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05.19.13
wearing his yellow uniform, and
starts barking orders at the crew.
This scene basically establishes
that all of these characters know
each other now. The movie that
came before that moment was
about getting to that point. I don’t
want to see Kirk and Spock fight
each other; I want to see Kirk
and Spock fight for each other. In
Star Trek Into Darkness, Kirk and
Spock fight for each other.
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What’s the worst thing about
Star Trek Into Darkness? The
Most Boring Name In The World’s
plan seems, let’s say, unnecessarily complicated.
ZADE ROSENTHAL/ (C) 2013 PARAMOUNT PICTURES.
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Is this a plot hole? No, actually. The
more I think about it, the more
it does make sense. But there is
a lot more “Why did this guy do
what he did to those guys?”-type
questions than you’d expect after
a Star Trek movie. Again, though,
the plot moves along so quickly,
that these kind of questions are
only things that are thought about
after the movie is over.
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Do Scotty (Simon Pegg), Sulu
(John Cho), Chekov (Anton
Yelchin) and Uhura (Zoe Saldana) have
much to do in Star Trek Into Darkness?
Uhura has a major role, which has
a lot to do with her ongoing affair with Spock. The other three
all have nice moments to varying
degrees, but the show belongs to
Kirk, Spock and McCoy.
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Benedict
Cumberbatch
(left) as John
Harrison and
Karl Urban as
Bones
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How does Star Trek Into Darkness compare to, say, Star Trek II:
The Wrath of Khan? Here’s the thing:
it really is impossible and unfair to
compare these two movies (even if
there are similar tropes throughout
the two and it feels like Into Darkness does welcome the comparison).
But you will do it anyway? Look, J.J.
Abrams’ version of Star Trek isn’t
the same as the one William Shatner stared in — we have known this
for four years. And those clamoring