As long as it's not a recreation of Wrath of Kahn and follows it's own path, I'm fine with whatever they do. Been stoked for a sequel since the first one.
Who is this Khan character? I don't follow the old Trek movies, but I did watch the a few of the Shatner series. And is he part Indian?
Out of curiousity, I dove into the new comics (Rob Orci directing the vision and dropping "canon" bits into it). Two seeds they're definitely planting for the movie sequel: Spoiler Spock is still grappling with the traumatic loss of Vulcan/his mom and is operating almost with a death wish, putting himself in harm's way quickly. Hinting at the end of Wrath of Khan (won't happen) and probably the volcano scene in the trailer. There's a Section 31/Section 31 type element high in Starfleet acting like a shadow government. I'd put all the cash in the bank on them inadvertently putting the unnamed film antagonist into motion like Jason Bourne gone into epic revenge mode. Cumberbatch mentioned that his character wasn't entirely good or evil, and I'll bet that means he's got good reason for trashing Starfleet. Explains the "from within the organization" line from synopsis, too. Still not sure who he is....but I'm definitely thinking it is NOT Khan or Mitchell. Could even be a character we know but are used to thinking of as a good guy.
Comic sounds interesting, I might have to pick these up. I always enjoyed the Section 31 storylines in DS9.
Cumberbatch's character's identity has been revealed: Spoiler John Harrison??? Who??? source [rquoter] Paramount just released the first official still from Star Trek Into Darkness with a caption that seems to identify Benedict Cumberbatch's mystery villain as John Harrison. But -- and it's a pretty big "but" -- the name "John Harrison" is actually part of Star Trek backstage lore, and not really the name of any Trek villain. Besides the Starfleet technician Harrison played by Ron Veto, the name was used for several random, unnamed onscreen characters (including redshirts) in several episodes -- a placeholder. So, are we being messed with? Is it a case of Trekkie misdirection? Or is this a brand new Star Trek villain? Tor has a few theories that will interest and enlighten. (via Tor) UPDATE: Movieline's Jen Yamato attended a press event for Star Trek Into Darkness yesterday and has some news on the "John Harrison" character. In case you really don't want to know, I'll leave the information at the link, which also contains some really interesting (and spoilery) theories about some original Star Trek source material that are well worth a read. [/rquoter]
I loved the first one and this one looks pretty tight...I never followed the original Star Trek or saw any of the older movies, but glad it got rebooted...
A buddy of mine had a decent part in the first Abram's "Star Trek" and was brought back for this one, too.
I'm becoming more and more convinced that Abrams, Orci, and Lindelof are NOT using Khan or Gary Mitchell or any other familiar bad guy (Garth, Charlie X, etc) in the film, but are happily fanning the flames of the above red herrings. This is largely the same brain trust from LOST, who eventually delighted themselves by taking diehard fan teasing to never before seen heights. Lindelof in particular has taken to fan-teasing like a crack addiction - see Prometheus. These guys love the concept of a good bad guy, or the misunderstood bad guy that wants to do good, or the good guy that goes off and does terrible things with good intentions. I'll bet that is what we're getting with Cumberbatch. Not Khan. There is enough out there (official release information) that Cumberbatch is Starfleet. That alone should rule out Khan, that and it would be a massive retcon for him to be sporting an English accent. I wouldn't be surprised they originally planned on doing Khan but reversed course (see again, Prometheus scrubbing original plans for the Xenomorphs). I think they're dropping all the Wrath of Khan lines, imagery, and even Carol Marcus for three reasons: (1) red herring; (2) Trekkie fans eat it up with a spoon; and, (3) setting things up for down the line While he was Starfleet, I also don't think we're getting Gary Mitchell for a few reasons: (1) he's TOO powerful and doesn't need to get into physical fights; (2) they told his story in the comics (canon according to Orci) and killed him - he'd have to be resurrected; (3) they'd have to somehow retell the WNMHGB episode to give the backstory to the 97% of the audience that has no idea who he is and bloat the film When they call him Spoiler Harrison , I think they're being straight. I think they could be grabbing a recurring extra crew member from the Original Series (same name, different look) and giving him a massive new role. I had mentioned before that in the comics (again, Orci has stated that they are using them to subtly set up the new film), Spoiler Starfleet's shadowy NSA-type group reached out to Sulu to try and recruit him and have several ominous moments sprinkled throughout the series . My guess is that Cumberbatch was brought into that fold but goes rouge in the film and lashes back, most likely for good reasons. I think we'll find that Peter Weller could be the bigger bad hidden in the background until the second half of the film. Just my speculation and conjecture.
A buddy of yours should give us some spoilers. No need to disclose his character or anything that could be traceable to him. Just the story.
I keep getting these e-mails about some new series that is being privately funded via donations called Star Trek: Renegades. Apparently, they have cast most of the roles with actual actors who were in older Star Trek-based series along with other known actors. And, they have raised $240,000 through donations to shoot this show. It's suppose to kick off soon or something. I'm not sure if it is a movie or what...but they have a website. Anyone heard of this? Apparently, people aren't happy a ST series isn't on TV and so they decided to do something about it. I don't quite get how it all got off the ground. But, I'm surprised at this "movement". Nothing to do with the movie obviously...but just wondering if anyone heard of this. I guess the new thing is if some studio won't make the show...then someone else will if the movement is big enough. People power! Apparently, they have a trailer out (which I haven't watched). Go check out their site if interested: http://startrekrenegades.com .
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