Regarding the 6 page comic in Wired magazine (SPOILERS)

[Stag]

In reading the comic in Wired magazine, edited by JJ, it seems Old Spock has lost the Jellyfish and states he is stranded on Delta Vega and thinks he is alone until he sees the Enterprise overhead which then cuts to a panel showing the ejecting the escape pod with Jim Kirk in it.

Spock then walks off to find the pod muttering something about having to take steps to change things.

To me this implies, at least in Spock's mind, that the timeline has not been altered up to that point. Now it could be his perspective based on his events or it could be the reality of the story that the timeline doesn't diverge until Delta Vega and the events that transpire there

Thoughts..

 

[M'Sharak]

For an article about the Wired issue in question and a sample from the comic, look here.

 

[Sector 7]

Ummm.... SPOILERS anyone?!

 

[M'Sharak]

Ummm.... SPOILERS anyone?!

Just like it said in the thread title?

 

[Sector 7]

Ummm.... SPOILERS anyone?!

Just like it said in the thread title?

Now you're assuming I actually READ the whole thread title before responding?! How presumptive is that?!
Yeah, my bad. <hangs head in shame>

 

[pookha]

or maybe just try and correct what he can before things get worse.

 

[yakueb]

Clearly, Nero having come back in time and destroying the Kalvin will have changed the timeline already, unless it is actually spock that goes back in time to stop the inevitable future where romulus is destroyed from happening...

No, that is just too confusing.

 

[SalvorHardin]

Clearly, Nero having come back in time and destroying the Kalvin will have changed the timeline already, unless it is actually spock that goes back in time to stop the inevitable future where romulus is destroyed from happening...

No, that is just too confusing.

Nobody goes back in time by choice.
It is established in the Countdown comics that both Nero and Spock's time travel is accidental.

 

[Stag]

Clearly, Nero having come back in time and destroying the Kalvin will have changed the timeline already, unless it is actually spock that goes back in time to stop the inevitable future where romulus is destroyed from happening...

No, that is just too confusing.

Nobody goes back in time by choice.
It is established in the Countdown comics that both Nero and Spock's time travel is accidental.

Agreed. But i think there are actually two movements in the timeline.
First when Kelvin gets blasted, Spock somehow loses the Jellyfish and gets stranded. This leads to loser Kirk, etc...stranded on Delta Vega as a has been/never was. A second timeline shift occurs when Spock intervenes on Delta Vega which results in a partial restoration of the timeline in that Kirk becomes hero and Captain again.

 

[Messianni]

I'm sorry but look at the preview frames for the comic, this art sucks. Massively. I mean, I couldn't tell if I was looking at an older Spock or a pale raisin. The art in the Countdown comics was way better than this; couldn't they have had Messina do this instead?

 

[EJA]

In one of those panels it looks as though Uhura is wearing thigh-length boots. What the heck?!?

 

[Valar]

looks like they hired the guys that did Aeon Flux.

 

[Stag]

They also made everyone a commander - two cuff stripes for all!!

 

[Cyke101]

Does anybody think it's one hell of a coincidence that Spock accidentally gets stranded on a planet, only to luckily run into an incarnation of his best friend, who just happened to land somewhat close by?

It's one thing for coincidence to happen in space. But in all of space/time? Yeesh.

 

[shapeshifter]

The Force is strong with this time-line.

 

[Alpha_Geek]

My guess would be that Spock got there by design if he knew the date.

Since Delta Vega was one of the earliest missions of NCC-1701 under the command of Kirk, that may have been the most likely place to go Kirk searching in hopes of restoring the timeline to something resembling normalcy for Spock.

The escape pod? Hmmm.. Pike dropping off a stoway at the first possible location?

All speculation on my part, of course.

 

[Cyke101]

My guess would be that Spock got there by design if he knew the date.

Since Delta Vega was one of the earliest missions of NCC-1701 under the command of Kirk, that may have been the most likely place to go Kirk searching in hopes of restoring the timeline to something resembling normalcy for Spock.

The escape pod? Hmmm.. Pike dropping off a stoway at the first possible location?

All speculation on my part, of course.

I started to wonder what if the nuEnterprise was dispatched to Delta Vega to investigate some sort of temporal anomaly, which in turn was caused 20-some years ago by the Jellyfish itself.

But no, even that was just wayyy too coincidental for my tastes. Ah well, guess we wait and see!

 

[Falconfire]

the movie makes it clear how Spock got to Delta Vega, and why the Enterprise would be in the area.

 

[Alpha_Geek]

Ship pulled out of refit early, Pike bucking to get his command back as certain doom hurls earthward...

NAH! Couldn't be! LOL

 

[Ptrope]

'Prequel' comic in Wired Magazine

Haven't seen anything about this here, and since it relates to the film, this seems like the appropriate place. Interesting comic, so far ...

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