Okay the
stupid twist has been revealed so why does the film keep getting worse?
So Khan was
trying to smuggle out of his crew in the torpedoes. So if he got access to his crew why didn’t he
just wake them up and takeover everything then?
And why did he have every reason to suspect his crew was dead? Obviously Marcus didn’t kill anyone as a show
of strength because when Khan asks how many torpedoes there are and gets 72 as
an answer he surrenders. And why would
he surrender anyway? Did he think Marcus
would just keep his crew in the torpedoes?
You know I
am so not buying Khan’s tears at the loss of his supposed family. Maybe it’s the wrench this throws into
continuity or that I’ve come to enjoy Benedict’s anti-social I hate everyone
and everything portrayal of Sherlock Homes, but I don’t just care about his
speech at all.
Marcus makes
a black starship really? What the hell
is this a Western?
Hey Kirk is
putting up shields and broadcasting ship wide so they have tons of witnesses. I like
thinking!Kirk.
“Can you
imagine what would happen if he woke up the rest of his crew?” Implying that the other 72 people are genetically
engineered just as Khan is. Let’s keep
that in mind for later.
The comms
are down now? Well boy I hope someone
has a communicator. And hey why are the
comms down? The ship hasn’t received any
new damage yet.
So Marcus catches
up with them at warp and so begins the next big action scene.
Sulu says they
are 237,000 Km from Earth and yet they are right next to the moon that
according to quick Google search is 370,300 km away from Earth. Not one person did any research before
putting this together did they?
Wait how can
Uhura hail the Vengeance I thought the comms were down?
I like Carol’s
speech I just wish there wasn’t a giant lens flare obscuring the screen so I
could see her expression better.
There are no
aft torpedoes on the Enterprise bridge.
There aren’t torpedoes anywhere near the bridge.
Why is
Scotty just resetting the systems now after the Enterprise has taken massive
damage? Where was he when they were
traveling at warp?
“We cannot
fire and we cannot flee.”
Hey I know
since comms have magically started working again how about you hail spacedock
and tell them what the hell is going on!
“The enemy
of my enemy is my friend.”
“An Arabic
proverb attributed to a prince who was betrayed and decapitated by his own
subjects.”
Nice
exchange movie gets a point.
“Bones, what
are you doing with that tribble?”
And movie
loses the point. I mean there was some
tension building with Kirk wanting to use his leap before you look attitude
towards something constructive and his and Khan’s exchange and you just ruined
it for the sake of referencing. Won’t be
the last time this happens either. Also
what the hell is injecting platelets into said dead tribble going to do? Platelets are the components of blood that
help it to clot you can’t very well do that with blood that isn’t moving.
“You want me
to open an airlock into space where upon I will freeze, die, and explode.”
I love
Scotty.
Why would
Spock think contacting New Vulcan is the logical option here? I mean we see that they are in range of
Earth. Everyone at Spacedock should be
able to see this battle. There are
sensors on Earth that should be able to pick up these two ships, and what the
hell is everyone on the moon base doing during all this?!
I’ll ignore
that Sulu shouldn’t be able to align the ships like that with only using force
on one side thanks to Newton’s laws of motion, because the original show somehow
managed to put brakes on a starship.
The cargo bay
door is 4 meters square tops and yet Scotty just had to sprint through the humongous
cargo bay. Number one why do you even
need a huge cargo bay when you’re a ship designed entirely for combat. Number two what the hell are you bringing on this
ship that fits through that tiny door and needs all that space once it’s on the
ship?
How has no
one picked up on the debris field? Does
no one on and around Earth do any scans?
Especially after Nero’s attack you’d think CONSTANT VIGILANCE! Would be
a thing.
Don’t use
the silence in space thing guys your film isn’t enough of a think piece to warrant
it.
Why the hell
is McCoy on the bridge watching them go over?
Shouldn’t he be dealing with all the injured crew members from the hull
breach?
Kirk and
Khan flying through the debris looks like it belongs in a video game and that’s
probably the only reason it’s here. Too
bad the last licensed game sucked and we didn’t get a game for this movie.
“Mister
Spock.”
“Mister
Spock.”
Oh man
Leonard’s Nimoy’s cameo is so bittersweet.
Sweet in that I can see the craft and dignity he was still bringing to
Spock even with this small part. Karl
Urban has even said that when they were filming this scene Nimoy came to the set
to give his lines even though they already had his scene filmed and could have
just played it back for the actors. He
wanted to be there to give the job the effort it deserved and I respect that so
much I can’t put it into words. Now of
course it’s bitter in that this is the last time we will see him play Spock on
screen and unfortunately I have to say that I think this scene serves no purpose
in the film other than referencing. If
Uhura can get a hold of New Vulcan then surely they can get in contact with
someone who could actually help them here and now. Spock calling Kahn by his full name and
saying they defeated him at great cost is only meaningful to those of us who
have seen Wrath of Khan. It’s deliberately done to invoke that film. To make us connect better because we know
more than the characters do. Or at least
those of us who have seen the old canon understand what’s going on. Those who came to see this film, because ‘it’s
not your father’s Star Trek’ are shit out of luck aren’t they? Once again we have to stand on the old canon
like a crutch, because they won't take risks and build up this new universe
properly.
As to the potential
of the third film having Spock Prime in it in an earlier version of the script
I was not enthused for this very reason. I
felt that the filmmakers were still leaning on him as a marketing ploy. Look we have Leonard Nimoy and possibly
William Shatner too! We’re legitimate
please see our movie! Now I’m sorry he
won’t be there. If Spock Prime was not
in the third film I wanted that to be because creatively he had no reason to be
there. I never wanted it to be because
he couldn’t be there. I actually hope
the next film makes no reference to this at all, outside of a dedication to Mr.
Nimoy, because I like to think that there are stories left to be told of Spock
Prime. Just as I like to think that back
in the Prime timeline Admiral McCoy is still there yelling at new doctors to
get off his lawn. Just because the actor
is gone doesn’t mean the character dies.
Continued in Part 4
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