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It's too long to post, so I'll just steal SDN's shortened version:
Q: Why do some things appear different in the new Star Trek movie?
A: There is an alternative timeline created by Nero traveling back in time.
Q: Is everything different in the alternative timeline?
A: No, some things remain the same.
Q: Does this alternative timeline wipe out the original timeline (from TOS -Nemesis)?
A: No, quantum theory says they both co-exist.
Q: Does the original timeline continue?
A: Yes, again as explained by quantum theory.
Q: Does this quantum theory approach conform to 'Trek science?'
A: Depends on the episode, but it is explicitly cited by Data in the episode "Parallels.
Good. I like that they've at least put enough thought into it to say "yeah, we know it's different, and here's a reason." My hopes have just raised a tad.
"You've all been selected for this mission because you each have a special skill. Professor Hawking, John Leslie, Phil Neville, the Wu-Tang Clan, Usher, the Sugar Puffs Monster and Daniel Day-Lewis! Welcome to Operation MindFuck!"
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It's too long to post, so I'll just steal SDN's shortened version:
Q: Why do some things appear different in the new Star Trek movie?
A: There is an alternative timeline created by Nero traveling back in time.
Q: Is everything different in the alternative timeline?
A: No, some things remain the same.
Q: Does this alternative timeline wipe out the original timeline (from TOS -Nemesis)?
A: No, quantum theory says they both co-exist.
Q: Does the original timeline continue?
A: Yes, again as explained by quantum theory.
Q: Does this quantum theory approach conform to 'Trek science?'
A: Depends on the episode, but it is explicitly cited by Data in the episode "Parallels.
Good. I like that they've at least put enough thought into it to say "yeah, we know it's different, and here's a reason." My hopes have just raised a tad.
"You've all been selected for this mission because you each have a special skill. Professor Hawking, John Leslie, Phil Neville, the Wu-Tang Clan, Usher, the Sugar Puffs Monster and Daniel Day-Lewis! Welcome to Operation MindFuck!"
"You've all been selected for this mission because you each have a special skill. Professor Hawking, John Leslie, Phil Neville, the Wu-Tang Clan, Usher, the Sugar Puffs Monster and Daniel Day-Lewis! Welcome to Operation MindFuck!"
Mikey wrote:The fact that some precedent was derived from canon is a heartening sight.
Yeah, at least they're demonstrating awareness of, and even some respect for, canon.
too bad it's too late to fix the massively self-contradictory muck that is 'canon'
"If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wonderous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross... but it's not for the timid." Q, Q Who
Good for them. This way they'll effectively be able to do whatever they like, while being explicit that this isn't trying to overwrite TOS, but merely depict what might have happened had some past events turned out differently.
I still think the alt-E-nil is ugly though.
Only two things are infinite - the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the universe: Albert Einstein.
Captain Seafort wrote:...I still think the alt-E-nil is ugly though.
Hey, everyone takes bad pictures now and then (or 90% of the time for me). It'll probably look better in motion on a giant screen.
There is only one way of avoiding the war – that is the overthrow of this society. However, as we are too weak for this task, the war is inevitable. -L. Trotsky, 1939
Mikey wrote:EVERYTHING looks better with sh*t getting blowed up around it.
Damn straight. 8)
There is only one way of avoiding the war – that is the overthrow of this society. However, as we are too weak for this task, the war is inevitable. -L. Trotsky, 1939
Well, that is just brilliant....now it doesn't seem so much a cheapshot money scheme....I am actually looking forward to this film even more than before. For some odd reason, I always greatly enjoyed the time-traveling shenanigans.
drakkillus darksunn wrote:Well, that is just brilliant....now it doesn't seem so much a cheapshot money scheme....I am actually looking forward to this film even more than before. For some odd reason, I always greatly enjoyed the time-traveling shenanigans.
A heretic! We better watch this one closely until the Ordo Hereticus arrives, he might be a witch...
on a serious note, i am rather warmed that they made the effort to find a solution to the time-traveling, canon-altering stuff from an actual episode, and found a way of doing it that is quite canon as far as i am aware. Thumbs up for the writers, taking at least a bit of notice for this film.
Aye, the fact that they chose an excuse that actualy has precedent in the universe is very heartening.m
"You've all been selected for this mission because you each have a special skill. Professor Hawking, John Leslie, Phil Neville, the Wu-Tang Clan, Usher, the Sugar Puffs Monster and Daniel Day-Lewis! Welcome to Operation MindFuck!"
It'll probably look better in motion on a giant screen.
