Orci & Kurtzman on plot holes

[sidious618]

I think a couple of lines should've been left in to clear up some plot points. The movie wasn't overly long so it shouldn't have been a problem.

 

[Bobatiel]

... you're telling me in the 60+ seconds it took for the Kelvin to ram Nero's ship, Kirk couldn't get out?

No shuttles and transporter was out. Can't get out.

- Kirk and Sulu are beamed back to the Enterprise a half second before they slam into the surface of Vulcan. Ok, fine. But since they were still "falling" when they arrived, shouldn't they have been splattered all over the transporter pad?

Transporter has inertial dampers

- Speaking of beaming, why did it take 2 seconds to beam out Kirk & Sulu but the transporter decides to "slow down" when beaming the Vulcans out, allowing enough time to let Spock's mom "slip" out of the beam?

Tougher to get a lock with more targets and seismic cataclysm.

- Orci & Kurtzman said they needed an "Achillie's Heel" that would make Spock loose his cool when Kirk tried to prove his emotional compromise. So they established early in the film that maligning his mother does the trick. GIVE ME A BREAK, guys! That's the best you could do? "Yo, Spock, your mother!" The oldest, most obvious insult tactic in the world?

Ah, no. His momma dies right in front of him as did 6 billion of his family and friends.

 

[commodore64]

Ha! Love the site and the questions posed. Some of the answers were unsatisfying, but ... what can ya expect?