Why the Corvette Actually Makes Sense (SEE: TWOK)

[CaptainHawk1]

So, I was reflecting on the sad passing of Ricardo Montalban the other day and I'm thinking about that scene at the end when McCoy says, "Y'know, he's really not gone as long as we remember him." and then Kirk is asked how he feels and he says. "I feel young." Then I start thinking about the copy of A Tale of Two Cities that Spock gives him and he says words to the effect of "I know of your fondness for antiques" and then a scene later McCoy gives him the glasses and says "More antiques for your collection" and then it hits me (especially because of the line by Spock). That Corvette makes perfect sense because Kirk is antique collector and what other antique makes sense for a hotshot kid like James T. Kirk than a 1960's era Corvettte?

And if you think about, the line about antiques by Spock almost comes off sarcastic in that context along the lines of "You final solution was, shall we say, unique." It's a subtle smartass line, with a whole lot of "wink, wink" knowing and just a little bit of ball busting.

Idle speculation on my part as we really won't know anything about that car until May 9th, but still it would make sense.

-Shawn

 

[Rii]

I doubt it's his car, or that Kirk would be interested in antiques at that age. Maybe he picked it up from whoever the car belonged to?

 

[Samuel T. Cogley]

Then I start thinking about the copy of A Tale of Two Cities that Spock gives him and he says words to the effect of "I know of your fondness for antiques"...

How great would it be if Kirk's love interest was played by Bea Arthur?

 

[ALF]

Then I start thinking about the copy of A Tale of Two Cities that Spock gives him and he says words to the effect of "I know of your fondness for antiques"...

How great would it be if Kirk's love interest was played by Bea Arthur?

Nah. He's a Betty White man, all the way.

 

[Samuel T. Cogley]

Then I start thinking about the copy of A Tale of Two Cities that Spock gives him and he says words to the effect of "I know of your fondness for antiques"...

How great would it be if Kirk's love interest was played by Bea Arthur?

Nah. He's a Betty White man, all the way.

She was going to be my first choice, actually.

 

[Franklin]

A kid in Kirk's time may have interest in that Vette because it's unique, loud, and fast. But not because it's an antique. Also, if he was fond of it, sending it over a cliff like he did is a helluva way to show it.

 

[judexavier]

A kid in Kirk's time may have interest in that Vette because it's unique, loud, and fast. But not because it's an antique. Also, if he was fond of it, sending it over a cliff like he did is a helluva way to show it.

Cool car, of course. (A neighbor of mine, a hard-core (wealthy) Corvette fan, drives around in one exactly like in the movie - weird seeing it arond now after viewing the trailer so many times!) But wasn't there some back story/inside spoiler that suggests young Kirk is driving a stolen car? (Perhaps he was adept at hot wiring cars as well as the Kobiashi Maru simulator later on)....

 

[CaptainHawk1]

A kid in Kirk's time may have interest in that Vette because it's unique, loud, and fast. But not because it's an antique. Also, if he was fond of it, sending it over a cliff like he did is a helluva way to show it.

I don't know about that. When I was twelve I had an interest in ancient sailing ships, airplanes, weapons and all sorts of cool historical things and of course history itself. Who's to say that those interest as a child don't translate into an interest in antiques as an adult?

I've watched enough Antiques Roadshow to know that the most exciting thing about those items isn't the fact that they are antiques, it's the history behind them.

I'm not saying twelve year-old Kirk had an interest in antiques as a youth but maybe his interests manifested themsef as an interest in antiques as an adult.

As far as going off the cliif, something tells me that that was unintentional.

-Shawn

 

[KevasTrader]

I can understand smaller items such as books, spectacles etc. surviving.

But a car takes some looking after, especially if one considers the devastation caused by the wars that have taken place between the 20th and 23rd centuries.

Who was preserving antiquities? Were they shipped off-world?

 

[Outpost4]

If Kirk was truly fond of antiques at that young age, he wouldn't have driven the car over a cliff.

