his Kirk does not have the solid overachiever work history of his counterpart. He has very few laurels to rest on at this point
I've been thinking about this some today since I saw the movie. He also doesn't have the experience with how to get around certain rules or the experience to know he couldn't get away with not mentioning the Prime Directive breaking. Also, he hasn't had however many years to build a network of people to help him out at Starfleet Command when he does break the rules. The youngest captain in Starfleet history gig comes with few perks.
I'm kind of devastated that they killed Pike.
Yeah. I really loved him, but it seemed kind of obvious from the get-go that he wouldn't make it through the movie, unfortunately.
that conversation and Uhura being like, "oh, no, you're in this with me, buddy, man up."
Oh, god, I loved that. I loved how much Uhura got to do all over the place. And I am on the Kirk/Spock/Uhura train so hard right now - or at least the Uhura/Spock with Uhura & Kirk BFFs train, I'll take either.
When Spock did the "Khaaaaaaaaaaaan!" scream, I had to cover my face with embarrassment.
Right? Only Shatner could do that, seriously. I actually was mostly really affected for that scene, and then THAT threw me right the hell out. *sigh*
Not sure how I feel about Carol Marcus.
I think I liked what little there was of her, but she felt really underused. I did like her standing up to her dad, and that the scream which sounds so fake on its own in the trailer actually had a really good reason. Beyond that, though...
Loved seeing Cupcake again!
I hoped that was him, but I wasn't sure! Yay!
Loved all the visually interesting people on the bridge
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Date: 2013-05-18 12:30 am (UTC)I've been thinking about this some today since I saw the movie. He also doesn't have the experience with how to get around certain rules or the experience to know he couldn't get away with not mentioning the Prime Directive breaking. Also, he hasn't had however many years to build a network of people to help him out at Starfleet Command when he does break the rules. The youngest captain in Starfleet history gig comes with few perks.
I'm kind of devastated that they killed Pike.
Yeah. I really loved him, but it seemed kind of obvious from the get-go that he wouldn't make it through the movie, unfortunately.
that conversation and Uhura being like, "oh, no, you're in this with me, buddy, man up."
Oh, god, I loved that. I loved how much Uhura got to do all over the place. And I am on the Kirk/Spock/Uhura train so hard right now - or at least the Uhura/Spock with Uhura & Kirk BFFs train, I'll take either.
When Spock did the "Khaaaaaaaaaaaan!" scream, I had to cover my face with embarrassment.
Right? Only Shatner could do that, seriously. I actually was mostly really affected for that scene, and then THAT threw me right the hell out. *sigh*
Not sure how I feel about Carol Marcus.
I think I liked what little there was of her, but she felt really underused. I did like her standing up to her dad, and that the scream which sounds so fake on its own in the trailer actually had a really good reason. Beyond that, though...
Loved seeing Cupcake again!
I hoped that was him, but I wasn't sure! Yay!
Loved all the visually interesting people on the bridge
Right? So cool.