Movie: Star Trek

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It was a fun movie. [rant size="mini"] Will we ever, ever, ever have some form of Star Trek that isn't all about time travel and messing up history/creating alternate universes? Voyager and Enterprise and some of the later movies did that stuff TO DEATH.[/rant]

Karl Urban's McCoy was AMAZING, definitely my favorite re-enactor. (Good thing it's an alternate universe, though - we know from "Ultimate Computer" that McCoy did not attend Starfleet Academy.)

I liked Spock quoting Sherlock Holmes, and one of the shuttles being named Gilliam, and I'm ashamed to admit I laughed when Chekov's extreme accent made it hard for the computer to recognize his voice authorization code.

Part of the fun was watching for all the references to earlier forms of ST. That was also speed-bumpy, but it's not like I was all wrapped up in the story, anyway. There are probably already better lists out there, but I'm gonna make my own, anyway. I've probably forgotten a few of the ones I spotted at the time, but maybe they'll come back to me. [ETA I remembered two things about the animated series this morning (5/29)!] I promise, though, the only thing I've actually looked up is the title of "Relics." (Yes. I am a huge dork. Don't act surprised.)

The Animated Series

"Yesteryear"
The scenes from Spock's childhood on Vulcan incorporate a lot of ideas and dialogue from this episode. The animated bullies shouted, "Earther! Your father brought shame to Vulcan by marrying a human!" (They didn't say "whore," but hey, it was a Saturday morning cartoon.) Young Spock's consideration of whether to choose a human or Vulcan path for his life was echoed in the movie in almost the same words as in the cartoon. It's also the source of Sarek's speech about how Vulcans do have emotion, but in the cartoon that speech was given to the adult Spock.

"Joanna" [ETA "Joanna" was the original name of "The Way to Eden," not the name of the animated episode that mentions her. *scratches head* She's mentioned in the episode where McCoy gets to meet someone who saved a planet from a plague, a planet where Joanna was going to school. It might have the word "Albatross" in the title.]

McCoy's divorce was in the original show's bible and IIRC was supposed to be mentioned in "The Way to Eden," but they dropped the idea of having his daughter Joanna as one of the space hippies, substituting Chekov's old girlfriend Irina Galliulin. Joanna and the divorce are mentioned in the animated series. (Only the divorce made it into the new movie.)

[ETA: "B.E.M." is the episode that first establishes Kirk's middle name as Tiberius.]

The Original Series
There's an early episode - can't remember which one - when Uhura tries to coax Spock to sweet-talk her. "Why don't you say I'm a beautiful young lady and you'd like to take me for a walk in the moonlight?" Baffled, Spock replies, "Lieutenant, Vulcan has no moon." IIRC, she harrumphs back to her station. That's what the Uhura/Spock in the movie reminded me of.

I also forget in which TOS episode McCoy says "Suffering is good for the soul," although I think it's in "The Corbomite Maneuver" when he denies ever having said it. "I'm a doctor, not a..." occurs in several eps, as does his distrust of the transporter (generalized in the movie to space travel in general; his little rant on the shuttle makes me wonder if the movie writers had heard Leslie Fish's classic filk "Bones").

"The Cage" gives us Captain Pike, who winds up (in "Menagerie") in a wheelchair.

"Where No Man Has Gone Before" gives us Delta-Vega, the desolate planet with the lithium-cracking station, where the captain of the Enterprise tries to strand an uppity first officer.

"The Naked Time" - we learn that Sulu is a fencing aficionado.

"Operation--Annihilate!" Kirk's brother's name is George Samuel and Kirk calls him "Sam," which makes perfect sense if their father's name is George. (I was wondering if it was his brother's car that Jim took for a ride, but I'm told the credits say "stepfather," not "older brother.")

"Galileo 7" - jettisoning the fuel and igniting it to get out of a no-win situation.

"I, Mudd" - McCoy injects someone (Harry Mudd) with a drug to make him *look* sick in an attempt to get him onto the Enterprise.

"Amok Time" - McCoy injects Kirk with a drug to make him look dead to get him onto the Enterprise.

"This Side of Paradise" - Kirk must anger Spock and does so by insulting his mother; once angered, Spock whomps on Kirk pretty badly before coming to his senses.

"Journey to Babel" - Sarek's declaration in Sickbay that he married Amanda because it was "the logical thing to do" is echoed in the scene on Vulcan with young Spock.

"Who Mourns for Adonais?" "How old are you, Ensign Chekov?" "Twenty-two, sir."

"The Enterprise Incident" - McCoy lies about Kirk's medical condition to get him onto the Enterprise.

Somewhere in Next Gen, Ambassador Spock does a mind-meld with Picard - isn't it to give him a huge data-dump, as Spock did for Kirk in the new movie?

Star Trek I: The Motion Picture
Spock's decision to enter the Kohl-i-nahr (Sp? I always mix it up with that diamond) depicted in STI is also mentioned in the new movie.

