Where No Man Has Gone Before

[Ovation]

This is why the end of NuTrek 09 is a bit jarring. I like the movie, but at the end Kirk mentions rescuing the Romulans, and the Romulan in so many words tells Kirk to go to Hell, so Kirk's like okay, open fire, and they blast the Romulans to smithereens. There is no way Prime Kirk would have done that

35 year old Prime Kirk? Probably not. 25 year old, with zero command experience? Tough to say. Wouldn’t rule it out.

 

[Ssosmcin]

25 year old Kirk who, thanks to Nero changing his life, it's really the same guy he was in the Prime timeline? Absolutely. That's why they made it a changed timeline, so they wouldn't have to worry about stuff like that.

 

[Ssosmcin]

Classic original series Kirk was usually going to negotiate for peace and try to help first - if the beings were humanoid. Weirdo aliens were a different story. The Horta: he was gonna kill it. The M-113 creature: always gonna kill it. The Companion: sorry, lady. The Gorn: death to you, snake eyes. The pancakes from Ingraham B: overcooked. The cloud creature: boom.

However, humans like Karidian: he wanted brought to justice, we never said anything about executing him. Khan: exile.

Was it a "Gene's Vision"? Lordy no, it was NBC. They would never have allowed the hero of their space adventure to go around ending people. Abstract looking aliens with the right motivation? Sure. But while Kirk might talk a good game (like killing Kras in Friday's Child or the Klingons in Errand of Mercy), he either would be beaten to the punch or have his emotionally charged intentions stopped by reason.

Kirk was a good guy and very human. He could feel rage and lust for vengance like the next fella. But even at the last minute, he hesitated to kill Gary, and Mitchell got the upper hand again. But it wasn't an easy choice.

 

[Keith1701]

Great Episode in 1966, Today, and tomorrow.

 

[Poltargyst]

25 year old Kirk who, thanks to Nero changing his life, it's really the same guy he was in the Prime timeline? Absolutely. That's why they made it a changed timeline, so they wouldn't have to worry about stuff like that.

My thinking is that NuKirk grew up without a father and so does have a different character.

 

[C57D]

Unknown Sample. Totally, with overtones of Cthulhu, Forbidden Planet and the wild west.
And the sum of all that is amazing.
For those and many other reasons, TOS is my favourite Trek and S1 is my favourite TOS!

 

[JonnyQuest037]

My thinking is that NuKirk grew up without a father and so does have a different character.

I think that's indisputable. The irreverent, rebellious, rule-breaking guy we see in ST09 isn't much like the "positively grim" "stack of books with legs" we hear described in "Shore Leave" and WNMHGB.

 

[Miramanee]

first season was the darkest, second season was the lightest