Sweet Merciful Federation...

[phoenixastraea]

LOOK at the new Enterprise from the upcoming Star Trek XI:



I think I'm getting a lil choked up.  That's just BEAUTIFUL.

Between the remastered TOS, the DS9 novel relauch, and the upcoming movie, its never been a better time to be a Trek fan.

Comments

[grayjedi.livejournal.com]

1. Kirk is being painted as an incompetent student at the Academy who needed to cheat to advance (as opposed to the Kobayashi Maru, which was a display of cleverness, not stupidity and desperation).

2. The Enterprise was built at Area 51.

[phoenixastraea.livejournal.com]

OK, Area 51 is stupid, but I've heard conflicting reports about Kirk's Kobayashi Maru portrayal. honestly, though, he did technically cheat. He was never inclined to lose and whos to say that it still wasn't clever, even though he found a way to beat the system?

Honestly, in most books and in the movies, I think, Kirk admits that he was a hellion of an ensign, who grew into the man he became.

[mythrilsvane.livejournal.com]

explaining the Kobayashi Maru = Mitochlorians?

Anyone?

[phoenixastraea.livejournal.com]

No, nothing took away from the ENTIRE appeal of the Force than explaining that it was simple genetics and not talent at all. Nothing compares to that gigantic letdown.

[grayjedi.livejournal.com]

He did cheat on the Maru, yes. But it was never implied that Kirk was DUMB. That's where the retcon comes in. Rather then saying he was a clever guy who may have taken a couple shortcuts, he's now going to be a garden-variety mouthbreather who NEEDED to cheat (and this is the key point which I guess I kind of made confusion) all throughout Starfleet Academy. Stubborn, self-centered, abrasive, defiant ... all these things describe Kirk. But dumb ... no.