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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EricNoah" data-source="post: 4787538" data-attributes="member: 4">Just some thoughts I have about where a film 2 might go, theme-wise...1) Kirk's gotta grow up a little bit.  We know he's brave and willing to die, but is he willing to lead, take advice, foster teamwork, etc?  I think his look-before-leaping zest for adventure (and disregard for his own life and safety) could land his crew and his ship in very hot water.  The first time someone dies under his command he's going to have to take a hard look at himself and at what being a captain means.  2) The side of the main "character triangle" that didn't get much attention was the Spock-McCoy side - I would like to see that heat up a bit and get Kirk in the middle of it.  3) Spock and Uhura ... I think it's pretty clear they can't stay together.  Workplace dating never ends well, plus we all know Spock has "issues" with intimacy and emotions and all that - it very well could be leaving Uhura starved.  And in here somewhere I think we need to see Kirk and Uhura figure out their relationship - he can't allow any jealousy/rivalry to show or interfere with the operation of his crew and so he might armor himself in professionalism and kind of push her away as a potential friend.  I dunno, I'm probably putting too much thought into that angle. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />4) The rest of the crew ... the fact that we're dealing with a handful of 2-hour movies over the course of the next few years, plus a fairly lare ensemble means some characters will continually going to get shorted their time to develop, as opposed to what could be done with hours and hours of TV.  I think Sulu, Chekhov and Scotty could make a nice secondary character triangle - these are the guys who are most hands-on with the Enterprise and so could be kindred spirits in that regard.  I think finding interesting stuff for them to do will be a big challenge.  5) The Enterprise as a character - some reviewers noted that the ship itself is (or was in the TV shows and other films) a character unto itself but didn't really seem that way in the new film.  In a film 2 hopefully we can start to see the crew and Kirk feeling more attached to her as a refuge and a home.  On the other hand ... if something is going to get shorted, this is the least important thing to deal with in my opinion.</blockquote>

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