The Missing Line of Dialog that Destroyed Star Trek XI

Discussion in 'Star Trek Movies: Kelvin Universe' started by Samuel T. Cogley, Dec 26, 2008.

  1. Samuel T. Cogley

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    In another thread, Dennis made comments which reminded me about how the writers' strike had prevented Abrams from adding an impromptu line into the script.

    So my question to you good people (and angry bastards) is:

    "What was that line?"

    There is no doubt in my mind (and all of yours, too) that Star Trek XI will suck to high heaven solely because of the exclusion of that very line.

    "But maybe he added the line back in later, Cogley, after the strike was over."

    No! He did not! :scream:

    The way the Writer's Guild works is that the line of dialog is tied permanently back to the moment that the author of that line thought of it. So, even though the strike is over, any thoughts that were generated during that time period are forever forbidden, like the Lambada. In fact, if anyone accurately predicts what the missing line was and prints it here, there is the very real possibility that the entire site will be shut down forever by Guild lawyers. So be careful.

    So what was that precious line that could have saved Star Trek? And for wont of the line, the franchise was lost.

    I'm going to go with: "THE WOMEN!"
     
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    It was a line Kirk was going to say to Nero the first time they meet.

    Kirk would attack Nero while shouting : "Damn you for violating my childhood you Romulan scum"
     
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    Doesn't that line belong in the "we'll always have TOS" forum? :confused:
     
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    It belongs in both, simultaneously. Eddies in the space-time continuum, you see. ;)