Some people say that Trek works better on television, yet I say you work with what you have. There shouldn't be an excuse for bad storytelling. However, current big-screen Trek has really (imo) given us a universe that is seemingly very dangerous and dark...things only hinted at in TOS episodes like The Doomsday Machine or certain ENT episodes - I mention ENT since it is referenced in the 3rd film - where said ship of the title gets shot at and we see CGI people flowing out to space.
PineKirk's ship seems to have a four-year break in between being shot up and losing a lot of lives. Even the initial film had eager cadets pretty much wiped out by Nero; the Enterprise was saved because Sulu didn't start the ship quick enough.
With Captain Edison, we get a familiar captain who sees things out on the frontier that makes him a changed man (e.g. like Captain Tracy, or Commodore Decker from the aforementioned Doomsday episode, Captain Ransom from the Voyager episode Equinox, Admiral Marcus from the previous STID, and possibly non-Trek examples like Malcolm McDowall's Admiral Tolwyn from Wing Commander III and IV -- getting very nerdy here -- even the Brando character from Apocalypse Now).
Idris Elba really sells the Captain who has given up on rescue by Starfleet, but still wants to survive. I felt his pain, but I still wanted him to get his comeuppance; he killed so many people that included Jaylah's family and those of the Enterprise crew....and possibly other's that have passed by the nebula.
Because we see this in a feature film (i.e. more of a budget and scope than a television episode) more carnage and danger can be shown. I personally wonder what draws individuals in the Kelvin Timeline to join Starfleet; it's dangerous. Even it's worn on PineKirk; albeit, he seems more mature and more like a leader and 'human' (e.g. I like how he stumbles with the First Contact. We've seen commanders like Picard speak as if they had a prepared script for each new being they'd come; PineKirk seems more natural in Beyond).
It doesn't matter if you're a redshirt, yellowshirt, blueshirt....if the you-know-what hits the fan....you have to be in the right place at the right time or quick with options.
PineKirk's ship seems to have a four-year break in between being shot up and losing a lot of lives. Even the initial film had eager cadets pretty much wiped out by Nero; the Enterprise was saved because Sulu didn't start the ship quick enough.
With Captain Edison, we get a familiar captain who sees things out on the frontier that makes him a changed man (e.g. like Captain Tracy, or Commodore Decker from the aforementioned Doomsday episode, Captain Ransom from the Voyager episode Equinox, Admiral Marcus from the previous STID, and possibly non-Trek examples like Malcolm McDowall's Admiral Tolwyn from Wing Commander III and IV -- getting very nerdy here -- even the Brando character from Apocalypse Now).
Idris Elba really sells the Captain who has given up on rescue by Starfleet, but still wants to survive. I felt his pain, but I still wanted him to get his comeuppance; he killed so many people that included Jaylah's family and those of the Enterprise crew....and possibly other's that have passed by the nebula.
Because we see this in a feature film (i.e. more of a budget and scope than a television episode) more carnage and danger can be shown. I personally wonder what draws individuals in the Kelvin Timeline to join Starfleet; it's dangerous. Even it's worn on PineKirk; albeit, he seems more mature and more like a leader and 'human' (e.g. I like how he stumbles with the First Contact. We've seen commanders like Picard speak as if they had a prepared script for each new being they'd come; PineKirk seems more natural in Beyond).
It doesn't matter if you're a redshirt, yellowshirt, blueshirt....if the you-know-what hits the fan....you have to be in the right place at the right time or quick with options.
