fight at all. Rather it is Spock surreptitiously using a Vulcan mind trick to instill the notion in Kirk that he (Kirk) has modified the KM to his advantage. Thus established is one of the largest ego’s in all history. The team heretofore weary of Kirk’s ability are suddenly in awe of his brilliance and henceforth give him their unconditional trust. Later (in Kahn), Kirk is still able to look Savvak in the face after her KM and deflect the accusation of cheating, after all it was not him who cheated (although only Spock knows this).
