(My date was not nearly as amused by it as I was.)

The writers discuss in podcast –> http://tinyurl.com/q3w6y4

-J

Yeah, that is insane. Why couldn’t it just threaten a local area that includes Romulus?

The only way to stop said future supernova is the super ship & red matter, which won’t be created because he destroyed Vulcan.

Maybe he plans to use the red matter on Spock’s ship to save Romulus. Still, he’s running a pretty big risk.

I have a hard time accepting that TOS crew all met and were around the same age. My thinking was that Scotty and Bones would be a little older then Jim.

I think they tried to handle that. Kirk meets Scotty on the ice planet instead of at the Academy. McCoy still seems older than Kirk, and is enrolling in Starfleet on the rebound from his divorce. But I agree that it’s still a stretch.

Uhuru, Sulu, and Chehov would all be younger then Kirk.

They do mention that Chekov is some kind of wunderkind. But yeah, they should all be still younger compared to Kirk.

Uh, the Kelvin seems to have only one warp nacelle. I thought it had been established that ships had to have atleast 2.

I think I recall seeing a one-nacelle ship before, but I couldn’t swear to it.

Also, the secondary hull seems to be mainly a shuttle bay full of shuttles. But the interior of the ship looks huge with open spaces.

See a similar problem here.

Also, romulans aren’t stronger then humans, so how could that one guy lift kirk up like that?

Well, Romulans are supposed to be physically like Vulcans. In some episodes we’ve been told that Vulcans are three times stronger than humans; though in other episodes they’re plainly equivalent in strength to humans.

In related news, I’m not fond of the new transporter effect.

* Nero’s motivation. Ok, as I understand it. A star goes supernova. It somehow ‘threatens the galaxy’ (not sure how), as well as Romulus. Ambassador Spock promises to save Romulus (why him and not someone else??). He gets a super ship from Vulcan, along with a sh*t load of red matter, which only requires a drop to destroy the supernova (if so, why have the whole sh*t load of it on the ship???). Spock fails to save Romulus. Nero blames Spock for failing to save Romulus (not accidently causing its destruction, but failing to stop its destruction). they get pulled back into time. For revenge against Spock for failing to save Romulus, he destroys Vulcan (the only planet who was able to create the ship and means to destroy the supernova and save Romulus). Then to save future Romulus, plans on destroying the Federation (which, note, did NOT cause the supernova or the destruction of Romulus). The threat to future Romulus was the supernova. Which he has not prevented. The only way to stop said future supernova is the super ship & red matter, which won’t be created because he destroyed Vulcan.

Does no one logically work things out in movies?????

Other issues.

* unless the whole Enterprise was staffed by cadets expect for Pick & Spock (not clear), why would Pike put a cadet as XO (and potential acting captain???)

* I have a hard time accepting that TOS crew all met and were around the same age. My thinking was that Scotty and Bones would be a little older then Jim. Spock maybe as well. Jim had worked his way up in the ranks and on different ships (based on comments about his past life on TOS) before getting command of the Enterprise. Uhuru, Sulu, and Chehov would all be younger then Kirk. Now they seem to be around the same age.

* So Spock is some kind of instructor at Starfleet Academy while Uhuru is a cadet? Uh, doesn’t Starfleet have a no fraternization policy???

* An Orion woman in Starfleet??? I have a little hard time accepting that.

* Uh, the Kelvin seems to have only one warp nacelle. I thought it had been established that ships had to have atleast 2. Also, the secondary hull seems to be mainly a shuttle bay full of shuttles. But the interior of the ship looks huge with open spaces. Doesn’t seem reasonable.

* same issues with Enterprise. The engineering area looks like some huge factory, not what we saw in TOS. What, no jeffreies tubes???

* ok, Nero & co are supposed to be future romulans. Where are the forehead ridges? Also, romulans aren’t stronger then humans, so how could that one guy lift kirk up like that?

* its not clear how much time passed between the defeat of Nero & the awards ceremony at the end. Sooo, how did Pike get promoted to Admiral in that time (and not just a first level admiral from the bars on his shoulders). Oh. And Kirk gets promoted from a cadet to the rank of Captain. Uhhh, that’s a jump of about 6 ranks!!!!! That’s a bit hard to believe!!!

Thanks a lot, Roderick. I am so not sharing the secret password with you.

Ok, they´ve created a parallel universe were Vulcan was anihilated. And the have created a parallel series, that has little to do with startrek, and looks more like a marvel comic…No thanks, don´t count me in.

I suspect the one that shall not be named was Enterprise.