Some fanboy went through the trailer and screen captured a still of a Klingon fighting Cumberbatch. So, the Klingons will show up. I've just decided it's easier to not think about Star Trek until it comes out.
We've had it confirmed from early press peeks that there will be Klingons in Star Trek Into Darkness. And now, with a new cover image from IDW Publishing's Countdown to Darkness, we have a good idea what they'll look like...Shredder crossed with a Biker Scout!
Check out the full cover over at IDW, then come back here and share your thoughts. Do you think those ridges will just be on the helmet, or the forehead beneath as well?
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@arivalscientist @donnaryoko This song is...it's stuck in my head, it's stuck in my head, it's stuck in my head.... this song is...it's stuck in my head, it's stuck in my head, damn.
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I don't have enough information to make any kind of logical guess. In some ways the Klingon looks like the Klingon from the episode Errend of Mercy, but that really doesn't mean anything. One thing I do wonder about though, the Klingons feel more like a shell game. That their appearance in this will not be as major villain but someone also hunting Cumberbatch's character. (but probably doing it in the take no prisioners well have what we want way)
I am interested to see this. I thought the last movie comic was much better then the movie and had more info then the movie.
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@Someguy I liked the last one as a simple character driven drama that had goofy action and plot
seriously the last time I watched it I noticed that they actually abandon a major part of their plan where they board Nero's ship as it passes Jupiter or Saturn (can't recall which) and no explanation is given they just wait until it gets to Earth.
The "plot" and everything that happens are only important in so far as these effect the characters personally because the story is only about them personally. It's a deeply narcissistic movie looked at that way. The destruction of an entire planet with billions of inhabitants isn't important enough to drive these characters so Spock's mother also has to die, because that will mean something. Saving Earth is of secondary importance to saving a character that provided personal motivation for Kirk and stopping the dangerously insane Nero isn't even that big of a deal in the end and they offer to help him because well why not - they'd already worked through their issues so everything was cool, and don't even get me started on the whole "make peace with Romulous" line that Kirk gives since it was abundantly and repeatedly made clear Romulous wasn't involved at all in this, but I guess Kirk had his mind on more important things when this came up previously like personal gratification, which seems to be his prime motivator throughout the film.
An entertaining film, but not in any way smart - not as dumb as a Bay flick but really below average.
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@Gallen_Dugall @Someguy ...slightly above average for Voyager or Enterprise, though. Unfortunately.
@Ranchoth @Gallen_Dugall @Someguy oh absolutely - it was entertaining as it could be, I even bought a copy out of a bargain bin and enjoy it very much thank you, way better than any of the TNG films and better than the many of the TOS films. Not as smart as any of the smarter episodes of any of the series and I think as nerds we usually point to those as our favorites.
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Well, they'd better not have bumps. There was a major two-part episode of Enterprise (the only extant Star Trek series that is part of the movie timeline, since it all took place long before George Kirk was born) that showed how they lost their ridges. Curiously, it involved augment (i.e., Khan-style) DNA. Wonder if Cumberbatch is an escapee from the Klingons' bump-removal project.
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@frellnik Well the preview shown before the Hobbit implies that he is a medical doctor or geneticist.
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@Canadian.Scott @frellnik - He seems to *imply* he's a medical doctor or geneticist... maybe he's just got an augmented brain! :)
@frellnik @Canadian.Scott Like Bashir and his buddies on DS9? They were all genetic experiments that failed in some ways but they all still maintained their genius and Bashir was the one to stay "normal".
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Yes, it's probably wrong to call this a "prequel" series. But I couldn't think of a better word.
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@Paul_S @LYT Because a prequel - being a condensation of "pre" and "sequel" - technically should come after what it's prequelizing, and I'm guessing this comes out first. Unless it's set before the first movie, too.
Temple of Doom is a prequel to Raiders. But Empire Strikes Back isn't a prequel to Return of the Jedi.
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@Gallen_Dugall @LYT @Paul_S I swear I read that as "superior meds" for a split second and wondered what meeting my parents missed.
