New Star Trek trailer online

[Rykion]

It seems I may have been wrong about the cadet thing. Kirk at least is a cadet.
Here are some links to more descriptions of the 4 shown clips for those that want spoilers.
*WARNING: spoilers ahead!*
TrekToday - Abrams Introduces 'Star Trek XI'
TrekToday - Major 'Star Trek XI' Details Emerge
TrekToday - More 'Star Trek XI' Details

*sob* Why do they hate... everyone?

To be fair time travel, or contact from the future, is frequently used in Star Trek. Unfortunately, it tends to be overused and usually not used well.

 

[Pbartender]

It seems I may have been wrong about the cadet thing. Kirk at least is a cadet.

I suspect he's the only one who is a cadet, hence his lack of a red, yellow or blue uniform shirt over the top of his black undies.

In other words, Pike is the Captain of the Enterprise, everyone else is likely already established as crew on the Enterprise, and Kirk is the rookie addition to the crew.

 

[WhatGravitas]

To be fair time travel, or contact from the future, is frequently used in Star Trek. Unfortunately, it tends to be overused and usually not used well.

People are probably still suffering from Heroes-time travel. Oh, and yeah, Temporal Cold War. *sigh*

Cheers, LT.

 

[Rykion]

I suspect he's the only one who is a cadet, hence his lack of a red, yellow or blue uniform shirt over the top of his black undies.

In other words, Pike is the Captain of the Enterprise, everyone else is likely already established as crew on the Enterprise, and Kirk is the rookie addition to the crew.

It's possible, but some of the others seem to have been just assigned to the Enterprise. Kirk isn't even supposed to be part of the crew.

 

[DonTadow]

It seems I may have been wrong about the cadet thing. Kirk at least is a cadet.
Here are some links to more descriptions of the 4 shown clips for those that want spoilers.
*WARNING: spoilers ahead!*
TrekToday - Abrams Introduces 'Star Trek XI'
TrekToday - Major 'Star Trek XI' Details Emerge
TrekToday - More 'Star Trek XI' Details


To be fair time travel, or contact from the future, is frequently used in Star Trek. Unfortunately, it tends to be overused and usually not used well.

Thus I hate time travel. All but one of the new generation of star trek shows had time travel in their series finale. Two movies had to deal with time travel and this is a third. Its so overused. That's why i wished they would just stay in a time period and weave a story within there. I just can't believe with all the great star trek novels out there we're back to time travel.

 

[Vigilance]

I suspect he's the only one who is a cadet, hence his lack of a red, yellow or blue uniform shirt over the top of his black undies.

In other words, Pike is the Captain of the Enterprise, everyone else is likely already established as crew on the Enterprise, and Kirk is the rookie addition to the crew.

He's a graduate, not a cadet, but he hasn't been assigned a ship yet, so he's in black.

 

[Rykion]

He's a graduate, not a cadet, but he hasn't been assigned a ship yet, so he's in black.

One of the sources on the shown footage mentions that Spock refers to Kirk as cadet while on the Enterprise. It's possible that the source's quote was wrong, that Spock's line was imprecise, or that graduates are still called cadets until assigned. It really is a moot point on being a cadet or someone just out of training. Either way, it really doesn't make sense for that person to be in command anytime soon.

 

[TwinBahamut]

Concerning the ages of the characters affecting plausibility of taking command...

After watching several anime series in which 20-year old civilians, teenage girls, or civilian teenage pop-idols (this is the only one I couldn't understand) take command of sci-fi battleships, they could practically cast Kirk at any age and I could accept him as captain without flinching. For this movie, it sounds like they might be going the Bright Noah route...

 

[Rykion]

Concerning the ages of the characters affecting plausibility of taking command...

After watching several anime series in which 20-year old civilians, teenage girls, or civilian teenage pop-idols (this is the only one I couldn't understand) take command of sci-fi battleships, they could practically cast Kirk at any age and I could accept him as captain without flinching. For this movie, it sounds like they might be going the Bright Noah route...

I watch a lot of cartoons too. It doesn't make me think that what happens in them is a good idea for a movie. Unless the movie's target audience is preteen boys.

 

[Mallus]

After watching several anime series in which 20-year old civilians, teenage girls, or civilian teenage pop-idols (this is the only one I couldn't understand) take command of sci-fi battleships, they could practically cast Kirk at any age and I could accept him as captain without flinching.

Macross fan, eh?