New rumor about Star Trek 2 villian

[ralph]

Source: TrekWeb

I do not know if this site is reliable, but ThinkMcflyThink.com mentioned the Klingons as the next villains.


"From what we've heard the Klingons play ProMinent role in Star Trek 2. The angle, According to our sources, plays up to Them up the Nomadic sect of warrior aliens Causing trouble for the Federation - an intergalactic think Taliban With Their home-planet overrun by Tribbles. Yes, Those Tribbles, here in the newly rebooted continuity viewed the "furry carnivorous creatures." Oh, and the Khan. Thank God."

I remember that a Brazilian website also mentioned Klingons.

Would be the Kingons next villains? intergalactic Taliban? Tribbles as furry carnivorous creatures?

 

[Gojira]

I have always thought that Klingons being the next villains was pretty certain. I think relating them to the Taliban can be a good step to help people relate to the scope of their badness.

 

[Galileo7]

Source: TrekWeb

I do not know if this site is reliable, but ThinkMcflyThink.com mentioned the Klingons as the next villains.


"From what we've heard the Klingons play ProMinent role in Star Trek 2. The angle, According to our sources, plays up to Them up the Nomadic sect of warrior aliens Causing trouble for the Federation - an intergalactic think Taliban With Their home-planet overrun by Tribbles. Yes, Those Tribbles, here in the newly rebooted continuity viewed the "furry carnivorous creatures." Oh, and the Khan. Thank God."

I remember that a Brazilian website also mentioned Klingons.

Would be the Kingons next villains? intergalactic Taliban? Tribbles as furry carnivorous creatures?

Good ideas, fascinating.

 

[M'Sharak]

Source: TrekWeb

I do not know if this site is reliable, but ThinkMcflyThink.com mentioned the Klingons as the next villains.


"From what we've heard the Klingons play ProMinent role in Star Trek 2. The angle, According to our sources, plays up to Them up the Nomadic sect of warrior aliens Causing trouble for the Federation - an intergalactic think Taliban With Their home-planet overrun by Tribbles. Yes, Those Tribbles, here in the newly rebooted continuity viewed the "furry carnivorous creatures." Oh, and the Khan. Thank God."

I remember that a Brazilian website also mentioned Klingons.

Would be the Kingons next villains? intergalactic Taliban? Tribbles as furry carnivorous creatures?

I don't know what the TrekWeb link might be, but TrekToday also has something on this, looks like:

http://www.trektoday.com/content/2011/11/star-trek-2-villain-rumor/

I also remember something recent about rumored Klingons from a Brazilian website supposed to have a "knowledgeable source" (or words to that effect.)

EDIT:

Okay, TrekToday had something back on 31 October about a rumor published on the Portuguese-language site Trek Brasilis:

Remember, this is merely rumor at this point and may end up being incorrect.

For those who can read Portuguese, the actual quote was:

“Um rumor que chegou ao Trek Brasilis, de uma fonte bastante confiável, revela que os vilões do novo filme serão realmente os……… Klingons e não teremos mais viagens no tempo.”

http://www.trektoday.com/content/2011/10/star-trek-2-rumor/

 

[Procutus]

Having the Klingons in this second outing of the JJ-verse would definitely have me more interested. I would prefer that they don't redo Khan. It just isn't necessary.

Now, if you couple the Klingon rumor with the one about possibly casting Benecio Del Toro...

 

[Trekkie2]

Source: TrekWeb

I do not know if this site is reliable, but ThinkMcflyThink.com mentioned the Klingons as the next villains.


"From what we've heard the Klingons play ProMinent role in Star Trek 2. The angle, According to our sources, plays up to Them up the Nomadic sect of warrior aliens Causing trouble for the Federation - an intergalactic think Taliban With Their home-planet overrun by Tribbles. Yes, Those Tribbles, here in the newly rebooted continuity viewed the "furry carnivorous creatures." Oh, and the Khan. Thank God."

I remember that a Brazilian website also mentioned Klingons.

Would be the Kingons next villains? intergalactic Taliban? Tribbles as furry carnivorous creatures?

The Duras were a nomadic sect of warrior Klingon, weren't they?

 

[davejames]

A "nomadic sect"? Hasn't pretty much EVERY Trek movie villain been part of some rogue faction or sect? Khan, Kruge, Sybok, Shinzon, Nero. All were basically these rebellious types, out on their own, playing by their own rules...

