Now Bones was SPOT ON. He was the best character represented.

Giovanni777 said:

yeah he was the only one who really captured something of the original McCoy without actually doing an impersonation.

NDRU said:

Are u out of your Vulcan mind? That movie was boderline WACK.

Graycap23 said:

McCoy was better than Spock & Kirk

This begins during the scene where Spock Prime meets Quinto's Spock at the end of the film:

SPOCK PRIME
Then I ask that you do yourself a
favor... put away logic, and do what
feels right. The world you've inherited
lives in the shadow of incalculable
devastation... but there's no reason you
must face it alone.

And from around his neck, he removes the PENDANT that until now,
we've only caught glimpses of. Places it on the table beside
his younger self. The feeling in his eyes is profound...

SPOCK PRIME (CONT'D)
This was a gift to me. Representing...
a dream. One we were unable to fulfill.
(softly)
The way you can now.

And moves to the door. Stops. Offers the VULCAN SALUTE:

SPOCK PRIME (CONT'D)
As my customary farewell would appear
oddly self serving, I will simply say...
good luck.

Their eyes hold. Spock turns, disappearing into the corridor.
Young Spock stares at the empty doorway a beat, his mind a
jumble of thoughts. Looks to the pendant... and realizes it's a
HOLO-EMITTER. After considering a beat, he hits an activation
button and a MOVING HOLOGRAPHIC MESSAGE materializes before him:

CAPTAIN JAMES T. KIRK. WILLIAM SHATNER. As always, brash, wry,
confident -- and SINGING:

KIRK/ SHATNER
Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to
you...
(stops, grins)
I know I know, it's illogical to
celebrate something you had nothing to do
with, but I haven't had the chance to
congratulate you on your appointment to
the ambassadorship so I thought I'd seize
the occasion... Bravo, Spock -- they tell
me your first mission may take you away
for awhile, so I'll be the first to wish
you luck... and to say...
(beat, emotional)
I miss you, old friend.

... and we're PUSHING IN on Young Spock, taking in the image of
Kirk's future self, the message, but above all -- the clear,
unquestionable friendship these two men had...

INT. CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS

As Spock Prime walks off down the corridor, he passes right by a
man conferring with a nurse -- the man pauses, turns... it's
SAREK. Suddenly overcome by a feeling that the stranger who's
just passed him is... oddly familiar.

KIRK/SHATNER (V.O.)
I suppose I'd always imagined us...
outgrowing Starfleet together. Watching
life swing us into our Emeritus years...

INT. STARBASE ONE - HANGAR - ETERNAL NIGHT

MUSIC BUILDING -- glass walls reveal THE ENTERPRISE at dock,
UTILITY CRAFTS floating around it, repairing. Standing at
attention in rows, THE ENTERPRISE CREW -- over four hundred of
them wearing DRESS UNIFORMS -- TRACK DOWN the faces, all proud:

KIRK/SHATNER (V.O.)
I look around at the new cadets now and
can't help thinking... has it really been
so long? Wasn't it only yesterday we
stepped onto the Enterprise as boys?
That I had to prove to the crew I
deserved command... and their respect?

And we STOP ON YOUNG KIRK. Composed, focused, proud. A man.
And to every fan's delight, finally wearing his YELLOW SHIRT.
The FEDERATION COMMANDANT stands at a podium:

COMMANDANT
This assembly calls Captain James
Tiberius Kirk...

Kirk breaks from formation, pivots, marches down the hangar --
past UHURA... SULU... CHEKOV... SCOTTY. All Beaming. Notably
absent, is Spock. Kirk ascends the stairs, snaps to attention:

COMMANDANT (CONT'D)
Your inspirational valor and supreme
dedication to your comrades are in
keeping with the highest traditions of
service and reflect utmost credit to
yourself, your crew, and the Federation.
By Starfleet Order 28455, you are hereby
directed to report to Commanding Officer,
USS Enterprise, for duty as his relief.

Kirk turns. Walks to... PIKE. In a wheelchair now, wearing an
ADMIRAL'S UNIFORM. Overnight, his hair's turned totally grey --
but despite his trauma, his pride's overwhelming. They SALUTE
each other:

KIRK
I relieve you, Sir.

