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Titolo: Trek XI: rumors sulla trama

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JJ Abram’s Star Trek Story Details!
Written by Robert Sanchez   
Sunday, 11 November 2007
Find out when we first meet Kirk in Abram’s Trek plus alternate timelines
and time travel explained! If you want to stay as spoiler free as possible
this article is NOT FOR YOU!
I can’t stress how big of a potential spoiler the following information is.
If you want to remain spoiler free DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER.
On the same token, we have not been able to get confirmation from the
studio (not like we were expecting to) so for now this information is just
rumor.
We’ve got two different sources on this one. These are the same sources
that gave us the intel on Karl Urban cast as Bones and Chris Hemsworth
joining on. Now, they have both given us some very juicy tidbits on how
this whole time travel/alternate timeline is going down.
Last warning, Spoilers ahead!
If I had to poll some Star Trek fans and ask them which episode of TOS
(that’s The Original Series for those of you that don’t know, and by the
way, if you didn’t know that you shouldn’t be reading this article, did you
know Britney lost her kids? OMG) is their favorite I can guarantee you that
one episode will stand out above the rest.
Before I tell which one I have take my hat off to Bob and Alex for making
an effort to keep continuity with Star Trek canon, showing an homage to the
original show yet introducing Trek to whole new generation is no easy task.
One of the most critically acclaimed episodes from TOS aired back on April
6, 1967, it was the 28th and penultimate episode of the first season of
Trek.
The episode’s name is The City on the Edge of Forever. You guys know this
one, the episode where Joan Collins guest starred as Edith Keeler and the
crew of the Enterprise discovers a portal through space and time. Bones
(Dr. McCoy) eventually ends up messing up history and it’s up to Kirk and
Spock to set things straight.
Here is an overall plot for the original episode: On Star Date 3134.0, the
Enterprise investigates temporal disturbances centered on a nearby planet.
During the investigation, Dr. McCoy accidentally injects himself with an
overdose of a drug, causing him to become violently paranoid. Delusional,
Doctor McCoy flees from the bridge and beams down to the planet.
Captain Kirk forms a landing party made up of two security guards, himself,
Spock, Scotty, and Uhura. Spock finds that the source of the time
distortions is an ancient ring of a glowing, stone-like material. The ring
speaks and identifies itself as the "Guardian of Forever", explaining that
it is a doorway to any time and place — with periods of history displayed
in the opening. The team soon locates McCoy; however, he runs away and
leaps through the portal before anyone can stop him. Suddenly, everything
seems to shift and the landing party loses contact with the Enterprise. The
Guardian then informs the landing party that history has just been altered
and the Enterprise has disappeared because the time line change has erased
it from existence. - Wikipedia
So what does this 40 year old episode have to do with JJ Abrams’ Trek film?
Again, in case you didn’t hear me the last time SPOILERS AHEAD!
Romulans from the future, most likely TNG time frame lead by a Romulan
named Nero, played by Eric Bana, finds the City on the Edge of Forever and
uses the Guardian of Forever to go back in time and kill the person who has
been the biggest thorn in the Romulan’s side and is crucial to the success
of the Federation and Starfleet, James T. Kirk.
Mr. Spock, played by Leonard Nimoy in the original timeline, becomes aware
of Nero’s plan (not clear on the details of how he knows) and also goes
back in time to protect his best friend, James Kirk. This is where the Old
Spock (Nimoy) and Young Spock (Quinto) meet.
Old Spock warns young Spock about Nero’s plans and it’s up to them to
protect the future Captain Kirk and also help try to protect the timeline
and the future of the Federation and Starfleet.
This happens before Kirk and Spock form their life long friendship and
bond. We have been told that there is a very cool scene where Old Spock
tells the Young Spock about his friendship with Kirk, so while this may
sound “illogical” (pun intended) it’s been described as very emotional.
Hmm…does Old Spock die in this film? I honestly don’t know but I am finally
getting excited about this film (despite the casting mishaps).
Ok, so when do we see Kirk for the very first time? The first time the
audience is introduced to James T. Kirk is while he is taking a certain
test that Starfleet cadets are required to take, the Kobayashi Maru.
The Kobayashi Maru scenario was an infamous no-win scenario that was part
of the curriculum for command-track cadets at Starfleet Academy in the 23rd
century. It was primarily used to assess a cadet's discipline, character,
and command capabilities when facing an impossible situation.
In the scenario, a cadet was placed in command of a starship on patrol near
the Klingon Neutral Zone. The starship would receive a distress signal from
the SS Kobayashi Maru, a civilian freighter that had been disabled in the
zone after having struck a gravitic mine. If the cadet chose to enter the
neutral zone in violation of treaties, the starship would be confronted by
three Klingon K't'inga-class battlecruisers.
The test was considered a no-win scenario because it was impossible for the
cadet to simultaneously save the Kobayashi Maru, avoid a fight with the
Klingons, and escape from the neutral zone with the starship intact.
In the 2250s, James T. Kirk became the first (and only known) cadet to ever
beat the no-win scenario. After taking the test and failing twice, Kirk
took the test a third time after surreptitiously reprogramming the computer
to make it possible to win the scenario.
Kirk got a commendation for "original thinking", and later commented
wistfully that his stunt "had the virtue of never having been tried." Kirk
would later defend his "cheating" by arguing that he didn't believe in the
no-win scenario. Ironically, Kirk also defended the test itself by
suggesting "how we face death is at least as important as how we face
life.” - Memory Alpha
-- 
Jolan Tru, Filippo "Hytok" Simone
L'oracolo sampdoriano di Sunnydale
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oppure ammoderneranno qualcosa stile ENT
o, come auspico, aggiorneranno tutto quantomeno agli attuali progressi
tecnologici?
Saluti, Skuer

Skuer says...
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L'ammodernamento stile ENT č perfetto, moderno ma non esagerato, spero 
che facciano lo stesso.
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che facciano lo stesso.
con la mancanza di comunicatori mobili e l'utilizzo di interfono?
Saluti, Skuer