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25 QUESTIONS
HUFFINGTON
05.19.13
TAR TREK Into Darkness — the sequel
to 2009’s Star Trek — out in theaters
across the United States on May 17. Will
it live up to four years of pre-release
hype? Are the crazy rumors about the
film’s main villain true? Is it actually
dark? On Thursday morning, we saw
an advanced screening of Star Trek Into
Darkness, so, here, as always, we answer
every question that you could possibly have about Star Trek Into Darkness.
(Warning: Some references are made to
plot points that could be considered a
spoiler, considering how secretive the
plot of this movie has been.—Mike Ryan
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Is Star Trek Into Darkness as dark
as its title teases? Not really.
It’s basically at the same level (or
non-level) of darkness as 2009’s
Star Trek.
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Are the rumors about a villain in Star
Trek Into Darkness true? The rumors
are true: There is a villain in Star
Trek Into Darkness.
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Are the rumors true that the villain in Star Trek Into Darkness is
a villain we’ve seen in another Star Trek
movie? I mean, look, that rumor
has been floating out there for a
while. And if you use your Google
machine, you’d be able to find out
the answer to that pretty quickly
at this point. All that I’ll say is
this: Do you think the villain in
a summer blockbuster with a reported budget near $200 million
is a British guy named John Harrison, a.k.a. the most boring name
in the world?
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For the rest of this piece, will
you refer to the villain as “Most
Boring Name In The World”? Yes.
Does Star Trek Into Darkness begin just
like the preview that ran before The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey? Strangely, no. The two scenes that you
saw in that 10-minute preview are
now flipped. The film starts with
Kirk (Chris Pine) and Bones (Karl