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
The icky things from Ceta Alpha 4 that make you tell the truth were obviously related to Nero's icky things from "Centauri" that did the same thing. (Or as it was said after seeing STII: "Not now, Chekov, I have an earache!")

Kirk's cheating on the Kobiyashi Maru is canonical from STII. Kirk is eating an apple when he says, "I don't like to lose," in STII (and at the end of the Kob. Maru in the new movie).

Defeating an enemy by remotely lowering his shields was also a trick from STII.

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
No one really invented transparent aluminum - or transwarp beaming.

A twofer! Enterprise and Star Trek: TNG "Relics"
Scotty mentions that "Admiral Archer" didn't take kindly to his beagle being subjected to a transporter experiment - it sounds as if poor Porthos is still suspended in transport - as Scotty was!

Comments

[annehiro.livejournal.com]

There's an early episode - can't remember which one - when Uhura tries to coax Spock to sweet-talk her. "Why don't you say I'm a beautiful young lady and you'd like to take me for a walk in the moonlight?" Baffled, Spock replies, "Lieutenant, Vulcan has no moon." IIRC, she harrumphs back to her station.

... Yeah, I ship it now. I need more ST icons.

[dimity-blue.livejournal.com]

Somewhere in Next Gen, Ambassador Spock does a mind-meld with Picard - isn't it to give him a huge data-dump, as Spock did for Kirk in the new movie?

Spock appeared in a two-parter episode, I think (though the name escapes me). IIRC, he was working to reunite the Romulans with the Vulcans. Picard sees Sarek at the beginning of the ep, and Sarek dies either with Picard or soon after. At the end, Picard invites Spock to initiate a mind-meld so he'll find out how much his father loved him.

I can't wait to see the film! It sounds like it's really good. :oD

[erinm-4600.livejournal.com]

According to the audio book, which covers a lot of little things:

The car belonged to George Sr.

/dork

I really need to watch TOS..

[pocketwitch.livejournal.com]

I am, as always, awed by the power of your geekiness! And it's fun to see these things listed out.

I think McCoy was my favorite, too; Karl Urban just got his mannerisms down pat, it was hella impressive. I enjoyed all of them, though, and I just wanted to hug Simon Pegg.

[natlyn.livejournal.com]

Baffled, Spock replies, "Lieutenant, Vulcan has no moon." IIRC, she harrumphs back to her station.

But not before saying, "Commander, I am not surprised." And Spock gives a kind of rueful half smile and nods to himself.

It totally looked to me like they enjoyed each other, including each other's ... differences? eccentricities? cultural behaviors? That scene was part of the reason that I've been a closet Spock/Uhura shipperg for about 30 years.

[badkarma-one.livejournal.com]

You can come out of the closet now, honey! :)

[maubast.livejournal.com]

Wasn't it a fun movie? And the tribble made me laugh.

[bulleteyes.livejournal.com]

Splendid icon!

[bulleteyes.livejournal.com]

I used to be a walking encyclopedia of the shows. You, my dear, are a walking set of Encyclopedia Brittanica complete with gold embossed lettering on the spines!!!

Yes, Spock quoting Sherlock. We waited many years for that meeting of minds.

Karl Urban may finally gain the audience he deserves. His "Bones" was so well done he had me missing DeForest.

My Spock will always be Leonard Nimoy. Kermit, my other role model, will always be Jim Henson. I cannot replace them. My heart will accept no substitutes.

[badkarma-one.livejournal.com]

Yes, and my Kirk will always be Shatner.

I liked ST IX -- I really enjoyed it. I can't wait for the DVD so I can watch it again, with more care. But to me, it's an alternate (as Abrams intended), and TOS will always me the real Trek to me.

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

I loved the movie. I understand why many people don't like the alternate reality plot, but I kind of really appreciate what J.J. Abrams is doing there. He's making a statement about this movie and the others to follow, that this is their own story and it's not going to be the same story that was told before. And at the same time he's inserting all the little nods to TOS and the little inside jokes to show that he respects the original. I think it was pretty artfully done.

I adored Chekhov's accent. I loved that they gave that kid a huge-ass speech just to show off how close he sounded to the original Chekhov.

I also adored Simon Pegg as Scotty. I thought he was perfect. I didn't love Karl Urban as McCoy (though I didn't realize at first that it was Karl Urban!). I thought he was a bit overblown--but that's really part of McCoy's nature, isn't it? I thought he did a solid job, but he wasn't my favorite. I did love the Sulu swordfight, though. And Olson the "red shirt" who immediately got killed.

[badkarma-one.livejournal.com]

I loved Urban as McCoy -- he nailed Kelley's portrayal, right down to the facial expressions.

[badkarma-one.livejournal.com]

Fantastic details. I caught most of those during my viewing (didn't see the tribblem, though)