The first of J.J. Abrams' Star Trek reboot's deleted scenes have hit the web, and it just happens to be the one with the Klingons -- masked, but definitely Klingons -- so I thought you'd to have a look. The scene shows Nero captured by Klingons in the movie's "modern" timeline, which helps explain what Nero was doing between arriving in the modern timeline and finally Searching for Spock. I can see why it was cut, since it introduces a new element that just disappears, which can be a little rough on the still-forming brains of mainstream audiences, but it's a nice nod to fans. Actually, it reminds me of IDW's Star Trek Countdown comic miniseries, which actually gives Nero a backstory (admittedly, something the film fails to do) and makes the film so much better that it really should be packed with the DVD. Seriously, if you liked the movie and haven't read it, I highly recommend it -- and it even ties in to Next Generation in a way that is unforced and entertaining, even to me, a non-TNG fan.
Oh, most importantly -- I hope the appearance of this scene of the interwebs means that the deleted scene with Diora Baird's Orion Slave Girl is on its way. You know. Just for kicks.
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Drew and not U said:
Awesome! It'd be great to see a directors cut with all the too-complicated-for-mainstream-dummies scenes put back where they belong.
Also, am I the only jerkoff that dropped $100 to preorder the limited edition bluray from amazon, the one with the replica ship? With only 5,000 available I thought they'd be gone right away, but they still seem to be available for preorder.
DoctorSmashy said:
Screw the Klingons, I paid for some Orion Slave Girl action!
sal said:
watching this...it ALMOST makes me wish there where movies like The Ten Commandments still being made...you know, those epic 3 to 4 hour movies. That way, something like this could have been introduced for 30 minutes in the movie and wouldnt be out of place.
Bill said:
Now we know what Nero was up to for 20 years!
John Hazard said:
If a movie needs a comic book to explain what's going on then there is something seriously wrong with the script.
Romulans accidentally travelling through time for revenge is convoluted and stupid enough- it didn't need Klingons (who don't sound at all Klingon).
Also- what the f is up with all the TORTURE in this movie?!? THIS is Star Trek now?
THE PR0F3550R said:
I hate this Trek movie.
James said:
I'm calling friends to find a copy of the IDW right now, but I thought the movie gave Nero all the back story that he needed. It was a bit simplistic, but it was a base motivation and didn't seem completely unrealistic.
Frankly this scene seems so unlikely as to be laughable. The ship they have can drill to the core of a planet, and destroy a federation starship in about 2 minutes and the captain gets captured by Klingons? Give me a break, it would take the entire fleet of Klingon ships to take on Nero's ship.
Perhaps with another dozen scenes or so this could have been worked in, but as it sits it feels really out of place.
drgnrbrn316 said:
It does seem a bit odd that a few Klingons can do what the bulk of the Federation can't. It does have a few ties to the rest of the movie though. One, we learn about where Nero gets his little slug things, since they don't seem like standard equipment for a mining vessel. Two, it may explain the Klingon signals that Uhura received.
Overall, I thought the movie was alright, but overrated. Of course, I thought the Dark Knight was overrated as well, so maybe that's just my taste in movies.
widget said:
There is an ongoing Nero comic book that's explaining in more detail the Klingon years...the Countdown comic just explains backstory, as far as I remember.
lewen said:
why are klingons dressed like Darth Vader
lewen said:
why are klingons dressed like Darth Vader
Geoff said:
"The ship they have can drill to the core of a planet, and destroy a federation starship in about 2 minutes and the captain gets captured by Klingons?"
I guess the Klingons in this continuity must be badasses.
That or the scene was filmed before they turned Nero's ship into the giant amorphous blob o' spikes it wound up being in the final movie (ye gods, was that thing ever ugly).
toxic said:
The worm thing is pretty much the same gag Khan pulled.
You know, I watched the 1st season of Star Trek a while ago. It was good, but I just don't get where people are getting the idea the show should be taken seriously politically or artistically. It's the original Stargate Atlantis. It's fun. Occasionally it will try to say something somewhat controversial or interesting by ripping off an old sci-fi story. Mostly its just good ole fun sci-fi.
And that's why the new Trek movie is the best in ages; it doesn't pretend to be a movie with a serious philosophical or political base. It's dudes having weird adventures in tights. Relax, trekkies, relax. It wasn't that big of a deal in the first place.
Nega said:
"It does seem a bit odd that a few Klingons can do what the bulk of the Federation can't"
The Narada didn't face the bulk of the Federation, or Starfleet. It went up against a few ships with mostly cadet crews. (Enterprise was only spared because Sulu is a screw up, which gave Kirk enough time to warn Pike.) And it was ready for them.
The Klingons likely captured Nero after the USS Kelvin crashed into the Narada and was damaged.
Korby said:
My problem with the countdown comics is that out of the ENTIRE galactic population, characters familiar to us just happen to be popping up left and right. The Picard and Spock interaction is understandable, considering they're both ambassadors. The Data/B4 inclusion is tolerable, if not a little fanboyish, considering he's captain of the Enterprise and it's not Star Trek if the Enterprise isn't involved. Where it really gets me though, is that out of ALL the Klingons, Worf just has to be involved, and out of ALL the shipbuilders, it's LaForge who designed Spock's ship. My point is that with a galactic population that has to be somewhere in the quadrillions to quintillions range of sentient beings, why in the hell is it the same half-dozen people at the center of everything time and time again? Is a 100,000 light-year diameter galaxy really that small? It just feels like unimaginative "let's have a reunion" fan fiction when they pull that crap.
I loved the movie though.
Geoff said:
"You know, I watched the 1st season of Star Trek a while ago. It was good, but I just don't get where people are getting the idea the show should be taken seriously politically or artistically."
When you're watching it TODAY, sure.
But have you ever seen any other 60s TV shows? Trek was pretty much the most philosophical show on TV, by default if nothing else.
HeroPower said:
Nero's ship was damaged by the trip through the portal. Then George Kirk's ship SLAMMED INTO IT, inflicting a serious amount of damage. The Klingons took advantage of this.
It's not like they took the ship on in a fair fight with both sides at full power and ready to attack.
Necronomic Recovery said:
"The worm thing is pretty much the same gag Khan pulled."
No? Really? REEeeeeaaaaLLLLLlllllllyyyYYYYY? You think?
Photoboy said:
I'm hoping one of the deleted scenes will explain what tore off the top of Nero's ear and left him with those indentations around his head. I'm guessing a Klingon let his Targ bite Nero's head, which might be cool to see assuming it's not a CGI effect that wasn't finished.
Nat-Wu said:
All I have to say is the Klingons had better actually be badasses this time.
715 said:
Of course the Klingons here was badass they captured Nero and his crew, its just that the Narada has Borg weapons and since Voyger will never happen so the Borg are still Badass
nate said:
I wish they had kept this in the movie. The Klingons looked so intense and it displays how bad ass Nero Really is when he escapes. Other deleted scenes are good too, minus the ones with Winona
