They might use Nimoy's current age as a way of bookending Spock's life. Nimoy will represent Spock at the end of his Vulcan life, and Quinto will be Spock at the begining of his (adult) life. Two bookends.
STXI begins in TNG era?
- Thread starter T'Cal
- Start date
They might use Nimoy's current age as a way of bookending Spock's life. Nimoy will represent Spock at the end of his Vulcan life, and Quinto will be Spock at the begining of his (adult) life. Two bookends.
^^ Whatever happened to 'The Vulcan Science Directorate has concluded that time travel is impossible?' 
As I recall, it became "Science Vulcan Directorate has determined that time travel is not fair" around the beginning of Season 2, just after Archer had traveled back from the 31st century to the 22nd.^^ Whatever happened to 'The Vulcan Science Directorate has concluded that time travel is impossible?'
^^ Whatever happened to 'The Vulcan Science Directorate has concluded that time travel is impossible?'
About two centuries out of date by Old Spock's time.
^^ Whatever happened to 'The Vulcan Science Directorate has concluded that time travel is impossible?'
About two centuries out of date by Old Spock's time.
Only a 22nd Century issue to be sure since Spock nor anyone else in 23rd Century ever raised an arched brow when it came to time travel.
Sharr
^^ Whatever happened to 'The Vulcan Science Directorate has concluded that time travel is impossible?'
Before the movie ends, Spock goes farther back in time to erase the VSD from history. He then goes even farther back in time and kills off and replaces Surak.
Agreed... the Titan (which as far as I'm concerned needs to stay as Sean's design), is just fine for what it's supposed to be. But nobody but us "hardcore fans" would even know what it is, and many of US won't care.
If we see ANYTHING of Starfleet in the "Old Spock" timeframe (and let's be honest... we don't know if it's just post-TNG or later... maybe MUCH later), I expect that it'll be minimal and only there if it's necessary to further the storyline. There's a TON of storytelling to be done in the main "past"... and most anything that would involve the "present" (from Nimoy's Spock's perspective) would have to be about getting this story moving... not just to be "cool for fans."
SO... let's assume that Nero and Co. are Romulans... which seems VERY likely based upon a recent interview we've seen. Further, let's assume that this isn't a faction of the Romulan government (which also seems very likely unless we're talking massive "revisionist history" stuff going on here which'll confuse anyone who's ever watched any of the latter-day Trek stuff). The most we'd see would be:
1) Nero and his cohorts get the idea to go time-traveling.
2) Spock goes chasing after them.
Alternatively, I'd still rather see something more along the lines of Spock telling a morality tale about how a young friend of his, James Kirk, went from being a "bad boy" to being a "living legend."
Maybe the two will both be present... but there are now a few bits of evidence that tend to lean more towards the first option (ie, "time travel") and that alone. Oh well... (sigh)
It is possible that the framing story will be set not in the post-Nemesis 24th Century, but in the 25th. Vulcans are long-lived folks.
Did J.J actually say we'd specifically see Old Spock in the 24th C? If the future scenes look different to what we're used to from TNG/DS9/VOY, a 25th century setting could explain that away.
Did J.J actually say we'd specifically see Old Spock in the 24th C? If the future scenes look different to what we're used to from TNG/DS9/VOY, a 25th century setting could explain that away.
2385 would be about right for when the movie is released following Star Trek time with real time, and it would be stardate 62xxx or something. We may even see people in First Contact uniforms too.
Similar threads