PIKE
... I am relieved.

He opens a BOX in his lap -- glorious in repose, a MEDAL:

PIKE (CONT'D)
And as Fleet Admiral, for your... unique
solution to the Kobayashi Maru, it's my
honor to award you with a commendation
for original thinking.

Pike containing a smirk, pins the medal to Kirk's chest...

PIKE (CONT'D)
(a touch choked)
Congratulations, Captain.

KIRK
Thank you, Sir.

Kirk turns to the crowd. Eyes shining. WILD APPLAUSE. OUR
MUSIC SOARS. Bones leans in to Sulu, rolling his eyes:

BONES
... Same ship, different day.

As Kirk rejoins his crew for hugs and congratulations, we go to
the BACK of the hangar... SPOCK PRIME. Watching. Moved beyond
words. He turns and leaves them to it... as he goes...

KIRK/SHATNER (V.O.)
I know what you'd say -- `It's their turn
now, Jim...' And of course you're
right... but it got me thinking:

INT. STARFLEET HOSPITAL - EARTH - DAY

Our montage comes full circle as we END on Kirk's transmission:

KIRK/SHATNER
Who's to say we can't go one more round?
By the last tally, only twenty five
percent of the galaxy's been chartered...
I'd call that negligent. Criminal even --
an invitation.
(MORE)

KIRK/SHATNER (CONT'D)
You once said being a starship captain
was my first, best destiny... if that's
true, then yours is to be by my side. If
there's any true logic to the universe...
we'll end up on that bridge again
someday.

Stops, grins. Because this is the part he needs to say most...

KIRK
Admit it, Spock. For people like us, the
journey itself... is home.

Young Spock's face. Lost in feelings that flood through him.

the lens flares aren't in the script, but you can add them in your mind as you read it....

I liked it, but it didn't do well at the box office.

This was posted at Trek Web today. Luckily JJ Abrams saw fit to cut this so he could keep any depth out of his characters. The lens flares aren't in the script, but you can add them in your mind as you read it.

NDRU said:

Are u out of your Vulcan mind? That movie was boderline WACK.

This was posted at Trek Web today. Luckily JJ Abrams saw fit to cut this so he could keep any depth out of his characters. The lens flares aren't in the script, but you can add them in your mind as you read it.

All my non-trekkie friends thought so too. I think that was the objective with this movie.

babynoz said:

I agree with this. They tried to remove the dorky qualities & appeal to a larger audience, but those qualities are essential to Star Trek!

NDRU said:

IMO, the Spock/Uhura thing was nothing but pandering to a larger audience. Can't have a blockbuster without a good ol' fashioned man/woman love story, eh?

NDRU said:

IMO, the Spock/Uhura thing was nothing but pandering to a larger audience. Can't have a blockbuster without a good ol' fashioned man/woman love story, eh?

meow85 said:

not just that, but that it was unexpected. Stupid, yes, but unexpected.

meow85 said:

But in TOS Uruha kinda had a thing for Kirk...which happened in real life too.

babynoz said:

But nothing ever came of it. Even The Kiss was done under duress.

Come to think, nothing ever came of ANY of Kirk's trysts, except a son who died a lame death.

I liked it, but i still prefer The wrath of KHAAAAANN!!! though.

meow85 said:

There was only one lady in Kirk's life, and her name was Enterprise!

There was only one lady in Kirk's life, and her name was Enterprise! Spock.

NDRU said:

You know it. I know it. The whole universe knows it.


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NDRU said:

It certainly made ME drop my popcorn.


No really, it actually did.

meow85 said:

Undercurrent Blasphemy!
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meow85 said:

I was only able to finish mine after I picked my jaw up out of my lap...ewww!

NDRU said:

You're right.

Kirk, I suspect, was really the "lady" of the two.

meow85 said:

So if Adam Lambert had pulled Cpt. Kirk into his crotch it would have been more socially acceptable!

babynoz said:

I really think the Spock/Uhura thing is the basis for my dislike of nu!Uhura. I don't think I could ever hate Spock though.