 

[CaptainHawk1]

If Kirk was truly fond of antiques at that young age, he wouldn't have driven the car over a cliff.

Yeah but he was twelve and driving a vehicle that was 300 years old! Something tells me that there aren't any driving schools in the 23rd Century.

-Shawn

 

[Outpost4]

Then you don't go driving it when you can't control it.

Even at twelve, I respected books enough not to read them in the bathtub. I respected records enough not to play the ones I liked with pennies on the end of the tonearm. I respected wood tools enough to use them in ways that would keep them sharp and straight. And I respected my mother's antiques enough not to go near them when I was doing anything foolish.

 

[Rii]

Even at twelve, I respected books enough not to read them in the bathtub.

 

[ST-One]

Then you don't go driving it when you can't control it.

Even at twelve, I respected books enough not to read them in the bathtub. I respected records enough not to play the ones I liked with pennies on the end of the tonearm. I respected wood tools enough to use them in ways that would keep them sharp and straight. And I respected my mother's antiques enough not to go near them when I was doing anything foolish.

'You don't even wrinkle the sheets, do you'?

 

[Outpost4]

Nope.

You don't want to know the number of times I crashed my O-Gauge trains together on purpose. Or the water bill my buddies and I created, getting every hose from everybody's yard to make a lake out of some large trenches in the back yard. Or the model planes I'd cover in lighter fluid, making them crash and burn.

But I also knew that while I was fearless taking things apart to see how they worked, I didn't disassemble Mom's antique clocks. My cheeseball bedstand clock, that was OK. The antique grandfather clock, no.

 

[shapeshifter]

A kid in Kirk's time may have interest in that Vette because it's unique, loud, and fast. But not because it's an antique. Also, if he was fond of it, sending it over a cliff like he did is a helluva way to show it.

I don't know about that. When I was twelve I had an interest in ancient sailing ships, airplanes, weapons and all sorts of cool historical things and of course history itself. Who's to say that those interest as a child don't translate into an interest in antiques as an adult?

I've watched enough Antiques Roadshow to know that the most exciting thing about those items isn't the fact that they are antiques, it's the history behind them.

I'm not saying twelve year-old Kirk had an interest in antiques as a youth but maybe his interests manifested themsef as an interest in antiques as an adult.

As far as going off the cliif, something tells me that that was unintentional.

-Shawn

EM I agree. He was running from a cop, chose a poor escape route which lead to a dead end.

I am thinking his fondness for antiques sprang from inheriting them from his dad. He was the original collector and when he died Jimmy became their caretaker. Eventually he began truly caring for them like his father did.

 

[cooleddie74]

Then I start thinking about the copy of A Tale of Two Cities that Spock gives him and he says words to the effect of "I know of your fondness for antiques"...

How great would it be if Kirk's love interest was played by Bea Arthur?

The woman ruined the STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL thirty years ago. Do we really need her screwing up the first new STAR TREK movie in almost seven years?

 

[Samuel T. Cogley]

Then I start thinking about the copy of A Tale of Two Cities that Spock gives him and he says words to the effect of "I know of your fondness for antiques"...

How great would it be if Kirk's love interest was played by Bea Arthur?

The woman ruined the STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL thirty years ago. Do we really need her screwing up the first new STAR TREK movie in almost seven years?

Do we really want to envision the mental image that the phrase "Bea Arthur raped my childhood!" would engender?

 

[Messianni]

I doubt it's his car, or that Kirk would be interested in antiques at that age. Maybe he picked it up from whoever the car belonged to?

Spoiler: The car

Zooming in on a screenshot of the license plate makes it look like it belongs to his drunkl uncle Frank.

 

[cooleddie74]

How great would it be if Kirk's love interest was played by Bea Arthur?

The woman ruined the STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL thirty years ago. Do we really need her screwing up the first new STAR TREK movie in almost seven years?

Do we really want to envision the mental image that the phrase "Bea Arthur raped my childhood!" would engender?

MAUDE:"God's gonna get you for that, Trekkers."