Your explanation makes perfect sense. I wonder why most Trekkies are such idiots that they cannot think of such ideas.
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^ I like this explanation too. Hopefully the script has something about this plausible, because here it wouldnt' be just a contradiction of Star Trek canon, but a contradiction of the internal logic of the film itself.
Yeah, I don't mind at all the idea that Kirk is back at the Academy for something similar to PCO (Prospective Commanding Officer) School. He could run into the rest of the crew and like them so much that he hand picks them for his command staff somehow.
Spock and Scotty, of course, being the two most senior officers besides Kirk, must already be established officers or it doesn't work.
Spock and Scotty, of course, being the two most senior officers besides Kirk, must already be established officers or it doesn't work.
Not if he joines Starfleet after a long period as a civilian doctor, and met Kirk at the Academy.
I'm not sure I see a problem, even if you are correct.. which you are not.
..but merely a wide sombrero..eh, senor...
I'm not sure I see a problem, even if you are correct.. which you are not.
Let me put it this way.
Anybody with a modicum of military experience would know that McCoy, in all likelihood, didn't go to the Academy. He was already a doctor and entered Starfleet via some sort of officer training program through Starfleet Medical.
The TOS producers were veterans, they knew this intuitively. This bunch hasn't got a clue.
Somehow, I don't think this is the tack these dweebs are gonna take...
You know, insulting them just because they didn't do what YOU wanted is quite lame. They didn't make the movie based on your wishes, and because of that they are dweebs?
Thank GOODNESS they didn't make it the way HE wanted.
You know, insulting them just because they didn't do what YOU wanted is quite lame. They didn't make the movie based on your wishes, and because of that they are dweebs?
Yup.
Hey all... I think I found the real idiot! Any guesses?Yup.
Actually civilian doctors who join the military are NOT given officers uniforms and thrown out the door into service. They undergo their own boot camp and military training.
*NOTE: At OCS (Officer Candidate School) there were many who were older than me. They began their careers as enlisted personnel... some served longer than others before being recommended for OCS.
Hey all... I think I found the real idiot! Any guesses?Yup.
Actually civilian doctors who join the military are NOT given officers uniforms and thrown out the door into service. They undergo their own boot camp and military training.
And that disagrees with what I've said...how?
*NOTE: At OCS (Officer Candidate School) there were many who were older than me. They began their careers as enlisted personnel... some served longer than others before being recommended for OCS.
And the relevance of this is.....?
Err, dude? Star Trek isn't real. Just thought you ought to know, it's, like, fiction. Where you can make stuff up?
Some clarification seems to be in order, and we'll turn to M*A*S*H again as an example.
We have doctors who were drafted and went through OCS before being sent off to Korea, like Hawkeye, Trapper, BJ, etc.
And we have doctors like Col. Potter, who were regular Army through and through, and got their medical training while in the Army.
By the same token, I'm sure we have Starfleet doctors who came up through the Academy and got their medical training while serving in Starfleet.
McCoy ain't one of them.
We have doctors who were drafted and went through OCS before being sent off to Korea, like Hawkeye, Trapper, BJ, etc.
And we have doctors like Col. Potter, who were regular Army through and through, and got their medical training while in the Army.
By the same token, I'm sure we have Starfleet doctors who came up through the Academy and got their medical training while serving in Starfleet.
McCoy ain't one of them.