New Star Trek

[TheArtist]

Do you have plot details Scott?  The reports I read infer that he is a borderline vandal/troublemaker and Captain Pike, knowing who is father was, challenges him 'to do better'.

And it did look a little like he was getting his arse handed to him in that bar.

So what if he was? In the series you could tell he had that streak in him. Even Picard who was portrayed as being more of a "follow the rules, dont rock the boat" type than Kirk, was also shown to have had a, get into trouble, streak when he was younger. Was always pushing the limit, bending the rules, getting into fights, playboy, etc. as a cadet in Starfleet. One could only imagine what Kirk would have been like.

[sgrizzle]

So what if he was? In the series you could tell he had that streak in him. Even Picard who was portrayed as being more of a "follow the rules, dont rock the boat" type than Kirk, was also shown to have had a, get into trouble, streak when he was younger. Was always pushing the limit, bending the rules, getting into fights, playboy, etc. as a cadet in Starfleet. One could only imagine what Kirk would have been like.

Don't forget Picard even has his own maneuver.

Not even Kirk got a maneuver.

[Gaspar]

[Hoss]

This will color me as a pseudo-Trekkie, but there really was a 'Picard Maneuver' referenced in the show as being somewhat of a military maneuver.

It wasn't until after season two that the real 'maneuver' (where a member of the crew tugs on their jacket to straighten out wrinkles or whatever) started being referred to as that, since in season one they all wore those horrible one-piece jumpsuits.

Carry on.

[sgrizzle]

The Picard Manuever was first done when Picard was on the USS Stargazer, it is where, in battle a ship warps for a short distance. The ship appears to be two places at once and while the enemy is shooting the "old you" the "new you" is firing at them.

Not that I would know.. or anything...

And yeah, the shirt tug adopted the name later as a joke.

[T Badd]

Some Austin trekkies got a surprise last night. They were attending was was advertised to be a newly restored print of Wrath of Khan, and instead were greeted by Leonard Nimoy introducing the world premier of the new movie. The review below is encouraging in many ways.

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Early-Review-Of-JJ-Abrams-Star-Trek-12650.html

[Hawkins]

So what if he was? In the series you could tell he had that streak in him. Even Picard who was portrayed as being more of a "follow the rules, dont rock the boat" type than Kirk, was also shown to have had a, get into trouble, streak when he was younger. Was always pushing the limit, bending the rules, getting into fights, playboy, etc. as a cadet in Starfleet. One could only imagine what Kirk would have been like.

I totally forgot about that episode of TNG! You're right, Picard got into some serious bar room trouble when he was young, didn't he!! LOL.

I was calling Kirk a vandal because in the preview it shows him drive a vintage (VINTAGE--as in over 200-years-old) Corvette over a cliff. That is vandalism, although, I'm sure he had his reasons.

This movie could be really good. Can't wait to find out.

[Townsend]

Long live the Kirk

[Hoss]

Long live the Kirk

Someone sent that to me on FB yesterday...I LOL'd quite a bit at it.