Young Kirk - knowledge of old universe?

[HGN2001]

Since Spock Prime and young Kirk mind-melded, does young Kirk now possess all of Spock Prime's knowledge of the prior universe's unfolding?

In other words, will Kirk know that Khan's a bad guy the minute he meets him?

Harry

 

[urbandk]

just selective knowledge

 

[HGN2001]

just selective knowledge

And that's based on...?

 

[CashCrowe]

They gave the audience the sense Spock managed to only share with Kirk Nero's back story. It wouldn't much of a stretch for the writers to take that in either direction.

 

[Brent]

Spock only showed young Kirk what happened to cause Spock and Nero to travel back into the past, he didn't show him anything else.

 

[DiSiLLUSiON]

Spock only showed young Kirk what happened to cause Spock and Nero to travel back into the past, he didn't show him anything else.

It would be only logical.

And I'd like to think that, by his age, Spock has a wonderful control when doing a mind meld, seeing as how often he's done it.

 

[Tikkun]

Since Spock Prime and young Kirk mind-melded, does young Kirk now possess all of Spock Prime's knowledge of the prior universe's unfolding?

In other words, will Kirk know that Khan's a bad guy the minute he meets him?

Harry

Why would he meet Khan?

 

[urbandk]

just selective knowledge

And that's based on...?

just like every time there's ever been a mind meld in any episode or movie, there is not total brain transfer or anything. people share some stuff, don't share some other stuff. it seemed pretty evident in the film what spock was sharing with kirk.

 

[Trekwatcher]

Since Spock Prime and young Kirk mind-melded, does young Kirk now possess all of Spock Prime's knowledge of the prior universe's unfolding?

In other words, will Kirk know that Khan's a bad guy the minute he meets him?

Harry

A great question. The writers, if they are smart, can use this to their advantage in later stories. I.e. it would be cool if young Kirk knew things from the other timeline from the meld beyond what we saw in the film.

 

[chineserapper05]

i would be satisfied with just a bad feeling when he meets khan

 

[Freman]

Not "Old" universe. "Other" universe.

 

[HGN2001]

Not "Old" universe. "Other" universe.

Your word, not mine.

The "old" universe is the one from my past, hence old.

Harry

 

[HGN2001]

Since Spock Prime and young Kirk mind-melded, does young Kirk now possess all of Spock Prime's knowledge of the prior universe's unfolding?

In other words, will Kirk know that Khan's a bad guy the minute he meets him?

Harry

Why would he meet Khan?

Why would he necessarily not?

Harry

 

[T'Paul]

Since Spock Prime and young Kirk mind-melded, does young Kirk now possess all of Spock Prime's knowledge of the prior universe's unfolding?

In other words, will Kirk know that Khan's a bad guy the minute he meets him?

Harry

Why would he meet Khan?

Why would he necessarily not?

Harry

Why would he meet Khan?

 

[miraclefan]

Hopefuly he won't! This is a NU timeline for a reason people! Let's leave KAHHNNNNN! and the eugenics wars in the past, Young minds Fresh ideas, people remember that.

 

[HGN2001]

Relax people. I used Khan as an example. The universes - all of them - are full of unknowns and choices. But as Spock once said, "Time is like a river, with currents, eddies, etc." So if the currents of time once brought Kirk's Enterprise to Khan's sleeper ship, why is it somehow not possible to happen again.

I'm not suggesting that it's a good story idea or anything. In fact, I'd rather not go there. But is it not logical that some of the missions that Enterprise NCC-1701 once went on in the "old" universe, might happen again?

Harry