Whatever happened to guys like Kor or Tomalak, who were part of some huge, intimidating military force, but were also compelling as hell in their own right? I want to see the new Kirk go up against one of THOSE guys.

 

[M'Sharak]

The Duras were a nomadic sect of warrior Klingon, weren't they?

Not really.

http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/House_of_Duras

 

[Borgminister]

Now, if you couple the Klingon rumor with the one about possibly casting Benecio Del Toro...

...as the Tribble Overlord of the Klingon Homeworld!

 

[Newspaper Taxi]

Well, the Klingons have always represented the US's greatest fear at the time. First they were the Russians, then they were Viking Warriors -- which many people forget the US nearly went to wary with in the late 80's/90's -- and now, finally, they become the Taliban.

 

[Smellincoffee]

Well, the Klingons have always represented the US's greatest fear at the time. First they were the Russians, then they were Viking Warriors -- which many people forget the US nearly went to wary with in the late 80's/90's -- and now, finally, they become the Taliban.

We nearly went to war with Viking warriors? Sweet Jesus, the stuff they leave out of the history books. I for one would have welcomed our new Norse overlords! Better the sons of Odin than Ronnie Raygun.

 

[Procutus]

Now, if you couple the Klingon rumor with the one about possibly casting Benecio Del Toro...

...as the Tribble Overlord of the Klingon Homeworld!

 

[A Little Otter]

The Klingons were supposed to be in Abrams's first film holding Nero captive on Rura Pente for 25 years, but the scene was cut. The Klingons all wore helmets that obscured their heads, however, so if Abrams had any alterations to their makeup, we wouldn't have seen it. It would be nice to see them again during this period in the Trek history.

 

[ralph]

If the Klingons are the bad guys, will we see birds of prey with cloaking device? But cloaking device was mentioned at the end of the third season in TOS, "The Enterprise Incident". This would be a change in the timeline.

 

[Trekkie2]

The Duras were a nomadic sect of warrior Klingon, weren't they?

Not really.

http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/House_of_Duras

In TNG they were a more "influential" force, but in Enterprise, they were not.

 

[F. King Daniel]

If the Klingons are the bad guys, will we see birds of prey with cloaking device? But cloaking device was mentioned at the end of the third season in TOS, "The Enterprise Incident". This would be a change in the timeline.

In the STXI Kobayashi Maru test and earlier (2233) in the deleted scenes, Klingon Warbirds had cloaking devices. The novel Children of Kings had Klingons using cloaking devices in Captain Pike's time, and of course Star Trek: Enterprise had cloaking devices a mundane technology used by several species in the 2150's.

Retcon retcon retcon!

 

[ralph]

a way of trying to adapt the canon to star trek 2009 would be consider "The Enterprise Incident" as a cloaking device more advanced by the Romulans.

But I agree. Retcon.

 

[M'Sharak]

The Duras were a nomadic sect of warrior Klingon, weren't they?

Not really.

http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/House_of_Duras

In TNG they were a more "influential" force, but in Enterprise, they were not.

So? What has that to do with being a "nomadic sect"? Not a thing, really.

Yes, the Duras in Enterprise was no more than a ship commander - from all appearances given more to excuses and deceit than real competence (though that quality would be consistent with what we were shown of later members of the House in TNG eps and movies - indeed, treachery seems to be the primary means by which they became more influential.) In either case, however, Duras is a family name, and that's it. Whatever this "Nomadic sect of warrior aliens" might turn out to be, I can't see any reason at all for assuming that they and the House of Duras are the same thing.

 

[mredom]

I would point out that cloaking technology first appeared in "Balance of Terror". "The Enterprise Incident" was about the Federation attempt to acquire the cloaking technology to re-balance the equation, which we then evidently decided not to do by treaty.

I always wondered: Why would the Federation do that? Give themselves a permanent second tier strategic position? It really made no sense... but there is no real consistency within the cannon on any of this.

 

[Satyrquaze]

Well, the Klingons have always represented the US's greatest fear at the time. First they were the Russians, then they were Viking Warriors -- which many people forget the US nearly went to wary with in the late 80's/90's -- and now, finally, they become the Taliban.

The US' greatest fear after the end of the Cold War was Vikings?

I grew up in the US during that time and I don't recall the Vikings ever being considered a credible threat to national security... hell, they were barely a threat in the NFL.