Star Trek Into Darkness: 5/16/13, IMAX-5/15/13

[Rdskns2000]

This was initially about potential Star Trek 2 villians but might as make this the official thread.

Go to post #17 to see some great news on the new movie as of 11/15/12.

The first official post for the renamed thread.





http://totalscifionline.com/news/569...ar-trek-sequel


>>>>“It’s definitely a character that will make fans of TOS excited,” claims the source. “Think along the lines of Harry Mudd or Trelane or Gary Mitchell or the Talosians or the Horta. Actually it’s one of those that I named.” <<<

[HOF44]

God please no Harcourt Fenton Mudd!!

[The Evil Genius]

Khan.

Cmon.

Khan!!

And cast Philip Rhys to play him.

Sigh...I can still hope they change their mind, right?

[GritzRgreat]

Gary Mitchell would make a cool story

[greenspandan]

Khan.

Cmon.

Khan!!

And cast Philip Rhys to play him.

Sigh...I can still hope they change their mind, right?

well, at this point in history, khan is cryogenically frozen on the Botany Bay.

besides, why bother? khan's story was already told brilliantly. bringing him back could only disappoint. these movies are derivative enough as it is, let's at least have some originality of plot.

[frommd]

I heard it was going to be Klingons.

[The Evil Genius]

well, at this point in history, khan is cryogenically frozen on the Botany Bay.

besides, why bother? khan's story was already told brilliantly. bringing him back could only disappoint. these movies are derivative enough as it is, let's at least have some originality of plot.

True.

Is it odd that Khan's middle name is the same as the first name of Data's (TNG) creator?

[greenspandan]

True.

Is it odd that Khan's middle name is the same as the first name of Data's (TNG) creator?

yeah it's a weird thing that's never been explained. "khan nonnian singh" is weirdly similar to "noonian soong", who is data's creator. they are apparently unrelated, though. best guess is that "noonian" is not an uncommon name in the future and it's just a weird historical coincidence.

(edit: i mean "weird coincidence" in lore terms. in real life, they are both named after a childhood friend of roddenberry's)

[Zguy28]

Trelane is a Q. That would be somewhat cool. Or it could be a retelling of The Menagerie.

[The Evil Genius]

Trelane is a Q. That would be somewhat cool. Or it could be a retelling of The Menagerie.

Trelane as a Q would be a nice adaptation. But how do you battle the Q Continuum?

[Larry]

What I've been wanting for, seems like 40 years, is to have the TV series Klingons come back.

I mean, the ones that beam down on missions with agonizers on their belts, just in case they get a chance to torture something (or each other). The ones that are evil because they like being evil. The ones that can spout tough-guy one-liners while twirling their Fu Manchu mustaches.

I want a story that will give James T. Kirk and the Klingons a reason to hate each other for the next 50 years. I want Klingon children to grow op dreaming about killing James T. Kirk.

None of this "honorable warrior" BS. I want BAD GUYS.

(And, there's a way to fit it into the scheme of things. According to an episode of Enterprise, the "human-looking" Klingons are the result of a Klingon attempt to use "augment" (Kahn and Friends) DNA to create more war-like Klingons. Dr. Phlox was able to create a treatment for the bug that got loose, so that the virus produced Klingons that looked somewhat more human, and were more aggressive, but didn't get the super-intelligence, -strength, or the super-aggressiveness. In short, Klingons looked like TV series Klingons from the end of Enterprise until some time after the TV series, when, supposedly, the Klingons figured out a way to completely cure it.)

(Means that "right now" (movie time), pretty much all Klingons look like the TV series Klingons, and have a heightened aggressiveness.)

[Rdskns2000]

http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/2012/0...ien-singh.html

Well, now rumors are saying that the villian might indeed be Khan. Will have to wait until 2013 or maybe the holidays when the first trailer should be released.

[China]

God please no Harcourt Fenton Mudd!!

Just for you:

[The Evil Genius]

Spoilers ahead...highlight below if you don't mind.

Benedict Cumberbatch is Khan.

OG Spock (Nimoy) is making another appearance - I have no idea why.

Klingons are making an appearance (and not just on the starboard bow).

[Destino]

I vote for tribbles.