Plot details for J.J. Abrams STAR TREK

[Madwelshboy]

In 1994, STAR TREK: GENERATIONS found Malcolm McDowell desperately trying to return to the Nexus by any means necessary, including the sacrifice of billions of innocent people as he wiped out a whole galaxy so he could cross paths with the gateway to eternity. Kirk and Picard saved the day, using time travel.

In 1996, STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT found the Borg time traveling back in time to wipe out the whole of human race on Earth in the 23rd century.

In 2009, J.J. Abrams’ STAR TREK will find Eric Bana as the Romulan Nero, going back in time to kill Kirk in the Academy.

But what are his motives? AICN have read the first issue of the IDW Publishing official in-canon comic prequel, whose story has been scribed by writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci which flesh out the plot for us…

Spoiler:

In the comic Spock is something of a Jor-El figure, trying to avert a unprecedented natural disaster that threatens to obliterate Romulus and its entire star empire. Spock implores the Romulan senate to seek out the more technically advanced Vulcans; combining Romulan and Vulcan resources, Spock believes, can prevent horrifying cataclysm if they act quickly. But the old-guard Romulan leaders remain suspicious of Spock and the Vulcans, and stall a remedy.

Having had a first-hand encounter with the deadly galaxy-gobbling anomaly, the Romulan Nero (long presumed to be the movie’s villain) is depicted in the comic as Spock’s staunchest ally. He is not a soldier but a selfless and heroic spacefaring miner and guild leader, a caring family man who finds himself risking everything to save his home, wife and unborn son. He is not a Nero content to fiddle as Romulus burns, and his face does not yet bear frightening tattoos.

It’s not much of a leap to speculate that things go very badly with the galaxy-eater. Nero’s family and world, one imagines, will be wiped from existance and Nero will be compelled to travel back in time, to an era just before Jim Kirk’s birth, to set things right.

And, of course, Nero’s attack on a ship carrying Jim Kirk’s pop sets off a mammoth butterfly effect. Which is why, in the trailers, Chris Pike’s Earth-built Enterprise looks like the Enterprise-F and Chekhov now outranks Kirk.

Other interesting points from the comic are that…

The prequel (and we presume then the movie) is set decades after the events of STAR TREK: NEMESIS.

The Remens, that interesting race of creature first used in the last movie also make an appearance in the comic.

So all in all, it’s pretty much the plot we expected but now that it’s been fleshed out a little more, we can now expect what kind of beats the movie will have. It’s the typical STAR TREK villain trait that “they aren’t bad people really” and are just driven a little bit too obsessively by their own feelings and emotions.

http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/movi...-star-trek.php

[the fifth man]

Sounds interesting enough.

[ReFRidgerator]

I'm guessing something Kirk does causes Nero's problems, and so Nero sees killing Kirk as a way to set things right. Sounds really good, as long as nero isn't trying to use a Genesis device, or tharelon or metaphasic radiation. Then it would be old and unoriginal.

[the fifth man]

After hearing Leonard Nimoy's comments about this film, I am even more excited about it. I can't wait to see this on the big screen.

[ReFRidgerator]

Another Time travel story. Wil the madness ever end?!
(100th post!)

[the fifth man]

Another Time travel story. Wil the madness ever end?!
(100th post!)

If this movie is good enough, hopefully the "madness" won't end.

[Thermi]

If this movie is good enough, hopefully the "madness" won't end.

I agree

Star Trek For Life!

[the fifth man]

I really hope this movie invigorates the franchise.

[J_schinderlin56]

Issue 1 of the Comics is sold out, I wish that I had the oppertunity to look it over.

[the fifth man]

Issue 1 of the Comics is sold out, I wish that I had the oppertunity to look it over.

You mean the prequel comic? Because I have that issue.