Who were the choices for "actually it's one of them"

[The Wormhole]

Well, the time travel aspect of Gary Seven's origins was certainly dropped when they turned the story into a Trek episode. I see no reason to add them over 40 years after the fact.

But the time travel aspect couldn't have been completely dropped. The technology Gary Seven used was certainly not vintage 1960s. And I'm not sure how you explain the morphing catwoman, let alone his knowledge of Vulcans.

So, however you want to slice it, there was some variety of time travel involved with Gary Seven. If it wasn't him, it was the people who set up his pad and recruited/trained him.

According to the novels, the people Gary Seven works for (of whom the morphing catwoman belongs) are observers of the entire galaxy and thus have knowledge of it and all its races. No time travel involved.

 

[newtontomato539]

a Gary Mitchell in star fleet who possibly never made it onto the Enterprise in this time line could make sense.

Nah, we've been through that one. They wouldn't have bothered approving, then wasting, the character for the IDW comic. Only to have to reintroduce him.

But but but but the Comic isn't Canon tm!

 

[newtontomato539]

Several tribbles stacked on top of each other in a trenchcoat. One of them is wearing a Sherlock mask, he's the brains of the operation.

I love it!

"I am taking :trill: this ship apart!"
"Did you just trill?"
":trill: No!"

 

[The Wormhole]

a Gary Mitchell in star fleet who possibly never made it onto the Enterprise in this time line could make sense.

Nah, we've been through that one. They wouldn't have bothered approving, then wasting, the character for the IDW comic. Only to have to reintroduce him.

But but but but the Comic isn't Canon tm!

True, but Bad Robot has to approve the comics to make sure they don't cover material that's being planned for the movies. Therefore, if they wanted to use Gary Mitchell in a movie, they wouldn's have allowed him to be in the comic.

 

[Arianna]

I'm intrigued by the Talosians idea. Harrison could be a Talosian or be representing them -- An altered human or perception altered Talosian doing their bidding for some Talosian plot. We know that they can cure physical deformities, which is a theme explored in the film trailers. The "behind glass" imagery is conversely reminiscent with scenes from that pilot episode. A Captain Pike connection. Even a screaming Alice Eve fits the bill, is she being mind tortured similarly as they did Vina?

In the Cage, their Talosian planet is in ruins, do they blame Starfleet? Humanity? Or just all other space faring lifeforms... what would you do for family?

They can alter perceptions, and enjoy pitting us "lesser lifeforms" against each other, pushing emotional buttons to reveal humanities true nature. Causing a inner Starfleet conflict would be right up their alley. Maybe Kirk possibly breaking the prime directive brings attention, and perhaps, inspires the powerful Talosians to test the Earth men's hubris as we boldly go further into space. This would be a fabulous concept, to explore Trek's very first adversaries.

I hope it's this.

That would be very interesting. They are such a formidable enemy. I wonder are they going to introduce Vina as a character? I never liked the original where

A. They couldn't cure her or Pike in the 23rd century?
B. They left her behind on a planet just because of her injuries? I thought that "looks" were supposed to be irrelavent?

Several tribbles stacked on top of each other in a trenchcoat. One of them is wearing a Sherlock mask, he's the brains of the operation.

Funniest post of the day. Laughed out loud LOL at WORK.

 

[crucifixion]

So I guess we can never trust Badass News (from former CHUD editor Devin Faraci)....

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

So I guess we can never trust Badass News (from former CHUD editor Devin Faraci)....

That goes without saying, doesn't it?

 

[Therin of Andor]

"It’s definitely a character that will make fans of TOS excited. Think along the lines of Harry Mudd or Trelane or Gary Mitchell or the Talosians or the Horta. Actually it’s one of those that I named. "

"Think along the lines of Harry Mudd"

Well, according to the IDW comics, the trader ship used in the new movie recently belonged to... Harry's daughter.

 

[WarpFactorZ]

"It’s definitely a character that will make fans of TOS excited. Think along the lines of Harry Mudd or Trelane or Gary Mitchell or the Talosians or the Horta. Actually it’s one of those that I named. "

Well, if you really want to parse the sentence, you could interpret this as: the "one" he named is the "character that will make fans of TOS excited." Not necessarily one of the itemized list.

Either that, or he was just fracking with us -- 'cause what are we gonna do about it?