Star Trek Magazine – July 2019

13 Prime

Spockas

heappears

inStarTrek

(2009).

14 J.J.

Abrams

directsin

Enterprise

engineering.

15 Abrams

withZoe

Saldana,

aliasUhura.

“The Humanadventureis

justbeginning...”

Allofthatglorioussciencefiction

boileddowntooneverysimple,

humanquestion:whatif CaptainKirk

hadneverknownhisfather?Which

mirroredthehumanquestionat the

heartofThe MotionPicture: whatif an

entitydidn’tknowitsparentsandthus

hadnoconnectiontoitstruepurpose?

Buteventhatwasn’ttheheart

ofit.The coreofthethinglayin

themomentthatthepreviously

estrangedSpockgraspedKirk’shand

ina signoffraternallove,reaffirming

theirfriendship,thebondthat

definedthem,andthefranchisethey

spearheaded.Abramsrecognizedthis

too,withAmbassadorSpock(the

Writtenby:RobertoOrci
andAlexKurtzman
Directedby:J. J. Abrams
Released:May8, 2009
OriginalUSdomesticgross:
$258m
Adjustedforinflation:$312m

TheU.S.S.Kelvinencountersa
spatialanomalythatspitsout
anenormousunknownRomulan
vessel.Itscaptain,Nero,demands
informationonan“Ambassador
Spock”thenkillstheircaptain
anddestroystheship.Mostof
thecrewescape,includingbaby
JamesTiberiusKirk,bornduring
theattack,ashisfatherGeorge
sacrificedhislife.Twenty-twoyears
later,a rebellious,near-delinquent
Kirkis convincedtojoinStarfleet
byCaptainChristopherPikeofthe
U.S.S.Enterprise...

• Theonlyactorstoappearin
  bothTheMotionPictureand
  StarTrek(2009)areLeonard
  Nimoy(asSpock),MajelBarrett-
  Roddenberry(asDoctorChapel
  andtheship’scomputer),and
  ChrisDoohan,sonofScotty,who
  poppedupwithtwinbrother
  Montgomeryontherecreation
  deckoftherefittedEnterprise,
  andasa transporterengineeron
  theKelvintimelineEnterprise.
  
  
  • WritersAlexKurtzman(now
    executiveproducerofDiscovery,
    Picard, andvariousotherTre k
    enterprises)andRobertoOrci
    citedTheWrathofKhanastheir
    inspiration,hopingtorecapture
    someofthefilm’sspirit.Other
    touchstonesincludedtheoriginal
    series’“BalanceofTerror”and
    StarTrek:TheNextGeneration’s
    “Yesterday’sEnterprise.”
    Meanwhile,costumedesigner
    MichaelKaplanturnedtothe
    StarTrekEncyclopediato
    gaugetheevolutionofStarfleet
    uniformsovertime.
  
  
  • BothWilliamShatnerand
    LeonardNimoyhadsign-off
    onthenewactorstoplayKirk
    andSpock,butonlyNimoy
    appearedonscreenwithhis
    recast“youngerself”– Zachary
    Quintobeingthefirstcast.The
    lastmemberofthekeycrew
    tobecastwasTheLordofthe
    RingsactorKarlUrbanasBones.
    Shatnerhadpubliclystatedhis
    desiretobein thefilm,and
    continuedtodiscusshisabsence
    fromthemoviein numerous
    interviewsandconventions,with
    hismoment– asa hologram
    presentedtoQuintobyNimoy–
    beingcutfromthescript.
  
  
  • AlltheminorRomulancharacters
    in thefilmwerevoicedbyWil
    Wheaton(WesleyCrusher),
    withhisvoicedigitallyaltered
    foreach,apartfromtheone
    warningNeroaboutignitingthe
    redmatter,whohadWheaton’s
    unalteredCrusherpipes.
  
  
  
  

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